1st Edition

Arming the Royal Navy, 1793–1815 The Office of Ordnance and the State

By Gareth Cole Copyright 2012
    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    The Office of Ordnance has been ill-served by previous accounts of its role in arming the Royal Navy during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Cole offers an in-depth examination of its organizational structure and demonstrates how the department responded to the pressures of war over an extended period of time.

    Introduction; Chapter 1 The Office of Ordnance and Its Mode of Operation; Chapter 2 Ordnance Relationships with Other Government Departments; Chapter 3 Relations between the Ordnance and Its Contractors; Chapter 4 The Supply of Gunpowder to the Royal Navy; Chapter 5 The Supply of Iron Ordnance to the Royal Navy; Chapter 6 Ordnance Shipping; Chapter 7 The Operations of the Ordnance Outports; conclusion Conclusion;

    Biography

    Gareth Cole