Author: Navy Records SocietyPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 20
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The Council of the Navy Records Society 1931-1932
Author: Navy Records SocietyNavy Records Society. Report of the council
Author: The Council of the Navy Records Society
Author: Navy Records SocietyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331920830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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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satisfactorily that important period in the history of sailing tactics during which the old system of Instructions was superseded by the Signal Book system.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.
Navy Records Society
Author: The Council of the Navy Records Society 1897-8
Author: Navy Records SocietyPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330253830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
Excerpt from The Council of the Navy Records Society 1897-8 The family of the late Admiral Sir William Fanshawe Martin have done me the honour, at the request of the Council of the Society, to entrust me with the papers of their grandfather, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin, G.C.B., in the view of my making a selection from them for the use of the Society. The task, however interesting and instructive, has not been an easy one. The papers fill a dozen large volumes, in quarto and folio, and comprise several hundreds of letters - unarranged, dealing with a great variety of subjects, and many of them in a fragmentary condition. The labour of reading through these, and selecting those which appeared suitable for my purpose, has been very great, but has left me with an exceedingly high opinion of Martin, not only as a naval officer, but also as a statesman, diplomatist, and administrator; abundantly gifted, too, with the tact and temper so necessary when dealing with allies, and with the military or other branches of the public service. In reducing this great mass of material to order, it seemed to me that three volumes would be necessary to do justice to it. 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.
Navy Records Society
Author: Navy Records Society
Author: Report of the Council
Author: Report to the Council
Author: Navy Records SocietyReport of the Council
Author: Navy Records Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 4
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