The transformation of British naval strategy : seapower and supply in Northern Europe, 1808-1812

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    • Davey, James

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The transformation of British naval strategy : seapower and supply in Northern Europe, 1808-1812

James Davey

Boydell Press, 2012

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"The book is number 44 in the Forum Navale book series"--p. [x]

Bibliography: p. 209-225

Includes index

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Shows how the system of supply was perfected during the later part of the Napoleonic Wars, enabling fleets to stay at sea on a permanent basis. After the Battle of Trafalgar, the navy continued to be the major arm of British strategy. Decades of practice and refinement had rendered it adept at executing operations - fighting battles, blockading and convoying - across theglobe. And yet, as late as 1807, fleets were forced from their stations due to an ineffective provisioning system. The Transformation of British Naval Strategy shows how sweeping administrative reforms enacted between 1808and 1812 established a highly-effective logistical system, changing an ineffective supply system into one which successfully enabled a fleet to remain on station for as long as was required. James Davey examines the logistical support provided for fleets sent to Northern Europe during the Napoleonic War and shows how this new supply system successfully transformed naval operations, enabling the navy to pursue crucial objectives of national importance, protect essential exports and imports and attack the economies of the Napoleonic Empire. The Transformation of British Naval Strategy is a detailed study of national policy, administrative and political reform and strategic viability. It delves into the nature of the British state, its relationship with the private sector and its ability to reform itself in a time of war. Bureaucratic restructuring represented the last stage in a century-long process of logistical improvement. As a result of the reforms, the navy was able to conduct operations beyond the realms of possibility even twenty years earlier and saw the reach of its power transformed. Military and Napoleonic historians will find this book invaluable. JAMES DAVEY is Research Curator at the National Maritime Museum and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, where he teaches British naval history.

目次

Introduction The Forgotten Theatre: Britain, Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea 'To Keep a Fleet above a Fortnight': The Evolution of Naval Logistics during the Eighteenth Century The Challenge of the Black Sea The Administration of Power Projection The First Year in the Baltic: 1808 The Escalation of Seapower: 1809 The Navy, Reform and the British State Logistics and Seapower: 1810-1812 Conclusion Appendix 1: Time taken to secure transport tonnage to the Baltic, 1808-1812 Appendix 2: Time taken to secure tonnage to the Mediterranean, 1800-1802 Appendix 3: Time taken to load victualling shipments, 1808-1810 Appendix 4: Time taken to deliver provisions to the Baltic, 1808-1809 Appendix 5: Efficiency of victualling deliveries: Bread Appendix 6: Efficiency of victualling deliveries: Spirits

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