This was the first of the Miscellany volumes and while it contains documents from the sixteenth century to the turn of the nineteenth century, the majority relate to the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Of the two sixteenth century documents, one relates to French warship signals and the other is a narrative of the Cadiz expedition. There is a translation of a Portuguese description of the Battle of Quiberon Bay and the journals of Captain Duncan between 1776 and 1782.
The rest of the selection are correspondence of Viscount Hood, letters describing daily life in the navy, extracts relating to life in the East India Company’s service, official correspondence on the capture of Heligoland in 1807 and 41 letters to and from Nelson.
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Preface vii
Book of War by Sea and Land, anno 1543; by Jehan Bytharne 1
Relation of the voyage to Cadiz, 1596; by Sir William Slyngisbie 23
Edited by Julian S. Corbett
Glorious England: a relation of the battle of Quiberon Bay. From the Portuguese 93
Journals of Henry Duncan, Captain, Royal Navy (in the Eagle, Medea, Ambuscade and Victory) 105
Extracts from the papers of Samuel, First Viscount Hood 221
Letters of the Hon. William Cathcart, Captain, Royal Navy 259
Extracts from the journals of Thomas Addison, of the East India Company’s Service, 1801–1830 333
Seizure of Helgoland, 1807 375
Miscellaneous Letters 387
1. Vice-Admiral Vernon to his Wife
2. Captain Mostyn to Vernon
3. John Cathcart to John Hanbury
4. Lieutenant William Jacobs to Mr Spillman
5. Andrew Paton to Sir John Anstruther. Paton’s Narrative.
6–8. Lieutenant P. Beaver to his Sister
9. Lord Nelson to Captain Morris
10–24. Lord Nelson to Sir Thomas Troubridge
25. Lord Nelson to Evan Nepean
26–34. Lord Nelson to Sir Thomas Troubridge
35. Lord Nelson to John Scott
36. General Memorandum by Nelson
37. Captain Duff to Captain Morris
38. Lord Nelson to Captain Duff
39. Memorandum by Captain Duff
40. Lord Nelson to Simon Taylor
41. Thomas Piggott to Benjamin Gaskin
Index 445
Abbeshaw, Jerry, a seaman, 338
Abel, Elijah, Am. captain, letter from, 141; letter to, 142
Aberdeen, Mr., 408
Acton, Sir John, General, Neapolitan minister, 239, 413
Acton, Sir Thomas, knighted, 82
Adderley, William, captain E.I.C., 353
Addison, Leonard, lieutenant of marines, 366
Addison, Thomas, officer E.I.C., biographical note of, 335–6; his journals, 37–74; first appearance on board, 337; shaved on crossing the line, 339; bankruptcy of the managing owner, 342; refuses Pellew’s invitation to join the Culloden, 352; falls into Linois’ hands, 355; his experiences on board the Marengo, 356–64; he returns to England in the Earl Howe, 365; goes to Mauritius in a cartel, 367; sees there the Piémontaise and Revenant, 368–70; visits Hong Kong, 373
Admiral carries his flag at the main top-mast, 9; a flaming cresset at the stern, by night, 15; two, if there is a vice-admiral, 16
Aiguillon, Duc d’, 104
Alcate, Sp. captain, 69
Alceza, Juan de, 68
Alcock, William Congreve, M.P. for Waterford City, 317
Aldrich, Sir John, knighted, 82
Aldrige, John, Captain, 45
Ambrose, Thomas, officer E.I.C., 368
Amherst, Lord, 252
Annebaut, Admiral of France, his colours, 7 note
Anson, George, Lord, 107
Anstruther, Sir John, of Elie, letter to, 403
Anthony, José,a quartermaster, 338
Antrobus, Edmund, banker and teaman, 337, 342
Arango, Juan de, 70
Arbuthnot, Marriot, commissioner at Halifax, 116; commander-in-chief in North America, 172–3, 193–4; engages the French fleet, 183; anchors in Lynn Haven Bay, 185; returns to New York, 188; sails for England, 196
Army, lands at Cadiz, 73; re-embarks, 87; lands on Long Island, 123; in Kipp’s Bay, 127; on Meyer’s Neck, 132; in Norwalk Bay, 140–1; re-embarks, 144; goes to the Chesapeake, 147; lands six miles up the Elk, 149; marches towards Philadelphia, ib.; Burgoyne surrounded by a numerous, 134
Arno, Charles, midshipman, 175, 193
Arnold, General, 185
Ashenden, Sir William, knighted, 82
Ashley, Anthony, Secretary to the Council of War, 1596, 41, 77, 80; knighted, 82; sent home with despatches, 88
Auvergne, Lieutenant d’, 385
Bacon, Mr., 396
Badillo, Spanish captain, 70
Bagnal (Bagnoll), Sir Samuel, Lieut.-Colonel, 43, 75; knighted, 77
Balfour, Captain, 128
Banks, Francis, Captain, 115, 119
Barneby, a craven passenger, 341
Barrington, Hon. Samuel, Admiral, 211
Barrow, Thomas, captain E.I.C., 353
Barrow, Thomas, a guinea-pig, 353
Barton, officer E.I.C., 373
Bathie, George K., captain E.I.C., 335, 372–3
Beaumanoir, M. de, French lieutenant, 231
Beaver, Philip, Lieutenant, biographical note of, 391; letters from, 408–13
Bellew, Henry, Captain, 118
Berkeley, Sir Maurice, knighted, 82
Berry, Captain, an Irish Frenchman, 367
Bertie, Thomas, Captain, 418, 426
Birch, Thomas, Dr., his transcripts, 389, 398
Birchall, William, Captain, 433
Bird, Colonel, 138
Bishop, a purser, 396
Blackwood, Hon. Henry, Captain, 414, 437
Blakeney, William (Lord), Brigadier, 397
Bletterman, Mr., 363
Bligh, William, Captain, 433
Blount, Charles, Lieut.-Colonel, 45; knighted, 82
Blount, Sir Christopher, Colonel, 42, 45, 74, 78, 89
Boazio, Baptista, cartographer, 27–8
Bolstred, Captain, 45
Bolton (Sir), William, Lieutenant, Nelson’s nephew, 426, 431
Bond, E. H., captain E.I.C., 348
Boscawen, Edward, Admiral, 97, 101, 108, 390
Botler, a seaman, flogged, 345
Bougainville, M. de, chef d’escadre, his conduct blamed, 233–5
Bourchier, Captain, muster-master, 42
Bowes, Sir Edward, knighted, 82
Bowles, Sir John, knighted, 82
Bowser, a bellicose passenger, 341
Bracamonte, Juan de Osorio de, 69
Braithwaite, Richard, Captain, 118
Brame, J. W., Consul at Genoa, 243
Brandywine Creek, battle of 150
Brett, Serjeant-Major, 45, 89
Bridport, Lady, 250, 255
Bridport, Viscount, 409, 416; letters from, 249–55
Briggs, Thomas, Captain, 372
Bristow, William, Lieutenant, 122
Brodrick, Thomas, Vice-Admiral, 107
Brooke, Vernon’s nephew, 396
Browell, William, Captain, letter from, 281
Brown, Captain, 406
