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List of Abbreviations and Key Terms |
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PART I `IN TIME OF WAR ...' |
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3 | (12) |
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3 | (2) |
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5 | (2) |
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1.3 The naval infrastructure |
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7 | (8) |
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15 | (12) |
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2.1 The guns of the Forth |
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2.2 Terminology and conventions |
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19 | (2) |
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2.3 How the defences were intended to work |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (1) |
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2.5 Visiting the surviving remains |
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23 | (4) |
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PART II THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FORTRESS, 1854-1977 |
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3.1 `The most extensive injury to shipping', 1854-80 |
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3.2 Technological advances, 1859-80 |
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28 | (1) |
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4 The German Threat, 1903-14 |
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4.1 Coming to fruition, 1903-5 |
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4.2 General Owen's Committee, 1905 |
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4.3 The anchorage east of the Forth Bridge, 1909-12 |
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42 | (1) |
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4.4 The run-up to war, 1912-July 1914 |
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43 | (6) |
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Text box: Submarine activity in the Forth, 1914-18 |
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45 | (4) |
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5 The First World War, 1914-19 |
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5.2 The state of the defences on the outbreak of war |
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49 | (1) |
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5.3 Guns, nets and booms, 1914-16 |
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50 | (7) |
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5.4 `A matter of the first Naval importance': defences for the Grand Fleet, 1916-18 |
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5.5 Anti-aircraft defence |
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6 Much Ado About Nothing 1919-38 |
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67 | (4) |
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6.2 Developments affecting the Forth, 1930-8 |
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69 | (2) |
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7 The Second World War, 1938-45 |
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7.1 Growing tension, March 1938 to 1939 |
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7.2 Indicator loops, ASDIC, booms and mines, 1939-45 |
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7.3 Changes: 1941-5: 45° mountings, `Ebb Tide', `Flood Tide' and `Neap Tide' |
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78 | (1) |
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79 | (2) |
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8 Growing Irrelevance, 1945-77 |
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81 | (4) |
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9 The Inner Defences (Carlingnose Fire Command; Fire Command (Inner); 21 (Forth) Fire Command) |
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9.1 Carlingnose Battery and Fire Command Post |
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85 | (4) |
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89 | (4) |
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93 | (6) |
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9.5 Landward defences of the Forth Bridge |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (3) |
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104 | (3) |
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10 The Middle Defences (Inchcolm Fire Command/20 (Forth) Fire Command) |
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10.1 The Middle Line (1909-31)/The Inner Line (1939-56) |
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107 | (2) |
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10.2 Close protection, landward defence and anti-aircraft defence |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (6) |
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117 | (7) |
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124 | (14) |
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138 | (4) |
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142 | (5) |
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11 The Outer Defences (Inchkeith Fire Command/19 (Forth) Fire Command) |
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11.2 Kinghorn and Pettycur |
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193 | (15) |
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208 | (7) |
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12 The Outermost Defences |
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215 | (16) |
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215 | (7) |
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222 | (2) |
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224 | (1) |
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224 | (7) |
| Conclusion |
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| Annex: List of Canmore Numbers |
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| References |
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| Index |
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