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The Oxford illustrated history of the Royal Navy / general editor, J.R. Hill ; consultant editor, Bryan Ranft.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.Description: xiv, 480 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0192116754
  • 9780192116758
  • 0198605277
  • 9780198605270
Other title:
  • Illustrated history of the Royal Navy
  • Royal Navy
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Oxford illustrated history of the Royal Navy.; Online version:: Oxford illustrated history of the Royal Navy.LOC classification:
  • VA454 .O2
Online resources:
Contents:
The wall of England, to 1500 / Susan Rose -- From the king's ships to the Royal Navy 1500-1642 / David Loades -- A permanent national maritime fighting force, 1642-1689 / J.D. Davies -- The struggle with France, 1690-1815 / John B. Hattendorf -- The eighteenth-century navy as a national institution, 1690-1815 / Daniel A. Baugh -- The shield of empire, 1815-1895 / Andrew Lambert -- Wood, sail, and cannonballs to steel, steam, and shells, 1815-1895 / David K. Brown -- Endeavour, discovery, and idealism, 1760-1895 / Roger Morris -- Life and education in a technically evolving navy, 1815-1925 / John Winton -- The battleship fleet : the test of war, 1895-1919 / James Goldrick -- Retrenchment, rethinking, revival, 1919-1939 / Geoffrey Till -- A service vindicated, 1939-1946 / Eric J. Grove -- The realities of medium power, 1946 to the present / J.R. Hill -- The Royal Navy and the post-war naval revolution, 1946 to the present / Norman Friedman.
Summary: This illustrated history tells the fascinating story of how the Navy was organized, how its ships were built and how the ordinary sailor lived in times of battle and of peace. The text is supported by photographs and maps.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-465) and index.

The wall of England, to 1500 / Susan Rose -- From the king's ships to the Royal Navy 1500-1642 / David Loades -- A permanent national maritime fighting force, 1642-1689 / J.D. Davies -- The struggle with France, 1690-1815 / John B. Hattendorf -- The eighteenth-century navy as a national institution, 1690-1815 / Daniel A. Baugh -- The shield of empire, 1815-1895 / Andrew Lambert -- Wood, sail, and cannonballs to steel, steam, and shells, 1815-1895 / David K. Brown -- Endeavour, discovery, and idealism, 1760-1895 / Roger Morris -- Life and education in a technically evolving navy, 1815-1925 / John Winton -- The battleship fleet : the test of war, 1895-1919 / James Goldrick -- Retrenchment, rethinking, revival, 1919-1939 / Geoffrey Till -- A service vindicated, 1939-1946 / Eric J. Grove -- The realities of medium power, 1946 to the present / J.R. Hill -- The Royal Navy and the post-war naval revolution, 1946 to the present / Norman Friedman.

This illustrated history tells the fascinating story of how the Navy was organized, how its ships were built and how the ordinary sailor lived in times of battle and of peace. The text is supported by photographs and maps.

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