Brown, Philip, Lieutenant, 111, 118, 121
Brown, William, Captain, 256
Browne, Sir Matthew, knighted, 82
Bruen, Major, 156
Bruillac, French captain, 355–6
Bruix, French admiral, 279
Buck, Mr. George, sent home with dispatches, 91
Buck, John, Captain, provost-marshal, 42; knighted, 82
Buddington, John, American captain, 201
Bude, Major-General de, Prince William’s governor, 227
Bullen, Captain, 45
Bunx, Benjamin, officer E.I.C., 346, 357, 360, 365
Burgoyne, Sir John, 115; defeated, 153; surrenders, 154,
Burke, Lord, knighted, 82
Burnaby (Sir), Wm. Chaloner, Captain, 119
Byng, John, Admiral, 107
Byron, Hon. John, Admiral, 164
Cabezza de Vacca, Don Diego, a prisoner, 89
Cadiz, officers of the garrison, thirteen names, 73–4; taken by storm, 75–6; castle of, surrendered, 77–8; lives of the garrison ransomed, 78; fifty pledges (q.v.) to be given, ib.; inhabitants sent out of the town, ib.; proposed to keep the town, 80; Essex refuses, 83; evacuated and burnt, 87
Caen, Général de, Governor of Mauritius, 369
Caldwell, Benjamin, Captain, 122, 126
Campbell, lieutenant of volunteers, 123
Campbell, John, Captain, carries home the despatches from Quiberon Bay, 103; vice-admiral, 213
Campbell, P. captain E.I.C., 353
Campbell, W., captain E.I.C., 348
Canny, on short, 271
Careless, Thomas, midshipman, 113
Carew, Captain, 43
Carew, Sir George, lieutenant of the ordnance, his praise of Ralegh, 26; Slyngisbie’s dearest friend, 32; deputy-governor of Cadiz, 33–4, 41–2, 49, 71, 84, 89
Carlisle, Earl of, a commissioner in America, 158
Cary, Mr., of Tor Abbey, 289
Cathcart, Lady, letters to, 263, 270, 272, 274–81, 287, 290, 293, 296, 298, 314; mentioned, 331–2
Cathcart, Charles, 8th Lord, 390, 398
Cathcart, Charles (afterwards 2nd Earl), letters to, 265, 271, 273, 287, 290
Cathcart, Frederick, 298
Cathcart, John, Surgeon-General, 390; letter from, 397
Cathcart, Hon. William, Captain, his junior service, 261; his promotions, 262; death, 262, 331; mentioned, 359; letters from, 263–330
Cathcart, William Schaw, 1st Earl, 261; letters to, 264, 266, 270, 272, 274–86, 290–8, 301–32; letters from, 296, 298, 300
Caulfeild, Thomas Gordon, Captain, 347, 352
Caulfeild, Tobias, Captain, 122, 126
Cecil, Sir Robert, censors the press, 25
Cecil, Sir Thomas, 32
Charles V., signals ordered by, 5
Chase, master of a whaler, 364
Chetwynd, J. W., midshipman, 113
Chevaux, Sir John Orde’s, 271
Chevaux-de-frise in the Delaware, 151, 156
Chilvers, 301
Christian, Brabazon, mate, 113
Cleland, Walter, chief officer E.I.C., 372
Clèves, Philippe, Duc de, his ‘Short Instruction,’ 4; commanded at Mitylene, ib.
Clifford, Alexander, Squadron Rear-Admiral, 46, 65; knighted, 82
Clifford, Sir Conyers, serjeant-major of the army, 1596, colonel of a regiment, 41–2, 44, 71, 74, 78
Clinton, Sir Henry, General, 123, 153, 159; nominated a commissioner, 158; returns to England, 213
Clue, M. de la, commands the Toulon fleet, 101
Cochrane, Sir Alexander, 441
Cockburn (Sir George), Captain, 365
Cockson, Thomas, engraver, 28
Coffin (Sir Isaac), Commissioner, 258, 430
Cokburne, George, Captain, 107
Collier, Sir George, 112
Colpoys, Sir John, Vice-Admiral, 251, 269
Colquitt, Samuel, Lieutenant, 430–1
Compora, John, ship’s caulker, 338
Conflans, Marshal de, letter of 95; commands the Brest fleet, 101; his ship burnt, 102
Conflans, Antoine de, French captain, 4; author of a naval tract, ib.
Congalton, Andrew, midshipman, 113
Conny, Lieut.-Colonel, 45
Constable, Captain, serjeant-major, 43
Contraband of war, declaration against, 38–40
Conway, Sir Edward, Lieut.- Colonel, 44, 79; knighted, 82; sent home with despatches, 92
Conway, Foulk, Serjeant-Major, 44
Cooke, Sir Anthony, knighted, 82
Cooke, John, midshipman, 113; slain at Trafalgar, ib.
Corbett, Sir Miles, knighted, 82
Cornwallis, Lord, 136, 150, 156, 179
Cornwallis (Sir William), Admiral, 416
Countess, George, Captain, 256–7
Covert, Captain, 42
Cranstoun, James, Lord, 113
Cresset, a flaming, at the admiral’s stern, 15; or at the vice-admiral’s, 16
Crosse, Sir Robert, Squadron Vice-Admiral, 49, 50, 68–9, 71, 81; knighted, 82
Cull, Thomas, Commander, 110
Culverin, range of, 70
Curtis (Sir), Roger, Captain, 120, 122; Howe’s flag captain, 145
Cuyler, Major, 154
Dacres, J. R., Rear-Admiral, 328
Dalrymple, Captain, gives a certificate of loyalty to a Cape Cod fisherman, 195
Dancye, Captain, 44
Darell, Marmaduke, victualler-general, 41
Davis, Serjeant-Major, 44
Davis, Henry, Captain, 121, 133
Davison, Alexander, Nelson’s friend, 417, 419–20, 424–5
Dawson, George, Captain, 203–4
Daybreak, ordering the fleet at, 19, 20
Dayshe, Mr., 281, 299
De Heister, Hessian general, 123
Delafons, J., Captain, 348
Devereux, Sir George, knighted, 82
Dewnbery, Captain, 42
Diamond Rock captured, 444
Dickson, Archibald, Captain, 118, 126
Digby, Mrs., 276
Digby, Henry, Captain, 304–5
Digby, Robert, Captain, 225; Rear-Admiral, 226
Discipline, orders concerning, 51–8; in the French Revolutionary navy, 285, 358–9; in E.I.C. ships, 371–2
Domett, (Sir) William, captain of the fleet, 416, 419–20, 425; Nelson’s opinion of, 424
Donop, Von, Hessian colonel, 153; slain, 154
Douglas, Vice-Admiral, 383–4
Douglas, Sir Charles, his method of working guns, 167
Douglas, Sir James, 112
Drake, Francis, Minister at Genoa, 242
Drake (Sir Francis Samuel), Rear-Admiral, 201–2
Drake (Francis William), Vice-Admiral, 211
Drewell, (Sir) Humphrey, knighted 82
Drummond, Lord, carries a flag of truce, 121
Drummond, Adam, Captain, 306
Drummond, Charles, captain E.I.C., 34 8, 350–1
Duckworth, Sir John Thomas, 262, 330, 430; letter from, 330
Dudley, Sir Robert, 48, 71; knighted, 92
Duff, George, Captain, letters from, 436–8; letter to, 437 (slain at Trafalgar)
Duff, Robert, Commodore, 95, 102
Duncan, Adam, Viscount, 107
Duncan, Arthur French, 108, 110
Duncan, Mrs. Henry (Mary French), 108–10, 168
