A history of the administration of the Royal Navy and of merchant shipping in relation to the Navy from MDIX to MDCLX, with an introduction treating of the preceding period
M. Oppenheim's history, published in 1896, traces how the English navy was organized, financed, manned and supplied from the accession of Henry VIII in 1509 to the Restoration of 1660, with an introduction on the earlier period. Reign by reign, through Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth, James I, Charles I and the Commonwealth, he examines the officials and boards that ran the fleet, the dockyards, shipbuilding, victualling, pay and the conditions of the seamen, and the use of merchant ships in war. Appendices include documents on a mutiny aboard the Golden Lion, Sir John Hawkins and an Elizabethan privateer. Built on archival research, it remains a standard work. It is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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