Reginald Bacon (1863–1947)
Autor(a) de The Jutland scandal
About the Author
Image credit: British admiral Sir Reginald Bacon (1863-1947) Picture taken in 1915.
Obras de Reginald Bacon
Warfare Today How Modern Battles are Planned and Fought on land, at Sea and in the Air (1944) 8 cópias
From 1900 Onward 3 cópias
A NAVAL SCRAP-BOOK 2 cópias
Warfare Today. How modern battles are planned and fought on land, at sea, and in the air. Joint editors: Admiral Sir R.… 1 exemplar(es)
A Naval Scrap-Book First part, 1877-1900 1 exemplar(es)
A Simple Guide to Wireless 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer
- Data de nascimento
- 1863
- Data de falecimento
- 1947
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Ocupação
- Admiral, United Kingdom Navy
Membros
Resenhas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 19
- Membros
- 153
- Popularidade
- #136,480
- Avaliação
- 3.1
- Resenhas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 7
There are, of course, some ironies in reading these period accounts. Both authors go after what they see as wrong-headed accounts of the battle with great glee, including that of one Arthur Pollen. The irony here being that Pollen was an innovator in naval gunnery technology and the general modern sense is that the Royal Navy made an error by not biting the bullet and buying Pollen's system; perhaps more damage would have been done to the German fleet when it mattered if such had been the case. Also, there is the additional irony of hindsight in that much is made of the performance of John Tovey of the destroyer HMS "Onslow" at Jutland and who just so happened to go on to have an estimable career in World War II at flag rank.… (mais)