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Birth of the Battleship British Capital Ship Design 1870 1881 1st Edition by John Beeler ISBN ‎ 978-1557502131 1557502137

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Author(s): John Beeler
ISBN(s): 9781840675344, 1840675349
File Details: PDF, 50.32 MB
Language: english
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ISBN 10:  1557502137

ISBN 13: 978-1557502131

Author: John Beeler

The British ship designers who plied their trade between 1870 and 1881 have long been criticized for being retrogressive and emblematic of the so-called dark ages of the British Admiralty. In this revisionist study, John Beeler goes beyond a purely technical analysis to examine crucial external factors that affected ship building–politics, finance, bureaucracy, strategy, and foreign threats. He makes a persuasive case that the Admiralty’s sensible approach to the many problems of the decade laid the foundation for modern battleship design. Based largely on primary sources, the author’s argument is backed up with solid details and many original plans that are reproduced here for the first time. This major new work will please both technical historians and everyone interested in the legend and lore of battleships.

Table of contents: 

1. International Relations, Naval Rivals, Domestic Politics and Government Finance: The Context

2. Materials and Construction

3. Sails and Steam

4. Armament

5. Strategy, Economics, Politics and Design Policy

6. Design by Committee

7. The Inflexible and Mr Reed

8. From Inflexible to Colossus

9. The Coast Assault Paradigm Shaken: Collingwood and the ‘Admiral’ Class, 1879-81

10. The Cruiser Quandary

11. Conclusion

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