The British Navy's Victualling Board, 1793-1815: Management Competence and Incompetence

by Janet MacDonald

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An examination of the Royal Navy's Victualling Board, the body responsible for supplying the fleet.

During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Navy increased its manpower from fewer than 20,000 to more than 147,000 men, with a concomitant increase in the quantities of food and drink required to sustain them.The organisation responsible for this, the Victualling Board, performed its tasks using techniques and systems which...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1843835533

ISBN13:9781843835530

Release Date:July 2010

Publisher:Boydell Press

Length:282 Pages

Weight:1.36 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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