The National Review, Volume 47, Issue 1W.H. Allen, 1906 |
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Page 69
... ships was to gain a reputation for smartness by their paint and the polish of their brass - work . Gunnery was despised . Flag - ships , as a rule , shot badly , and were often found at the bottom of the list . Everything is changed ...
... ships was to gain a reputation for smartness by their paint and the polish of their brass - work . Gunnery was despised . Flag - ships , as a rule , shot badly , and were often found at the bottom of the list . Everything is changed ...
Page 395
... ships built with one eye on fighting and one on speed , the Vladivostock ships had been fairly and frankly cruisers , pure and simple , unarmoured , and gunned only so as to meet their like , and if the tonnage thus economised had been ...
... ships built with one eye on fighting and one on speed , the Vladivostock ships had been fairly and frankly cruisers , pure and simple , unarmoured , and gunned only so as to meet their like , and if the tonnage thus economised had been ...
Page 524
... ships , if ships are not to become so- lacking in homogeneity as immensely to increase the tactical difficulties of their acting together . One responsibility for the discipline of the personnel , if a commander is to have that ...
... ships , if ships are not to become so- lacking in homogeneity as immensely to increase the tactical difficulties of their acting together . One responsibility for the discipline of the personnel , if a commander is to have that ...
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