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Papers And Correspondence Of Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth Volume 1: The French Revolutionary War, 1793–1802

Vol 169 (2022), John D. Grainger

Admiral Duckworth was a captain when the Revolutionary War began in 1793.  His papers in effect begin at that point, though he had served throughout the American war from which few documents remain; otherwise his papers are voluminous.  He seems to have kept every letter he wrote or received.  As a result there is a… Read Abstract »

Nelson’s Letters to Lady Hamilton and Related Documents

Vol 167 (2020), Marianne Czisnik

The aim of this critical edition of Admiral Nelson’s letters to Lady Hamilton is to bring together the important letters of Nelson to Lady Hamilton that have only been published in parts over the last 200 years. Only by bringing the letters of Nelson to Lady Hamilton together is it possible to assess their relationship… Read Abstract »

The Durham Papers: Selections from the Papers of Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham G.C.B. (1763–1845)

Vol 166 (2019), Hilary L. Rubinstein

Admiral Sir Philip Durham (1763-1845) was one of the most distinguished and colourful officers of the late Georgian Navy. His lucky and sometimes controversial career included surviving the sinking of HMS Royal George in 1782, making the first conquest of the tricolour flag in 1793 and the last in 1815, and having two enemy ships… Read Abstract »

The Naval Miscellany, Volume VIII

The contents of this, the eighth of the Navy Records Society’s Miscellany series, chronicles the activities and adventures of the Royal Navy, its officials, its officers and its men – both in British employment and out of it – over a period of some six hundred years. Ranging from the reign of Edward III to… Read Abstract »

The Naval Miscellany, Volume IV: Letters of Lord St. Vincent to Thomas Grenville 1806-1807

Vol 92 (1952), Hardin Craig Jnr.

Published in this volume are various Spanish documents concerning the Armada; a journal of one of Blake’s officers in the mid seventeenth century; Boscawen’s letters to his wife; the account of a Swedish officer who served in the French Navy during the Seven Years War; selections from the Hood papers regarding Prince William’s service in… Read Abstract »

The Naval Miscellany, Volume III: The Bombardment of Copenhagen 1807

Vol 63 (), W.G. Perrin

This Miscellany contains several documents that were in private ownership and range from 1656 to 1815 and are mainly related to naval operations. There are documents relating to the raid on the Dutch coast in 1666 and letters from Blake to Montague on operational matters in 1756; a discussion on whether to prosecute the likely… Read Abstract »

The Naval Miscellany, Volume III: Instructions to Captain Cook for his Three Voyages

Vol 63 (1927), W.G. Perrin

This Miscellany contains several documents that were in private ownership and range from 1656 to 1815 and are mainly related to naval operations. There are documents relating to the raid on the Dutch coast in 1666 and letters from Blake to Montague on operational matters in 1756; a discussion on whether to prosecute the likely… Read Abstract »

The Naval Miscellany, Volume III: The salute in the Narrow Seas and the Vienna Conference of 1815

Vol 63 (1927), W.G. Perrin

This Miscellany contains several documents that were in private ownership and range from 1656 to 1815 and are mainly related to naval operations. There are documents relating to the raid on the Dutch coast in 1666 and letters from Blake to Montague on operational matters in 1756; a discussion on whether to prosecute the likely… Read Abstract »

The Naval Miscellany, Volume III: The Second Capture of the Cape of Good Hope 1806

Vol 63 (1927), W.G. Perrin

This Miscellany contains several documents that were in private ownership and range from 1656 to 1815 and are mainly related to naval operations. There are documents relating to the raid on the Dutch coast in 1666 and letters from Blake to Montague on operational matters in 1756; a discussion on whether to prosecute the likely… Read Abstract »

The Naval Miscellany, Volume III: Letters of Lord Nelson 1804-1805

Vol 63 (1927), W.G. Perrin

This Miscellany contains several documents that were in private ownership and range from 1656 to 1815 and are mainly related to naval operations. There are documents relating to the raid on the Dutch coast in 1666 and letters from Blake to Montague on operational matters in 1756; a discussion on whether to prosecute the likely… Read Abstract »

The Naval Miscellany, Volume III: Narrative of the Engagement between the Brunswick and Le Vengeur

Vol 63 (1927), W.G. Perrin

This Miscellany contains several documents that were in private ownership and range from 1656 to 1815 and are mainly related to naval operations. There are documents relating to the raid on the Dutch coast in 1666 and letters from Blake to Montague on operational matters in 1756; a discussion on whether to prosecute the likely… Read Abstract »

The Naval Miscellany, Volume III: The Action between H.M.S. Lyon and the Elisabeth, July 1745

Vol 63 (1927),

This Miscellany contains several documents that were in private ownership and range from 1656 to 1815 and are mainly related to naval operations. There are documents relating to the raid on the Dutch coast in 1666 and letters from Blake to Montague on operational matters in 1756; a discussion on whether to prosecute the likely… Read Abstract »