Sustaining the Fleet, 1793-1815: War, the British Navy and the Contractor State

by R.J.B. Knight and Martin Wilcox

An assessment of the work of the contractors who were commissioned by the Victualling Board to provision the fleet in this period.

Provisioning the fleet, and the army overseas, during the French Wars of 1793-1815 was a major undertaking. This book explains how the Victualling Board in London handled this enormous task, focusing in particular on contractors -that is the merchants and brokers, who provided a vast range of commodities including...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843835649
• ISBN13: 9781843835646
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"