Sustaining the Fleet, 1793-1815 : War, the British Navy and the Contractor State.

Provisioning the fleet, and the army overseas, during the French Wars of 1793-1815 was a massive undertaking. This book explains how the Victualling Board in London handled this enormous task, focusing in particular on contractors - that is the merchants and brokers, who provided a vast range of com...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knight, Roger
Otros Autores: Wilcox, Martin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, 2010.
Temas:
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > Provisioning > History > 18th century.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > Provisioning > History > 19th century.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy
1700-1899
Defense contracts > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Defense contracts > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Contrats de la défense > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Contrats de la défense > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Modern > General.
Armed Forces > Provisioning
Defense contracts
Great Britain > History, Naval > 18th century.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 19th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire navale > 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire navale > 19e siècle.
Great Britain
History
Naval history
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Introduction: War and the Contractor State; 2 The Victualling Board and its Contractors; 3 The Global Strategic Task; 4 The Market for Provisions at Home and Abroad; 5 Supply Contracts: 'Men of Confined Property' and the 'Flower of the City'; 6 Commission Agents: 'Persons of Reputation, Integrity and Extensive Commercial Connexions'; 7 Sea Provisions Contracts: Extending the Imperial Reach; 8 Basil Cochrane and the Victualling of the Fleet in the East Indies, 1792-1806; 9 Zephaniah Job: Merchant, Smuggler, Banker and Contractor
  • 10 Samuel Paget and the Sea Provisions Contract at Great Yarmouth, 1796-1802Conclusion; APPENDICES; 1a) Structure of naval administration, 1793-1815; 1b) Simplified diagram of the victualling organisation and movements of 217provisions; 2 Annual naval spending, 1793-1816; 3a) Map of Great Britain, showing victualling yards and ports victualled by contract; 3b) Chart of Great Yarmouth, 1798; 4a) Deployment of ships and men, 1792-1813; 4b) 1803-1813; 5 Army numbers abroad, 1793-1814; 6a) Wheat prices in four counties: Monthly, 1791-1801; 6b) Wheat prices in four counties: Weekly, 1799-1801

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