This contains documents that date from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. The three for the sixteenth century include English piracy against the Spaniards, a Scottish document about a ship getting under way and the taking of the Madre de Dios in 1592.
Two documents from the seventeenth century are a description by Rear Admiral Stayner of the Battle of Santa Cruz and extracts from the notebook of the Controller of the Navy relating to strategy, administration and operations. There is a description of the sale of a seaman’s affects in 1750 and a letter relating to the mutiny at the Nore. Three sets of documents relate to Lord St Vincent and are mainly correspondence from or to him.
The rest of the documents are a variety from operations in Egypt in 1801, memoirs of a frigate captain, operations in the Scheldt, Bonaparte’s attempted escape from Bordeaux in 1815, extracts from the journal of Admiral Page and an incident in the 1850s.
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Preface vii
Voyage of the Barbara to Brazil, anno 1540 1
Edited by R. G. Marsden
The Sea Scene from the complaynt of Scotlande 67
Edited by Alan Moore
The taking of the Madre de Dios, anno 1592 85
Edited by C. Lethbridge Kingsford
A narrative of the battle of Santa Cruz, written by Sir Richard Stayner, Rear-admiral of the Fleet 123
Edited by Professor C. H. Firth
Extracts from a Commissioner’s note book, annis 1691–1694 137
comprising:
I. Scheme of stations for cruisers
II. Explanations of some Dockyard terms
III. Reflections on our naval strength
IV. The fight with the French, anno 1692; written by the Earl of Nottingham
V. The attempt on Brest.
The journal of M. de Lage de Cueilly, Captain in the Spanish Navy 207
Translated from the French by Lieutenant T. G. Carter, RN
Sale of Dead Man’s effects on board H.M. Ship Gloucester, 1750 289
The Mutiny at the Nore: letter from James Watson to Admiral Robert Digby 293
From the letter-books of Sir Charles Thompson, Bart., Vice-admiral 297
Selected and edited by Admiral Sir T. Sturges Jackson, KCVO
With sections on:
the tactics of Sir John Jervis;
the French ambassador at Madrid to Godoy.
Orders by Sir John Jervis 323
Some letters of Lord St. Vincent 329
Operations on the coast of Egypt, 1801, including a letter from Commander Inglis to Lieutenant T. Young 337
Memoirs of George Pringle, Esq., Captain, Royal Navy, 1759–1809, written by himself 351
The Pedigree of the Naval Duncans 386
Operations in the Scheldt: letter from Captain C.W. Boys to his brother 388
Frustration of the plan for the escape of Napoleon Bonaparte from Bordeaux in July 1815 395
Extract from the journal of Admiral B. W. Page 413
‘Well done, Phaëton!’ by Admiral Sir George Elliot 415
Index 417
Names marked with * are in the Dictionary of National Biography.
A., Du., Fr., Sp. denote American, Dutch, French, Spanish respectively.
*Abercromby, Sir Ralph, 345; gallant behaviour and death of, 346–7; his body sent home, 349
Admirals, list of those risen from cabin boys, 160–1
Aldham, George, Captain, 356–7
Alexandria, battle of, 346
Almonde, Du. Admiral, 171, 174
Alvares, Roderigo, Sp. pilot, 64–5
Alvarez, Cosme, Sp. Captain, 225, 244–5
Ambergris, price of, 63
Amiens, peace of, 357
Angouleme, Duchesse d’, 403, 410
Anne, Queen, 273
Anthony, William, experienced navigator and pilot, 113; made the greatest spoil, 119
Arigoni, Pedro, enseigne de vaisseau, 235
Arnaud, first valet de chambre to the Spanish king, 269–70
Arrambido,Nicolas de,Lieutenant, 268
*Ashby, Sir John, Admiral, 174–6, 198, 200–1
Auteuil, d’. See Dautevil
Awodde (Awood). See Wood
Aylmer, the Hon. F. W., Captain, 401, 406. Letters to, 399, 407. Letter from, 401
*Badile [Badiley], Richard, Vice-Admiral, 161
*Ball, Andrew, Captain, 152 and n.
*Ballard Volant Vashon, Captain, 382 and n.
Barfleur, battle of, 174
Barlowe, Rycharde, gunner, 10; steals sugar chests, 22, 58
Barr, Captain, 314
Barreda, Bias de la, Sp. Captain, 225
*Batten, Sir W., Vice-Admiral, 161
Baudin, Charles, Fr. Admiral, letter from, 399
*Beckwith, Sir George, Lieut.-General, 383
Bedford, John, 112 n., 119
Beere, Richard, 187
Belle-Isle, Marechal de, splendid piece of service, 280 n.
*Benbow, John, Vice-Admiral, a prudent, gallant man, 182, 187, 200
Bene, Chevr. del [(?) Delfino], Lieut.-General in the Sp. navy, 223 and n.
*Berkeley, John, Lord, Admiral, commands off Brest, 202
*Berkeley, Sir William, is slain, 155 and n.
*Berry, Sir John, Vice-Admiral, 161
*Bertie, Albemarle, Captain, 337 and n.
