The British Battle Fleet, Volume I (of 2)
by Fred T. Jane
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About this eBook
- Author
- Jane, Fred T. (Frederick Thomas), 1865-1916
- Title
- The British battle fleet, Vol. 1 (of 2) : its inception and growth throughout the centuries to the present day
- Original Publication
- United Kingdom: The Library Press, limited, 1915.
- Credits
- Peter Becker, 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
- Warships -- Great Britain -- History
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 75616
- Release Date
- March 15, 2025
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE BRITISH BATTLE FLEET — PREFACE — PREFACE TO NEW EDITION
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4.THE BRITISH BATTLE FLEET. — I. THE BIRTH OF BRITISH NAVAL POWER.
- 5.II. THE NORMAN AND PLANTAGENET ERAS.
- 6.III. THE TUDOR PERIOD AND BIRTH OF A REGULAR NAVY.
- 7.IV. THE PERIOD OF THE DUTCH WARS. — THE CIVIL WAR. — THE FIRST DUTCH WAR. — THE SECOND DUTCH WAR. — THE THIRD DUTCH WAR.
- 8.V. THE EARLY FRENCH WARS. — WAR OF THE SUCCESSION.
- 9.VI. THE GREAT FRENCH WAR.
- 10.VII. FROM THE PEACE OF AMIENS TO THE FINAL FALL OF NAPOLEON.
- 11.VIII. GENERAL MATTERS IN THE PERIOD OF THE FRENCH WARS. — FLAGS.
- 12.IX. THE BIRTH OF MODERN WARSHIP IDEAS.
- 13.X. THE COMING OF THE IRONCLAD.
- 14.XI. THE REED ERA. — GUNS IN THE ERA. — UNARMOURED SHIPS OF THE ERA.
- 15.A SHORT GLOSSARY OF COMMON NAVAL TERMS. — FOOTNOTES
- 16.Index. — Transcriber’s Notes
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