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The role and establishments of British Ordnance Yards in the Mediterranean during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

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posted on 2021-09-27, 12:56 authored by Gareth ColeGareth Cole
Essential for the successful prosecution of any war during the eighteenth century the Ordnance Yards are an under examined and oft-forgotten part of the British war effort. This chapter examines the establishments and role of the Ordnance Yards in the Mediterranean during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The main British Mediterranean Yards in this period were Gibraltar and Malta. These yards had to be manned and the chapter will use surviving personnel records to demonstrate that whole careers were spent in the employ of the British State. In addition, the chapter will begin to trace what happened to the families of those men who served the Ordnance by examining petitions of retired employees as well as petitions by widows.

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22nd Annual Conference of the Navy Dockyards Society: The role of naval bases in maritime operations in the Mediterranean during the 18th century Transactions of the Navy Dockyards Society

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15

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17-26

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COLE, G.J., 2020. The role and establishments of British Ordnance Yards in the Mediterranean during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. IN: Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society, 15: The role of naval bases in maritime operations in the Mediterranean during the 18th century, 2018 Conference, Greenwich, London, UK, 24 March 2018 pp. 17-25.

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2018-01-18

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2021-09-30

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2021

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This conference paper is closed access. This paper was presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Naval Dockyards Society: The role of naval bases in maritime operations in the Mediterranean during the 18th century, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, UK, 24 March 2018.

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9781838340278

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  • en

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National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

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