*Bickerton, Sir Richard H., Rear-Admiral, 348
*Blackwood, (Sir) Henry, Captain, 34i, 345
*Blake, Robert, General at Sea, receives news of the Spanish fleet at the Canaries, 127–9; goes thither, 129–32; scheme of the action, 132; the battle, 1333–5; he returns off Cadiz, 136; condemns foolhardiness, 154–5
Blakeley, John Rix, 413
Blase, carpenter, 63
Blathwayt, William, Secretary of War, 170
Bonaparte, attempts to send dispatches to the West Indian colonies, 379–80; his scheme to escape from Bordeaux, 399–400, 405, 408–9
Bordeaux, in a state of siege, 402; flag of truce detained, ib.; a royalist rising in the town suppressed, 405
Bourbon, Fort, siege of, 383–4
Boyle, Courtenay, Commander, 337
Boys, C. W., Captain, his letter from the Scheldt, 388–93
Brest, proposed attempt on, 182–201 passim; attempt on, 202–5
*Bridport, Lord, 312, 320
Broglie, Marechal de, 280
*Browne, Sir Anthony, 12
Browne, Robert, master of the Barbara, 8, 23, 45–7, 52, 59, 61
Brydges (Breges), John, of Erithe, mariner, 9,47, 58; is examined, 62; his share of gold and amber, 63; of dead men’s effects, 64
Bull, Mr., will shake his head, 389
*Burgh, Sir John, 101 and n., 106n., 115–18, 120; his attempt to cut out the Santa Cruz, 102–3; takes her purser prisoner, 105; to command the carrack home, in; his report, 113–14
Bustamente, Juan de, first apothecary to the Sp. fleet, 268; his account of Navarro’s conduct, 268
Caesar, 162
*Calder, Sir Robert, Captain of the fleet, his notes to diagrams, 301–7; mems. by, 323, 325
Cambering, 146 and n.
Campo Florido, Prince of, Captain General, 223–4
Canmore, Captain, 258 and n.
Capillo, capitaine de fregate, 247
Cappsons, 166 and n.
*Carmarthen, Marquis of, 203
*Carter, Richard, Rear-Admiral, 170–2
Casamara, capitaine de frigate, 231; proposes to surrender the Real, 233–4
Cassard, French privateer, 242–3 and n., 273 and n.
Cathcart, the Hon. William, Captain, 357; to command the Clorinde, 362; dies of fever, 363
Cavalliero, Diego, of St. Domingo, 66
Cavalliero, Ruiz Diaz, of St. Domingo, 66
Caylus, Chevalier de, 261 n.
Caylus, Madame de, 261 n.
Caylus, M. de, Viceroy of Valencia, 261
Chammard, George, suspected rebel, 322
Champain, William, Captain of the Jason, 367–8; reports the French fleet to Nelson, 368–9; appointed to the Amelia, 371
Charles II, King of England, 168
Charles VII, Emperor, 223
Charron, M. de, Intendant of the French squadron, 266
Chatelain, controller of victualling, his bet, 277
Chatham, Lord, 389
Chaundelor (Chaundeler, Chandeler), owner of the Barbara, 7, 12, 22, 31, 34 n., 35–6, 46, 52–3
*Churchill, George, Colonel, his scheme for defence of trade, 145
Clarence, Duke of, 293
Clausel, Fr. General, commanding at Bordeaux, 401–6, 410
Clemente [(?) Clemente Tompson, 11], a Cornyssheman, 56
*Clifford, Lord, 155
Coach—the great cabin under the poop, 229 n.
*Cochrane, [Sir] Alexander, Captain in charge of landing in Egypt, 345 and n.; Rear-Admiral and commander-in-chief at the Leeward Islands, 371, 378–9, 383
*Cochrane, Captain John T., of the Jason, 372 and n., 373–4, 377
Cocke, Abraham, Captain of the Sampson, 118, 121
Colaert, royalist captain, 158–9
Coleman, James, suspected rebel, 3i8
Commissioner, note-book of, 145–205
Cooke, John Legget, Lieutenant, 413
Corbin, Pierre, surgeon of the Real, 267; his account of the conduct of Navarro, 268
*Cornewall, James, Captain, 232, 236 n.
*Cornwaallis, Lord, 201
Court, M. de, Fr. Admiral, commander-in-chief, 219–85 passim
Cowper, leaves the Barbara at Calshote, 13
Crawley, Charles, Lieutenant, 413
*Croker, J. W., 401
Crosse, Robert, Captain, 113,117; report of, 119–21
*Cumberland, Earl of, his ships’ voyage, 99–121
Gushing, Caleb, American captain, to assist in the escape of Bonaparte, 405
Dacres, James Richard, Vice-Admiral, 361 and n.
Dautevil (d’Auteuil), Ignacio, Sp. Captain, and later, chef d’escadre, 225, 277–8
Davy, ‘an Irissheman,’ had all Podde’s gear, 60
Deacons [(?) Dakins, George], Rear-Admiral, 161
Dead man’s effects, sale of, 289–91
*Deane, Richard, General at Sea, 160
*Delavall, Sir Ralph, Admiral, 170–2
Desertion, at New York, 374, 376
Digby, Mrs., 293
*Digby, Robert, Admiral, account of mutiny at the Nore sent to, 293
Dockyard terms, explanation of some, 146–9
Donnadieu, Fr. General, sends flag of truce, 401–2, 406
Dougherty, Hugh, suspected rebel, 322
Dowdale, Rycharde, made master of the captured Biscayne, 15, 49; death of, 59
Dowers, William, Captain, 383
*Drake, Sir Francis, Admiral, 114, 160
*Duckworth, Sir John T., 362
Du Guay Trouin, Fr. Admiral, 246
Dummer [? Edward, Surveyor] of Chatham, 146, 149 and n.
