Author Results for Simon Harley
Note: War Course Attendance at Greenwich from 1900 to 1904
A ‘war course’ was taught to naval officers at Greenwich from 1900 to 1914, and this note lists the officers who attended between 1900 and 1904. Read More
Filed under: Other (Twentieth C) | Other (location)
Subjects include: Administration
Document: Vice-Admiral Bethell’s Third Fleet Battle Orders, about 1914
There is a frightful dearth of battle orders for this period. Those orders that are known to exist relate to the principal British fleet, which was the Home Fleet from 1909 to 1912 then First Fleet of the Home Fleets (1912–1914). Bethell’s orders, never before published, are an important addition to our knowledge of tactical […] Read More
Filed under: WW1 | North Sea
Subjects include: Battles & Tactics | Navies
Document: ‘A Distinct Point in Modern Naval Tactics’
These are claimed to be the first written orders for a squadron going into battle, taking every eventuality into account. Read More
Filed under: Mediterranean | Other (Twentieth C) | Other (Nineteenth C)
Subjects include: Battles & Tactics