Duncan, Henry, Captain, his early life, 107–8; marriage, 108; his journals, 109–10, 111–219; his later career, 109–10; death, 110; will, ib.; commissions the Eagle as flag-captain to Lord Howe (q.v.), 111; arrives at New York, 117; has charge of the landing in Long Island, 122; sent to New York with a flag of truce, 127–8; commands an expedition to Norwalk Bay, 139–144; appointed ‘ adjutant-general to the admiral,’ 145; acts in that capacity in the expedition to the Chesapeake, 148–50; and to the Delaware, 151–9; returns to England, 164; appointed to the Medea, 166; sails for America, 168; joins Arbuthnot (q.v.), 172; returns to England, 208; appointed to the Ambuscade, ib.; cruises in the Channel, 209–11; appointed to the Victory as flag captain to Lord Howe (q.v.), 211; sent to England with despatches, 219
Duncan, Henry, jun., Captain 108, 110
Duncan, Isabella (Mrs. Troysdon), 108, 110, 168
Duncan, James, Captain, 200–1
Dutton, Captain, 43
Duyvenvoord, John van, Dutch admiral, 37, 50; knighted, 92
Eastwood, Joseph, midshipman, 113
Eden, William, a commissioner in America, 158
Elliot, Mr., 179
Elliot, Sir Gilbert (Earl of Minto), 240–1; letter to, 242–3
Elliot, John, Commodore, hoists his broad pennant on board the Eagle, 162; returns to Trident, 163; his action with Thurot, 162, 211, 215
Elphinstone, Edward, Captain, 366
Elphinstone, Sir G. K., 408. See Lord Keith
Elphinstone, John, Captain, 391
Epron, French captain, 368
Erskine, Sir William, brilliant action of, 138, 143
Essex, Earl of, in joint command of the expedition to Cadiz, 28, 37–92; his rivalry with Ralegh, 26
Estaing, Comte d’, French admiral, 159
Etheridge, a pilot, 341
Fagan, a seaman, killed, 305–6
Falkland, Viscount, Captain, 379, 384–5
Fane, Francis Wm., Captain, 344
Farnham, Thomas, Lieutenant, 111
Faro taken and burnt, 89
Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prince, defeats the French, 100
Ferguson, James, Captain, 119
Field, James, a pilot, 414
Fielding, Charles, Captain, 133
Flags, their early use as signals, 11–13; of admirals, 9; of vice-admirals, 16; of squadrons, 29–31; origin of red, white, and blue, 30
Fleet, set forth against Spain, 37; numbers of, 50; sails from Plymouth, 58, 61; arrives off Cadiz, 66; Spanish: set on fire, 72, 79; English: departs from Cadiz, 87; comparison of force with Hawke and Conflans, 95; French: at Sandy Hook, 159- 61; goes to Rhode Island, 161; and to Boston, 163–4
Fleming, Captain, 43
Flemming, Captain, 45
Flogging in E.I.C. service, 345, 372–3
Flores, Luis Alfonso, Spanish captain-general, 68
Floyd, Serjeant-Major, 45
Foley (Sir Thomas), Captain, 427, 429
Follyott, Captain, 45
Fort Island taken, 155
Forteguerri, Chevalier, in command of the Neapolitan squadron, 237–40
Fortye, a marine officer, court-martial on, 166
France, Queen of, her death, 241
Fremantle, Sir Thomas, Captain, 251
French, Mary. See Duncan, Mrs. Henry
Fyers, Mrs., 271, 275
Galleys at Cadiz allowed to escape, 79
Gambier, James (Lord), Captain, 179
Garcia, Captain Don, 69
Gardner, Sir Alan (Lord), 250, 252
Garrett, Captain, 89
Gaskin, Benjamin, 392; letter to, 440
Gates, Sir Thomas, knighted, 82
Geary, (Sir) Francis, Rear-Admiral, 101
George III, letters from, 225–8
Gerard, Sir Thomas, Colonel, 42, 45, 74, 7 8
Gerbrantsen, John, Dutch vice-admiral, 50
Gifford, George, captain of a company, 45; rear-admiral of a squadron, 49; knighted, 82
Gilbert, Sir John, knighted, 82
Gillics, Mrs. John, 391; letters to, 408–13
Gillies, John, LL.D., 391, 408
Giron y Zuniga, Don Antonio, 73
Glaspoole, Richard, captain E.I.C., 37 2
Glyn, Sir R. Carr (Lord Mayor 1798–9), 255
Goff, Mr., a pilot, 176
Goldesbrough, Thomas, midshipman, 113
Goldin, Robert, purser, 262
Gonsalvo, Captain Don, 69
Goodridge, John, Lieutenant, 115
Gore, (Sir) John, Captain, 242, 282–3, 287, 300, 303–4, 306, 309; letters from, 296, 302
Goring, Captain, lieutenant of the ordnance, 42–3
Gower, J. Leveson, captain of the fleet, 211, 2 16
Graeme, Alexander, Captain, 118
Grafton, Duke of, describes the state of public feeling in 1756–7, 96
Grant, General, 123–4, 149–50
Grant, Lieutenant-Colonel, slain, 125
Grant, James Ludovic, captain E.I.C., 335, 342–50, 352, 355–63
Grasse, Count de, 229, 232–4, 247–8
Graves, Thomas (Lord), Rear-Admiral, 183, 185, 188, 196, 201, 204–5
Gray, Sir John, knighted, 85
Green, a sailor, drowned, 207
Grenville, Lord, 243
Grey, General, 149
Grey, George, Captain, 264
Griffith, Walter, Captain, 150; his death, ib., note
Grimston, Surgeon R.N., 366
Guarines, Don Hernando de, 74
Guns worked entirely with tackles, 167
Hales, Captain, 42
Hambridge, Captain, 44, 77
Hamilton, Sir Charles, 262
Hamilton, Sir Edward, 306–8
Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 266, 275, 296, 4 1 7
Hamilton, Thomas, midshipman, 113
Hamilton, Sir William, Ambassador at Naples, 266, 275–6, 291, 297; letter to, 237–42; letter from, 295
Hamond, (Sir) A. S., Captain, 148; comptroller of the navy, 296, 298
Hamond, Captain G. E., 341
Hanbury, John, letter to, 397
Hannay, Andrew, captain E.I.C., 344, 348
Harcourt, Colonel, 137
Hardy, Sir Charles, 101
Hardy, Thomas Masterman, Captain, 416, 418–20, 422, 429
Harecourt, Captain, 44
Harmood, Henry, Lieutenant, 111 (afterwards captain)
Harrison, Benjamin, treasurer of Guy’s Hospital, 299
Harvey, Gerard, Captain, 44, 77; knighted, 85
Harvey, Sir Henry, 256
Harvey, William, Captain, 44; knighted, 83
Haviside, Thomas, captain E.I.C., 373–4
Hawke, Sir Edward (Lord), in command at Quiberon Bay, 95–6, 102–3; needed no inspiration from Pitt, 97; watches off Brest, 101; sights the French fleet, 102; his letter to the Duc d’Aiguillon, 104
Hawkyns, Sir John, 30
Haydon, Captain, 43; knighted, 82
Heigham, Captain, 43
Hell Gate in a fog, 131–2
Henryck, William, Dutch captain, 72
Herbert, Mr., 267
Herbert, Lord William, knighted, 82
Heywood, Peter, Captain, 348
Higham, Sir Clement, 89
Hoby, Sir Edward, 77, 80
Hockie, Richard, Lieutenant, 416
Holburne, Francis, Vice-Admiral, 107
Holburne, William, Captain, 107
Holdsworth, Arthur, Governor of Dartmouth, 166
Holley, Mr. John, 337
Holley, Rev. John, 336
Hollwell, Mrs., 250, 258
Hood, Lady, 250, 258
Hood, Alexander, midshipman (afterwards captain), 113; is slain, ib.