*Duncan, Adam, Lord Viscount, pedigree of, 386–7
Duncan, Henry, Commissioner and Deputy Comptroller, his pedigree, 386–7
Dupres, first surgeon to the King of Spain, 287
*Durham, [Sir] Philip, Rear-Admiral, 385
Egypt, operations on the coast of, 333; landing of the army in, 344
Elliot, Andrew, Lieutenant-Governor of New York, 293 and n.
* Elliot, Sir George, Admiral, 415–16
*Elliot, Gilbert, first Earl of Minto, 293
*Elliot, John, Admiral, 293
English think they are superiorat sea, 273–4
Ensenada, Marquis de la, 275
Ensign, green, 317
Etterton (Everton), Rycharde, mariner, witness of Podde’s death, 9; 50, 56–7
Executions for mutiny, 316–18, 320, 327, 377
Faboada, Benoit, surgeon of the Real, 267; his account of the conduct of Navarro, 268–9
Farrell, Captain, 186
Fletcher, Major, engineer, 341
Flushing, surrender of, 389
Foggo, island of, ‘a volcano but no harbour,’ 379
Foley, Mr., his scheme for trade defence, 145
Forrester, Lord, Captain, 258 and n.
Forty-second regiment, steady and intrepid conduct of, 344
Foster, Captain, converses with master of Dutch prize, 167–8
Foster, Lieutenant, 356
Fox, Thomas, Captain, 258 and n., 260 n.
Frobiser, Sir Martin, 114
Frost, Nicholas, quarter-master, 119
Gabaret, M. d, Fr. chef d’escadre, 220, 227
Gaiosa, Juan, Sp. cadet, 235
Galifet, M. de, Fr. Captain, 224 and n.
Galleon of Seville exchanges shots wiith the Barbara, 19
*Galway, Lord, 169
Gardener, John, mariner, killed, 9, 56
Gardner, Sir Alan, 315
Garlics, Lord, Captain [afterwards Admiral, Earl of Galloway], mems. to, 323, 325; letter to, 327; marriage of, 328
George, Master, ‘at the Bell nere London Brydge,’ buys some of the Barbara’s plunder, 60
Geraldino (Gerardin), Nicolas, Sp. Captain, 224; is severely wounded, 231, 248, 266, 268; his death and burial, 252
Gillam, Thomas, Captain, 181, 183, 192
Girardi, François, printer at Amsterdam, 219
Girdling, explanation of, 148
Glasyer (Glacyer), Richard, part owner of the Barbara, 12, 22, 35–6, 46
Godoy, Prince of the Peace, memorial to, 308
Golde, James, of Portsmouth, mariner, 9, 22
Gonson, W., clerk of the ships, 35, 66
*Goodsonn, William, Vice-Admiral, 161
Great George of London [George Hobarde, n], 56
Green, Lieutenant, 356
Gremell, Edwarde, of Saynte Katherynes, mariner, 9; Grene’s executor, 61; sells chart, 62; share of dead men’s effects, 64
Grene, John, merchant, 10; assists in capture of Biscayne ship, for ‘necessary proffette of the vyage,’ 23–4; died, 61; had made Gremell his executor, ib.
Griffithe, Elizabethe, wife of quarter-master of the Barbara, 7
Griffithe [Griffin], John, quarter-master, 7–9, 56
Guttierez, Peter, of Seville, 66
*Haddock, Nicholas, Vice-Admiral, 221, 261
*Haddock, Sir Richard, 151 n., 161
Hampton, John, chief pilot, deposition of, 116–19; is wounded, 118; his share of the spoil, 119
Handcock, Thomas, of Portsmouth, 36
Hardy, a kinsman of Sir *Charles, captured by the Spanish, 259
*Hardy, T. M., Captain, 369
Hare, William, quarter-master of Barbara, 8; goes on board the Biscayan, 14, 37, 62–3; put on board a Spanish prize, 19; has a bag of gold coins, 38; is captain of the Biscayan, 45–7; has a bag of ambergris, 48; buys a chart, 62. Mentioned, 49, 51, 58
*Harman, Sir John, Vice-Admiral, 161, 165
Harryson, Thomas, master, 14, 45; narrative of, 45–52; gold shared amongst crew, 49. Mentioned, 45, 53, 63
*Hawkyns, Sir John, 105, 118–19, 160
*Hay, Andrew, Colonel, 391 and n.
Heaton, Nicholas, Captain, action with Royalists, 158–9
Henslow, Sir John, surveyor, 330. Letter from, ib.
* Herbert, Arthur (afterwards Lord Torrington) 153 and n. See Torrington
Heron, Lieutenant, 356
Hill, William, Captain, a papist, 151 and n.
Hogan, Daniel, suspected rebel, 322
Home, Roddam, Captain, letter from, 318
*Hood, [Sir] Samuel, Commodore, 360 and n.
*Hope, Sir John, Lieut.-General, (afterwards Earl of Hopetoun), 389
*Hotham, Sir Henry, Rear-Admiral, 404
Houlding, Captain, 161. Probably Anthony, who was killed in the battle of Portland, where he commanded the Ruby; possibly William, who commanded ships after the Restoration. See Charnock.
