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.
By:
Gareth Cole Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Volume: 4 Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 11mm
Weight: 453g ISBN:9781138664517 ISBN 10: 1138664510 Series:Warfare, Society and Culture Pages: 208 Publication Date:21 January 2016 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
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;