Economic Changes In Great Britain

Great Britain was a country that depended on the pillars of their past. When an economic change came about many people were affected by this. Sail ships were icons of the past. The sailors who admired and worked in this profession disapproved of machine operated vessels and the uncertain future it would bring. A downside to a sailing ship is having to manually operate every aspect of the ship. The close living quarters made for an environment for disease and illness to fester. Despite this, sailors deemed sailing as a noble and a brave skill. Some sailors viewed being with a crew of men on the water for months on end as their identity and to leave the pressures of society . The officers of a ship were to have the respect of the crew. An officer

This commission was able to contract 51 percent of shares from the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. This was profit for the Admiralty, but at home during the early years of oil its most popular use was for kerosene in houses and businesses. The best chance for oil companies to make a real return from oil was to have the Royal Navy be a consumer. The companies recognized that the navy had a need for more speed, storage space and more active gunmen. Oil would provide a 40 percent increase in cruising radius while reducing smoke emissions. The future fuel provided a cleaner and safer environment on the water and off. The transportation of oil is more resourceful than coal. Instead of men with bags and crates of coal they showed up with tins of oil. Once the oil is on board the ship and in the engine the men can focus more on the dangers of the water. The process of getting coal from the mines to the ships was laborious. Churchill recognized that refueling at sea “was the greatest logistical headache of the age.” Once the Royal Navy established the dependability of oil-fueled vessels then a variety of local, regional, and international buyers would want oil also. Fisher wrote to Charles Beresford about the Board of Admiralty needing a member who was solely focused on naval operations. Beresford was a member of Parliament and the Member for Woolwich in the House of Commons, where he requested that the business side and the war side of the Admiralty be separated. Parliament papers. The Admiralty’s reluctance to make the necessary transitions to make for the navy will cost. Over a three-year span, three million dollars were spent towards the naval advancements. This three million was 1/5 of the Admiralty’s budget. As the years went on the volume of import increased. In 1903, 4.6 million gallons were imported to Britain. In 1912, 48.1 million were imported and two years later, in 1914, imports had reached 212.7 million