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Allen, Matthew. "Rear Admiral Reginald Custance: Director of Naval Ingtelligence, 1899-1902." MM, 78 (February 1992): 61-75. DNI, leader of "syndicate of discontent," opponents of later Fisher reforms.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; architecture; battleship; critique of Royal Navy; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; intelligence; personality; Royal Navy; strategy; tactics;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, strategy, strategic, tactics, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT
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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;
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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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Arbuthnot, R.K. & Stanley, N.L. A Commander's Order Book for a Mediterranean Battleship. Portsmouth: John Hogg, 1899, 1913, xv, 303 pp. Model: e.g., dress, lower deck regulations, signals, pets; by commanding officer, HMS Royal Sovereign, 1890s.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); battleship; condition; Mediterranean Sea; naval guide; officer;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life
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Archibald, Edward H.H. The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy, AD 897-1984. Annapolis: NIP; Poole: Blandford, 1984, 416 pp. Illus: Ray Woodward; completely revised edition.
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Admiralty; age of sail; age of steam; battleship; general history; gunnery; Royal Navy; ship; ship of the line; weapons;
Keywords:
age of sail, age of steam, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, general history, general survey, survey, Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, weapon, arms trade , gunnery, gun, weapon , ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship
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Archibald, Edward H.H. The Metal Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy, 1860-1970. Annapolis: NIP; London: Blandford, 1971, 240 pp. 2500 listed.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; age of steam; battleship; gunnery; Royal Navy; ship; technology; weapons;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of steam, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, weapon, arms trade , gunnery, gun, weapon
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Ash, Bernard. Someone Had Blundered: The Story of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales. New York: Doubleday, 1960, 1961, 306 pp. Popular account.
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Admiralty; Anglo-Japanese; aviation; battleship; Churchill, Winston; Royal Navy; Singapore; strategy; wreck;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , strategy, strategic, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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Ashmead-Bartlett, Ellis. The Uncensored Dardanelles. London: Hutch, 1928, 286 pp. Controversy; Churchill on fleet only approach: "a fetish which had gained possession of his mind, blinding him to facts and filling his brain with illusions."
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Admiralty; Anglo-German; battleship; Churchill, Winston; Gallipoli; invasion; Mediterranean Sea; Royal Navy; World War I;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign , invasion, armada, landing , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war
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Asmussen, John & Wiper, Steve. Kriegsmarine Tirpitz. Warship Pictorial Series. Tucson: Classic Warships, 2005, 72 pp. 116 illustrations.
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , ship, boat, vessel
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Ayerst, David. Garvin of the Observer. Dover: Croom Helm, 1985, xii, 314 pp. Powerful influence on defense matters, early 20th century.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Anglo-German; battleship; Fisher, John; Imperial Defence;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship
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Backer, Steve. Bismarck and Tirpitz. Ship Craft Series, # 10. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2008, 64 pp. Folio, 120 illustrations.
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Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , ship, boat, vessel, world war 2, second world war
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Backer, Steve. British Battlecruisers of the Second World War. Ship Craft Series, # 7. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2007, 64 pp. Folio; plans & illustrations; for shipcraft modelling.
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battleship; model; Royal Navy; ship; technology; World War II;
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battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , model, ship model, model building , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, world war 2, second world war
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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. From 1900 Onward. London: Hutchinson, 1940, 398 pp. Foreword: Archibald Hurd; intro: E.R.G.R. Evans; memoir, 1st of 2 vols.; included design of HMS Dreadnought.
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Admiralty; architecture; battleship; gunnery; memoir; shipbuilding; World War I;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , gunnery, gun, weapon , world war 1, first world war, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders
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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. "The Capital Ship." See B. Ranft, Ironclad to Trident, pp. 121-25.
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battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , gunnery, gun, weapon , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. The Life of John Rushworth, Earl Jellicoe. London: Cassell, 1936, xvi, 565 pp. Foreword: Reginald McKenna; authorized biography; much Beatty-bashing.
Categories:
Admiralty; battleship; Beatty, David; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; Imperial Defence; Jellicoe, John; Jutland; Royal Australian Navy; Royal Navy; World War I;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Beatty, David, First Sea Lord, Fleet Commander, Grand Fleet Commander , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , Jellicoe, John, First Sea Lord, Commander of Grand Fleet, Jutland , Jutland, battle, peninsular , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, Royal Australian Navy, Australia , world war 1, first world war
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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. The Life of Lord Fisher of Kilverstone, Admiral of the Fleet. 2 vols. New York: Doubleday; London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1929, 640 pp. Authorized biography; praise of McKenna, critical of Balfour.
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Admiralty; Anglo-German; battleship; Churchill, Winston; critique of Royal Navy; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; Royal Navy; World War I;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister
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Bagnasco, Erminio & Grossman, Mark. Regina Marina: Italian Battlsehips of World War Two. Pictorial Histories Series. 1988, 74 pp.
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Anglo-Italian, Italy , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, world war 2, second world war
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Bagnasco, Erminio and De Toro, Augusto. The Littorio Class: Italy's last and largest Battleships, 1937-1948 (Barnsley: Seaforth, 2012)
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20th century, twentieth, world war 2, second world war, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , interwar
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Baker, Arthur David, III. "Battlefleets and Diplomacy: Naval Disarmament between the Two World Wars." Warship International, 26 (1989): 217-55.
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battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty , interwar
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Ball, Stuart R. "The Life and Death of an Edwardian Flagship: A Case Study of HMS Bulwark." MM, 72 (May 1986): 189-98.
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age of steam, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, world war 1, first world war
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Ballantyne, Iain. HMS Rodney. Warships of the Royal Navy Series. Barnsly: Pen & Sword, 2008, xv, 304 pp. 20 illustrations; Treaty Limitation, Invergordon, Norway, Oran, Bismarck.
Categories:
20th C. (1900-1999); battleship; Royal Navy; shipbuilding; World War II;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Royal Navy, Britain, England, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, world war 2, second world war
| 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 |