Records, by Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher
by John Arbuthnot Fisher Fisher
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Chapters (447)
- RECORDS
- Preamble
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- RECORDS
- CHAPTER I EARLY YEARS
- CHAPTER II. FURTHER MEMORIES OF KING EDWARD AND OTHERS
- CHAPTER III THE BIBLE, AND OTHER REFLECTIONS
- Dr. Ginsburg
- Action
- Resentment
- Dean Inge
- Forgiveness
- CHAPTER IV EPISODES
- I.—Mr. Gladstone’s Final Resignation.
- II.—The Great Lord Salisbury’s Brother-in-law.
- III.—Ship-building and Dockyard Workers.
- IV.—“Jolly and Hustle.”
- V.—“Buying up Opportunities.”
- VI.—How the Great War was Carried on.
- CHAPTER V DEMOCRACY
- Peace
- From Lord Fisher to a Friend.
- The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
- CHAPTER VI PUBLIC SPEECHES
- I.—The Royal Academy Banquet, 1903.
- II.—The Lord Mayor’s Banquet, 1907.
- III.—The House of Lords, November 16, 1915.
- IV.—The House of Lords, March 21, 1917.
- CHAPTER VII THE ESSENTIALS OF SEA FIGHTING
- “Secrecy and Secretiveness.”
- “The Great Silent Navy.”
- CHAPTER VIII JONAH’S GOURD
- Admiralty Policy: Replies to Criticisms.
- H.M. Ships “Dreadnought” and “Invincible.”
- Defects and Repairs
- The Use of the Gunboat.
- Coast Guard
- Observatories.
- CHAPTER IX NAVAL PROBLEMS
- Sir John Fisher to Lord Selborne, First Lord of the Admiralty.
- Main Principles of Scheme.
- Future Types of Fighting Vessels.
- “Out of Date” Fighting Ships.
- Revision of Stations.
- Personnel.
- Nucleus Crews.
- Signals.
- Defence of Naval Ports.
- Notes by Sir John Fisher on New Proposals.
- Purging the Navy of Obsolete Vessels.
- Nucleus Crews.
- Subsidiary Services of War.
- A Retrospect (July, 1906).
- CHAPTER X NAVAL EDUCATION
- I.—Common Entry. (Written in 1905).
- State Education in the Navy.
- The New Naval Education.
- Naval Officers’ Training. Some Opinions on the Admiralty Scheme (1902).
- 1. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford.
- 2. Sir John Hopkins.
- 3. Chief Inspector of Machinery, Sir Henry Benbow, K.C.B., D.S.O., R.N.
- A Naval Candidate’s Essay.
- CHAPTER XI SUBMARINES
- The Submarine is the Coming Type of War Vessel for Sea Fighting.
- Hostile Submarines.
- The Submarine and Commerce.
- CHAPTER XII NOTES ON OIL AND OIL ENGINES
- How War and Peaceful Commerce will be Revolutionised by the Oil Engine.
- Oil and the Oil Engine (1912).
- Oil Burning Battleships.
- CHAPTER XIII THE BIG GUN
- CHAPTER XIV SOME PREDICTIONS
- Letter from Sir M. Hankey, K.C.B. (Secretary to the War Cabinet).
- CHAPTER XV THE BALTIC PROJECT
- Lord Fisher to Mr. Lloyd George.
- Automatic Dropping Mines for Ocean Use.
- CHAPTER XVI THE NAVY IN THE WAR
- Scapa Flow.
- A Pre-War Prophecy.
- The “Monstrous” Cruisers so Derided in Parliament
- To Lord Fisher from a Naval Officer
- Lord Fisher to a Friend.
- The Dreadnought Battle Cruiser.
- The Way to Victory. Lord Fisher to the Prime Minister.
- Lord Fisher to a Friend.
- “Sow the North Sea with Mines.” (Written in November, 1914).
- A Birthday Letter. Lord Fisher to a Friend.
- The German Submarine Menace. Lord Fisher to a Friend.
- MEMORANDUM.
- Lord Fisher to Sir Maurice Hankey, K.C.B., Secretary to the War Cabinet.
- The Miracle of the Peace
- Lord Fisher to a Friend.
- To Lord Fisher from an Admirer.
- To Lord Fisher from Admiral Moresby.
- POSTSCRIPT
- APPENDIX I LORD FISHER’S GREAT NAVAL REFORMS
- APPENDIX II SYNOPSIS OF LORD FISHER’S CAREER.
- Born January 25, 1841, at Rambodde, Ceylon.
- Entered the Royal Navy, June 13, 1854.
- Lieutenant, November 4, 1860.
- March 28, 1863.
- November 3, 1866.
- August 2, 1869.
- September 19, 1872.
- October 30, 1874.
- November 16, 1876.
- March 15, 1877.
- June 7, 1878.
- January 1, 1879.
- September 25, 1879.
- January 18, 1881.
- July 11, 1882.
- August 14, 1882.
- November 9, 1882.
- April 6, 1883.
- 1884.
- November 1, 1886.
- August 2, 1890.
- May 21, 1891.
- February 1, 1892.
- May 26, 1894.
- May 8, 1896.
- August 24, 1897.
- 1899.
- July 1, 1899.
- 1900.
- November 2, 1901.
- June 5, 1902.
- June 26, 1902.
- December 25, 1902.
- May 2, 1903.
- August 31, 1903.
- November 7, 1903.
- October 21, 1904.
- December 6, 1904.
- January, 1905.
- March 6, 1905.
- December 4, 1905.
- February 10, 1906.
- November, 1906.
- January, 1907.
- March, 1907.
- August, 1907.
- September, 1907.
- November 9, 1907.
- June, 1908.
- June 17, 1908.
- June, 1909.
- December 7, 1909.
- January 25, 1910.
- March 10, 1910.
- May 24, 1912.
- July 30, 1912.
- September 7, 1914.
- October 30, 1914.
- December 8, 1914.
- January 24, 1915.
- May 15, 1915.
- July 5, 1915.
- November 16, 1915.
- March 21, 1917.
- May 5, 1919.
- October 21 (Trafalgar Day), 1919.
- December 8 (Falkland Islands Day), 1919.
- FOOTNOTES
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