The Achievement of the British Navy in the World-War

Chapter 9: Transcriber’s Notes

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The author surveys the Royal Navy's strategic and practical contributions during the First World War, tracing how naval command, fleet deployments and control of sea lanes underpinned allied operations. Chapters examine the concentration of sea power, operations to clear oceans and the Mediterranean, responses to submarine and mine threats, convoy and transport duties, the emergence of naval aviation, and the character and training of officers and sailors. Illustrations and maps accompany discussions of tactics, logistics, inter-allied cooperation, and the role of maritime superiority in supporting land campaigns and safeguarding commerce.

Transcriber’s Notes

Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.

Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced quotation marks retained.

Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained; occurrences of inconsistent hyphenation have not been changed.

Page 6: “If Nelson, in 1789,” should be 1798.

Page 10: “by in Navy” was printed that way; probably should be “by the Navy”.

Pages 11 and 29: Footnotes were unmarked in original, but have been marked as footnotes here.

Page 66: “Nieuport” was printed that way; should be “Nieuwpoort”.

Map II: For improved readability, Transcriber added larger copies of the left-and right-hand sides of the second map.