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Brown, David Keith. "Shells at Sevastopol." Warship, 10 (1979): 74-79. Experimentation by British & French fleets.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, crimean war, Russia, Turkey, Sevastopol,, weapon, arms trade , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Brown, David Keith. "Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, KCB." Warship, 19 (2007): 30-44. 1829-1915; Director, Naval Construction; controversy: wood to steel.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, biography, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders

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Brown, David Keith. "Submarine." See J. Hattendorf, Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History, IV., pp. 57-58.

Categories:

submarine; weapons;

Keywords:

weapon, arms trade , submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation

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Brown, David Keith. "The Cruiser." See R. Gardiner, Eclipse of the Big Gun (CHOS), pp. 55-70. Advances in technology; numbers more important than armament, protection or speed; ideal: British Leander, Dido, Fiji; U.S. Baltimore, Cleveland classes.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, cruiser, protection of trade, light cruiser, heavy cruiser, anti-aircraft cruiser , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Brown, David Keith. "The Design and Construction of the Battleship Dreadnought." Warship, 13 (1980): 39-52. Committee included Fisher, Prince Louis, Jellicoe, Bacon & Watts.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders

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Brown, David Keith. "The Development of the British Escort Carrier." Warship, 25 (1983): 18-24.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, aircraft carrier, carrier, warfare, sea power

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Brown, David Keith. "The First Steam Battleship." MM, 63 (November 1977): 327-33.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, propulsion

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Brown, David Keith. "The Form and Speed of Sailing Warships." MM, 84 (1998): 298-307.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, age of sail, propulsion , ship, boat, vessel

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Brown, David Keith. "The Surface Fleets of World War I." See Marines de Guerre du Dreadnought, pp. 21-70.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, world war 1, first world war, sea power

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Brown, David Keith. Warrior to Dreadnought: Warship Development, 1860-1905. London: Chatham; Annapolis: NIP, 1997, xvi, 208 pp. Folio, 200 illustrations; transformation of capital ships; in 4-volume chronological series.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, Royal Navy, Britain, England, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship

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Brown, David Keith. "White, William Henry (1845-1913)." See J. Hattendorf, Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History, IV., pp. 437-38.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Royal Navy, Britain, England, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, biography

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Brown, David Keith. "Wood, Sail, and Cannonballs to Steel, Steam, and Shells, 1815-1895." See J. Hill, Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy, pp. 200-26.

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19th century, nineteenth, weapon, arms trade , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, sea power, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Brown, Eric Melrose. Duels in the Sky: World War II Naval Aircraft in Combat. Annapolis: NIP, 1988, viii, 222 pp. Memoir; by RN pilot.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, world war 2, second world war, aircraft carrier, carrier, warfare, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Brown, Eric Melrose. Wings of the Navy: Flying Allied Carrier Aircraft of World War II. London: Jane's; Annapolis: NIP, 1980, 1987, 176 pp. Eds: William Green & Gordon Swanborough; 300 illustrations.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, world war 2, second world war, aircraft carrier, carrier, warfare, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation

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Brown, Eric Melrose. Wings on My Sleeve. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006, 284 pp. Memoir; naval aviator.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, aircraft carrier, carrier, warfare, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Brown, Gary M. "Attitudes to an Invasion of Australia in 1942." JRUSI, 122 (March 1977): 27-31.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, world war 2, second world war, Royal Australian Navy, Australia , invasion, armada, landing

Abbreviations
AHR American Historical Review
Alb Albion
alt alternate
Am Nep American Neptune
AQ & DJ Army Quarterly and Defence Journal
ASLIB Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses)
BIHR Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research
Can His Rev Canadian Historical Review
Can J His Canadian Journal of History
comp Compiled by
DAI Dissertation Abstracts International
EcHR Economic History Review
ed editor or edited by
EnHR English Historical Review
HisAHR Hispanic American Historical Review
HJ Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal)
His Res Historical Research
His Tod History Today
Intell & Nat Sec Intelligence and National Security
IJ Mar His International Journal of Maritime History
IJ Nau Arch International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
IHR International History Review
intro introduction
J Am His Journal of American History
J Asian His Journal of Asian History
JBS Journal of British Studies
J Cont His Journal of Contemporary History
J Econ His Journal of Economic History
JI & CH Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
J Mar Res Journal for Maritime Research
J Mil His Journal of Military History
J Mod His Journal of Modern History
JRUSI Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute
J Soc His Journal of Social History
JSAHR Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
J Stra Stu Journal of Strategic Studies
J Trans His Journal of Transport History
J Wor His Journal of World History
MM Mariner's Mirror
Mil Aff Military Affairs
NHS Naval History Symposium (USNA)
NMM National Maritime Museum
Nav Rev Naval Review
NWCR Naval War College Review (US)
Nel Dis Nelson Dispatch
NIP Naval Institute Press
Nor Mar Northern Mariner
Pac His Rev Pacific Historical Review
P & P Past and Present
Traf Chron Trafalgar Chronicle
trans translated by
UP University Press
USNIP Proceedings of the Naval Institute
Vic Stu Victorian Studies
War & Soc War and Society
War in His War in History
W&MQ William and Mary Quarterly
WSS World Ship Society

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