Ships of the Victorian Navy
Author | : Conrad Dixon |
Publisher | : Ashford, Buchan & Enright |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Conrad Dixon |
Publisher | : Ashford, Buchan & Enright |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Norman Friedman |
Publisher | : Seaforth Publishing |
Total Pages | : 793 |
Release | : 2012-10-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473803128 |
“This magnificent book reinforces Norman Friedman's unparalleled reputation as a peerless author of maritime topics.”—Australian Naval Institute Gradually evolving from the masted steam frigates of the mid-nineteenth century, the first modern cruiser is not easy to define—but for the sake of this book, historian Norman Friedman takes as a starting point Iris and Mercury of 1875. They were the Royal Navy’s first steel-built warships; were designed primarily to be steamed rather than sailed; and formed the basis of a line of succeeding cruiser classes. The story progresses with the last armored cruisers, which were succeeded by the first battlecruisers (originally called armored cruisers), and with the last Third Class Cruisers (Topaze class), all conceived before 1906. While dovetailing precisely with the author's previous book on British cruisers, this one also includes the wartime experience of the earlier ships. The two central themes are cruisers for the fleet and cruisers for overseas operations, including (but not limited to) trade protection. The distant-waters aspect covers the belted cruisers, which were nearly capital ships, intended to deal with foreign second-class battleships in the Far East. The main enemies contemplated during this period were France and Russia, and the book includes British assessments of their strength and intentions, with judgments as to how accurate those assessments were. Deeply researched, original in its analysis, and full of striking insights, this is another major contribution by Norman Friedman to the history of British warships.
Author | : Roger Parkinson |
Publisher | : Boydell Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781843833727 |
A reappraisal of the late Victorian Navy, the so-called `Dark Ages', showing how the period was crucial to the emergence of new technology defined by steel and electricity. In purely naval terms, the period from 1889 to 1906 is often referred to (and indeed passed over) as the `pre-Dreadnought era', merely a prelude to the lead-up to the First World War, and thus of relatively little importance; it has therefore received little consideration from historians, a gap which this book remedies by reviewing the late Victorian Navy from a radically new perspective. It starts with the Great Near East crisis of 1878 and shows how itsaftermath in the Carnarvon Commission and its evidence produced a profound shift in strategic thinking, culminating in the Naval Defence Act of 1889; this evidence, from the ship owners, provides the definitive explanation of whythe Victorian Navy gave up on convoy as the primary means of trade protection in wartime, a fundamental question at the time. The book also overturns many assumptions about the era, especially the perception that the navy was weak, and clearly shows that the 1870s and early 1880s brought in crucial technological developments that made the Dreadnought possible.
Author | : Basil Greenhill |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Harbors |
ISBN | : 9780870219726 |
Author | : Norman Friedman |
Publisher | : Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2012-11-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612519563 |
Gradually evolving from sailing frigates, the first modern cruiser is not easy to define, but this book starts with the earliest steam paddle warships, covers the evolution of screw-driven frigates, corvettes and sloops, and then the succeeding iron, composite and steel-hulled classes down to the last armoured cruisers.
Author | : Douglas R. Burgess Jr. |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2016-05-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0804798982 |
In 1859, the S.S. Great Eastern departed from England on her maiden voyage. She was a remarkable wonder of the nineteenth century: an iron city longer than Trafalgar Square, taller than Big Ben's tower, heavier than Westminster Cathedral. Her paddles were the size of Ferris wheels; her decks could hold four thousand passengers bound for America, or ten thousand troops bound for the Raj. Yet she ended her days as a floating carnival before being unceremoniously dismantled in 1889. Steamships like the Great Eastern occupied a singular place in the Victorian mind. Crossing oceans, ferrying tourists and troops alike, they became emblems of nationalism, modernity, and humankind's triumph over the cruel elements. Throughout the nineteenth century, the spectacle of a ship's launch was one of the most recognizable symbols of British social and technological progress. Yet this celebration of the power of the empire masked overconfidence and an almost religious veneration of technology. Equating steam with civilization had catastrophic consequences for subjugated peoples around the world. Engines of Empire tells the story of the complex relationship between Victorians and their wondrous steamships, following famous travelers like Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Jules Verne as well as ordinary spectators, tourists, and imperial administrators as they crossed oceans bound for the colonies. Rich with anecdotes and wry humor, it is a fascinating glimpse into a world where an empire felt powerful and anything seemed possible—if there was an engine behind it.
Author | : Victoria |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1034 |
Release | : 1866 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Basil Greenhill |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
Here are the passenger steamers, steam tugs, cargo steamers, steam coasters and paddle passenger steamers of years long past as captured in these fascinating old photograph showing in many cases what the passengers never saw -- from the engine rooms and the kitchen to the hierarchy of the crews quarters and the staterooms in different classes and periods.
Author | : Hawthorne Daniel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Sailing ships |
ISBN | : |
Author | : M. Taylor |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2013-10-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1137312661 |
A wide-ranging new survey of the role of the sea in Britain's global presence in the 19th century. Mostly at peace, but sometimes at war, Britain grew as a maritime empire in the Victorian era. This collection looks at British sea-power as a strategic, moral and cultural force.