The Oxford illustrated history of the Royal Navy / general editor, J.R. Hill ; consultant editor, Bryan Ranft.

Collection type	Library
Author	Hill, J R.; Ranft, Bryan.;
Call Number	359.00941 R888n
Document type	Monograph
Year	1995.
Citation	95013627
Pagination	xiv, 480 p., [16] p. of plates (col.) : ill., maps
Publisher	Oxford University Press,
Note	Bibliography: p. 449-465.
Place made	New York

Abstract

1. The Wall of England, to 1500 / Susan Rose -- 2. From the King's Ships to the Royal Navy, 1500-1642 /David Loades -- 3. A Permanent National Maritime Fighting Force, 1642-1689 / J. D. Davies -- 4. The Struggle With France, 1690-1815 / John B. Hattendo--5. The Eighteenth-Century Navy as a National Institution, 1690-1815 / Daniel A. Baugh -- 6. The Shield of Empire, 1815-1895 / Andrew Lambert -- 7. Wood, Sail, and Cannonballs to Steel, Steam, and Shells, 1815-1895 / David K. Brown -- 8. Endeavour, Diovery, and Idealism, 1760-1895 / Roger Morris --9. Life and Education in a Technically Evolving Navy, 1815-1925 / John Winton -- 10. The Battleship Fleet: The Test of War, 1895-1919 / James Goldrick -- 11. Retrenchment, Rethinking, Revival, 1919-1939 /Gffrey Till -- 12. A Service Vindicated, 1939-1946 /Eric J. Grove -- 13. The Realities of Medium Power 1946 to the Present / J. R. Hill.14. The Royal Navy and the Post-War Naval Revolution, 1946 to the Present / Norman Friedman.