*Howell, James, 167
Hudson, William, suspected rebel, 322
*Hughes, Sir Edward, Admiral, portrait of, 413
Hughes, Lady, gives pictures to Greenwich Hospital, 413
Hunt, Lieutenant, 356
Huntle, Roger, registrar, 35
Huse, Anthony, judge of the Admiralty, 35, 64
Infanta, Royal Highness The, 270; receives the ‘sauvage del’Isle de Corse’, 275
Inglis, Charles, Captain, his narrative of the landing in Egypt, 337–49
Inglis, Mrs., 348–9
Irwin, John, Captain, 321
Isla, Thomas de la, of Seville, owner of the San Barbara, 66
Iturriaga, Agustin, Sp. Captain, 225; killed, 263
Jacobins at work to bring about mutiny in the fleet, 313
James, Horatio, midshipman, reports mutiny, 375
Jermyn, Lord, 177, 193
*Jervis, Sir John, Admiral [afterwards Earl St. Vincent], tactics of, 301; mutineers sentenced to death, 311; orders by, 323–6; severe criticism of Nelson, 329, 332; advantageous to serve under, 337–8. Letters from, 311, 327–32. Letter to, 311
Johnny will be gulled, 390
Jones, Theophilus, Captain, reports the disturbed state of his ships’ company, 315–16
Jones (Joneys, Joones), Thomas, quarter-master, 9, 37, 47; death of, 59, 161; had £3 5s. in gold, 61
Jonquiere, de la, Fr. flag captain, discusses the station of ships, 248–50; his opinion of Iturriaga, 263
Jordan, Sir Joseph, 155
Julien, M. de, Major de 1’escadre, carries French dispatches to Spanish court, 264, 266
*Keith, Lord, 332, 339, 343, 349, 401, 405, 407
Kellihar, Dennis, gives evidence against rebels, 321
Kennyballes (Callybalde), 16, 18; purchase cotton wool at, 16, 26
*Keppel, Augustus [Lord], Admiral, 258 n., 413
King, W. Captain, 372
King, Sir Richard, 319
Kingsmill, [Sir] Robert, Vice-Admiral, commander-in-chief at Cork, 313
Knight, George W. H., Captain, 401, 404
Kynge, John, mariner, blown overboard, 10, 21, 47, 59
*Laforey, Sir Francis, Captain, 368
*Laforey, Sir John, 311 n., 368 n.
Lage de Cueilly, M. de, Sp. Captain, journal of, 219–88; certificate of service, 221–3; his relation of the battle of Toulon, 227–44; takes command of the Real, 231; and refits her after the battle, 240; prepares for renewed action, 246; voyage down the coast of Spain, 252–62; has a painful attack of gout, 254, 267; meets an English convoy, 254; and captures one of them, 257; arrives at Cartagena, 262; sends extracts from his journal to Madrid, 266; he goes on shore, 267; to Archena, 275; and to Aranjuez, ib.; his reception at court, 275–7; is not promoted, 276, 281; his bet, 277–8; questions asked at Sp. court, 281; his answers, 282–7; has three months’ leave, 287–8; protestations of loyalty, 288; returns to France, ib.
La Hogue, victory of, 174–5
Lambe (Lamme), John, gunner of the Barbara, 10, 64
Langhorne, Arthur, Captain, 152 and n.
Lastour, Comte de, Fr. royalist, 403
*Lawson, Sir John, Vice-Admiral, 161
Lee [(?) William, surveyor], 149 and n.
Leinster, Duke of, 169, 197–8; instructions to, 191–2
*Lestock, Richard, Admiral, 238, 241, 273
Lewis, Mr., 332
Leyton, Robert, Captain, 99, 102
*Lisle, Arthur Plantagenet, Lord, Vice-Admiral, 8
Lloyd, John, Captain, 244 n.
*Locker, Edward Hawke, of Greenwich Hospital, 413–14
Louis, Fr. king, 164
Lucan, 162
McDonald, W. F., Captain, dies of fever, 363–4
McHarris, Major of engineers, 341; is killed, 342
Mahon, James, suspected rebel, 317
Manley, John, Captain, disaffection on board the Mars, 314
Marin, Sp. Lieutenant des gardes de la marine, 278
*Martin, Sir W. F., Commodore, 416
Mary, Queen, 168–201 passim
Maseran, Prince de, Sp. Captain of the Gardes du Corps, 275
Massillon, M. de, Fr. major, 239
Masters, William, corporal, 291
*Mathews, Thomas, Admiral, 219–73 passim
Maurepas, Comte de, 234, 266
Maynard, Robert, Captain, 258 n.
Maynerd, John, 12
Meche, Fort, flies tricolour flag, 404; hoists the white flag, 405
Meese, George, Captain, 181–5
Mellechamp, William, his signature differs from his son’s, 291
Mellichamp, Lawrence, purser, his signature differs from his father’s, 291
*Melville, Lord, 371 n.
Merchant, John, his report of the taking of the carrack, 119–21
Midsummer Day, cold and stormy, 184 and n.
Milner, master’s mate, 343
*Mitchell, Sir Andrew, Vice-Admiral, 337 n.
Molloy, Patrick, suspected rebel, 321
Mone (Moone), George, mariner, examination of, 7; his narrative, 12–22; further narrative of, 44–5. Mentioned, 10, 64
Montalembert, Baron, secretary to the Fr. Embassy, 402, 404, 406–8. Letter from, 410
Montijo, Count de, grandee of Spain, 223
Moore, George, master carpenter, 119
Mootham, Peter, Captain, 129 and n.
Morales, François, captain in the regiment of Seville, killed, 231, 268
Moyns (Moyne), John, mariner, 9, 47
Musle, life in a, 369 and n.
