Arming the Royal Navy, 1793-1815

'Cole has produced a fine study of an essential component of British military performance in the 1793-1815 wars.' International Journal of Maritime History 'a timely contribution...Cole has done a good job of reassessing the "much maligned" Office of Ordnance.' War in History 'This book addresses a major lacuna, namely naval supply during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, exploiting the rich archival records of the Office ... [an] excellent study.' The Mariner's Mirror

• Introduction; Chapter 1 The Office of Ordnance and Its Mode of Operation; Chapter 2 Ordnance Relationships with Other Government Departments; Chapter 3 Relations between the Ordnance and Its Contractors; Chapter 4 The Supply of Gunpowder to the Royal Navy; Chapter 5 The Supply of Iron Ordnance to the Royal Navy; Chapter 6 Ordnance Shipping; Chapter 7 The Operations of the Ordnance Outports; conclusion Conclusion;