The Council Of The Navy Records Society

Author : Navy Records Society
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ISBN 13 : 9781331920830
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book The Council of the Navy Records Society written by Navy Records Society and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Council of the Navy Records Society: 1908 1909 When three years ago the Society issued its volume on Fighting Instructions, a gap in the series had to be left unfilled. It was found impossible to reconstruct satisfactorily that important period in the history of sailing tactics during which the old system of Instructions was superseded by the Signal Book system. The material that was necessary for the purpose seemed to have disappeared beyond recovery. The attention which the volume called to the subject led to several isolated pieces of evidence being brought to the notice of the Council and the Editor, and the Barham Papers shed further light, especially as to Kempenfelt's share in the reform. But all this did little more than show more clearly the high interest of the transition period and how little we knew of it. The new material raised new problems rather than solved the old ones. At last, however, three collections of documents became accessible all relating to this period, which have made it possible to tell the whole story in quite minute detail. The first was the Bridport Papers, acquired by the British Museum, containing the tactical orders issued by Lord Howe between 1790 and 1794, and covering the last stage of the transition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.