Download or read book Royal Naval Biography Supplement written by John Marshall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A monumental collection of biographies of contemporary naval officers, with details of their careers, first published between 1823 and 1830.
Download or read book Royal Naval Biography Supplement written by John Marshall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A monumental collection of biographies of contemporary naval officers, with details of their careers, first published between 1823 and 1830.
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Download or read book Hornblower s Historical Shipmates written by Heather Noel-Smith and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2016 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating account of varied careers, providing a rich snapshot of the later eighteenth-century sailing navy in microcosm. This book sets out the lives of seventeen 'young gentlemen' who were midshipmen under the famous Captain Sir Edward Pellew. Together, aboard the frigate HMS Indefatigable, they fought a celebrated action in 1797 against theFrench ship of the line Les Droits de l'Homme. C. S. Forester, the historical novelist, placed his famous hero, Horatio Hornblower, aboard Pellew's ship as a midshipman, so this book tells, as it were, the actual stories of Hornblower's real-life shipmates. And what stories they were! From diverse backgrounds, aristocratic and humble, they bonded closely with Pellew, learned their naval leadership skills from him, and benefited from his patronage and his friendship in their subsequent, very varied careers. The group provides a fascinating snapshot of the later eighteenth-century sailing navy in microcosm. Besides tracing the men's naval lives, the book shows how they adapted to peace after 1815, presenting details of their civilian careers. The colourful lives recounted include those of the Honourable George Cadogan, son of an earl, who survived three courts martial and a duel to retire with honouras an admiral in 1813; Thomas Groube, of a Falmouth merchant family, who commanded a fleet of boats which destroyed the Dutch shipping at Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies, in 1806; and James Bray, of Irish Catholic descent, who was killed commanding a sloop during the American war of 1812. Heather Noel-Smith is a genealogist and a retired Methodist minister. Lorna Campbell is a digital education manager at the University of Edinburgh and an education technology consultant. They are both independent researchers.
Download or read book Royal Naval Biography Or Memoirs of the Services of All the Flag officers Superannuated Rear admirals Retired captains Post captains and Commanders Whose Names Appeared on the Admiralty List of Sea Officers at the Commencement of the Present Year Or who Have Since Been Promoted written by John Marshall and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Royal Naval Biography Or Memoirs of the Services of All the Flag officers Superannuated Rear admirals Retired captains Post captains and Commanders Whose Names Appeared on the Admiralty List of Sea Officers at the Commencement of the Present Year Or who Have Since Been Promoted Illustrated by a Series of Historical and Explanatory Notes With Copious Addenda written by John Marshall and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Royal Naval Biography Or Memoirs of the Services of All the Flag officers Superannuated Rear admirals Retired captains Post captains and Commanders Whose Names Appeared on the Admiralty List of Sea Officers at the Commencement of the Present Year Or who Have Since Been Promoted Illustrated by a Series of Historical and Explanatory Notes with Copious Addenda Captains Commanders written by John Marshall and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Challenge written by Andrew Lambert and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1812 Britain stood alone, fighting for her very survival against a vast European Empire. Only the Royal Navy stood between Napoleon's legions and ultimate victory. In that dark hour America saw its chance to challenge British dominance: her troops invaded Canada and American frigates attacked British merchant shipping, the lifeblood of British defence. War polarised America. The south and west wanted land, the north wanted peace and trade. But America had to choose between the oceans and the continent. Within weeks the land invasion had stalled, but American warships and privateers did rather better, and astonished the world by besting the Royal Navy in a series of battles. Then in three titanic single ship actions the challenge was decisively met. British frigates closed with the Chesapeake, the Essex and the President, flagship of American naval ambition. Both sides found new heroes but none could equal Captain Philip Broke, champion of history's greatest frigate battle, when HMS Shannon captured the USS Chesapeake in thirteen blood-soaked minutes. Broke's victory secured British control of the Atlantic, and within a year Washington, D.C. had been taken and burnt by British troops. Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, brings all his mastery of the subject and narrative brilliance to throw new light on a war which until now has been much mythologised, little understood.
Download or read book Eighteenth Century Naval Officers written by Evan Wilson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-06 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys the lives and careers of naval officers across Europe at the height of the age of sail. It traces the professionalization of naval officers by exploring their preparation for life at sea and the challenges they faced while in command. It also demonstrates the uniqueness of the maritime experience, as long voyages and isolation at sea cemented their bond with naval officers across Europe while separating them from landlubbers. It depicts, in a way no previous study has, the parameters of their shared experiences—both the similarities that crossed national boundaries and connected officers, and the differences that can only be seen from an international perspective.
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