This circular from the Admiralty to all Captains, dated August 26th, 1856 is from the Navy List of December 1860. It would appear that steam power was being used unnecessarily, and coal was being wasted. "...steam power shall not be resorted to when the service on which the vessel is employed can satisfactorily be performed without it" and "all Commanding Officers are whenever steam is raised, to cause the same to be noted in the Log Book, together with their reason for so doing, stating whether it be the emergency of the occasion, the necessity of performing the service with the utmost dispatch, or other cause which, in their opinion, may justify them having recourse to steam power. The Navy list of 1860 is available as a downloadable CD-ROM, and can be found in the
Navy Lists section, along with other Navy Lists spanning the period between 1805 and 1914.
This circular from the Admiralty to all Captains, dated August 26th, 1856 is from the Navy List of December 1860. It would appear that steam power was being used unnecessarily, and coal was being wasted. "...steam power shall not be resorted to when the service on which the vessel is employed can satisfactorily be performed without it" and "all Commanding Officers are whenever steam is raised, to cause the same to be noted in the Log Book, together with their reason for so doing, stating whether it be the emergency of the occasion, the necessity of performing the service with the utmost dispatch, or other cause which, in their opinion, may justify them having recourse to steam power. The Navy list of 1860 is available as a downloadable CD-ROM, and can be found in the Navy Lists section, along with other Navy Lists spanning the period between 1805 and 1914.