Frontcover; Contents; Author's Note; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Tables And Maps; 1 Introduction, Historiography and Early History of Victualling; 2 The Core Tasks: Obtaining and Distributing Bulk Supplies of Food, Drink and Victualling Stores; 3 Delivery at Home: Issuing Victuals to Warships and Managing the Victualling Yards; 4 Delivery Abroad for Warships, Army Garrisons and Military Expeditions; 5 Non-core and ad hoc Tasks; 6 Head Office Staff; 7 Yard Staff; 8 Theft, Fraud, and other Misdemeanours; 9 Parliamentary Inquiries; 10 Conclusions; Appendices
Summary
Assesses how the Victualling Board succeeded in feeding the fleet, providing a great deal of interesting detail on the food and drink supplied and on how the Board went about its tasks. The book also discusses the Board's management practices, outlining areas of incompetence
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-253) and index
