London and the Georgian Navy

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Deals with the industrial-military complex in London which supported the Royal Navy dealing with its 'bureaucratic web' and 'practical aspects of supplying and manning the operational fleet and shipbuilding, repair and maintenance'. Structured in four parts: 1] 'The administrative hub' inc Admiralty; 2] 'Downriver naval industrial complex' - Limehouse and former London area of Kent; 3] 'The social dimension'; '4] Merchants, tradesmen and profiteers'. Includes profiles of London warship builders [pp84-9]