Building the Steam Navy: Dockyards, Technology and the Creation of the Victorian Battle Fleet, 1830-1906
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (875 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 085177959X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Evans was a professor of history at the University of Richmond and edited The Japanese Navy in World War II. He died in 1999. David C.
Evans was a professor of history at the University of Richmond and edited The Japanese Navy in World War II. . About the Author David C. He died in 1999
This volume recounts the development of the dockyards and their infrastructure, logistics, and operations as the introduction of new technology forged a revolution in ship design and construction. By the end of the Napoleonic wars, the Royal Navy's shore-based facilities employed nearly 16,000 people in Great Britain and formed the greatest manufacturing complex in the world. Fully illustrated with plans, drawings, engravings, and maps, this comprehensive history is both an essential reference and fascinating reading.. The book includes chapters on Woolwich and the first steam factory; iron construction; the technological edge; Greene, Scamp and the integrated factory; HMS Volcano and the development of mobile logistics; mechanization; building the first iron warships; and coaling the navy. It spans the construction of the first purpose-built workshops for maintenance and repair in 1830 to the symbolic end of the Victorian era in the Royal Navy with the completion of HMS Dreadnought in 1906
A triumph of scholarship Alexander T. Gafford Building the Steam Navy is subtitled "Dockyards, Technology and the Creation of the Vistorian Battle Fleet". A better subtitle would have been the "The Industrial Infrastructure of Royal Navy Dockyards" since only the Government owned yards are described and the focus is the the functional architecture of the built structures. Given that and some other limitations to be further discussed this is a wonderfully researched work that really immmersed me in the Victorian time. The level of detail unearthed and the . "Not a lightweight intro book" according to Carl P. Beetz. This book covers a vastly neglected part of the history of the Royal Navy during the most fascinating period of invention and experimentation. It focuses on design of dockyards, buildings and machines associated with the ever larger metal ships. There are copious photographs, maps and drawings. There are links to the ongoing history of ship development but it probably leans more to development of industrialization generally. You don't need to be an engineer to understand it but should at least have a technical