This comprehensive account of the French fleet in the period before World War I begins with a brief outline of the history, organisation and technical equipment of the French naval forces up to 1870, followed by the main section proper, which presents the French fleet in detail in 12 major sections: Naval Policy of the Third Republic, Naval Ministry, Coastal Districts, Ports of War, Shipyards and Naval Workshops, Personnel, Naval Pension Law and the Invalids' Fund, Schools and Training Ships, Fleet Material, the Finished Fleet (Service on Board, Manoeuvres, Tactics, Catering, Ceremonial, Discipline), Coastal Defence, Mobilisation and French Naval Literature.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Batsch, C. F./Meuß
Title
Die Heere und Flotten der Gegenwart. Band 5/2: Frankreich. Die Flotte
Details
Reprint of the edition Berlin 1900. Isolated bw-illustrations, 2 bw-maps as supplement. 269 pp.
