Memories, by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher
By John Arbuthnot Fisher Baron Fisher
Length6h 16m
About this audiobook
"Memories, by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher" by John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher is a memoir of the Baron Fisher. As a British Admiral, he saw his fair share of action and adventure, while also participating in Britain's high society. This book brings readers on a journey into a world that very few people would ever be able to participate in.
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length6 hrs 16 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 6, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE
3016th Meeting of War Council, March 3rd, 1915.
2MEMORIES
3117th Meeting of War Council, March 10th, 1915.
3Postscript.
3218th Meeting of War Council, March 19th, 1915.
4Lord Esher to Lord Fisher
3319th Meeting of War Council, May 14th, 1915.
5Letter from Lord Redesdale
34An Episode of the War.
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6Extract from a Letter from Sir John Fisher to King Edward
35Statement of new Shipbuilding Inaugurated by Lord Fisher.
7Germany has been paralysed by the “Dreadnought.”
36Tuesday, November 3rd, 1914.
8Nelson’s Copenhagen
37Building Programme.
9Queen Alexandra, Lord Knollys, and Sir Dighton Probyn.
38CHAPTER VI ABDUL HAMID AND THE POPE
10CHAPTER II “THE MOON SWAYS OCEANS AND PROVOKES THE HOUND.”
39CHAPTER VII A JEU D’ESPRIT BOWS AND ARROWS—SNAILS AND TORTOISES—FACILE DUPES AND SERVILE COPYISTS
11From Lord Fisher to a Friend
40CHAPTER VIII NAVAL WAR STAFF AND ADMIRALTY CLERKS
12Lord Fisher to a Privy Councillor
41“Seekest Thou Great Things for Thyself? Seek them not!” (The Prophet Jeremiah.)
13From a Privy Councillor to Lord Fisher
42Aircraft.
14CHAPTER IV ECONOMY IS VICTORY
43The Submarine Mine
15Lord Fisher to Colonel Sir Maurice Hankey
44The “Warrior”
16Lord Fisher to the Right Hon. Winston Churchill.
45How I became Captain of the “Inflexible”
17Lord Fisher’s Notes of his own Special Interventions at War Council Meetings
46CHAPTER XI NELSON
183rd Meeting of the War Council, November 25th, 1914.
471903 [Sir John Fisher, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth].
194th Meeting of War Council, December 1st, 1914.
48[“The Army and Navy Co-operative Society.”
207th Meeting of War Council, January 8th, 1915.
49Lord Fisher on John Bright
218th Meeting of War Council, January 13th, 1915.
50Sir Hiram Maxim
229th Meeting of War Council, January 28th, 1915, 11.30 a.m.
51Reval
23The Dardanelles.
52Cartagena
2410th Meeting of War Council (same day), January 28th, 1915, at 6.30 p.m.
53Kiamil Pasha
2511th Meeting of War Council, February 9th, 1915.
54Letter from Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, K.C.B. (formerly Chief Constructor of the Navy) to Lord Fisher.
2612th Meeting of War Council, February 16th, 1915.
55From Lord Fisher to Sir N. Barnaby in 1883.
2713th Meeting of War Council, February 19th, 1915.
56History of Provision of 24 Light-draught Gunboats for Mesopotamia.
2814th Meeting of War Council, February 24th, 1915.
57CHAPTER XVI THINGS THAT PLEASE ME
2915th Meeting of War Council, February 26th, 1915.
58EPILOGUE MOUNT PISGAH
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