The British Fleet

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Excerpt from The British Fleet: The Growth, Achievements and Duties of the Navy of the Empire Many books have been written about the British Navy and its achievements, but none of these give a general view of the origin. Character, functions. Organization, and administration of the sea service. To fill the gap in our naval literature is the purpose of this volume. It is now universally recognized that without the mari time arm as a defensive and fostering factor the British Empire can neither continue nor further grow. For this reason it seemed desirable to issue a manual, which should in some measure approach to completeness, illustrating the use and nature of this naval force. In order to place clearly before the reader the genesis, management, and system of the ¿eet, I have deemed it advisable to divide the work into sections. These deal respectively with its functions, its administration, its material, and its personnel, both historically and in their existing aspect. An attempt has been made in the first section to show why and how the British Navy grew, and the character of the in¿uence it has exercised in the protection of our shores, and the expansion of our dominion and our com me. In other words, it has been sought, without burdening the pages with dates and chronicles of events. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.