The British Navy 5 Volume Set: Its Strength, Resources, and Administration

By Thomas Brassey

Sir Thomas Brassey (1836-1918), later Earl Brassey, was a politician with a particular interest in maritime affairs. He was a keen sailor, and his wife's accounts of their many voyages (also reissued in this series) were bestsellers. He subsequently became a Lord of the Admiralty and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Brassey's Naval Annual was for many years the authoritative survey of worldwide navies. This five-volume survey of the state of the British Navy was published between 1882 and 1883. Brassey was much involved with questions of the modernisation and reform of the Navy, at a time when international relations were marked by a maritime arms race. The books provide much technical detail about the different types of ship and weapons available to the Navy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110802470X
• ISBN13: 9781108024709
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 2812 Pages
• Weight: 10.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.1" x 9.8" x 12.6"