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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 1 surveys the development of armoured ships and mastless ships.

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Author:   Thomas Brassey
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN:  

9780511790195

ISBN 10:   0511790198
Publication Date:   05 March 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Undefined
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Outline of plan of book; Part I. Armoured and Unarmoured Ships: Historical sketch; 1. Our naval requirements in war; 2. Classification of ships of war; 3. Earliest ironclads; 4. Progress of armoured shipbuilding in France, 1861–73; 5. Early armoured construction in England; 6. Converted ships; 7. Sir E. J. Reed's system; ships built from his designs; 8. Ironclads built for the Austrian, German, Italian, Turkish, Russian, and Spanish navies, 1862–73; 9. Monitors and earlier armoured vessels for coast service; 10. Coast-service vessels of more recent type, and earlier mastless ironclads; 11. Armoured cruisers; 12. Bow-battery ships; 13. Central battery ships; 14. Masted turret-ships; 15. Mastless turret-ships; 16. Mastless barbette ships; 17. Unarmoured cruisers and special vessels of the chief naval powers; Index.

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