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Building the steam navy : dockyards, technology and the creation of the Victorian battle fleet, 1830-1906 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Evans, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Conway Maritime ; 2004.
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > History > 19th century.
Shipyards > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Shipbuilding industry > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Warships > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Shipbuilding > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Shipbuilding industry > Military aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The birth of the steam navy
  • Building foundations
  • Retrenchment in the name of reform
  • Woolwich and the first steam factory
  • Iron construction
  • Gaining the technological edge
  • Equipping and running the steam factories
  • Greene, scamp and the integrated factory
  • HMS Volcano and the development of mobile logistics
  • Integrating the factories
  • Mechanisation supreme
  • The first iron warships
  • HMS Achilles
  • Coaling the Navy
  • The great extensions.