Warrior to dreadnought : warship development, 1860-1905 / David K. Brown.

Collection type	Library
Author	Brown, D. K. (David K.);
Call Number	F 359.830941 B877
Document type	Monograph
Year	1997.
Citation	97177475
Pagination	224 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Publisher	Naval Institute Press [distributor],
Note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Place made	Annapolis, Md.

Abstract

1. Broadside Batteries -- 2. Edward Reed and the Centre Battery Ships -- 3. Turrets and Capsize -- 4. 'The Ship is a Steam Being' -- 5. Steel for Ships, Armour, Engines and Guns -- 6. The 'Admirals' -- 7. Cruisers and Smaller Craft -- 8. White and the Ral Sovereigns -- 9. A Majestic Fleet, 1893-1904 -- 10. Proved in Battle -- 11. Dreadnought, a Ship whose Time had Come -- 12. The Achievement -- App. 1. Naval Estimates - New Construction -- App. 2. Law of the Sea -- App. 3. The Use of the Admiralty Coeicient (Ad Cft) -- App. 4. Stability and Capsize -- App. 5. Rolling -- App. 6. The Loading and Strength of Ships -- App. 7. Freeboard -- App. 8. Subdivision and Bulkheads in Merchant Ships -- App. 9. Costs of Naval Defence Act Ships.