Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Myth of a Paper Fleet
- 2 Government and the Navy
- 3 ‘Treating the House with Contempt’: British Naval Finance in the Eighteenth Century
- 4 Crisis and Victory: The Navy, 1714–62
- 5 The Peace Establishment I: Demobilization and Retrenchment, 1763–6
- 6 The Peace Establishment II: Stability, Innovation, and the Falklands, 1766–70
- 7 Sandwich, Parliament and the Paper Fleet, 1771–9
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Extraordinary Estimates 1750–76
- Appendix 2 Extraordinary Estimate, Navy Office, 2 February 1767
- Appendix 3 Estimate of Monies Needed (ADM B 177, 5 August 1765)
- Appendix 4 ‘Plan of Expense of His Majesty’s Navy for the Year 1768’ (ADM B 181, 27 May 1768)
- Appendix 5 Account of the Course of the Navy (Fragment, ADM B 183, 6 August 1770)
- Appendix 6 A List of the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1 January 1763, with the Condition of the Navy on Survey (ADM 7 553)
- Appendix 7 British Battlefleet 1714–80
- Appendix 8 Environmental Impact on the Navy’s Ships, 1710–80
- Appendix 9 Naval Finance and Expenditure
- Appendix 10 The Procedure for Voting a Supply to the Navy
- Bibliography
- Index
Abbreviations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 March 2023
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Myth of a Paper Fleet
- 2 Government and the Navy
- 3 ‘Treating the House with Contempt’: British Naval Finance in the Eighteenth Century
- 4 Crisis and Victory: The Navy, 1714–62
- 5 The Peace Establishment I: Demobilization and Retrenchment, 1763–6
- 6 The Peace Establishment II: Stability, Innovation, and the Falklands, 1766–70
- 7 Sandwich, Parliament and the Paper Fleet, 1771–9
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Extraordinary Estimates 1750–76
- Appendix 2 Extraordinary Estimate, Navy Office, 2 February 1767
- Appendix 3 Estimate of Monies Needed (ADM B 177, 5 August 1765)
- Appendix 4 ‘Plan of Expense of His Majesty’s Navy for the Year 1768’ (ADM B 181, 27 May 1768)
- Appendix 5 Account of the Course of the Navy (Fragment, ADM B 183, 6 August 1770)
- Appendix 6 A List of the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1 January 1763, with the Condition of the Navy on Survey (ADM 7 553)
- Appendix 7 British Battlefleet 1714–80
- Appendix 8 Environmental Impact on the Navy’s Ships, 1710–80
- Appendix 9 Naval Finance and Expenditure
- Appendix 10 The Procedure for Voting a Supply to the Navy
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2004