Arming the Royal Navy, 1793-1815. The Office of Ordnance and the State
Details:
- Author(s) Cole, Gareth J
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2012
- Pages 195pp
- Publisher Pickering & Chatto
- Place Published London
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- Name Government procurement
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Examines the Office of Ordnance during the French and Napoleonic Wars relative to other government bodies - eg Admiralty - to reassess it as more proactive, efficient, etc, than previously thought. Chapters cover; 'Office of Ordnance and its mode of operation'; 'Ordnance relationships with other government departments'; 'Relations between the Ordnance and its contractors'; 'Supply of gunpowder to the Royal Navy'; 'Supply of iron ordnance to the Royal Navy'; 'Ordnance shipping'; 'Operations of the Ordnance outports'. Includes much about gunpowder production and Ordnance Survey