Hood, Alexander, 216. See Bridport
Hood, Francis Wheler (Lord Hood’s grandson), 252
Hood, Sir Samuel (afterwards Viscount), 201–3, 223; letters from, 235–43, 246; statement of; 244–5; mem. by, 245–9; letters to, 225–8, 249–57
Hood, (Sir) Samuel, Commodore, 274, 322–3; letter from, 255
Hood, Samuel (Lord Hood’s grandson), 252
Hope, Charles, commissioner at Chatham, 299
Hope, George, Captain, 262, 266, 272, 281, 283, 287, 299; letter to, 283
Hopton, Captain, 45
Hotham, William (Lord), 111–12, 114, 121–3, 126, 131, 136–7, 158, 211, 215, 237, 244, 251
House, American lieutenant, 187
Houstoun, Colonel, 320
Howard, Charles, Lord (Earl of Nottingham), in joint command of the expedition to Cadiz, 28, 37–92
Howard, Lord Thomas, Vice-Admiral of the Fleet, 41, 48, 71, 77, 83, 88–9
Howard, Sir William, knighted, 82
Howe, Richard, Lord, M.P. for Dartmouth, 109; appointed to command in North America, 109, 111; hoists his flag on board the Eagle, 112; arrives off New York, 117–18; lands on Long Island, 125; takes the army in boats through Hell Gate in a fog, 131–2; co-operates with the army in the Chesapeake, 148–50; and the Delaware, 151–9; is nominated a commissioner, but refuses to act, 158; prepares to receive the French fleet at Sandy Hook, 160; follows the French to Rhode Island, 161; hoists his flag on board the Apollo, 162; returns to the Eagle, 163; looks for the French at Boston, 164; returns to England, 165; takes command of the Channel fleet, 210–11; cruises in the North Sea, 212; in the Channel, 213; passes between Scilly and the Land’s End, 214; relieves Gibraltar, 217–18; engages the allied fleet, 218–19; is in bad health, 252; his attitude at the time of the mutiny, 409, 411
Howe, Sir William, commander-in-chief of the army in America, 118, 128–9, 135, 156; moves the army to Staten Island, 146; and to the Chesapeake, 147; marches towards Philadelphia, 149; wins the battle of Brandywine, 150; asks for the fleet to come into the Delaware, ib.
Howorth, John, Lieutenant, 111, 126 (afterwards captain)
Hudson, Charles, Captain, 119
Hurd, Thomas, midshipman (afterwards captain and hydrographer), 113
Hurtado, Don Juliano, 69
Ice, island of 115
Infantasgo, Duke of, 69, 81
Inglefield, a seaman, killed, 114
Inglefield, J. N., Commissioner, 258, 430
Jackson, a Company’s officer, 360, 363
Jackson, Serjeant-Major, 45
Jacobs, William, Lieutenant, 390; letter from, 398
Jervis, Sir John, 264–5. See St. Vincent
Jones, Paul, arrives at Philadelphia in the Ariel, 179; comes into the Forth, 390; kidnaps a pilot, 391, 405; engages the Serapis, 406; and takes her, 407; 403–8
Jubilatar, Don Antonio de, 70
Justin of Nassau, 89
Keith, Lord, 257, 391
Keith, John, Captain, 391
Kempenfelt, Rear-Admiral, 211; drowned, 216
Kent, Duke of, 309
Keppel, Augustus, Viscount, 108, 228
Kersaint, Capitaine de, drowned, 102
Kimber, captain of a privateer, 209
Kingsmill, Vice-Admiral, 254
Knowles (Sir Charles), Captain, 390
Knyphausen, General, 134–5, 149, 150
Kunersdorf, Prussians defeated at, 100
La Corne, M. de, 401
Laforey, Sir Francis, Captain, 444
Lambert, Quartermaster-General, 42
Lambert, Serjeant-Major, 43; knighted, 82
Landais, American captain, 407
Landing, orders for, at Cadiz, 62–4; on Long Island, 123; on Meyer’s Neck, 132; in the Elk, 149
Lane, Miss, 250, 258
Langford, Frederick, Lieutenant, 295, 301, 431–2
Lantern at the admiral’s stern in blowing weather, 17
La Touche Tréville, French admiral, 285
Lawrence, Serjeant-Major, 44
Lawson, Mr., 298–9
Layman, William, Lieutenant, 415, 427
Lazenby, John, a pilot, 414
Le Blanc, Charles, captain E.I.C., 335, 337–8, 344, 365–7, 371
Lee, American general, taken prisoner, 137
Legge, A. K., Captain, 283
Leigh, Sir John, knighted, 82
Leigh, Sir Urian, knighted, 82
Le Loutre, ‘an inveterate French Jesuit,’ 401
Lensen, Cornelius, Dutch rear-admiral, 50
Leonard, Sir Henry, knighted, 82
Leslie, General, 129
Levan, Sir Melchior, of Holland, knighted, 82
Leveson, Richard, Captain, 46; knighted, 82
Ley, William, mate, 113
Lezo, Don Blas de, Spanish admiral, 393
Lights in cabins, regulations for, 15, 56
Lindsay, Mr., a factor, 372
Lindsay, Hon. Hugh, captain E.I.C., 343–4
Linois, French admiral, 348, 352–3, 355, 357–9, 361–3
Linzee, Robert, Vice-Admiral, 264
Lister, surgeon E.I.C., 373
Logan, captain of marines, slain, 125
Logan, John, captain E.I.C., 344
Long Island occupied by the English, 122–5
Louis of Nassau, Count, 81
Lovell, Lieutenant R.A., slain, 125
Lovell, Sir Robert, knighted, 82
Lowden, William, a thief disgraced, 347
Lowe, Joseph, a seaman E.I.C., flogged, 373
Lushington, Thomas, captain E.I.C., 344, 348
Lutwidge, Lieutenant, tried for murder, 305–6
Lutwidge, Skeffington, Vice-Admiral, 414
Lyne, Lieutenant, 426, 431
McCarthy, renegade, 207; tried and condemned as a pirate, 210
McDonald, W. F., Captain, death of 331
Macer, mate of a whaler, 364
Mackey, Mr., E.I.C., 363
Mackintosh, Captain, of the Sarah Indiaman, 354
Magaw, American general, 135
Maitland, Hon. Anthony, midshipman, 295, 299
Majendie, H. W. (Bishop of Chester), tutor to Prince William, 226, 228
Malartie, Governor of Mauritius, 369
Man, Robert, Rear-Admiral, 253
Mansell, Captain, 45
Mansell, Robert, Squadron Rear-Admiral, 48; knighted, 82
Maquet, master of a French prize, 345
Markham, John, Captain, Lord of the Admiralty, 425
Martin, Benjamin, officer E.I.C., 349, 360
Mason, Christopher, Captain, 122
Mass, a dry, 21
Matthew, General, 134
Maurice, J. W., Captain, 444
Mawhood, Colonel, ‘got great honour,’ 138
Mazaredo, Don Josef de, Spanish admiral, 284
Mecklenburg, Duke of visits the St. George, 435
Medina, Spanish captain, 69
Medina-Sidonia, Duke of, burns the Spanish fleet, 8o
Medkirk, Baldwyn, Captain, 43, 77; knighted, 85
Mendoza, Don Diego de, 69, 81
Meyricke [Gelly], Lieut.-Colonel, 44; knighted, 82
Midleton, Captain, 81
Milbanke, Mark, Vice-Admiral, 215–16
Mitchell, Bruce, captain E.I.C., 335, 338, 341
Molloy [A. J. Pye], Captain, 126, 139
