Coad, J. G., author.

Historic architecture of the Royal Navy : an introduction / J.G. Coad.

London : Victor Gollancz, 1983.
©1983

160 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

From the 1690s to the First World War, British maritime power, though often challenged, ruled supreme. It was a key factor in the nation's commercial growth which fuelled and underpinned industrial and imperial expansion. Central to the creation and maintenance of that supremacy were the royal dockyards, the victualling and ordnance yards, and the naval hospitals. Without these there could have been no Royal Navy, and Britain's modern history would have been very different. [This book] concentrates on the period from 1700 to 1900, with particular emphasis on the dockyards build to service the sailing navy. They are rich in naval and architectural history and were industrial centres in England well before the Industrial Revolution. They go far towards explaining how it was that Britain to maintain and sustain one of the greatest navies the world has seen. With numerous illustrations featuring surviving buildings in Chatham, Sheerness, Portsmouth, Devonport, Harwich, Gibraltar, Minorca, Malta, Bermuda and Antigua, Historic Architecture of the Royal Navy is a fascinating and important book. -- Dust jacket.

0575032774
9780575032774

Navy-yards and naval stations Great Britain.
Military architecture Great Britain History.
Bases navales Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture militaire Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Military architecture.
Navy-yards and naval stations.
Great Britain.
Great Britain. Royal Navy. Naval bases Architectural features, 1700-1850

History.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 122970
Cote: PO3894; ID:85-B20999
Statut: Disponible