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Acworth, Bernard. Britain in Danger: An Examination of Our Navy. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937, xiv, 288 pp. Retired Captain, RN; analysis & critique of naval construction & propulsion policies.
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architecture; critique of Royal Navy; interwar; propulsion ; Royal Navy; shipbuilding;
Keywords:
architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, propulsion , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, interwar
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Acworth, Bernard. The Economic Significance of Coal: A Symposium on the Utilization of Coal. London, 1933, 10 pp. Pamphlet; critical of current naval policies.
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age of steam; architecture; critique of Royal Navy; interwar; propulsion ; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , age of steam, propulsion , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, interwar
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Adie, W.A.C. Oil, Politics, and Seapower: The Indian Ocean Vortex. New York: National Strategy Information Center, 1975, 97 pp.
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20th C. (1900-1999); imperialism; Indian Ocean; oil ; propulsion ; sea power;
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20th century, twentieth, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Indian Ocean, oil , propulsion , sea power
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Allen, Matthew. "The Employment of Untried Technology: British Naval Tactics in the Ironclad Era." War in History, 15 (July 2008): 269-93. Gun, ram, torpedo; gun prevailed.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Admiralty; age of steam; gunnery; propulsion ; Royal Navy; shipbuilding; tactics; technology; torpedo; weapons;
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19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of steam, gunnery, gun, weapon , propulsion , Royal Navy, Britain, England, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, tactics, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, torpedo, underwater weapon, propelled weapon, weapon, arms trade
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Allen, Matthew. "The Origins, Conduct and Outcome of the British Naval Exercises of 1885." MM, 91 (August 2005): 421-35. From ironclad era; use of close blockade confirmed but two years later, in exercises, close blockade abandoned.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Admiralty; age of steam; blockade; propulsion ; Royal Navy; strategy; tactics; technology;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of steam, blockade, propulsion , Royal Navy, Britain, England, strategy, strategic, tactics, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Allen, Thomas B. & Polmar, Norman. Rickover: Father of the Nuclear Navy. Military Profile Series. Dulles: Potomac, 2007, xvi, 103 pp. Hyman J. Rickover.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Anglo-American; nuclear ; personality; propulsion ; Royal Navy; ship; submarine; United States Navy;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, nuclear , personality, prominent leader, noted person , propulsion , Royal Navy, Britain, England, united states navy, US navy, submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, ship, boat, vessel
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Allin, Lawrence Carroll. "An Antediluvian Monstrosity: The Battleship Revisited." See W. Cogar, NHS-7, pp. 284-92.
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20th C. (1900-1999); architecture; battleship; critique of Royal Navy; gunnery; propulsion ; weapons;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , gunnery, gun, weapon , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , propulsion , weapon, arms trade , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy
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Allington, Peter & Greenhill, Basil. The First Atlantic Liners: Seamanship in the Age of Paddle Wheel, Sail and Screw. London: Conway; Washington: Brassey, 1997, 167 pp. Folio; problems of handling early steamships at sea; based on original logbooks.
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19th C. (1800-1899); age of steam; architecture; liner; navigation; propulsion ; seamanship;
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19th century, nineteenth, age of steam, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , propulsion , liner, passenger liner, steamship , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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Anderson, William R. & Blair, Clay, Jr. Nautilus 90 North. Cleveland: World, 1959, 251 pp. First nuclear submarine; to North Pole.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; Arctic; Cold War; exploration; nuclear ; propulsion ; submarine; United States Navy;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , cold war, nuclear , propulsion , submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, united states navy, US navy, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure
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Andrews, David "Technology, Shipbuilding and Future Combat beyond 2020." See P. O'Brien, Technology & Naval Combat, pp. 248-62.
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20th C. (1900-1999); 21st C. (2000-); architecture; gunnery; propulsion ; shipbuilding; technology; weapons;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, 21st century, twenty-first, twenty first, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , gunnery, gun, weapon , propulsion , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, weapon, arms trade , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Antonov, A.M. "The Birth of Red October." USNIP, 121 (December 1995): 79-81. Late 1950s; K-5 November Class Soviet nuclear submarine.
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Anglo-Russian; Cold War; intelligence; nautical fiction; nuclear ; propulsion ; submarine;
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Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , cold war, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , nuclear , nautical fiction, sea fiction , submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, propulsion
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Armstrong, John & Williams, David M. "Technological Advance and Innovation: The Diffusion of the Early Steamship in the United Kingdom, 1812-1834." MM, 91 (February 2010): 42-61. Included tables, numbers & tonnage; rapid growth, geographical diffusion; regular steamboat services, e.g., Comet, Glasgow.
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19th C. (1800-1899); age of steam; Anglo-Scot; coastal vessel; expansion; propulsion ; ship; shipbuilding; technology;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, age of steam, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , ship, boat, vessel, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, propulsion
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Armstrong, John & Williams, David M. "The Steamboat and Popular Tourism." J Trans Hist, 3 ser, 26 (2005): 61-77.
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age of steam; culture; propulsion ; ship; trade;
Keywords:
age of steam, propulsion , ship, boat, vessel, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, culture, music, literature, language, art
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Armstrong, John & Williams, David M. "The Steamship as an Agent of Modernisation, 1812-1840." IJ Mar Hist, 19 (June 2007): 145-60. Neglected aspect.
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19th C. (1800-1899); age of steam; expansion; propulsion ; ship; shipbuilding; technology; trade;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, age of steam, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , propulsion , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, ship, boat, vessel, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Baker, William Avery & Tryckare, Tre. The Engine-Powered Vessel: From Paddle-Wheeler to Nuclear Ship. New York: Grosset & Dunlap; London: Watts, 1965, 1966, 267 pp. Folio; profusely illustrated.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); 21st C. (2000-); age of steam; architecture; nuclear ; propulsion ; ship; shipbuilding;
Keywords:
age of steam, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, 21st century, twenty-first, twenty first, nuclear , propulsion , ship, boat, vessel, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders
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Block, Leo. To Harness the Wind: A Short History of the Development of Sails. Annapolis: NIP, 2003, xv, 164 pp.
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age of sail, propulsion , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Body, Geoffrey. British Paddle Steamers. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971, 230 pp.
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19th century, nineteenth, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, propulsion , age of steam
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Boyce, Gordon H. "Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand and the Adoption of Oil Propulsion: Learning-by-Using Effect." J Trans His, 3 ser, 18 (September 1997): 134-55.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); oil ; propulsion ; trade;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, propulsion , oil
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Brown, David Keith. "The First Steam Battleship." MM, 63 (November 1977): 327-33.
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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.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); age of sail; propulsion ; ship;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, age of sail, propulsion , ship, boat, vessel
| 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 |