Mollynex, Captain, 45
Money, cash value of paper, 175
Monson, Sir William, knighted, 82
Montagu, George, Captain, 116
Montagu, James, Captain, 116, 166
Montagu, John, Vice-Admiral, 116
Montalais, French captain, drowned, 102
Moreau, French lieutenant, 336, 368–9
Morgan, Sir John, knighted, 82
Morgan, Sir Matthew, Lieut.-Col., 43
Morris, Mr., E.I.C., 360
Morris, J. N., Captain, letters to, 413, 436
Morris, John, Captain, slain, 120
Mostyn, Savage, Captain, 389; court-martial on, 390, 396; letter from, 396
Murray, Mr., Consul at Madeira, 209–10
Murray, Sir Alexander, slain, 125
Murray, George, Captain, 420, 426–7, 434
Murray, George, 291
Mulcaster, Thomas, captain 99th regt., 156
Myers, Sir William, 441, 443
Napier, Hon. Patrick, Captain, 227–8
Nash, Alexander, captain E.I.C., 344, 3 67
Nelson, captain 52nd regt., slain, 125
Nelson, Lord, 196, 235, 255, 257, 264, 274, 291–8, 300–1, 444; letters from, 413–440
Nepean, (Sir) Evan, Secretary of the Admiralty, 245, 249, 319; letter to, 243–4
Nevile, Sir Henry, knighted, 82
Newcombe, William, quartermaster E.I.C., ran, 370–1
Newcome, Henry, seaman E.I.C., flogged, 370
New York, occupied by the English, 127; royalist enthusiasm of the mob, 128; great fire in, 130
Nightfall, ordering the ships at, 13, 14, 53, 56; hymn to our Lady to be sung, 15; psalms to be sung, 56
Nile, battle of the, ‘complete and brilliant,’ 254; ‘will give Pitt joy,’ 255; ‘a taut action,’ 274
Nilms, master of a prize, 179
Nisbet, Josiah, Captain, 416, 419, 430–1
Niza, Marquis de, Portuguese admiral, 273, 432
Normand [James], captain E.I.C., 353
North, Lord, 249
Nowell, William, Captain, 433
Open, W., midshipman, 113
Ogle, Sir Chaloner, 395
O’Hara, Lieut.-General, Governor of Toulon, 240–1; of Gibraltar, 271, 275
Oliver, Thomas, mate, 113
Orde, (Sir) John, lieutenant, 142; captain, 177; admiral, 271
Ordonez, Don Diego, 70
Orrok, Wemyss, captain E.I.C., 344
Otway, R. W., Captain, 418–19
Ourry, George, Captain, 152
Page, B. W., Captain, 347–8
Paget, Hon. Charles, Captain, 340
Palme, Mr. and Mme., 363
Palmer, Sir Thomas, knighted, 82
Parke, Thomas, midshipman, 113
Parker, Edward Thornbrough, Commander, 294–5, 297, 299, 301, 419, 422
Parker (Sir) Hyde, the elder, 164
Parker, Sir Hyde, the younger, 118, 256; commander-in-chief in the Baltic, 415, 417, 420, 422, 424–8, 431–3, 435
Parker, Sir Peter, 136
Parker (Sir) William, Rear-Admiral, 251
Parsons, Francis, surgeon E.I.C., 366
Paterson, C. W., midshipman, 113
Patton, Andrew, pilot, kidnapped by Paul Jones, 391, 405; his account of the action with the Serapis, 404–8; his escape, 408; letter from, 403
Palton, Philip, Rear-Admiral, 412
Paulet, Lord Henry, 435
Pears, James Wm., purser E.I.C., 360
Pearson, Sir Richard, Captain, 407
Pellew, Sir Edward (Viscount Exmouth), 352
Pelly, Charles, Lieutenant, 295, 297–8
Pepperell, Sir William, captures Louisbourg, 402
Percy, Sir Charles, 75
Percy, Henry, 8th Earl of Northumberland, executed, 31
Percy, Hugh, Earl, General, 123, 133–5
Percy, Mary, wife of Francis, and mother of Sir William Slingsby, 31
Percy, Thomas, 7th Earl of Northumberland, executed, 31
Percy, Sir Thomas, hanged, 31
Phipps, Hon. Charles, Captain, 122, 126
Pierce, Mr., 441
Pierrepont, William, Captain, 254
Piggott, Thomas, letter from, 440
Pitt, William, 243, 255
Pledges for the ransom of Cadiz, names of, 42, 85–6
Preston, Sir Amyas, knighted, 82
Pringle, George, Lieutenant, 262
Pole, C. M., Rear-Admiral, 250–1, 410
Poolye, John, Captain, 44
Poolye, Sir William, knighted, 82
Popham, Sir Francis, knighted, 82
Portocarrero, Don Juan, 69, 80–1; releases English captives, 87
Portugal, Prince of, 47, 81, 89
Pownell, Colonel, 153
Pulteney, Sir James Murray, General, 257
Quarme, Lieutenant, 143
Quebec captured, 100
Radcliffe, Sir Alexander, knighted, 85
Rainier, Peter, Admiral, 340, 35 2
Ralegh, Sir Walter, his rivalry with Essex, 26; his behaviour at Cadiz, ib.; rear-admiral of the fleet, 41; advises to delay the landing, 66; was ‘given the point,’ 70; mentioned, 43, 71, 77, 79
Ralle, Hessian colonel, his post surprised, 137; is slain, 138
Rawdon, Lord, 153
Raynor, John, Captain, 118
Rea, Assistant-Surgeon, pressed, 352
Reece, 300–1
Reeve, Samuel, Lieutenant, 111, 118, 122
Remington, Sir Robert, knighted, 82
Rendezvous to be appointed before sailing, 20, 60
Reynolds, Francis (Lord Ducie), Captain, 152
Ribadeo, Conde de, 81
Rich, Sir Edwin, knighted, 82
Richards, Captain, 44
Richery, French admiral, 263
Rigamortis of Holland, Sir Peter, knighted, 82
Robertson, captain E.I.C., 348
Rodney, Sir George (Lord), 203, 247
Roe, Edward, midshipman, 113
Rolles, Robert, Captain, 366
Ross, Sir John Lockhart, Rear-Admiral, 211
Rous, John, Captain, 390; expedition to Beau-Séjour, 401
Ruddall, Sir Richard, knighted, 82
Rushe, Captain, 44
Russell, T. M., Vice-Admiral, 377; letters from, 379, 383–6
Sails painted with the admiral’s colours, 10
Saint-Allouarn, M. de, French captain, killed, 102
St. Helen’s, Lord, Ambassador at Madrid, letter to, 235–7; at St. Petersburg, 432
St. Vincent, Earl of, 253, 275, 282–4, 288–91, 297–9, 416–17, 419, 421, 423, 42 5, 429, 431–2, 435; letters from, 282, 322
Salisbury, Captain, 45
Salutes to the admiral, at nightfall, 13, 14; at daybreak, 19, 20
Sanchez, Don Cristofero, 69
Santa Cruz, Marquis de, 69
Sarita, Ernando de, Spanish captain, 70
Saumarez, Sir James (Lord de), 256–7, 282–3, 325
Saunders, Sir Charles, 97, 104, 112
Sausay, Vicomte de, French captain, 102
Savage, Captain, 42; receives the keys of the Castle of Cadiz, 78; sent home with despatches, 91
Sayer, James, Captain, 507
Scott, Alexander, Captain, wounded, 520
Scott, Rev. A. J., 120, 439
Scott, Hugh, chief officer E.I.C., 363, 365
Scott, John, Nelson’s secretary, letter to, 436
Scudamore (Skidmore), Sir James, knighted, 82
Selkirk, Earl of his house plundered, 405
Sepeda, Spanish captain, 70
Sercey, French admiral, and Mme., 370
Seymour, Lord Hugh, 250–1, 253
Shambovry (?), Chevalier, built Beau-Séjour, 401
