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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ...so long as a dozen hostile torpedo boats were known to be at large and undetected in the English Channel. The hostile Admiral was confined to the area between the West Indian and South American trade routes. The British Admiral disposed of his cruisers in the best way to gain intelligence of the enemy; but it was hopeless for him to overtake his adversary, for his cruisers were altogether too few in number. The fact thus disclosed has caused some of the ablest and most distinguished officers of the Royal Navy to hold that, though the result of the manoeuvres is eminently grave, yet it should bo regarded as satisfactory, because it proves to demonstration, while there is time for remedy, that the means at the disposal of the Admiralty to meet the first requirements of war are quite insufficient. They claim that the plan of the manoeuvres, so far as the chief point in them is concerned, was wisely conceived to test the sufficiency of those means; and that the way in which the hostile Admiral acted to force the issue, and the way in which he forced from the British Admiral that the British force, though handled to the best advantage, was utterly unable to control the enemy, have been most useful, if Great Britain is willing to learn by object lessons. The coaling of ships at sea was not comtemplated in the General Idea and its accomplishment must be regarded as incidental to the manoeuvres. The experiences of the manoeuvres demonstrate the need of a greater number of cruisers; the possibility of coaling a fleet of modern battle ships at sea; the importance of Scilly as a base of naval operations for the defense of commerce and the protection of British waters against hostile incursions; and the necessity for a reconsideration of the assumed conditions and limi...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781236213792
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 214
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1236213793
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 390 gr


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