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It is very silly indeed to build vessels of War so strong as to last a hundred years. They are obsolete in less than ten years. - John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
" "It is very silly indeed to build vessels of War so strong as to last a hundred years. They are obsolete in less than ten years.
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About John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot "Jacky" (or "Jackie") Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, GCB, OM, GCVO (25 January 1841 – 10 July 1920) was a British admiral known for his efforts at naval reform. He had a huge influence on the Royal Navy in a career spanning more than 60 years, starting in a navy of wooden sailing ships armed with muzzle-loading cannon and ending in one of steel-hulled battlecruisers, submarines and the first aircraft carriers. The argumentative, energetic, reform-minded Fisher is often considered the second most important figure in British naval history, after Lord Nelson.
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John Arbuthnot Fisher
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John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone
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John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
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Sir John Fisher
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John Arbuthnot Fisher, Baron Fisher
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Lord Fisher
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Lord Sir John Fisher
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Captain Fisher
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