Our Fleet To-Day

Eardley, Captain S. -Wilmot.R.N.: 1900 London, hardcover 329 pages. With a fleetlist and a index. Our Fleet To-day and Its Development During the Last Half-Century is a technical yet accessible survey of the evolution of the British Royal Navy from the mid-19th century to around 1900, written by Rear-Admiral Sydney Marow Eardley-Wilmot. The book traces changes in ship design, armament, armor, and tactics, with chapters on torpedo warfare and recent naval wars, to explain how Britain’s modern fleet emerged and why sea power remained vital to the empire. In very good condition