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- Title
Admiral Jellicoe Goes to Sea: The Naval Mission and the Ambition for an “Imperial Royal Navy”.
- Authors
Yeates, Ian
- Abstract
An important milestone in the development of the dominion navies was the Empire Cruise conducted by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe in 1919, during which he visited India, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. At the conclusion of each stage of his trip, Jellicoe prepared a report for the dominion government concerned explaining how it might establish an effective local navy that could support the Royal Navy in the defense of the empire. Although Jellicoe’s advice was not immediately followed due to financial exigencies and war weariness, the principles he expounded provided the foundations for the highly effective dominion navies in the later years of the Second World War and beyond. While the historiography has largely dismissed the value of the Empire Cruise, this article offers a reappraisal.
- Subjects
NAVIES; JELLICOE, John Rushworth Jellicoe, Earl, 1859-1935; GREAT Britain. Royal Navy; WORLD War II; HISTORIOGRAPHY
- Publication
Northern Mariner / Le Marin du Nord, 2023, Vol 33, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
1183-112X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.25071/2561-5467.1082