*Myngs, Sir Christopher, Vice-Admiral, takes two Dutch ships, 154; is reprimanded by Blake, ib. Mentioned, 161, 165
*Nagle, Sir Edmund, Captain, 355
*Narbrough, Sir John, Admiral, 160–1
Navarro, Don Juan Jose, Spanish Commodore, 219–79 passim; honours for, 219–20, 267, 269; in the cockpit during the battle, 230, 240, 246, 268; his wounds very slight, 240–1, 268, 272; loses opportunity of capturing English convoy, 258–9; his pompous title, 227–9
Navy, reflections on strength of, 149–68; our advantages for breeding seamen, 149–50; evils arising from gentlemen commanding, 150–67; transactions relating to, 168–205
*Nelson, Horatio, Lord, at the battle of St. Vincent, 301; severely criticised, 329, 332; expects to have the Mediterranean command, 332; is reported as likely to have it, 348; Scotch expression attributed to, 369 and n.
Nepean, Mrs., 330
*Nepean, [Sir] Evan, secretary of the Admiralty, 315. Letters to, 317, 329, 331
*Nevell, John, Captain, 195–6, 198
*Newport, Christopher, Captain, 106 n., 119
Non-Intercourse Act, The, 374 and n.
Norton, Captain, purposes to take the Santa Cruz, 102; captain-general
of Lord Cumberland’s fleet, 111
*Nottingham, xEarl of, his correspondence with Admiral Russell, 168–205
Nownes, his 2s. 6d. and how he spent it, 64
Nycoll, Robert, of Depe, a pilot, 36
Oath of United Irishmen, 317
O’Finn, brothers Edmund and Francis, delegates from the United Irishmen, 314
Ogle, commander, 367 n.
Old England, anonymous letter from, 313
Olivares, Enrique, Sp. Captain, 225; killed in action, 263; his popularity, ib.; buried at Barcelona, 267
O’Neal, Charles, ship’s barber, mutineer and traitor, 320–1; had 199 old razors in his chest, ib.
Orange, Prince of, 168
Padilla, Alvarez, Sp. officer, killed in action, 268
Page, Benjamin, William, Admiral, reminiscences of, 413–14
Page, Mrs., 414
Paget, Lady Jane, marriage of, 328
*Paget, Lord, afterwards Earl of Uxbridge and first Marquis of Anglesey, 389
Palgrave, Mr., master of merchant ship, captured by Spanish, 259
Palmer, Edmund, Captain, in command of expedition for the relief of Fr. royalists, 400–411;enters the Gironde, 403. Letters from, 405, 407. Journal of, 411
Parcelles of merchandise on board the Barbara, 7–8
Parker, a Commonwealth captain, captures Fox, 159
*Parker, Sir Hyde, 332
* Parker, Richard, mutineer, 295; is made drunk, 296. Mentioned, 328
Parsons, G. S., Lieutenant, 339 n.
Pawson, John, Surgeon, 115
*Peacock, James, Captain, 155, 161
*Pellew, Sir Edward, Rear-Admiral, prize-money of, 414
Pendrichi, Antonio, capitaine de bombarde, 231, 234; carries dispatches to the Spanish court, 262
*Penn, Sir William, Admiral, 160
Perimon, citizen, French Ambassador in Spain, insolent memorial from, 308–10; accuses Spanish squadron of treason, 309
Petrucci, Anibal, Sp. Captain, 225
Pette, a steward, death of, 62
Phellyppes (Phellippes, Phelyppes, Phelippes, Philippes, Phylyps), John, captain of the Barbara, examination of, 7; his relation, 35–44; gets the pilot’s chart, 60. Mentioned, 46, 63, 65
Philip, II., King of Spain, 246
Philippe, Don, Infante, 220, 223
Pierre, M., surgeon accoucheur at the Spanish court, 270
Pigot, Hugh, Captain, 382
Pilot, aged Neapolitan, on board the Real, 247
Podde, John, boatswain of the Barbara, is killed and eaten, 9, 11, 17, 56–7; takes part in capture of the Biscayan, 23, 37, 62; has a leather bag of ambergris, 38; his effects sold, 59–60
Pointing up after ladder, 375 and n.
Pompey, reference to, 162
Pontis, de, Fr. Admiral, 246
*Portland, Earl of, 176
Potter, master attendant, 164
Preston, John, part owner of the Barbara, 12, 35
*Prevost, Sir George, General, 368
Pringle, Dunbar, midshipman, death of, 363
Pringle, George, Captain, memoir of, 355–85; enters the navy, junior service, lieutenant, 355; first lieutenant of Renard, 357; of Clorinde, 362; dangerously ill, 363, commands Clorinde for voyage home, 364–6; put on half-pay, 366; first lieutenant of Jason, 367; seriously ill, 369–70; suppresses a mutiny, 375–7, finds dispatches hidden on board a French cartel, 380–1; commander of Pultusk, 381; of Amaranthe, 384; captain of Venerable, 385; retires, dies, ib.
Pringle, John, 385
Pringle, Robert, nurses his brother George through the yellow fever, 363
Prius, Raphael, surgeon of the Real, S., 267; his account of the conduct of the Spanish admiral, 268–9
Quarles, Robert, mariner, 9, 38
*Rainborow, William, Colonel, 160
*Rainier, Peter, Captain, 414
*Ralegh, Sir Walter, 106
Ratamosa, Carlos, intendant, 234; his courage, 241–2
Renteria, Jose, Sp. Captain, 225
Reynes, Bishop of, French Ambassador at Madrid, compliments de Lage, 269
*Reynolds, Sir Joshua, portrait of Sir Ed. Hughes by, 413
*Richmond, Henry, Duke of, Lord High Admiral, 8 n.
Rivero, Peter, master of the San Barbara, 64–5
Robynson, Thomas, boy in the Barbara, 7; his deposition, 35
Roche-Allard, de la, Fr. Commander, his rebuke to a captain, 236 and n.
