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Arming the Royal Navy, 1793–1815

The Office of Ordnance and the State

Gareth Cole author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:1st Jan '12

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The Office of Ordnance has been ill-served by previous accounts of its role in arming the Royal Navy during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Cole offers an in-depth examination of its organizational structure and demonstrates how the department responded to the pressures of war over an extended period of time.

'Cole has produced a fine study of an essential component of British military performance in the 1793-1815 wars.' International Journal of Maritime History 'a timely contribution...Cole has done a good job of reassessing the "much maligned" Office of Ordnance.' War in History 'This book addresses a major lacuna, namely naval supply during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, exploiting the rich archival records of the Office ... [an] excellent study.' The Mariner's Mirror

ISBN: 9781848931879

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 430g

208 pages