Excerpt from Britain's Naval Power, Vol. 2: A Short History of the Growth of the British Navy, From Trafalgar to the Present TimeLike its predecessor, this book is a mere outline. It is compiled from easily accessible authorities the Naval Histories of James, of Yonge, and of Roosevelt, the Autobiograpny of a Seaman, King lake's History of the Crimean War, Earp's Baltic Campaign of 1854, Brassey's Brink/z Navy and Naval Annual, and Captain Eardley Wilmot's Development of Navies.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.