Naval Tactics

This exhibit presents detailed analysis of the various naval tactics used in the 18th century.

Planning is a very important thing in everyday life. We plan our daily schedule; what time we wake up, how much time we have to get ready, and what we do when we are done with school or work. Planning (also called forethought) is the process of thinking about and organizing the activities required to achieve a desired goal. It involves the creation and maintenance of a plan, such as psychological aspects that require conceptual skills. There are many types of planning but the one most important to us today is strategic planning (military strategy). Military strategy is a set of ideas implemented by military organizations to pursue desired strategic goals. Derived from the Greek “strategos”, strategy when it appeared in use during the 18th century, was seen in its narrow sense as the "art of the general", 'the art of arrangement' of troops. Military strategy deals with the planning and conduct of campaigns, the movement and disposition of forces, and the deception of the enemy.

It is this strategic planning that has inspired the creation of various tactics and strategies for naval combat in the 18^th century. The method of land to land combat could not be translated to sea to sea combat. Thus, new ideas had to be thought of.