NAVIES IN TRANSITION

WEAPONS, TECHNOLOGY & TACTICS

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HMS Devastation (Picture from the National Maritime Museum)

WEAPONS

• A History of the Torpedo the Early Days The development of the locomotive torpedo from inception to the eve of WW1 - (warning this may take some time to load)
• The Nathan Okun Naval Gun/Armour Data Resource Off Site articles on Armour Penetration and the Properties of Armour Plate
• Fire Control

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TECHNOLOGY

• Anti Torpedo Nets The development of nets as an effective defence against the Locomotive Torpedo.
• Perfecting the Wooden Man of War A small guide to surviving and reconstructed 19th century warships from the pre-ironclad era.
• Accelerator and Brake: The Impact of Technology on Naval Operations, 1855-1905 J.R.Hill excellent article use to be on the National Maritime museums website but sadly no longer there.
• Up Funnel, Down Screw. The development of Marine Engineering.

TACTICS

• Notes on Naval Strategy and Tactics A pamphlet produced in the last years of the 19th Century on the strategy and tactics of the era.

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