Precursors of Nelson
Title | Precursors of Nelson PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Le Fevre |
Publisher | Stackpole Books |
Pages | 542 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780811729017 |
A guide to some of the most picturesque sites in the Grand Canyon and northern Arizona with detailed instructions for finding the spot for a perfect picture. Includes products and services for the surrounding areas.
Admirals of the British Navy
Title | Admirals of the British Navy PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Dodd |
Publisher | Franklin Classics |
Pages | 114 |
Release | 2018-10-12 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780342586264 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The British Admirals of the Fleet, 1734–1995
Title | The British Admirals of the Fleet, 1734–1995 PDF eBook |
Author | T. A. Heathcote |
Publisher | Pen and Sword |
Pages | 386 |
Release | 2002-01-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1473812704 |
A companion volume to the same author's "The British Field Marshals 1736–1997", this book outlines the lives of the 115 officers who held the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy from 1734, when it took its modern form, to 1995, when the last one was appointed. Each entry gives details of the dates of the birth and death of its subjects, their careers ashore and afloat, their family backgrounds, and the ships, campaigns and combats in which they served. Each is placed clearly in its domestic or international political context. The actions recorded include major fleet battles under sail or steam, single-ship duels, encounters with pirates on the Spanish Main and up the rivers of Borneo, the suppression of the Slave Trade (for which the Navy receives little gratitude), landing parties to deal with local dictators and revolutionaries, and the services of naval brigades in China, Egypt and South Africa.
The Fighting Admirals
Title | The Fighting Admirals PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Stephen |
Publisher | US Naval Institute Press |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
An assessment of the Royal Navy's admirals who played a key role in bringing about Allied victory in World War II.
Admirals of the World
Title | Admirals of the World PDF eBook |
Author | William Stewart |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 343 |
Release | 2014-11-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0786482885 |
This work provides biographies of more than 500 men and women who have served as admiral, vice admiral, or rear admiral. While officers from the U.S., British, French and Japanese navies make up the bulk of the work, officers from 22 countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, and Spain, are also included. The main criterion for inclusion is that each person must have actively served in the rank of at least rear admiral, but not necessarily in enemy action. This effectively rules out people who were granted the rank on retirement, as a courtesy title or posthumously. The book also includes lists of admirals organized by nationality and by year of birth.
The Life of Admiral Lord Anson
Title | The Life of Admiral Lord Anson PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Vernon Anson |
Publisher | London : J. Murray |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | Admirals |
ISBN |
Admirals of the British Navy (Classic Reprint)
Title | Admirals of the British Navy (Classic Reprint) PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Dodd |
Publisher | Forgotten Books |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 2017-12-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780484033329 |
Excerpt from Admirals of the British Navy If the Army, on the contrary, is so much under the microscope, it is largely because it has few or no mysteries. We know the rules. Armies are made up of men like ourselves (only better). They advance as we do, by putting one foot before another, on the solid earth. Their movements are followable, even if we cannot always understand them daily bulletins are printed in the public Press. But the Navy keeps its secrets. Not only have we no notion where it is, but we should be little the Wiser as to its inner purposes if, scanning the illimitable and capricious waves, it should be our fortune to descry here and there a flotilla of its dark grey hulls. Even in harbour most men pointing out a cruiser to their children say That's a dreadnought -a state of confusion bred and fostered by the strange, dark, dangerous element in which the Navy has its being. So much for the causes of our odd willingness to forego one of the chief privileges of British birthright, which is to criticise, even to belittling, all that is ours. But there is justification, too, as the state of the sea to-day testifies. Thanks to the Navy there is at this moment hardly an enemy ship at large on the surface of the waters. The Kaiser's darling ironclads are idle as painted ships upon a painted ocean: not even an ocean, a canal. Our troops in millions have crossed to the Continent. We have enough to eat. 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.