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Author : Ronald Lee Pollitt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (292 download)
Download or read book The Elizabethan Navy Board written by Ronald Lee Pollitt and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ronald L. Pollitt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (256 download)
Download or read book The Elizabethan Navy Board written by Ronald L. Pollitt and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C.S. Knighton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131714502X
Total Pages : 828 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Elizabethan Naval Administration written by C.S. Knighton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first general selection from the substantial body of surviving documents about Elizabeth’s navy. It is a companion to The Navy of Edward VI and Mary I (Vol.157 in the NRS Series), where the apparatus serving both volumes was printed, and it complements the other NRS volumes that deal specifically with the Spanish Armada. This collection concentrates (though not exclusively so) on the early years of Elizabeth’s reign when there was no formal war. From 1558-1585 the navy was involved in a number of small-scale campaigns, pursuit of pirates and occasional shows of force. The documents selected emphasize the financial and administrative processes that supported these operations, such as mustering, victualing, demobilisation, and ship maintenance and repair. The fleet varied in size from about 30 to 45 ships during the period and a vast amount of maintenance and repair was required. The main component of the volume is the massively detailed Navy Treasurer's account for 1562-3 which is followed by and collated with the corresponding Exchequer Account. The documents illustrate just how efficiently the dockyards functioned. They were one of the great early Elizabethan achievements.
Author : David Childs
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612519369
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Pirate Nation written by David Childs and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2015-01-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For all the romantic mythology surrounding the court of Queen Elizabeth I, the financial underpinning of the reign of ‘Gloriana’ was decidedly sordid. Elizabeth’s policy of seizing foreign assets made her popular at home but drew her into a partnership with pirates who preyed on the state’s foes and friends alike, being rewarded or punished depending on how much of a cut the Queen received, rather than the legitimacy of their action. For this reason the rule of law at sea was arbitrary and almost non-existent. Even those, such as the Lord Admiral and the Court of Admiralty, who were tasked with policing the seas and eliminating piracy, managed their own pirate fleets. While honest merchants could rail and protest, the value to the exchequer of this dubious income was enormous, often equaling, on an annual basis, the input from all other sources such as taxation or customs dues. Moreover, the practice of piracy taught English seamen how to fight and, when the nation was at its greatest peril, in 1588, it was pirates who kept the Spanish Armada away from invading the English coast. Charles Howard, commander of the British forces, Richard Grenville, Walter Raleigh and Francis Drake, were all pirates who became ‘admirals all for England’s sake’, and were well rewarded by the Queen for their exploits. This highly original book argues that the deeply ingrained piratical and self-interested approach to naval warfare by these English captains almost allowed the Armada to succeed. A radical reassessment of Elizabethan maritime history, Pirate Nation makes this and a number of other startling revelations about the myth and the reality of Elizabethan naval policy. A highly readable work, this radical reappraisal of Elizabethan maritime practice offers provocative insights about some of the most cherished events in British history.
Author : Dr C S Knighton
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1472406966
Total Pages : 1125 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (724 download)
Download or read book Elizabethan Naval Administration written by Dr C S Knighton and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-12-28 with total page 1125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first general selection from the substantial body of surviving documents about Elizabeth’s navy. It is a companion to The Navy of Edward VI and Mary I (Vol.157 in the NRS Series), where the apparatus serving both volumes was printed, and it complements the other NRS volumes that deal specifically with the Spanish Armada. This collection concentrates (though not exclusively so) on the early years of Elizabeth’s reign when there was no formal war. From 1558-1585 the navy was involved in a number of small-scale campaigns, pursuit of pirates and occasional shows of force. The documents selected emphasize the financial and administrative processes that supported these operations, such as mustering, victualing, demobilisation, and ship maintenance and repair. The fleet varied in size from about 30 to 45 ships during the period and a vast amount of maintenance and repair was required. The main component of the volume is the massively detailed Navy Treasurer's account for 1562-3 which is followed by and collated with the corresponding Exchequer Account. The documents illustrate just how efficiently the dockyards functioned. They were one of the great early Elizabethan achievements.
Author : N A M Rodger
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 014191257X
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book The Safeguard of the Sea written by N A M Rodger and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-10-07 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of the nation: its navy. N. A. M. Rodger's definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the strength - and weakness - of its sea power, from the desperate early campaigns against the Vikings to the defeat of the great Spanish Armada. Covering policy, strategy, ships, recruitment and weapons, this is a superb tapestry of nearly 1,000 years of maritime history. 'No other historian has examined the subject in anything like the detail found here. The result is an outstanding example of narrative history' Barry Unsworth, Sunday Telegraph
Author : Christian Buchet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 184383801X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book The British Navy, Economy and Society in the Seven Years War written by Christian Buchet and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of how Britain developed a superb supply system for the navy, with beneficial consequences both for victory in war and for Britain's economic development.
Author : David Watkin Waters
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Elizabethan Navy and the Armada of Spain written by David Watkin Waters and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Lewis
Publisher : London, Unwin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 822 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Navy of Britain written by Michael Lewis and published by London, Unwin. This book was released on 1948 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the British Royal Navy from earliest times to 1948.
Author : David Loades
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135188090X
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)
Download or read book The Tudor Navy written by David Loades and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tudor Navy is a subject which is very unevenly known. The last significant general histories were written at the end of the last century. Since then much detailed research has been undertaken, particularly on the Armada, the end of Henry VIII's reign and the early Elizabethan period. As a result, it has been generally thought that the navy went through a series of booms and slumps during the sixteenth century. Further research on the intervening periods now presents a much more even picture of development, although the pace of advance was uneven. At the same time naval history has tended to be seen in isolation, presented by special naval experts. It is better understood as a part of the general administrative, political and above all financial history of the period. This book is designed to present a whole story, set in its proper contemporary context.
