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Historical editions of Jane’s Fighting Ships are available for free download as PDFs through several legitimate digital libraries that host public domain and archived materials. Newer editions are generally protected by copyright and may only be available for "borrowing" digitally. Public Domain and Archived Editions

: Covering the immediate post-WWI era.