Forging the Fleet. Naval armour and the armour makers, 1860-1916
Details:
- Author(s) Boursnell, David
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2016
- Pages 144pp; illus
- Publisher Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust
- Place Published Sheffield
Topics:
- Name Competition, collusion, monopoly & cartels inc competition policy & regulation
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals with the manufacture and manufacturers of armour plate with a focus on Sheffield and a focus on collusion between manufacturers. Structured in three parts: 1] 'Learning the possibilities of new technologies' - 'Naval and industrial development - the ironclads' / 'Pre-Dreadnoughts and the development of cemented armour' / 'Krupp armour and the later pre-Dreadnoughts' / 'The all big gun battleship'; 2] 'The armour plate makers' - 'The Sheffield ironmakers' / 'The shipbuilders - Armstrong Whitworth and Beardmores' / 'Cost and price of armour plate' / 'Rings and cartels' / 'The British armour plate pool agreement' / 'Problems at Cammell Laird'; 3] 'Armour and the Dreadnoughts' - 'Armouring the early Dreadnoughts' / 'Modified Krupp armour and the super-Dreadnoughts' / 'More powerful guns and new quality armour' / 'The Grand Fleet at Jutland' / 'The aftermath'