Naval instruction : a comparative research study

Naval training communities use a systems approach to training. This study considers the question "what is effectiveness in naval training?" Instructor courses of five navies were observed and naval instructors surveyed. Conclusions and recommednations are drawn from the data. It is proposed that most problems of effectiveness identified can be overcome without investment in technology or significant system changes.

Report of Captain A. B. Thomas, naval commandant on the Victorian Navy : from 1883 to 1886, together with regulations for permanent naval forces and naval brigade

Details the operations of the Victorian Navy for the period 1883 to 1886, including information on ships, training, stores, list of officers on the active and unattached list, list of ships including their armament, and the regulations under which the navy ran.