The Londons of the British Fleet
Author : Edward Fraser
Publisher :
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 13,97 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Battleships
ISBN :
The British Navy Triumphant! Being Copies of the London Gazettes Extraordinary; Containing the Accounts of the Glorious Victories Obtained ... Over the French Fleet, by Admiral Lord Howe, on the First of June, 1794; the Spanish Fleet, by Admiral Sir J. Jervis, Near Cape St. Vincent, February 14, 1797; the Dutch Fleet, by Admiral A. Duncan, Near Camperdown ... Oct. 11, 1797; and ... the French Fleet, by Rear-Admiral Sir H. Nelson, Near the Mouth of the Nile, Aug. 1 and 2, 1798
Author : England
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 48,20 MB
Release : 1798
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
The British Admirals of the Fleet, 1734–1995
Author : T. A. Heathcote
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 18,42 MB
Release : 2002-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1473812704
Book Description
A companion volume to the same author's "The British Field Marshals 1736–1997", this book outlines the lives of the 115 officers who held the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy from 1734, when it took its modern form, to 1995, when the last one was appointed. Each entry gives details of the dates of the birth and death of its subjects, their careers ashore and afloat, their family backgrounds, and the ships, campaigns and combats in which they served. Each is placed clearly in its domestic or international political context. The actions recorded include major fleet battles under sail or steam, single-ship duels, encounters with pirates on the Spanish Main and up the rivers of Borneo, the suppression of the Slave Trade (for which the Navy receives little gratitude), landing parties to deal with local dictators and revolutionaries, and the services of naval brigades in China, Egypt and South Africa.
London's Lost Rivers
Author : Paul Talling
Publisher : Random House
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 30,3 MB
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1409023850
Book Description
Packed with surprising and fascinating information, London's Lost Rivers uncovers a very different side to London - showing how waterways shaped our principal city and exploring the legacy they leave today. With individual maps to show the course of each river and over 100 colour photographs, it's essential browsing for any Londoner and the perfect gift for anyone who loves exploring the past... 'An amazing book' -- BBC Radio London 'Talling's highly visual, fact-packed, waffle-free account is the freshest take we've yet seen. A must-buy for anyone who enjoys the "hidden" side of London -- Londonist 'A fascinating and stylish guide to exploring the capital's forgotten brooks, waterways, canals and ditches ... it's a terrific book' - Walk 'Pocket-sized, beautifully designed, illustrated and informative - in short a joy to read, handle and use' -- ***** Reader review 'Delightful, informative and beautifully produced' -- ***** Reader review 'A small gem. A really great book. I can't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 'Fascinating from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************************************ From the sources of the Fleet in Hampstead's ponds to the mouth of the Effra in Vauxhall, via the meander of the Westbourne through 'Knight's Bridge' and the Tyburn's curve along Marylebone Lane, London's Lost Rivers unearths the hidden waterways that flow beneath the streets of the capital. Paul Talling investigates how these rivers shaped the city - forming borough boundaries and transport networks, fashionable spas and stagnant slums - and how they all eventually gave way to railways, roads and sewers. Armed with his camera, he traces their routes and reveals their often overlooked remains: riverside pubs on the Old Kent Road, healing wells in King's Cross, 'stink pipes' in Hammersmith and gurgling gutters on streets across the city. Packed with maps and over 100 colour photographs, London's Lost Rivers uncovers the watery history of the city's most famous sights, bringing to life the very different London that lies beneath our feet.
The British Navy, Economy and Society in the Seven Years War
Author : Christian Buchet
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,24 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 184383801X
Book Description
An analysis of how Britain developed a superb supply system for the navy, with beneficial consequences both for victory in war and for Britain's economic development.
Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition
Author : Roger Morriss
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 45,18 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781570032530
Book Description
How one British admiral changed the course of naval history Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition documents the long and varied career of Admiral Sir George Cockburn, who presided over much of the British Navy's transition from sail to steam while maintaining the interests and professionalism of the officer corps. Cockburn's life and times encompassed service under Admiral Horatio Nelson during the French Revolutionary War; diplomacy and combined operations during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 with the United States; and administrative, political, and technological changes during the first half of the nineteenth century. Cockburn emerged from the Napoleonic Wars as the best-known British admiral, renowned for his part in the attack on Washington in 1814 and for escorting Napoleon to St. Helena. But his greatest impact was from 1818 to 1846 at the Admiralty Office, where he steered the British Navy through some of the most disruptive political and technological changes it has ever faced. Cockburn's attitude towards the development of more seaworthy sailing warships and his key role in the introduction of the screw propeller are also examined--inovations that coincided with the decline of flogging, impressment, and personal patronage in the management of the British Navy. Though Cockburn was often regarded as a reactionary, Roger Morriss reveals the liberalism that enlightened his policies in the Navy. By providing unique insight into a highly influential figure and into the many facets of admiralty administration, this book makes a valuable contribution to naval history.
The British Navy's Victualling Board, 1793-1815
Author : Janet W. Macdonald
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 33,88 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 1843835533
Book Description
An examination of the Royal Navy's Victualling Board, the body responsible for supplying the fleet. During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Navy increased its manpower from fewer than 20,000 to more than 147,000 men, with a concomitant increase in the quantities of food and drink required to sustain them.The organisation responsible for this, the Victualling Board, performed its tasks using techniques and systems which it had developed over the previous 110 years. In terms of actually delivering supplies to warships, troopships and army garrisons abroad, the Victualling Board performed well given the constraints of long-distance communications and intermittent difficulties in obtaining supplies. However, its other areas of responsibility showed poor performance, as evidenced by the reports of several Parliamentary enquiries. This book examines in detail the processes by which the Victualling Board performed its core and non-core tasks, identifying the areas of competence and incompetence, and establishing the underlying causes of the incompetencies. JANET MACDONALD, author of the highly acclaimed Feeding Nelson's Navy (Chatham, 2004), has recently completed a thesis at King's College London. After a business career, and running an equestrian organisation, she spent ten years as a freelance writer, publishing more than thirty books.
The British Navy in the Mediterranean
Author : John D. Grainger
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 38,22 MB
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 1783272317
Book Description
A comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Mediterranean from the earliest times until the present.
The British Navy in Eastern Waters
Author : John D. Grainger
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 14,98 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1783276770
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Indian and Pacific Oceans from the earliest times to the present. This book outlines the early voyages of the English East India Company, its building of its own naval forces and its conflicts with Indian states. It examines the opening up of the Pacific Ocean, the wars with the French in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and the activities of the British navy in the later nineteenth century, both off the coasts of China and Japan, and also in the many other places to which the navy's very great power extended. It goes on to consider the wars of the twentieth century, Britain's withdrawal from east of Suez, and Britain's continuing relative decline. Throughout, the book provides accounts of battles and other actions, and relates the activities of the British navy to the wider political situation and to the activities of other European and Asian navies.
The British Navy and the State in the Eighteenth Century
Author : Clive Wilkinson
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,86 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843830429
Book Description
"Prominent in building Britain's maritime empire in the eighteenth century, the Royal Navy also had a significant impact on politics, public finance and the administrative and bureaucratic development of the British state. The Navy was the most expensive branch of the state, and its effective funding and maintenance was a problem that taxed the ingenuity of a succession of politicians, naval officers and bureaucrats. The Navy, in many ways a victim of its own success, grew faster than the infrastructure that supported it and the public purse that funded it. By the middle of the century the difficulties this growth created had become critical, and the challenge this presented was taken up by Admiralty Boards led by Anson, Egmont, Hawke and Sandwich. Resolving these problems introduced administrative reforms and innovations in the Navy's administration and in public finance, some of which pre-figured later bureaucratic development. There was however a political price to pay, when the management of the Navy and its apparent unpreparedness for the War of American Independence made the Earl of Sandwich and the Navy a focus for political opposition to an unpopular government and a disappointing war."--BOOK JACKET.
