LANASTA is a publishing house in the Netherlands specializing in nautical and aeronautical books.
They produce quality books on maritime issues at affordable prices in Dutch and English. In addition to being written by experts in their field, their books are abundantly illustrated, as far as possible in color and very well documented.
NIKABOOK is a Lanasta Collection and produces books for model makers.
VIOLAERO, produces books on aeronautical subjects.
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09 Warship - Type 42 destroyer HMS Southampton
Release of 2/04/2020
LANASTA PUBLISHING - WARSHIP 09
The primary role of the Type 42 destroyers was providing air defense for the fleet. With their long-range sensors, the ships could also act as radar pickets, sailing ahead of a task group. HMS... [read more]
08 Warship - Destroyer HNLMS Kortenaer
Release of 1/07/2019
LANASTA PUBLISHING - WARSHIP 08
HNLMS Kortenaer was in action in the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942, where she was torpedoed by the Japanese cruiser Haguro. An eyewitness, recorded that Kortenaer about 700 yards... [read more]
07 Warship - Fast Combat Support Ship Zuiderkruis
Release of 1/08/2017
LANASTA PUBLISHING - WARSHIP 07
HNLMS Zuiderkruis (1975-2012) was the second Fast Combat Support Ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Primarily intended for Replenishment At Sea (RAS=UNREP operations) fuelling Nl Task Group and... [read more]
06 Warship - DESTROYER HMCS HAIDA
Release of 1/06/2016
LANASTA PUBLISHING - WARSHIP 06
HMCS Haida was a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1943-1963. Haida sank more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian warship. She is also the only... [read more]
05 Warship - PROTECTED CRUISER GELDERLAND
Release of 1/04/2015
LANASTA PUBLISHING - WARSHIP 05
Protected cruiser (Pantserdekschip) HNLMS Gelderland was a Holland-class cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. This class, of six ships, was considered a modest, but well thought-out design. At a... [read more]
03 Serie Liners - Achille Lauro.
Release of 1/04/2015
LANASTA PUBLISHING - LINERS 03
The Italian cruise ship was built between 1939 and 1947 as MS Willem Ruys, a passenger liner for the Rotterdamsche Lloyd. In 1965, she was sold to the Flotta Lauro Line, or Star Lauro, (now MSC... [read more]
01 Serie Liners - Willem Ruys.
Release of 1/09/2014
LANASTA PUBLISHING - LINERS 01
Ordered in 1938 to replace the aging ships on the Dutch East Indies route, her keel was laid in 1939 at De Schelde shipyard in Vlissingen, Netherlands, for Rotterdamsche Lloyd (now Nedlloyd).... [read more]
04 Warship - FRIGATE USS CLARK
Release of 1/03/2014
LANASTA PUBLISHING - WARSHIP 04
USS Clark (FFG-11) was the fifth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates. The ships were designed in the United States in the mid-1970s as general-purpose escort vessels... [read more]
03 Warship - FRIGATE HNLMS Jacob Van Heemskerck
Release of 1/08/2013
LANASTA PUBLISHING - WARSHIP 03
The two ships of the Jacob van Heemskerck class of the Royal Netherlands Navy were built as specialized air defence frigates. A development of the Standard-type. Paid off after about twenty... [read more]
02 Warship - FRIGATE HMS LEANDER
Release of 1/04/2013
LANASTA PUBLISHING - WARSHIP 02
HMS Leander was completed in 1963 as the first and name ship of the Leander Class Improved Type 12 General Purpose Frigates. In 1974 the ship was converted for the Anglo-Australian rocket... [read more]
01 Warship - CRUISER HNLMS TROMP
Release of 1/08/2012
LANASTA PUBLISHING - WARSHIP 01
Trapped in the far east by the over-run of the Netherlands and by the occupancy of the Netherlands East Indies, Tromp`s destiny lay in the Indian Ocean ans Pacific onslaughts. The ship became one... [read more]
