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The British Admirals of the Fleet, 1734–1995
First published 2002
The British Admirals of the Fleet, 1734–1995 is a biographical dictionary of the officers who reached the Royal Navy’s highest rank from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Tony Heathcote follows careers shaped by the age of sail, global imperial expansion, steam and armour, two world wars, aviation, nuclear deterrence and the changing responsibilities of Britain’s senior naval command.
Each entry combines professional service with family background, character, appointments and the political setting in which promotion and command took place. Read collectively, the biographies form a long history of the Royal Navy’s leadership, showing how the qualities expected of an Admiral of the Fleet changed as Britain moved from maritime empire to alliance warfare and the Cold War.
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