Support for the Fleet: Architecture and Engineering of the Royal Navy's Bases 1700-1914

by Jonathan Coad

Overview

This major new book traces the architectural and engineering works in the Royal Navy's shore bases at home and overseas and the politics and technologies that shaped them. Copiously illustrated with maps, plans and photographs, this important and lively work will appeal to naval historians, industrial archaeologists and students of British history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848020559
Publisher:	Historic England in association with Liverpool University Press
Publication date:	07/31/2013
Series:	English Heritage
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	10.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Jonathan Coad is an author based in Robertsbridge.

Table of Contents

Contents
1. The Royal Dockyards in Great Britain, 1700–1835
2. The Royal Dockyards in Great Britain, 1835–1914
3. Planning and Building the Royal Dockyards to 1795
4. Planning and Building the Royal Dockyards, 1795–1914
5. Engineering Works of the Sailing Navy, 1700–1835
6. Buildings of the Sailing Navy
7. Dockyard Housing, Offices and Chapels
8. Buildings and Engineering Works of the Steam Navy, 1835–1914
9. Growth of Empire: The Overseas Bases of the Sailing Navy,
1700–1835
10. Heyday of Empire: The Overseas Bases, 1835–1914
11. The Mediterranean Bases: Buildings and Engineering Works,
1700–1914
12. The West Indies and North American Bases: Buildings and
Engineering Works, 1700–1914
13. South Atlantic and Australian Bases: Buildings and
Engineering Works, 1700–1914
14. Feeding the Fleet: The Royal Victualling Yards
15. Naval Ordnance Yards
16. Care of the Sick and Wounded: Naval Hospitals
17. Barracks and Training Establishments