understand why if it wasn’t for the death of Nelson’s mother‚ there wouldn’t have been Lord Nelson‚ a Trafalgar or an ‘immortal memory’. Horatio Nelson Horatio Nelson “was a flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy‚ particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was noted for his inspirational leadership and superb grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics‚ which resulted in a number of decisive naval victories.” (2013). Horatio Nelson‚ 1st Viscount Nelson. Retrieved
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administration including the dockyards to make them rational and economical‚ the navy suffered from the shortage of the timber supply. In addition‚ the consumption of oak timber increased in the early nineteenth century Britain. The stock of timber in the dockyard was not ample in 1803. The Napoleonic Wars resumed and the navy’s demand for timber raised after the short peace of Amiens. In order to cope with the shortage of timber the Navy Board began to search for the source of timber and hemp in many areas
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In England‚ William D’Arcy was close to despair. He had gambled his considerable fortune on oil‚ and now he was on the edge of losing it all .It seemed that the geologists and experts who had wagged their heads encouragingly at him since 1901 had all been wrong about the oil beneath the sands of Persia. Having never set foot in Persia himself‚ Mr. D’Arcy didn’t even have adventure travel stories to show for his investment. What he had was letters and telegrams from his explorer‚ urging patience
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some which are religious‚ and some which are demographic in nature. The challenge is to strike a balance between the seemingly conflicting demands of the various groups of people. The composition of the Indian Armed Forces in general and the Indian Navy in particular‚ reflects India’s diversity. Any ship or establishment‚ irrespective of size would invariably have personnel hailing from diverse religious‚ linguistic‚ ethnic and regional backgrounds. The need therefore is to understand this cultural
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issue of British impressing our ships; they would take sailors from American ships and force them to serve in the British navy. One particular incident referred to as “The Leopard Affair” pushed Jefferson to enact the Embargo Act of 1807. Jefferson created this act in order to avoid war with Britain and to appease the public. He knew we would be no match against the British navy‚ so he figured we could protect ourselves from the English by way of this act. Although he had good intentions‚ Jefferson
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industrial decline. Shipbuilding • just before war broke out 100‚000 workers in Scotland depended in some way on the shipbuilding industry for their wages. • when war broke out‚ all the main shipyards were taken under the control of the royal navy. • The increase in production line technology sped up the process of shipbuilding but also threatened jobs. • after the war‚ even more jobs were lost as the demand for ships almost completely dried up. Fishing • historians of Scottish fishing
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went on and on‚ always destructive and formless and apparently endless’‚ expressed by Winston Churchill. It consisted of an allied naval blockade of Germany. Its U boats and other warships of the German navy and airforce against the Royal Canadian navy‚ the United States navy‚ and the Royal navy. Britain was highly dependent on imported goods and there was an allied struggle to maintain Britain’s supply and the Axis attempt to cut the flow of merchant shipping‚ which enabled Britain to keep fighting
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Personal facts 2. Death facts Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print More Sharing Services 0 Dudley Seers (1920–1983) was a British economist who specialised in development economics. After his military service with the Royal Navy he taught at Oxford and then worked for various UN institutions. He was the director of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex from 1967 till 1972. Seers is famous for replacing the "growth fetishism" of the early post war
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Jeffrey You Mrs. S. Lopez English III AP- 7 11 October 2012 Liberty or Death Men have always cherished the means to govern themselves. Since the beginning of history‚ we have continually fought and persevered over oppressive tyrants to achieve our freedom. Through his use of parallel structure‚ pathos‚ and imagery‚ Patrick Henry attempted to convince the Virginia Convention to fight England for their rights. In his speech‚ Patrick Henry created an image of enslavement and danger to tap into
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them.He reached Antarctica with his Pacific Voyage‚but there was still 1000 miles that havent been explored yet‚Captain Cook decid- ed that people can’t go any further South than latitude 78 degrees. Robert Falcon Scott was an officer in the Royal Navy‚ who had joined his first ship when he was 13. Expeditions Captain Scott led two expeditions‚His first expedition‚ in the ship Discovery‚ took place between 1901–1904 . Discovery was builtas a research ship to go through icy seas. This
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