Author : D. M. Loades
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Making of the Elizabethan Navy, 1540-1590 written by D. M. Loades and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the development of the English navy showing how the formidable force which beat the Spanish Armada was created. When Henry VIII came to the throne in 1509 the English Navy was rather ad hoc: there were no warships as such, rather just merchant ships, hired when needed by the king, and converted for military purposes, which involved mostly the transport of troops and the support of land armies. There were no permanent dockyards and no admiralty or other standing institutions to organise naval affairs. Throughout the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary, and theearly part of the reign of Elizabeth, all this changed, so that by the 1580s England had permanent dockyards, and permanent naval administrative institutions, and was able to send warships capable of fighting at sea to attack theSpanish in the Caribbean and in Spain itself, and able to confront the Spanish Armada with a formidable fleet. This book provides a thorough account of the development of the English navy in this period, showing how the formidableforce which beat the Spanish Armada was created. It covers technological, administrative and operational developments, in peace and war, and provides full accounts of the various battles and other naval actions. David Loadesis Honorary Research Professor, University of Sheffield, Professor Emeritus, University of Wales, Bangor, and a member of the Centre for British and Irish Studies, University of Oxford. He has published over 20 books, including"The Tudor Navy" (1992).
Author : Cheetham Matthew
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783659699450
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (994 download)
Download or read book The Navy Board's Operations, 1778-1793 written by Cheetham Matthew and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy Board was perhaps the most important part of the shore establishment of the Royal Navy between 1778-90 as Britain attempted to rebuild both its navy for a war it was initially losing, and later its reputation as a world power following the humiliating loss of their American colonies. In the midst of all of this the work of Sir Charles Middleton, the Comptroller, stands above all in its importance in ensuring that Britain initially regained parity with France and Spain and later surpassed them in numbers and readiness for conflict. This book deals with the functions of the Navy Board during this period, and the work and legacy of Middleton. There is also a close case study of two of the most important issues to face the naval administration during this period; coppering the fleet and the way in which the Navy Board dealt with the subsequent problems of the process; and the way in which the Navy Board acquired an adequate supply of timber for the ever-expanding fleet. Finally, thought is given to the differences made possible, through all the work of the Navy Board and Middleton through the 1780s, in the armaments for the two Revolutionary Wars that bookend this period.
Author : Christopher Lloyd
Publisher : Greenwood Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Nation and the Navy written by Christopher Lloyd and published by Greenwood Press. This book was released on 1954 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tom Glasgow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Elizabethan Navy in Ireland (1558-1603) written by Tom Glasgow and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew David Cheetham
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The Navy Board's Operations 1775-1793 written by Matthew David Cheetham and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Vale
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351730827
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)
Download or read book The Naval Miscellany written by Brian Vale and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian Vale is a naval historian with degrees from Keele and King’s College London. A life-long member of the Society for Nautical Research and the Navy Records Society, he has long specialised in Anglo-South American maritime history. His books include Independence or Death! British sailors and Brazilian Independence, A Frigate of King George, The Audacious Admiral Cochrane and Cochrane in the Pacific: Fortune and Freedom in Spanish America.
Author : J. R. Hill
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198605270
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (52 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy written by J. R. Hill and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain is an island nation and throughout history its navy has been of great importance for its defence. As a consequence it has always had a special significance and has over the centuries entrenched itself in the national psyche, making itself manifest not only through the hero-worship ofits principal characters such as Horatio Nelson and Sir Francis Drake but also finding expression through art, music, and literature.Like any great national institution, the navy is a complex web of interconnected histories - operational, strategic, political, economic, administrative, technological, and social. Now updated for its paperback edition, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy, in a series of fourteenchapters, provides a thorough and engaging treatment of these histories, covering every aspect of naval history from the Anglo-Saxon period to the dawn of the new millennium.The book explores:Major action and campaigns - the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the Anglo-Dutch Wars, the Battle of Trafalgar, the Battle of Jutland, the Atlantic Campaign of 1939-45, the Falklands conflict, the Gulf War, and attacks on terrorist bases in Afghanistan in 2001.Developments in naval history and technology - navigational advances, surveying, constructional developments, disaster relief, the suppression of the slave trade, and the Strategic Defence Review of 1998.Key personalities - Drake and Nelson, Samuel Pepys, Francis Beaufort, Jackie Fisher, Lord Charles Beresford, Lord Jellicoe.Naval life - recruitment (press gangs, training, education, discipline), tactics, gunnery and armaments, amphibious operations, wages and conditions, victualling and supply.How and when did Britain's perception of the sea change from a thing of fear to a 'moat defence' (in the words of Shakespeare)?How did the navy's administrative systems develop during the Tudor period?During the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, its greatest period of expansion, how did the navy develop strategically and operationally?How successfully did the navy defend the British Empire during the nineteenth century?What role did the navy play in Victorian Britain's thirst for exploring of the world?What technical developments have been important to the navy?What effect did two world wars have on the role of the Royal Navy?What does the modern navy look like now and what about the future?With a full chronology, which has been brought up to date to the end of 2001, an extensive list of further reading, 16 pages of colour plates, 23 maps, 6 special Action Station diagram 'box' features, and around 200 black-and-white integrated illustrations, this is an authoritative and highlyreadable account of a unique fighting service and its people.