Rochepottis, Monsher, sends commands to the captain of Barbara not to land, 17, 41; cause of Podde’s death, 17
*Rochester, Lord, 176–7, 201
Rogers, John, boatswain, 115
*Rooke, [Sir] George, Vice-Admiral, to report on the anchorage before St. Malo, 186–8; holds Council of War, 193, 200; thinks ships might lie before St. Malo, 194
*Rowley, [Sir] William, Rear-Admiral, 239, 241, 273, 282
Rule, [Sir] John, surveyor, 330
*Russell, Edward [E. of Orford], Admiral, commander-in-chief, his scheme for trade defence, 145; his correspondence with Secretary of State, 169–201
*Russell, Sir John, Lord High Admiral, 64
Ruyter, de, Du. Admiral, 150–1
Saddleton, Captain, brings news of the Spanish ships in Santa Cruz Roads, 130
Sagardia, Pedro, Sp. lieut. de vaisseau, 231, 234–5
Saint Aignan, de, lieut. de vaisseau, 251
St. lago, a Cape Verd Island, description of, 378–9
St. Just, Ignacio de, Sp. Major de l’escadre (chief of the staff), 231, 234, 255, 260; sent to Madrid with dispatches, 262
St. Lo, George, Captain, 154 n.
St. Malo, proposed attempt on, 182–201 passim
St. Vincent, battle of, tactical diagram of, 301
Saker, small piece of ordnance, 102
Saleta, Antoine, lieut. of Sp. grenadiers, 231
Saliez, Chevalier de, Fr. Major de 1’escadre, 239 and n., 240–1, 244
Salle (Salley), secretary of M. de Maurepas, 234 and n.
Sampson [*Sansum, Robert], Rear-Admiral, 161
*Sandwich, Lord, at Sole Bay, 151 and n.
Santa Croix, Danish island, 378
Santa Cruz, battle of, account, 127–36
Scheldt, operations in the, 388–93
Scipper thrum cappsons, 166 and n. Cf. Scott’s ‘Gaffer Seal’s Cap’ (Pirate, Chap. 38).
Scott, George, Captain, 383
Seall, Francis, Captain, his narrative, 99–113
*Senhouse, Humphrey F., Lieutenant, brings captured Fr. dispatches to England, 380 n.
*Serres, Dominic, painter, 413
Ships, recognised as French by the length of their mizen yards, 260
SHIPS :—[A. = American; D. = Dutch; F. = French; S. = Spanish; m. = merchantman; p. = privateer; z. = prize]
Acasta, court martial onboard, 377
Amiral Decres, Fr., 382
Advice, 199
Aigle, struck by a shell, 391
Ajax, 348
Alcon, S., 225, 252
Amaranthe, 384–5
America, S., 225, 252, 254–5, 262, 279
Amethyst, 392
Antelope, 164, 258
Argo, 360
Argus, F., 372 and n.
Artois, 355
Assurance, 99–102, 107–9, 116–17, 120, 162
Atlas, 322
Austerlitz, F.p., 381. See Pultusk
Barbara, m., voyage of, 7- 66; list of her crew, 8–11; sails for Brazil 22, 35, 44, 46, 52; her people seize a bark near Cape St. Vincent, not as robbery but ‘for our necessary commodity,’ 23, 37, 44, 46, 53, 62; arrived on the coast of Brazil, 25, 40, 49, 54; struck the rocks and sprang a leak, 26, 40, 55; move along the coast and establish themselves for several days, trading with the natives, 27, 40, 50, 55; are commanded by a Portuguese and a Frenchman to ‘avoid the country,’ 27, 41; which they refuse to do, ib.; these two attempt by night to cut the ship’s cable, but are caught and kept prisoners, 28; after four days, they escape, ib.; a dozen or more of the crew, including several Frenchmen, desert and run into the country, 29, 42, 50, 56; Podde, with a strong party, goes to look for them, ib.; they are all killed except two, ib.; a large body of natives comes down, drives them off and burns their boat, and all the cotton they had bought, 29, 42 426; they burn the bark and depart, 30, 42, 51, 57, 63; leaking very badly from the old hurt, they made Hispaniola, 30, 42, 57; near which they saw a large Spanish ship, ib.; which they fought with and took, 31, 43, 51, 57–8; their ship leaking badly, they ran her ashore near Cape Tiburon, 32, 43, 52, 58; shifted their victuals and ordnance to the Spaniard, ib.; set the Spaniards on shore, except four, whom they brought away as witnesses, and departed in the Spanish ship, 33, 43. See Barbara of Seville. On the outward voyage they seized various Spanish ships among the Canary islands, and took some plunder, gold, ambergris, and other things, 38–9, 45, 48, 54, 63
Barbara of Seville [Santa Barbara] taken possession of by the crew of the Barbara, 31, 43, 51, 57–8;
sailed for England, 33, 43; after eleven weeks they reached Dartmouth, ib.; where the Mayor arrested the ship, 33; of 94 men, the crew of the Barbara, there were only 13 whole, 34
Bayadere, F., 399
Bedford, 256
Belleisle, 379, 381
Berwick, 244
Briar, takes a royalist prize, 159
Bridgwater, 132, 134
Brillante, S., 225, 237–8, 252
Busy, sloop, 360
Caesar, 316; court martial on conspirators in, 318–20
Cambridge, number of suspected persons on board 319; needlessly large proportion of seamen on board, 331
Caroline, 413–14
Centaur, 360
Centurion, 132
Charles II, 165–6
Chatham, 177
Chester, 199
Clorinde, French frigate, captured at San Domingo, 362; ravaged by yellow fever, 362–3; in danger from a leak, 364–6; in Plymouth Sound and paid off, 366, 369
Clowdisley galley, p., 181 and n.
