Arming the Royal Navy, 1793–1815: The Office of Ordnance and the State(Warfare, Society and Culture)

Series: Warfare, Society and Culture

The Office of Ordnance has been ill-served by previous accounts of its role in arming the Royal Navy during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Cole offers an in-depth examination of its organizational structure and demonstrates how the department responded to the pressures of war over an extended period of time.