Shelton, Sir John, knighted, 82
Sheriff, Colonel, 125
Ships, ornamentation of, 7–10; indifferently manned, 160
SHIPS :- [A. = American; C. = East India Co.; D. = Dutch; F. = French; S. = Spanish; k. = packet; m. = merchantman; p.= privateer; t. = transport; z. = prize]
Acasta, 304, 391
Acteon, 120
Active, 120, 134
Adamant, 185–6, 190, 204
Adventure, m., 114
AEolus, 162
Affection, 65
Africa, S., sunk, 394
Africaine, F., 288–9
Aimable, F., 232
Alcedo, p., 48, 65, 67
Alcide, F., 232
Alcmène, 212, 261–2, 271–4, 283–4, 299
Alexander, 211–13, 215–16, 218
Alfred, 248
Alkmaar, 302
Alliance, A., 194
Alliance, A., 406–7
Ambuscade, journal of, 208–10
Amelia, 256
America, 107, 185–6
Amphitrite, 172, 186, 193, 197–200
Amulo, p., 49
Andromache, 213
Andromeda, 158
Antelope, 177
Apollo, 147–8, 161–2, 214
Archangel, p., 47
Ardent, 160–1, 455, 418
Ardent, F., 232, 235
Argus, F., 444
Ariel, 179
Ark Royal, 46, 64, 90–1
Asia, 118, 136, 215–16, 218
Assurance, 190, 193
Astrée, F., 230
Atalanta, 194
Atalante, F., 363; wrecked, 364
Atlas, 213, 216
Augusta, 145; burnt, 154
Aurora, 416
Barfleur, 108, 228
Bark Rowe, p., 47
Bassana, S., 70
Bedford, 111, 178, 184, 186
Belisarius, A. p. z., 198–9
Belle Poule, F., 355–6, 363–4
Bellerophon, 113
Bellona, 211, 213, 216
Berwick, 213, 215–16, 244; F., 444
Bienfaisant, 212–13, 215–16
Black Princess, F. p. z., 207, 210
Blanche, 431–2
Blenheim, 216, 361, 366, 368
Blonde, 174
Blossom, A. m. z., 176
Blue Pigeon, p., 49
Bonetta, 173
Bonhomme Richard (Goodman Richard), A., sinks, 407–8
Bonne Citoyenne, 285
Boreas, 120
Brave, F., 234
Brave, p., 47
Bristol, 120, 157, 216–17
Britannia, 211–13, 216, 237, 265
British Fair, 383
Brown Fish, p., 48
Brune, 112, 119, 136, 138, 157
Brunswick, C., 335, 342–60, 364–5; captured, 355; wrecked, 362
Buffalo, 157, 211–13, 215–18
Bute, 145
Caesar, 282–3
Cambrian, 282
Cambrian, m., 354, 357
Cambridge, 212–13, 215–16, 261
Camel, 145
Camilla, 152
Canton, C., 344, 346–8, 351
Carcass, 161
Caroline, 347–8, 35 1
Caroline, F. p., 341
Caton, F., 230, 232
Carysfort, 126, 177
Centaur, 256, 324
Centurion, 118, 136, 160–1, 346
Centurion, A. m. z., 178
Centurion, p., 49
Caesar, F., 230–2, 234
Chameleon, 264
Chameleon, p., 47
Charles, pinnace, 47
Charlestown, 172–3, 193–4
Charlotte, F. p. z., 345–6
Charon, 172–3, 186, 190
Chatham, 118, 128, 136, 1 57, 177, 179, 186, 191–2
Cherubim, p., 47
Cid, S. m. z., 270
Cirencester, C., 348, 351
Citoyen, F., 230, 234
Clorinde, 262, 328–30, 372
Colossus, 437
Confederacy, A., 188
Conquistador, S., sunk, 395
Corbett, p., 46
Cordelière, 4
Cornwall, 160–2
Cornwallis, 146
Courageux, 211, 213, 216, 218, 255, 257
Couronne, F., 234
Crane, 29, 48
Crown, 215–16
Cruizer, 431–2
Culloden, 164; lost, 178, 352
Daphne, 131
Darling, p., 46
Dasher, 348
Dédaigneuse, 348, 351
Defence, 414, 437
Delight, p., 46
Deptford, 396
Desire, p., 46
Despatch, 115
Devaynes, C., 353
Diamond, 1 33, 1 57
Diana, 213
Dolphin, D., 72
Dragon, S., sunk, 395
Dreadnought, 29, 46, 396
Dryad, 254
Dublin, 211–13, 216
Duchess of Richmond, t., 217
Due Repulse, 47
Duquesne, F. z., 330
Eagle, 109, 168, 195; journal of, 111–65
Eagle, A., 187
Eagle, k., 156
Earl Howe, 365
Edgar, 211–13, 215–16, 256, 416
Egmont, 216
Egyptienne, 329, 338
Ele, D., 50
Elephant, 416, 424, 426, 428, 432
Eliza, A. whaler, 364
Elizabeth of Hampton, p., 46
Elizabeth Jonas, p., 46
Elizabeth of London, p., 46
Emerald, 112, 130, 273
Endeavour, p. 48
Endymion, 340–1
Espanola, S., 69
Esperanza, S., 70
Essex, 102–3
Eugenia, S., 69
Europe, 185–6, 188
Eurydice, 269
Exchange, p., 48
Exertion, 384
Exeter, 112
Expedition, p., 46
Experience, p., 49
Experiment, 120, 160–1
Experiment, C., 353
Explosion, 384
Fama, S., 69
Fanny, A. m. z., 178
Favourite, A. p. z., 201–2
Fine, F., 444
Fleuron, F., 396
Flora, 115, 119–20
Formidable, F., 102, 104
Fortezza, S., 70
Fortitude, 211, 213, 215–16
Foudroyant, 213, 216, 218
Fowey, 128, 134, 1 73
Furieuse, F., 284–5
Galicia, S. z., 394
Ganges, 215–16, 420
General Arnold, p., 198–9
General Monk, p., 197–8
George, p., 48
Gift of God, p., 47
Glatton, C., 348, 350–2
Glorieux, F., 230, 233
Golden Dragon, p., 48
Goliath, 211, 213, 216, 265
Good Intent, A. m. z., 195–6
Grace of God, p., 48
Grampus, 347–8, 351–2
Great Katherine, p., 49
Green Dragon, p., 47
Greyhound, 118, 122, 366, 368
Guadeloupe, 185
Haarlem, 150
Halifax, k., 131
Hampton Court, 108, 396
Harpy, 212; 433
Hazard, 341
Hector, F., 229–34
Hercule, F., 113
Hercules of Rye, p., 48
Hermione, 306–7
Héros, F., 102, 104
Hibernia, p., 197–9
Hind, 269
Holstein Dane, Indiaman, 369
Hope, 173
Hornet, p., 209–10
Howard, p., 47
Humbird, A. m. z., 195
Hunter of Enkhuysen, p., 48
Hunter of Schiedam, p., 48
Hyena, 175
Illustrious, 244
Intrepid, 215
Iris, 184–5, 201–4
Isis, 146, 150, 155, 159, 161, 163
Jacob, p., 47
Jacob of Enkhuysen, p., 49
Jacob of Rotterdam, p., 48
James Drummond, m., 354, 357
Jason, F., 230, 232
Jersey, 112, 114
Jonas, p., 48
Joshua of Hamburg, p., 48
Juno, 157
Jupiter, 405
Juste, F., 102
King of France, A. p., 197
Kingfisher, 118
Kite, 327
Kyan (?), F., 368
Lady Duncan, lugger, 254
Lady Jane Dundas, C., 343–5, 347
Languedoc, F., 234
Lapwing, 344–5
Latona, 218–19, 268–9
Leona, S., 70
Leviathan, 160
Leyva, S., 70
Lion, 46, 225, 366
Lion, D., 50
Lioness, p., 47
Lion’s Whelp, 46
Lively, 270, 272
Liverpool, 118, 155
London, 183, 185–6, 189–90, 204, 417–18, 421
Lord Hyde, 119
Lord Nelson, C., 344–5, 347
Lowther Castle, C., 335, 372
Luna, S., 69
Lynn, 379, 397
Magicienne, 263
Magnanime, F., 230
Mahonesa, 269
Majestic, 261–2, 277, 280, 299, 379, 383–4
Malaga, t., 114
Manriques, S., 69
Marchioness of Exeter, C., 344
Marengo, F., 336, 346, 355–63
Marianne, A. p. z., 200
Marlborough, 112, 257
Marquis of Ely, C., 344, 346–9, 351
Marquis Wellesley, C., 335, 337, 344, 347, 365–72
Mars,113, 436–7
Martin, 119
Mary Ann, p., 49
Mary Gold, p., 47
Mary Margaret, p., 48
Mary Rose, 33, 67–8
Medea, 109; journal of, 166–208
Mediator, 215
Medusa, 261–2, 291–5, 297, 300–8
Melpomene, 261–2
