Fisher's doctrine prizes fighting efficiency

The video locates Fisher in the senior appointments that carried him from Controller of the Navy to First Sea Lord. His doctrine places fighting efficiency above tradition and draws lessons from long-range gunnery at the battles of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima. He favours a uniform heavy battery with substantial forward fire, giving a fleet greater striking power while closing or pursuing. Destroyers, submarines, and light cruisers form the flotilla defence, while cruisers scout and conduct economic warfare. This combination provides the concrete Royal Navy doctrine against which the alternate German programme must compete.