Nelson's Navy

Nelson's Navy

The Ships, Men and Organisation, 1793 - 1815

General Military
  • Author: Brian Lavery
  • Short code: GNM
  • Publication Date: 16 Apr 2020
  • ISBN: 9781472841353
  • Format: Hardback
  • Number of Pages: 336
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About this Product

Patrick O'Brien provides the forward to this edition of the most successful Conway Maritime title. This book is the perfect guide to Nelson's Navy for all those with an interest in the workings of the great fleet. The book is eminently readable and is the first single-volume work to cover in such depth this vast and complex subject. Written by one of the world's leading authorities on the sailing navy the book contains considerable original research to give a clear and authentic picture of the Senior Service as a whole. With a foreword by one of the most successful maritime fiction authors of the current age, the book is also of interest to all those with enthusiasm for the literature based on the Nelsonic-era.

Biographical Note

Brian Lavery is one of Britain's leading naval historians and a prolific author. A Curator Emeritus at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and a renowned expert on the sailing navy and the Royal Navy, in 2007 he won the prestigious Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award. His naval writing was further honoured in 2008 with the Society of Nautical Research's Anderson Medal. His recent titles include Ship (2006), Royal Tars (2010), Conquest of the Ocean (2013), In Which They Served (2008), Churchill's Navy (2006), and the Sunday Times bestseller Empire of the Seas (2010).

Contents

Foreword
Preface
PART 1: BACKGROUND
1 The Wars with France
2 Early Naval History
3 The Naval Administration
4 Britain and the World
PART 2: TYPES OF SHIPS
1 The Principles of Ship Design
2 Ships-of-the-Line
3 Frigates
4 Unrated Ships and Vessels
PART 3: SHIPBUILDING
1 Ship Construction
2 Fitting of ships
3 Masts, Sails and Rigging
4 Armament
PART 4: OFFICERS
1 Officers' Entry and Training
2 Commissioned Officers
3 Warrant Officers
4 Officers' Living Conditions
5 Ship Administration
PART 5: NAVAL RECRUITMENT
1 The Problem of Naval Recruitment
2 The Press Gang
3 Other Methods of Recruiting
PART 6: SEAMEN AND LANDMEN
1 Seamen's Conditions of Service
2 Seamen and Petty Officers
3 Landmen, Artifi cers and Servants
4 Mutiny and Desertion
PART 7: MARINES
1 Role and Organisation
2 Marines in Service
3 Marine Equipment and Uniform
PART 8: TECHNIQUES
1 Basic Seamanship
2 Ship Handling
3 Boat and Anchor Work
4 Gunnery and Fighting
5 Navigation
6 Disaster at Sea
PART 9: SHIPBOARD LIFE
1 The Organisation of the Crew
2 The Ship's Day
3 The Necessities of Life
4 Rewards and Pleasures
5 Medicine and Health
6 Discipline
PART 10: DOCKYARDS AND BASES
1 The Work and Facilities of the Dockyards
2 The Dockyard Workforce
3 Home Anchorages and Naval Bases
4 Overseas Bases
5 The Victualling Organisation
PART 11: FLEETS
1 The Distribution of Fleets
2 Fleet Administration
3 Fleet Tactics
4 Signals
PART 12: THE SEAMAN'S WORLD
1 Winds and Currents
2 The Merchant Marine
3 Other Naval Services
PART 13: FOREIGN NAVIES
1 The French Navy
2 The Spanish Navy
3 The American Navy
4 Other Foreign Naval Forces
PART 14: TACTICS
1 Fighting Tactics
2 Blockade
3 Convoys and Cruisers
4 Amphibious Operations
5 Victory and Defeat
Afterword
Appendices
Sources
Index


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