Mercury, 128, 130, 146
Merhonour, 29, 48, 62, 67, 71
Merlin, burnt, 154
Mermaid, p., 47 (bis)
Milford, 116, 147
Minerva, 211–13, 218
Minerva, C., 335
Moffatt, C., 335
Monarch, 391, 408, 410, 413, 433
Monmouth, 163
Monsieur, 211, 218
Moon pinnace, 48
Morning Star, A. p. z., 175
Mutine, 212
Mynion, p., 47
Naiad, 254, 283–4
Namur, 108, 304
Nassau, 107
Neptune, D., 50
Neptune, p., 197
Neptune, F., 396
Newark, 107
Nisus, 391
Nonpareil, 48
Nonsuch, 145, 150, 159, 161–2
Northumberland, 444
Nymphe, 248, 284
Ocasion, S., 69
Ocean, 211–13, 215–16
Orpheus, 119, 126, 186, 188, 202, 204–5
Oughton tender, 404–5
Padilla, S., 69
Pallas, 261, 263, 266
Panther, 211–12, 215–17
Pearl, 128, 133–4, 155, 161, 185–6, 213
Pégase, F. p., 211
Pegasus, 203–4
Phaeton, 413
Phoenix, 118, 121–2, 126, 131, 159, 160–1
Phoenix, p., 47
Phoenix, A. p. z., 193
Piémontaise, F., 136, 367–8, 370
Plantagenet, 341
Pleasure, p., 46
Pluton, F., 444
Polyphemus, 215–16
Popinjay, p., 49
Portland, 213
Posthorse, p., 47
Preston, 112, 136, 159, 161
Primrose, m., 340
Primrose, p., 49
Prince, 107–8
Prince George, 226
Princess Amelia, 212–13, 215–16
Princess Augusta, 261–2, 281
Princess Caroline, 393
Princess Charlotte, C., 344, 347; captured, 357
Princess Royal, 215–16, 264
Proserpine, 216–17
Protector, A., 189
Prudence, p., 47; 49
Prudent, 183–6, 188, 205
Prudente, 211–12
Psyche, 372
Quebec, 379
Queen, 211–13, 216, 343
Queen Charlotte, 410
Quittance, 49
Rainbow, 47, 65–7, 112
Raisonnable, 160–1, 211–13, 215–16
Raleigh, 177–9, 186
Rambler, 215
Ramillies, 210, 256
Renard, 262, 309–27, 329–30; her figure-head, 310; is called Fox and Goose, 311
Renown, 115, 119–20, 128–9, 136, 160–1
Repulse, 112, 128, 133
Resistance, 304–5
Resolution, 102–3, 112
Revenant, F. p., half manned by English, 370
Révolutionnaire, 254
Richmond, 145–6, 160–1, 186, 204
Ripon, 212
Robust, 184–6, 188, 190, 256
Roebuck, 126, 130–1, 142, 147–8, 151–2, 155, 160–1, 177–8, 181, 186, 188–9, 190, 196
Roebuck, p., 49
Roger and Katherine, p., 48
Romney, 215, 405, 410
Romulus, 174, 203, 261–2, 264, 266–9, 299
Rose, 118, 121–2
Rose, F., 4
Rover, wrecked, 200
Rover, p., 195–6
Royal George, 103, 113, 211, 213; lost, 216; 250, 252, 282
Royal Oak, 112, 184–6, 188, 194
Royal William, 216
Ruben (Ruby), p., 48
Ruby, 215–16
Russell, 247, 348
St. Albans, 146, 160–1
St. Andrew, S.z., 33, 34, 71–2
St. George, 414–21, 429–32, 434–5
St. Jacob, p., 49
St. Peter of Enkhuysen, p., 49
St. Peter of London, p., 49
Salamander, 201
Sampson, 211, 213, 216, 218
San Andrés, S., 68
San Carlos, S., sunk, 394
San Felipe, S., 68, 71–2; (St. Philip), burnt, 394
San Matias, S., 68, 71
San Tomaso, S., 68, 71
Sandwich, k., 119, 121, 145
Sanspareil, 250, 281
Sta. Barbara, S., 69
Santiago, S., 70
Sarah, m., 354–5; driven on shore and wrecked, 355–6
Savage, 198–9
Sea Flower, A. m., 117
Seahorse, 254, 418
Senegal, 120, 139, 142, 144
Serapis, captured, 406–7
Serena, S., 70
Shark, 330
Sheerness, 346
Shuldham, 122
Sir Edward Hughes, C., bought into the navy, 353
Sirène, F., 444
Skelton Castle, C., 353
Solebay, 120, 147, 201, 204–5
Soleil Royal, F., 102
Somerset, 145, 155, 159, 161–2
Sparkler, 379
Spartiate, 444
Speke hospital, 115
Sphinx, 120
Squirrell, 416
Stromboli, 160–1
Success, 390
Suffolk, 215–16
Sulphur, 160–1
Superbe, F., 102
Swan, 139, 140, 142, 144
Swan, p., 46; 47
Swift, 146, 148
Swiftsure, 49, 68, 272
Tartar, 112, 115, 130–1, 147
Temeraria, S., 70
Téméraire, 108
Termagant, 212, 217, 308
Terpsichore, 264, 372
Thalia, 267–8, 270, 416, 430
Thames, 172
Thames, C., 348, 351
102 Thésée, F.,
Theseus, 329
Thomas Coutts, C., 335, 342
Thunder, 120, 161, 163
Tisiphone, 212–13
Tortoise, 157
Tramontana, 47, 50
Trent, 306–7
Trepassey, captured, 194
Trial, 122
Trident, 159–63
Triton, 261–2, 282–4, 286–90
Triumph, 254
Triumph, p., 197–9
True Love, 46
Trumbull, A., 197, 200
Unicorn, p., 46
Union, 211, 213, 215–16
Unity, A. m. z., remarkable condition of, 179–81
Vanguard, 47, 65, 68, 256
Vengeance, 215–16
Venus, 161
Victory, 109, 235, 2 37, 240–1, 243, 264–5, 436–8; journal of, 211–19
Vigilant, 148, 150, 155, 158, 161, 211, 215–16
Ville de Paris, F., 204, 230, 232–5
Vineyard, p., 47
Violet, p., 48
Virginia, p., 198–9
Volcano, 160–1
Vulture, 194
Walmer Castle, C., 348, 351
Wanderer, 384
Warren Hastings, C., 335–6, 368–9
Warrior, 118, 414–15
Warspite, 49, 67
Wasp, 108
Wilhelmina, 347, 351
Winchelsea, C., 348, 351
Yager, P., 47
Yankee, A. p., 116
Zealous, 272, 274, 420
Zélé, F., 230, 232–3, 235
Shuldham, Molyneux (Lord), Rear-Admiral, 118
Sicilies, king of the Two, 308–9
Signals, at Sluys, 3; ordered by Charles V., 5; sixteenth century, by day, 11–13; by night, 17, 18; each captain to have a written copy, 19; of 1596, 54–5, 57
Skottowe, John, captain E.I.C., 348
Slingsby, Sir Henry, diary of, 31
Slingsby, Henry, brother of Sir William, 32
Slingsby, Henry, son of Sir William, Master of the Mint, 35
Slingsby, Sir Robert, 31
Slingsby (Slyngisbie), Sir William of Kippax, author of the ‘Voyage to Cadiz,’ 25–6; on the staff of Sir George Carew, 26; a friend of Ralegh, ib.; his family, 31; early life, 31–3; last service at sea, 34; holds office at court, 35; marriage, ib.; and death, ib.; his monument at Knaresborough, 33, 35
Smith, Captain, 45
Smith, John, Lieutenant, 172, 207
Smith, Sir Thomas, knighted, 82
Soldiers, drunk, killed, 79
Somerville, Philip, Captain, 291–2
Sotomayor, Don Diego de, Spanish admiral, 68
Southwell, Sir Robert, Squadron Vice-Admiral, 46, 68, 71–2
Spencer, Earl, 243, 253, 412–13
Stafford, Sir John, knighted, 82
Stephens, Philip, Secretary of the Admiralty, 166
Stevenson, Mr., 175
Stevenson, Mrs., sister of Henry Duncan, 110
Stevenson, James, Captain, nephew of Henry Duncan, 110
Stewart, ‘Jock,’ assistant-surgeon E.I.C. volunteers for the navy, 366
Stewart, (Sir) William, Colonel, 427
Stirling, Lord, American general, prisoner, 125
Stock, Captain, commissary for exchange of prisoners, 371
Strachie, Mr., 126
Stuart, John James, Captain, 308
