Author: Arnold Kludas
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ISBN: 9780850581744
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Languages : en
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Author: A. Kludas
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Arnold Kludas
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Author: Matthew S. Seligmann
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191640743
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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When and why did the Royal Navy come to view the expansion of German maritime power as a threat to British maritime security? Contrary to current thinking, Matthew S. Seligmann argues that Germany emerged as a major threat at the outset of the twentieth century, not because of its growing battle fleet, but because the British Admiralty (rightly) believed that Germany's naval planners intended to arm their country's fast merchant vessels in wartime and send them out to attack British trade in the manner of the privateers of old. This threat to British seaborne commerce was so serious that the leadership of the Royal Navy spent twelve years trying to work out how best to counter it. Ever more elaborate measures were devised to this end. These included building 'fighting liners' to run down the German ones; devising a specialized warship, the battle cruiser, as a weapon of trade defence; attempting to change international law to prohibit the conversion of merchant vessels into warships on the high seas; establishing a global intelligence network to monitor German shipping movements; and, finally, the arming of British merchant vessels in self-defence. The manner in which German schemes for commerce warfare drove British naval policy for over a decade before 1914 has not been recognized before. The Royal Navy and the German Threat illustrates a new and important aspect of British naval history.

Author: Arnold Kludas
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ISBN: 9780850591743
Category : Ocean liners
Languages : en
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Author: Arnold Kludas
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Author: Arnold Kludas
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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Author: Arnold Kludas
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: William H. Miller
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780752488097
Category : Ocean liners
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"Celebrating the majestic passenger liners of the twenties, Great passenger ships 1920 - 1930 looks at well-loved ships, such as Majestic, Olympic, Berengaria, Viceroy of India and rawalpindi, alongside lesser known but still fascinating vessels. This series follows ships serving all over the world rather than just fames Atlantic Liners, with personal anecdotes of the ships and their voyages from passengers and crew alike"--Back cover.

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Category : Ships
Languages : en
Pages : 686

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