Colchester, 152; sunk by the French, 153
Columbine, sloop, 374
Constante, S., 225, 249, 263
Constant Warwick, 162
Courageux, 330–1, 361
Coventry, 151
Cruelle cutter, 343
Cynthia, 346
Dainty, 105–7,115–16,119–20
Defiance, 315–16
Demerara sloop, 383
Determined, 348
Diamant, F., 247, 251
Discovery pinnace, 99
Dolphin, 182
Dragon, 106 and n., 116, 183
Dreadnought, 205
Egyptienne, F., 341
El Carmen, Spanish polacca, captured, 372
Elizabeth, takes two Dutch prizes, 154, 205, 256
Eurydice, 413
Eveille, 282 n.
Excellent, 357
Experiment, 199
Fairfax, 136
Falmouth, 401, 403–4, 411
Favorite, F., 372 and n., 373
Favourite, 372 n.
Ferme, F., 241
Flora, 346, 349
Florestina, 339, 346
Foresight, 104–5, 107–9, 116, 119–21, 132, 161
Formidable, 311, 313
Foudroyant, 329, 346
Fox, royalist 159
François Xavier, S., 224
Franchise, 361–2 and n.
Freedom, m., recaptured, 373
Galga, S., 224
George, 46, 53
Gloire, F., 239 n.
Gloucester, sale of dead man’s effects, 289–19; names of buyers and prices paid, ib.
Gold-Noble, 99–100; captures a great prize, 105
Goodwin Prize, 187–8
Grace of Dover, 99, 105
Green Dragon, 119–20. See Dragon
Hargrave, m., captured by the Spanish, 259
Hart, sloop, 372
Hebrus, 400–403, 405, 407, 410; captain’s journal, 411
Henry, 165
Hercules, S., 225, 238, 244–5, 251–2, 263, 277, 279
Hind, 343
Horatio, 383
Hornet, 360
James galley, 196
James Watt, 416
Jason, 367–78 passim, sees the French fleet passing Prince
Rupert’s Bay, 368; carries the news to Nelson, 369; difficulties at New York, 374; mutiny on board,
375–8
Junon, F., 382–3 n.
Justice, F., 341
Kent, 348
Lamport, 132 and n.
Lancaster, 313
Larne, 402
Latona, 382–3
Leopard, F., 226, 258
Leviathan, 331
Lively, 323–4, 326
Louisa, brig, 349
Lyme, 132
Madre de Dios, S.m., the taking of the, 99–121
Maidstone, 132, 134
Malta, 337 n.; schooner, 346
Marlborough, 228
Mars, 314, 317
Mary, 153
Melville, 371. See Naïade
Minerva, A.m., 314
Minotaur, 339, 348
Naiad, 330
Naïade, F., 371
Namur, 220
Nancy, S.z., 414
Nantwich, 131
Neptuno,S., 225, 249, 263, 267
Newbury, 132
Newcastle, 132, 258
Niger, 337
Norfolk, 228
Northumberland, 339, 348
Oriente, S., 225, 249, 262
Pactolus, 399–401, 403, 406, 411–12
Pallas, 372
Paloma, S., 224
Phaeton, ‘Well Done’ 415–16
Pearl, brings intelligence of the French squadron, 349
Penelope, 339, 341, 343, 345–6
Petrel, 337–49 passim; led the fleet into Marmorice, 338–9; got aground near Rosetta, 340–1; her pinnace captured, 342; covers the landing, 343–4; carries off wounded to the fleet, 344; boats ‘beached and stove,’ 345
Phoenix, 99, 167
Pique, 346
Plymouth, 131–2, 134–6
Poder, S., 225; surrender of, 243–4, 279; is retaken by the French, 245, 280, 283, 285; is set on fire, 245, 280; her men sent on board the Real, 247
Polyphemus, 314
Port Mahon, 339
Portsmouth, captured, 153–4
Prince George, 311
Prince Royal, 165
Prudence, 106, 116
Puissant, 318
Pultusk (formerly F.p. Austerlitz), 381; her passage from Antigua to Barbados, 381–2; captures the Admiral Décrès F. p., 382–3; at the siege of Fort Bourbon, 383–4
Queen Charlotte, 313, 315, 337; attempt to raise sedition in, 317–18, 320–1
Recruit, 381
Renard, 355–63 passim; very sickly, 357; paid off and recommissioned, ib. and n.; in a gale, 358–9; to Barbados with convoy, 360–1; to Jamaica, 362; scourged by yellow fever, 363
Repulse, 313
Retiro, S., 224
Roebuck, 101–2, 106–7, 116–17, 119–20
Robert, 313
Romulus, 343
Royal George, 312
Royal James, 151
Royal Philippe (Real), S., 220–87 passim; attempt of fire ship on, 235–7; disabled state, 239–40; her splendid defence, 241 and passim
Royal William, 331
Ruby, 162, 199
Rupert, 153, 180
Russell, 313
St. Esprit, F., 227, 241; goes into harbour for repairs, 264
St. Isidore, S., is dismasted and goes to Ajaccio, 221–2; where she is burnt, 222, 242
St. Philip, F., burnt at La Hogue, 196
Sampson, 116–17, 120–1
Sandwich, 296
San Fernando, S., 225, 238, 252, 257
Santa Barbara. See Barbara of Seville
Santa Cruz, S. carrack, 101; is burnt, 103
Santa Isabel, S., 225, 238, 249, 252, 255–7, 279
Sapphire, 158
Sèrieux, F., 241
Soberbio, S., 225, 244, 252, 255
Speaker, 132
Statira, 388, 391–2
Subtle, schooner, takes captured French dispatches to England, 380–1
Suffisante, brig, 355
Susquehanna, A.m., 405
Swiftsure, 134, 348
Terrible, F., flagship of M. de Court, 244, 248–9, 266, 272, 282, 284
Tiger, 99–100, 102, 105, 116–17, 120
Tiger, Turk, 153
Tigre, 348
Trident, 414
Trident, F., 261 n.