Sullivan, American general, prisoner, 125; sent with flag of truce, ib.; returns, 126
Sullivan’s Island, engagement at, 120
Surcouf, Robert, French privateer captain, 370
Sussex, Earl of, Colonel, 42, 44; knighted, 82
Symmes, Captain, 42
Symonds, Thomas, Captain, 172
Talkerne, Captain, 44
Taylor, Simon, of Jamaica, letter to, 438
Templar, boatswain’s mate E.I.C., formerly lieutenant R.N., 352
Thesiger, Frederick, Captain, 419, 426
Thomas, a pilot, 338
Thompson, Sir Charles, 252
Thornton, (Sir) Edward, 377; letter from, 380
Throgmorton, Sir Arthur, Lieut.-Colonel, 45; knighted, 82
Tippet, officer E.I.C., 363
Tirwhitt, Captain, 44
Tonkin, Mr., 139
Topsent, French commodore, 284; drinks to ‘a speedy peace,’ 285
Totty, Rear-Admiral, 434
Townshend, Sir John, knighted, 82
Tripp, George, midshipman, 113
Triumph, how the ship is decorated for, 10
Trotten, Mr., 298
Troubridge, Edward Thomas, Captain, 366, 368, 427, 433
Troubridge, Sir Thomas, 361, 366, 368, 39 2; letters to, 414–35
Troysdon, Mrs. See Duncan, Isabella
Udney, John, Consul at Leghorn, 243
United Provinces, a squadron from the, 37
Upcher, Captain, 43
Uppleby, Samuel, Captain, 122
Vandeput, George, Captain, 118, 122, 126
Vansittart, Nicholas (Lord Bexley), 424
Velasco, Antonio de, 81
Vere, Daniel, Captain, 43
Vere, Sir Francis, Lord Marshal of the Army, 33, 41–3, 45, 47, 62, 70–1
Vere, Sir Horatio, Lieut.-Colonel, 44, 75; knighted, 82
Vergas, Captain, 70
Vergas, Pedro de, 81
Vernon, Edward, Vice-Admiral, a great sea-officer, 389; letter from, 393; letter to, 396
Vice-Admiral wears his flag at the fore-topmast, 16; carries a flaming cresset at his stern by night, ib.
Vivien, George, named as the author of the ‘Short Instruction,’ 4
Walbeoff, Thomas, midshipman, 113
Waldegrave, William (Lord Radstock), Vice-Admiral, 269
Wallace, (Sir) James, Captain, 118
Warren, Sir John Borlase, 257
Warren, Sir Peter, captures Louisbourg, 402
Washington, George, Esq., letter to, refused, 119, 149–50
Waters, Richard, upholsterer, 30
Watson, Captain, 81
Watt, James, Lieutenant, afterwards Captain, 111, 140; slain, 111
Wayneman, Sir Richard, knighted, 82
Wellesley, Marquis of, 365
Weston, Sir Richard, knighted, 82
Whipple, American captain, 200
White, Matthew, a merchant, 337, 342
White Plains, battle of, 133
Wilberforce, William, Nelson’s opinion of, 439
Wilkinson, Thomas, Captain, 134
William, Prince (Duke of Clarence, William IV.), 225–8, 343
Williams, Colonel, 443
Williams, Lieut.-Colonel, 443
Williams, John Foster, American captain, 189
Williams, Robert, Captain, 348
Willyams, Captain, 44
Willyams, Thomas, Captain, 45
Wilson, Major, 441
Wilton, Captain, 44
Windham, William, Secretary for War, 242
Wingfield, Sir Edward, 77
Wingfield, Sir John, campmaster, colonel, 42, 44, 68; squadron rear-admiral, 47; is wounded, 75; slain, 76; buried with military honours, ib.
Wingfield, Sir Richard, Colonel, 42, 45
Wolfe, Edward, Brigadier, 397
Wolseley, William, Captain, letter to, 246–7
Woodhouse, Sir Philip, knighted, 82
Woodhouse, Sir William, Lieut.-Colonel, 43
Wotton, Sir James, knighted, 82
Yule, John, Lieutenant, 416
John Laughton was born in Liverpool on 23 April 1830, son of a Master Mariner. He was educated at the Royal Institution School, Liverpool and Caius College, Cambridge, where he read mathematics and graduated as a wrangler in 1852. He entered the Royal Navy as an instructor, joining his first ship, Royal George, in 1853, serving in the Baltic during the Crimean War. In 1866 he went ashore to teach at the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth, moving with the College to Greenwich in 1873, becoming Head of the Department of Meteorology and Marine Surveying.
In the 1870s he turned more to teaching history, delivering a famous lecture to the R.U.S.I. in 1874 on the importance of actually analysing historical events, rather than merely reporting them chronologically. This new approach meant that he “acted as a catalyst for the entire intellectual development of naval history as an independent discipline” (Andrew Lambert). He was an undoubted influence on naval thinkers of the time: Alfred Thayer Mahan, Julian Corbett and Herbert Richmond. In 1885 he left the Royal Navy to accept the position of Professor of Modern History at King’s College, London, and succeeded in convincing the Admiralty to allow limited public access to their archives. With Admiral Cyprian Bridge he founded the Navy Records Society in 1893. He wrote more than 900 entries on naval personalities for the Dictionary of National Biography. He was knighted for his work in 1907, awarded the Chesney Gold Medal in 1910 and died on 14 September 1915.
His publications include
• Physical Geography in its Relation to the Prevailing Winds and Currents (Potter, 1873).
• Nelson (Macmillan, 1889).
• Studies in Naval History (Longmans, 1896).
• State Papers relating to the Spanish Armada, Volume I (Navy Records Society, 1894).
• State Papers relating to the Spanish Armada, Volume II (Navy Records Society, 1894).
• The Nelson Memorial: Nelson and his Companions in Arms (G Allen, 1896).
• The Journals of Rear Admiral Bartholomew James, 1752-1828 (Navy Records Society, 1896).
• From Howard to Nelson: Twelve Sailors (Heinemann, 1899).
• The Naval Miscellany, Volume I (Navy Records Society, 1902).
• Recollections of James Anthony Gardner, Commander R.N. 1775 – 1814 (Navy Records Society, 1906).
• Letters and Papers of Lord Barham, 3 volumes (navy Records Society, 1907, 1910, 1912).
• The Naval Miscellany, Volume II (Navy Records Society, 1912).
See also:
• Andrew Lambert The Foundations of Naval History: John Knox Laughton, the Royal Navy and the Historical Profession (Chatham Publishing, 1998).
• Andrew Lambert Laughton’s Legacy: Naval History at King’s College London (KCL 2002).
• Andrew Lambert Letters and Papers of Professor John Knox Laughton, 1830-1915 (Navy Records Society, 2002).
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