The British Navy
Its Strength, Resources, and Administration

This comprehensive survey of the British Navy at a time of technological development was published between 1882 and 1883.

Thomas Brassey (Author)

9781108024679, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 December 2010

604 pages
22.9 x 3.4 x 15.2 cm, 0.88 kg

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 3 includes discussions of naval policy and ship design, and Brassey's parliamentary papers.

Part III. Opinions on the Shipbuilding Policy of the Navy: Introduction
Opinions on Naval Constructions for War: 1. Dimensions
2. Specialisation of types
3. Armour
4. Turret ships and monitors
5. Armaments
6. The ram as a naval weapon
7. Torpedoes and torpedo vessels
8. The 'Popoffka' type
9. Miscellaneous
10. Report of the Admiralty Committee on Designs for Ships of War, 1871
11. Papers and parliamentary speeches by compiler on designs for ships of war, 1876–1879.

Subject Areas: Military history [HBW]