Papers on naval subjects: miscellaneous papers, 1881 - 1913
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: specifications for a submarine light cruiser or commerce destroyer, and for a submersible battleship; defences and berths on the river Humber; British and German shipbuilding programmes up to 1912 and numbers required to maintain 60 per cent superiority; battleship designs; plans for launching torpedoes directly ahead on HMS Inflexible [? 1881]; heavy oil machinery for quadruple screw battleships; Fisher's plans for HMS Incomparable; the proposed extension of Chatham dockyard [Kent]; plans for the cruiser HMS Furious; tables of oversea submarines; oil fuel experiments, including reports from the Admiralty Oil Committee and the Royal Commission on Fuel and Engines, 1913.
Dates
- Creation: 1881 - 1913
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
1 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
FP 4475-4488
Date information
DateText: Includes undated material.
Finding aid date
2005-12-19 16:53:49.077000+00:00
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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