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R.J.B. Knight

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Description:As the world has seen in recent years, nations fear more than anything the loss of control of strategic raw materials. The situation was no different in the 18th century. Ideally, British administrators thought, the forests of the south of England would supply the oak for the hulls of her ships, while the mast timber and other naval stores, such as the hemp, pitch and tar needed to build her navy and merchant fleet, were obtainable from the countries surrounding the Baltic, or, as a second best, from the North America colonies. The bigger her navy, the more powerful Great Britain became, and the more dependent she also became on the raw materials from those countries. The story of how Britain achieved the continuous growth of her fleet and her shipping, particularly in the second half of the century, is one of domestic political and bureaucratic struggle, a forceful North European foreign policy and strategy, and Euorpean-wide economic power and financial organisation; and when that all failed, naval force. The documents presented here reflect the concerns, and by 1792, the time of the last document, real fears, that lack of shipbiulding timber would cripple British naval capability. Although these timber shortages have been presented as one, there were in reality two distinct problems. The first was the need for softwoods - fir and pine - for the masts and spars. This wood from coniferous trees was supple and long - grained. Apart from early use of trees from Scotland, there had been little indigenous wood of this kind in Britain, and the forests of North Europe transported through the Baltic were the only sources of supply. The problem with the Baltic was that it was politically unstable for protracted periods with the first signs of the emergence of Russia in the first years of the 18th century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shipbuilding Timber for the British Navy: Parliamentary Papers, 1729-1792 (Scholars Facsimiles and Reprints). To get started finding Shipbuilding Timber for the British Navy: Parliamentary Papers, 1729-1792 (Scholars Facsimiles and Reprints), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: As the world has seen in recent years, nations fear more than anything the loss of control of strategic raw materials. The situation was no different in the 18th century. Ideally, British administrators thought, the forests of the south of England would supply the oak for the hulls of her ships, while the mast timber and other naval stores, such as the hemp, pitch and tar needed to build her navy and merchant fleet, were obtainable from the countries surrounding the Baltic, or, as a second best, from the North America colonies. The bigger her navy, the more powerful Great Britain became, and the more dependent she also became on the raw materials from those countries. The story of how Britain achieved the continuous growth of her fleet and her shipping, particularly in the second half of the century, is one of domestic political and bureaucratic struggle, a forceful North European foreign policy and strategy, and Euorpean-wide economic power and financial organisation; and when that all failed, naval force. The documents presented here reflect the concerns, and by 1792, the time of the last document, real fears, that lack of shipbiulding timber would cripple British naval capability. Although these timber shortages have been presented as one, there were in reality two distinct problems. The first was the need for softwoods - fir and pine - for the masts and spars. This wood from coniferous trees was supple and long - grained. Apart from early use of trees from Scotland, there had been little indigenous wood of this kind in Britain, and the forests of North Europe transported through the Baltic were the only sources of supply. The problem with the Baltic was that it was politically unstable for protracted periods with the first signs of the emergence of Russia in the first years of the 18th century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shipbuilding Timber for the British Navy: Parliamentary Papers, 1729-1792 (Scholars Facsimiles and Reprints). To get started finding Shipbuilding Timber for the British Navy: Parliamentary Papers, 1729-1792 (Scholars Facsimiles and Reprints), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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