This new book reviews critically recent studies of fire control,
and describes the essentials of naval gunnery in the dreadnought
era. With a foreword by Professor Andrew Lambert, it shows how, in
1913, the Admiralty rejected Arthur Pollen's Argo system for the
Dreyer fire control tables. Many naval historians now believe that,
consequently, British dreadnoughts were fitted with a system that,
despite being partly plagiarised from Pollen's, was inferior: and
that the Dreyer Tables were a contributory cause in the sinking of
Indefatigable and Queen Mary at Jutland. This book provides new and
revisionist accounts of the Dreyer/Pollen controversy, and of
gunnery at Jutland. In fire control, as with other technologies,
the Royal Navy had been open, though not uncritically, to
innovations. The Dreyer Tables were better suited to action
conditions (particularly those at Jutland). Beatty's losses were
the result mainly of deficient tactics and training: and his
battlecruisers would have been even more disadvantaged had they
been equipped by Argo. It follows the development of the Pollen and
Dreyer systems, refutes the charges of plagiarism and explains
Argo's rejection. It outlines the German fire control system: and
uses contemporary sources in a critical reassessment of Beatty's
tactics throughout the Battle of Jutland.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Cass Series: Naval Policy and History |
| Release date: |
April 2006 |
| First published: |
2005 |
| Authors: |
John Brooks
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
321 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-40788-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-415-40788-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780415407885 |
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