The royal navy and the german threat 1901 1914 admiralty plans to protect british trade in a war against germany matthew s seligmann abstract this book examines the way in which the prospect of a wartime german assault on british seaborne commerce influenced the development of british naval policy in the run up to the first world war it argues that owing to the admiraltys . This threat to british seaborne commerce was so serious that the leadership of the royal navy spent twelve years trying to work out how best to counter it ever more elaborate measures were devised to this end these included building fighting liners to run down the german ones devising a specialized warship the battle cruiser as a weapon of trade defence attempting to change international law to prohibit the conversion of merchant vessels into warships on the high seas establishing a . Royal navy and the german threat 1901 1914 admiralty plans to protect british trade in a war against germany matthew s seligmann isbn 9780199574032 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. the royal navy and the german threat 1901 1914 admiralty plans to protect british trade in a war against germany by matthew s seligmann jul 2012 matthew s seligmann isbn kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The royal navy and the german threat 1901 1914 admiralty plans to protect british trade in a war against germany 1st edition by seligmann matthew s 2012 gebundene ausgabe seligmann matthew s isbn kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon