Records

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Author

Fisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher, Baron, 1841-1920

Title

Records, by Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Hodder and Stoughton,1919.

Credits

Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Fisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher, Baron, 1841-1920

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69497

Release Date

December 8, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.RECORDS
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Preamble
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
7. 7.RECORDS
8. 8.CHAPTER I EARLY YEARS
9. 9.CHAPTER II. FURTHER MEMORIES OF KING EDWARD AND OTHERS
10. 10.CHAPTER III THE BIBLE, AND OTHER REFLECTIONS — Dr. Ginsburg — Action — Resentment — Dean Inge — Forgiveness
11. 11.CHAPTER IV EPISODES — I.— Mr. Gladstone’s Final Resignation. — II.— The Great Lord Salisbury’s Brother-in-law. — III.— Ship-building and Dockyard Workers. — IV.—“ Jolly and Hustle. ” — V.—“ Buying up Opportunities. ” — VI.— How the Great War was Carried on.
12. 12.CHAPTER V DEMOCRACY — Peace — From Lord Fisher to a Friend. — The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
13. 13.CHAPTER VI PUBLIC SPEECHES — I.— The Royal Academy Banquet, 1903. — II.— The Lord Mayor’s Banquet, 1907. — III.— The House of Lords, November 16, 1915. — IV.— The House of Lords, March 21, 1917.
14. 14.CHAPTER VII THE ESSENTIALS OF SEA FIGHTING — “ Secrecy and Secretiveness. ” — “ The Great Silent Navy. ”
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII JONAH’S GOURD — Admiralty Policy: Replies to Criticisms. — H.M. Ships “Dreadnought” and “Invincible.” — Defects and Repairs — The Use of the Gunboat. — Coast Guard — Observatories.
16. 16.CHAPTER IX NAVAL PROBLEMS — Sir John Fisher to Lord Selborne, First Lord of the Admiralty. — Main Principles of Scheme. — Future Types of Fighting Vessels. — “ Out of Date ” Fighting Ships . — Revision of Stations. — Personnel. — Nucleus Crews. — Signals. — Defence of Naval Ports. — Notes by Sir John Fisher on New Proposals. — Purging the Navy of Obsolete Vessels. — Nucleus Crews. — Subsidiary Services of War. — A Retrospect ( July, 1906 ).
17. 17.CHAPTER X NAVAL EDUCATION — I.— Common Entry. ( Written in 1905 ). — State Education in the Navy. — The New Naval Education. — Naval Officers’ Training. Some Opinions on the Admiralty Scheme (1902). — 1. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. — 2. Sir John Hopkins. — 3. Chief Inspector of Machinery, Sir Henry Benbow, K.C.B., D.S.O., R.N. — A Naval Candidate’s Essay.
18. 18.CHAPTER XI SUBMARINES — The Submarine is the Coming Type of War Vessel for Sea Fighting. — Hostile Submarines. — The Submarine and Commerce.
19. 19.CHAPTER XII NOTES ON OIL AND OIL ENGINES — How War and Peaceful Commerce will be Revolutionised by the Oil Engine. — Oil and the Oil Engine (1912). — Oil Burning Battleships.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII THE BIG GUN
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV SOME PREDICTIONS — Letter from Sir M. Hankey, K.C.B. (Secretary to the War Cabinet).
22. 22.CHAPTER XV THE BALTIC PROJECT — Lord Fisher to Mr. Lloyd George. — Automatic Dropping Mines for Ocean Use.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI THE NAVY IN THE WAR — Scapa Flow. — A Pre-War Prophecy. — The “Monstrous” Cruisers so Derided in Parliament — To Lord Fisher from a Naval Officer — Lord Fisher to a Friend. — The Dreadnought Battle Cruiser. — The Way to Victory. Lord Fisher to the Prime Minister. — Lord Fisher to a Friend. — “ Sow the North Sea with Mines. ” ( Written in November, 1914 ). — A Birthday Letter. Lord Fisher to a Friend. — The German Submarine Menace. Lord Fisher to a Friend. — MEMORANDUM. — Lord Fisher to Sir Maurice Hankey, K.C.B., Secretary to the War Cabinet. — The Miracle of the Peace — Lord Fisher to a Friend. — To Lord Fisher from an Admirer. — To Lord Fisher from Admiral Moresby.
24. 24.POSTSCRIPT
25. 25.APPENDIX I LORD FISHER’S GREAT NAVAL REFORMS
26. 26.APPENDIX II SYNOPSIS OF LORD FISHER’S CAREER. — Born January 25, 1841, at Rambodde, Ceylon. — Entered the Royal Navy, June 13, 1854. — Lieutenant, November 4, 1860. — March 28, 1863. — November 3, 1866. — August 2, 1869. — September 19, 1872. — October 30, 1874. — November 16, 1876. — March 15, 1877. — June 7, 1878. — January 1, 1879. — September 25, 1879. — January 18, 1881. — July 11, 1882. — August 14, 1882. — November 9, 1882. — April 6, 1883. — 1884. — November 1, 1886. — August 2, 1890. — May 21, 1891. — February 1, 1892. — May 26, 1894. — May 8, 1896. — August 24, 1897. — 1899. — July 1, 1899. — 1900. — November 2, 1901. — June 5, 1902. — June 26, 1902. — December 25, 1902. — May 2, 1903. — August 31, 1903. — November 7, 1903. — October 21, 1904. — December 6, 1904. — January, 1905. — March 6, 1905. — December 4, 1905. — February 10, 1906. — November, 1906. — January, 1907. — March, 1907. — August, 1907. — September, 1907. — November 9, 1907. — June, 1908. — June 17, 1908. — June, 1909. — December 7, 1909. — January 25, 1910. — March 10, 1910. — May 24, 1912. — July 30, 1912. — September 7, 1914. — October 30, 1914. — December 8, 1914. — January 24, 1915. — May 15, 1915. — July 5, 1915. — November 16, 1915. — March 21, 1917. — May 5, 1919. — October 21 (Trafalgar Day), 1919. — December 8 (Falkland Islands Day), 1919.
27. 27.FOOTNOTES
28. 28.INDEX
29. 29.Transcriber’s Notes

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