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Adams, Thomas R. & Waters, David W., comps. English Maritime Books Printed before 1801: Relating to Ships, Their Construction and Their Operation at Sea: Including Articles in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society: Arranged in Two Parts Alphabetically and Topically. Providence: John Carter Brown Library; London: NMM, 1995, xxxiv, 602 pp. Foreword: N.A.M. Rodger; 3809 indivdual entries under 24 topics; massive compilation & essential bibliography; cooperation from National Maritime Museum of London; details on number of copies and where located; earliest was 1528; e.g., navigational manuals, almanacs, works on gunnery, health, laws, instruments, conditions, etc.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); association; bibliography; condition; gunnery; health; instrument; law; literature; maritime history; museum; naval lore;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, bibliography, list, listing , maritime history, naval history , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, literature, culture, museum, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , gunnery, gun, weapon , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, law, instrument, navigation, compass, clock , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life
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Albert, Marvin H. Broadsides and Boarders: An Account of the Great Captains Who Fought with Cannon under Sail, and of Their Battles. London: Harrap; New York: Appleton-Century, 1957, 1958, x, 360 pp. 300 years of sailing ship warfare; Nelson as greatest commander; others Sea Beggars, Sea Dogs, Generals-at-Sea, Hawke, Suffren & Decatur.
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Admiralty; age of sail; battles; gunnery; Nelson, Horatio; officer; personality;
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age of sail, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, battles, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , Nelson, Horatio, personality, prominent leader, noted person , gunnery, gun, weapon , officer, quarterdeck, leader
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Alger, Philip. The Groundwork of Practical Naval Gunnery: A Study of the Principals and Practices of Exterior Ballistics. . . . Annapolis: [NIP], 1917, 331 pp.
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Admiralty; gunnery; Royal Navy; science ; weapons;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, gunnery, gun, weapon , Royal Navy, Britain, England, science , weapon, arms trade
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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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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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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;
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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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Anthony, Ian. The Naval Arms Trade. Stockholm: SIPRI; Oxford: Oxford UP, 1990, xii, 221 pp. Featured: Australia, New Zealand, Canada & India; included naval arms: warships, missiles, aircraft.
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20th C. (1900-1999); aviation; gunnery; mine; missile; Royal Australian Navy; Royal Canadian Navy; Royal New Zealand Navy; trade; weapons;
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20th century, twentieth, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, gunnery, gun, weapon , mine, underwater weapon, missile, rocket, ballistic missile, Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand , weapon, arms trade , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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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;
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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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Archibald, Edward H.H. The Wooden Fighting Ships in the Royal Navy, AD 897-1860. London: Blandford; New York: Arco, 1968, 1970, 174 pp. Illus: Ray Woodward; much useful detail, naval architecture.
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Admiralty; age of sail; architecture; gunnery; ship; ship of the line; weapons;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , gunnery, gun, weapon , ship, boat, vessel, ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate , weapon, arms trade
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Ashley, Roger. "War in the Ordnance Office: The Essex Connection and Sir John Davis." HR, 67 (1994): 337-45.
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, weapon, arms trade , gunnery, gun, weapon
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Attwood, Edward Leslie. The Modern Warship. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1913. Shorter version of next entry.
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Admiralty; age of steam; architecture; gunnery; naval guide; ship; technology; weapons;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of steam, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , gunnery, gun, weapon , ship, boat, vessel, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, weapon, arms trade , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction
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Attwood, Edward Leslie. War-Ships: A Text-Book on the Construction, Protection, Stability, Turning, etc. of War Vessels. London: Longman, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1917, 342 pp. 219 illustrations; by head, Battleship Section, Admiralty; technology of the day; appendix: HMS Dreadnought.
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Admiralty; age of steam; architecture; education; gunnery; naval guide; ship; shipbuilding; technology; weapons;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of steam, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, gunnery, gun, weapon , ship, boat, vessel, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, weapon, arms trade , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction
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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. A Naval Scrap-Book. 2 vols. I: 1877-1900. II: From 1900 Onwards. London: Hutchinson, 1925-1940, xv, 660 pp. Autobiography.
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Admiralty; critique of Royal Navy; gunnery; memoir; Royal Navy; strategy; World War I;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, gunnery, gun, weapon , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England, strategy, strategic, world war 1, first world war
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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. Britain's Glorious Navy. London: Odhams, 1943, 320 pp. By Admiral Bacon, 1863-1947; series of essays.
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Admiralty; age of steam; gunnery; officer; personality; Royal Navy; World War I;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of steam, gunnery, gun, weapon , officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first 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;
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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 Jutland Scandal. London: Hutchinson, 1924, 1925, xvi, 160 pp. Dedicated to "those Two Neglected Goddesses, Justice and Truth. . . ."; official history delayed; pro-Jellicoe; denounced Admiralty Narrative.
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Admiralty; Anglo-German; battles; Beatty, David; critique of Royal Navy; First Sea Lord; gunnery; historian; Jellicoe, John; Jutland; Royal Navy; World War I;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Beatty, David, First Sea Lord, Fleet Commander, Grand Fleet Commander , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, gunnery, gun, weapon , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Jellicoe, John, First Sea Lord, Commander of Grand Fleet, Jutland , Jutland, battle, peninsular , battles, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , historian, history, historical, Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war
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Bailey, D.W. "The Board of Ordnance and Small Arms Supply: The Ordnance System, 1714-1783." Ph.D. diss, London, 1989. Under I. Roy.
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, gunnery, gun, weapon , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Bailey, Sarah Barter. Prince Rupert's Patent Guns. Leeds: Royal Armouries, 2000, 153 pp.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Admiralty; Civil War, English; gunnery;
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17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Civil War, English, English, England, gunnery, gun, weapon
| 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 |