Transactions II

Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society,

Volume 2, 2006 ISBN 978-0-9553711-1-0

Transactions of the Eighth Annual Naval Dockyards Society Conference 2004 held at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich: Gibraltar as a Naval Base and Dockyard

Editor Ray Riley

Contents

David Davies Gibraltar in British naval strategy, c 1600-1783
Peter Le Fevre Balthazar St Michel, Gibraltar and the English Mediterranean fleet
Richard Harding A tale of two sieges: Gibraltar 1726-1727 and 1779-1782
Ken Breen Second relief of Gibraltar 1781, Gibraltar as a strategic pivot
Janet Macdonald The Victualling Yard at Gibraltar and its rôle in feeding the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
John Black The Naval Defence Act 1889 & its effect on the construction of Gibraltar HM Dockyard
Philip MacDougall Disuniting the work force - intensifying the dockyard labour crisis of 1941
Ann Coats Epilogue: Rosia Water Tanks, Gibraltar

The Naval Dockyards Society gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Gibraltar South District Association and Gibraltar Heritage Trust.

Keywords Maritime History, Naval History, Naval Warfare, Gibraltar, British History, Admiral George Rooke, War of Spanish Succession, Balthazar St Michel, RN Cdr Arthur Herbert, War of American Independence, Sir Roger Curtis, 4th Earl Sandwich, Earl St Vincent, Gian Maria Boschetti, RN Victualling, French and Napoleonic Wars, Naval Defence Act 1889, World War 2, Gibraltar Dockyard, Samuel Bentham, Rosia Bay Gibraltar.

Price £10.00 plus P&P