The army's navy. British military vessels and their history since Henry VIII/Военно-морской флот. Британские военные суда и их история со времен Генриха VIII

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Begining with the artillery transport barges operated by Henry VIII's Board of Ordnance in the 16th century, for the past 500 years the British Army has been responsible for a large and varied fleet of ships, but a fleet whose history has been overshadowed by that of the Royal Navy. This book gives a complete history of the ships and other maritime forces operated by the Army, including the Submarine Mining Service of the late 19th century, where the Royal Engineers defended harbours with mines and torpedoes, through the First and Second World Wars, and into the post-war period, when the Army's Navy had the perilous job of disposing of thousands of tons of unstable surplus ammunition by dumping it at sea.

Contents
List of Illustration
Preface
Introduction and Acknowledgements
1 From Henry VIII to the Great War
2 The Great War and After: 1914-39
3 The Second World War (I): 1939-43
4 The Second World War (II): 1944-45
5 The Inland Water Transport RE: 1939-45
6 RASC to RCT: 1945-65
7 RCT to RLC: 1965-93
8 The Royal Logistic Corps: 1993 to the Present
Appendices
I Board of Ordnance Fleet taken from Estimates of 1839/40
II War Department Fleet List 1911
III War Department Vessels 1898-1914
IV Vessels Constructed 1920-39
V Responsibilities Regarding Waterborne Craft:
War Office Directive, June 1944
VI Control of Water Transport Services, Post-War Policy
VII Particulars of RASC Craft 1939-45
VIII Military Crew Complements of RASC Vessels
IX Organisation of IWT, Persia and Iraq, 31 December 1942
X Organisation Chart of the RASC Fleet as at 1 September 1945
XI Marine Craft - RASC Vessels
XII Brief Record of the Names of the LCT Mk VIIIs operated by RASC/RCT Crews
XIII RASC Fleet List 1964
XIV HMAV Ardennes - Commissioning Order 1977
XV Army Fleet Review, 30 September 1988
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Index