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