The British Navy
The British Navy
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GBPSir Thomas Brassey (1836–1918), later Earl Brassey, was a politician with a particular interest in maritime affairs. He was a keen sailor, and his wife's accounts of their many voyages (also reissued in this series) were bestsellers. He subsequently became a Lord of the Admiralty and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Brassey's Naval Annual was for many years the authoritative survey of worldwide navies. This five-volume survey of the state of the British Navy was published between 1882 and 1883. Brassey was much involved with questions of the modernisation and reform of the Navy, at a time when international relations were marked by a maritime arms race. The books provide much technical detail about the different types of ship and weapons available to the Navy. Volume 2 examines armour, guns and torpedoes, and the comparative strength of naval powers.
Product details
December 2010Paperback
9781108024662
446 pages
229 × 25 × 152 mm
0.65kg
113 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Preface to the second volume
- Part II. Essays and Papers on Naval Subjects:
- 1. Armour and armour experiments
- 2. Guns and gunnery
- 3. Torpedoes and torpedo boats
- 4. Comparative strength and resources of naval powers
- 5. Unarmoured ships
- 6. Harbour defence and coast service vessels
- 7. Historical sketch of naval expenditure since Trafalgar
- Appendix
- Index.
