The Oxford illustrated history of the Royal Navy
This illustrated history tells the fascinating story of how the Navy was organized, how its ships were built and how the ordinary sailor lived in times of battle and of peace. The text is supported by photographs and maps
History
xiv, 480 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
9780192116758, 9780198605270, 0192116754, 0198605277
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The wall of England, to 1500 / Susan Rose
From the king's ships to the Royal Navy 1500-1642 / David Loades
A permanent national maritime fighting force, 1642-1689 / J.D. Davies
The struggle with France, 1690-1815 / John B. Hattendorf
The eighteenth-century navy as a national institution, 1690-1815 / Daniel A. Baugh
The shield of empire, 1815-1895 / Andrew Lambert
Wood, sail, and cannonballs to steel, steam, and shells, 1815-1895 / David K. Brown
Endeavour, discovery, and idealism, 1760-1895 / Roger Morris
Life and education in a technically evolving navy, 1815-1925 / John Winton
The battleship fleet : the test of war, 1895-1919 / James Goldrick
Retrenchment, rethinking, revival, 1919-1939 / Geoffrey Till
A service vindicated, 1939-1946 / Eric J. Grove
The realities of medium power, 1946 to the present / J.R. Hill
The Royal Navy and the post-war naval revolution, 1946 to the present / Norman Friedman