John Arbuthnot Fisher spent his life in the navy advocating naval reforms and rose to become First Sea Lord until he resigned over opposing Gallipoli and Churchill. I'm reading the "Dreadnaught" book chapters on him now, and I'm forced to wonder: he did so much to push and popularize reform including creating a corps of like-minded officers. He also tried to narrow gaps between deck and engineering officers. Combined with his push to improve speed and long range gunnery and in general the readiness of the RN seems like a huge outlier in his time.
But WI on his way to becoming a naval cadet in 1854 he is say.... washed overboard or something in a storm (just him) and dies.
Without Fisher pushing for improvements, what happens to the British Navy at the end of the 19th Century and ultimately the consequences for future conflicts?
But WI on his way to becoming a naval cadet in 1854 he is say.... washed overboard or something in a storm (just him) and dies.
Without Fisher pushing for improvements, what happens to the British Navy at the end of the 19th Century and ultimately the consequences for future conflicts?