Sir 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 4 discusses the administration of the Navy and Admiralty, and of reserve forces.

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Utgivningsdatum:2010-12-16
Mått:36 x 229 x 152 mm
Vikt:920 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History
Antal sidor:636
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108024686

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Innehållsförteckning

Preface to fourth volume; Part IV. Dockyards and Naval Organisation: 1. Controllership of the Navy; 2. Dockyard administration; 3. Professional officers of the Navy; 4. Admiralty organisation; 5. Recent naval administration; 6. Our naval strength and policy; 7. Maintenance and repairs of the Navy; 8. State of the Navy as debated during the General Election, 1880; 9. General policy of the Admiralty, and remarks on the Navy estimates, 1881 to 1883; 10. Extra-Parliamentary speeches, 1881; Part V. Naval Reserves: 1. Introductory remarks; 2. Necessary strength of our Naval Reserves; 3. Efficiency of the Royal Naval Reserve; 4. Regulations for drill; 5. Recruitment of the Reserve from the fishermen and seamen of the coasting trade; 6. Regulations for the enrolment of boys in the third-class Royal Naval Reserve; 7. The Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers; 8. Steam Naval Reserve; 9. Officers of the Coast Defence Forces; 10. Colonial Naval Volunteer Force; 11. Royal Naval Reserve; 12. Strength of the Naval Reserve in 1882; Part VI. Naval Training and Education: 1. Training of engineer officers; 2. Memorandum on the training of seamen; 3. English and foreign opinions on the instruction of the Navy in steam tactics; 4. Motions in favour of abolishing a separate branch of officers for navigating duties; 5. Dockyard and Naval officers; 6. Education of officers for the mercantile marine; 7. Experiences in the 'Sunbeam'; Part VII. Retirements and Pensions: Naval officers of the Consular Service; Appendix; Index.