Venerable, 385
Vengeance gunboat, 355
Volage, F., 226
Victorieuse, 346
Victory, 165, 324–5, 331
Ville de Paris, 311, 327, 330, 348, 401
Wild Prize, to sail to Barbados, 192, 196
Windsor Castle, 337
Winsby, 132
Wolverene, 372
Worcester, 132, 134
*Shovell, Sir Clowdisley, 161
Sidney, Lord, 176–7, 201
*Simcoe, John G., Lieutenant-General, 332
Slade, Sir Thomas, 330
Smalwood (Smallhedde), Bartlemewe, gunner, 10, 46, 63
Smalwoode, George, a gunner, killed with Podde, 10, 56; Podde’s servant, 12
Southesk, Lieutenant, 357
*Spencer, Lord, 310, 329. Letters to, 310. Letters from, 310
Sperte, Blase, 58
Spicer, Peter, Captain, 355 and n.
*Spragge, [Sir] Edward, Captain [and Admiral], 158–9, 165
Squire, Matthew, Captain, 322
Stagge, John, mariner, 9; ran away with the Frenchmen, 53–4, 56
Stanfell, Francis, Lieutenant, 343
*Stayner, Sir Richard, Rear-Admiral, his narrative of the battle of Santa Cruz, 127–36; is appointed to command twelve ships, 132; his ship disabled, 134–5; is towed out by Plymouth, 135–6. Mentioned, 161
*Stewart, [Sir] William [Lieutenant-General], 389
Stone, Rycherde, of Dartmouth, his share of dead men’s effects, 60–1
*Strachan, Sir Richard J., orders the frigates to force the passage of the Scheldt, 391; his thanks to the frigates, 392
*Strickland, Sir Roger, 153
Suffren, Bailli de, Fr. Admiral, 413
Surysby (Shewerisbery), John, boatswain of the San Barbara, died on the homeward voyage, 11, 59
Thompson, Sir Charles, Vice-Admiral: Selections from Letter-Books of, 301–22; ‘censures’ Lord St. Vincent, 311 and n.; sent to the coast of Ireland, 313; reports of mutinous and rebellious feeling, 312–22
Thompson, Thomas, Captain, report and complaint of, 115–16
Thomson, Mr., master, 342
Thomson, John, Captain, 385
Thrum cappsons = (?) woollen jerseys, 166 and n.
*Tiddman [Teddeman, SirThomas], Vice-Admiral, 161
Tiller., M. du, 282 and n.
Tippoo, Saib, Sultan, sabre of, 414
*Tolmach, Thomas, Lieutenant-General, 203–205
*Torrington, Lord, preference shown to soldiers, 150; criticism of, 155–6. See Herbert, Arthur
Traveller, A, anonymous letter from, 332
*Trollope, Sir Henry, anonymous letter relating to, 332
Tromp, Du. Admiral, 158
*Troubridge, Sir Thomas, 414
United Irishmen, Society of, 312; two delegates expected in Ireland, 314; oath taken by members of, 317
Urrutia, Rodrigo, Sp. Captain, 225
Valde’s, Juan, Sp. Captain, 225
Vegaflorida, Conde de, Sp. Captain, 225
Verdon, Fort, evacuated, 404
Verdon Roads, English to anchor in, 410–11
*Vernon, Edward, Lieutenant, taken prisoner on board the Poder, 244; complains of being deserted, ib.
Villena Joaquin, Sp. Captain, 225
WAGRAM, disastrous battle of, 390
Walcheren, loss in taking of, 389
Wallys, Thpmas, of Erithe, bought ambergris, 63
Ward, Mr., chaplain, 311
Wardall, John, mariner, 7, 9, 14, 35, 38, 46–7, 54, 63–4; deposition of, 22–34; his previous capture by the Biscayne, 24–5
*Warren, Sir John B., Commodore, 355
Warrocatte, Jakes, 17
Watson, James, his account of the Mutiny at the Nore, 293–96
Watson, Mrs., 296
*Wellesley, Sir Arthur, 414
*Wellington, Duke of, marble bust of, 413; freedom of Ipswich to, 414
*Wetwang, Sir John, Captain, 161
*Whitshed, [Sir] James H., Captain [afterwards, Admiral of the Fleet], 327
Wilkins, [(?) Michael], Captain, 197–8
Williams [(?) *Griffith], Bishop, 160
*Willoughby, Francis, Lord, 153
Wilson, Robert, Lieutenant, 355
Wood, John A., master’s mate, 8, 19, 50–1; his examination, 52–62
*Wright, Lawrence, Commodore, 161 and n.
Yonge, John, 58
Yonge, William, of Portsmouth, 47, 58, 63
Young, merchant captain, 127
Young, Thomas B., Lieutenant, letter to, 337–49
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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