ADAIR
ADAIR, C. H., rear-admiral, commanding
the reserve in the
Medway, 179
Adams, Buck, jail-keeper, 16
Adams, Francis, carpenter, 124
Alcot, John, captain’s clerk, 55
Alexander, Emperor of Russia,
101
Allardice, Titus, midshipman,
died insane, 93; invalided
home, 151
Alien, Henry, midshipman, 94;
commander, hanged, ib.
Alien, Thomas, midshipman, put
on shore in the mutiny, 193;
drowned, 202
Anderson, Robert, surgeon of
the Panther, 39
Anderson, Robert, surgeon of the
Hind, ‘ Benjamin Bullock the
Madman,’ 194-5; 2O1
Anguin, Martin, seaman, falls
from aloft, 32
Anstruther, Philip, midshipman,
119
Apple pies, assistant surgeon
dines on, 223
Archbold, William, midshipman,
119
Archdale, G. J., midshipman,
249 . Atkins, Robert, midshipman, 249
Augustus Frederick, Prince
(Duke of Sussex), 139
Ayscough, captain 208
BEAUCLERK
BACK-strapped, 26 n.
Badcock, Benjamin, midshipman,
drowned, 202
Baldwin, captain of marines,
IJ 5
Ball, A., captain, 192
Bantry Bay, expedition to, 188 n.
Barber, William, midshipman,
153
Barker, William, lieutenant of
marines, 13
Barrett, John, midshipman, 123,
125
Barrington, the Hon. Samuel,
admiral, 12, 98-9, 112
Barton, Sir John, treasurer of
Queen’s household, 18
Bastia, siege and surrender of,
due to seamen and marines,
148
Bates, alderman, of Waterford,
221
Bates, Gardner’s cousin, entertains
the officers of the Blonde,
221
Batt, Henry, midshipman, 54
Batt, John, midshipman, 125
Bazely, John, port admiral in the
Downs, 190
Bazely, John, captain, letter from,
191 ; put on shore in the
mutiny, 193 ; 184, 190, 201,
203-4
Beauclerk, Lord Amelius, midshipman,
55, 116; captain, 131
268 INDEX
BEDFORD
Bedford, William, lieutenant, 91
122-4
Beer, spruce, 42 and n. ; man falls
into copper of, 43
Belfry, Knight of the, 68 and n.
Bell, John, mate of the hold, is
painted like an ancient Briton,
149; 153
Bennet, Charles, midshipman,
119
Berkeley, the Hon. G. C., captain,
22,64
Bertie, Thomas, captain, 229,
232
Biggery, Robert, carpenter, 202
Bingham, Edward, midshipman,
17
Bingham, J., midshipman, 17
Bingham, Robert, chaplain, 17
Bisset, Charles, midshipman, his
dog, 47 ; S3
Blackford, John, boatswain, 224
Blackford, William, 225
Black-pieces = muskets, 150
Blake, John, midshipman, 14
Bligh, George Millar, lieutenant,
245, 247
Bligh, John, captain, 229
Bluet, George Rule, midshipman,
curious love token, 92
Bone, Johnny, boatswain, devil
of a fellow at cap-a-bar, 70-1,
96
Bonny Broom, her ghostly boatswain,
4
Boulogne, camp at, 253 n.
Bourmaster, John, captain, c an
honour to the navy,; 113; recommends
Gardner, 121 ; 100,
IIO-II
Bowen, Griffith, lieutenant’s servant,
114
Bowen, Richard, signal midshipman,
116
Bowen, Thomas, lieutenant, 114
Bowler, William, surgeon, R.N.,
18
Boyes, George T. H., vice-admiral,
director of transports, 265
Boyles, C., captain, 227, 229
Boys boxing during battle, 31
Brace, Edward, midshipman, 95 ,
BYRON
Bradby, Borromy, midshipman,
54
Bradby, Daniel, rated as captain’s
servant, 54
Bradby, James, captain, 41, 52
Bradby, Matthew Barton, captain’s
servant, 54
Braham, singer, 182 n.
Brander, James, boatswain, 39
Brett, William, lieutenant, 170
Brice, lieutenant, court martial
on, 213
Bricknell, midshipman, ugly and
vain, 171
Bridport, Lord, admiral, 114,188,
190-1
Bridsdale, Richard, lieutenant,
? 2
Briggs, lieutenant, encourages the
seamen, 174 n.
Briggs, John, assistant surgeon,
154
Brine, Augustus, midshipman,
117
Brisbane, Charles, captain, 213,
228
Brock, Philip, midshipman, 54
Brooks, Francis, 38
Browell, Mr., 15
Brown, Maurice, midshipman,
92
Brown, Simeon, carpenter, 53
Brown, William, midshipman,
93
Browne, P., midshipman, 117
Bruce, John, midshipman, 117
Buchan, Charles, purser, his
foraging expedition, 4-5, 8 ;
91
Buffalmaco, painter, fresco of
The Last Judgment attributed
to, 140
Bull, Mr., a man of colour, 232
Buller, John, midshipman, 118
Bullock, William, lieutenant, 151
Burdon, George, captain, 206
Bush, William, midshipman, 117
Bustard, Robert, mate, 115
Butcher, Samuel, midshipman,
124
Byron, the Hon. John, vice-admiral,
11-12
INDEX 269
CADIZ
CADIZ, smuggling of dollars at,
160-1 ; the Alameda, 161
Calder, Mrs., fond of boat-sailing,
109
Calder, Robert, captain, his
harshness, 97, 98 ; his civility,
99; a brave officer, 100;
court martial on, 101 ; strict
disciplinarian, 107 ; ship in high
order, 108 ; his courtesy, 109,
113
Calvi, siege of, 147
Came, Charles, midshipman, 119
Campbell, Duncan, assistant
surgeon, 96
Campbell, George, captain, 144-5;
rear-admiral with Nelson off
Toulon, 151; 228, 232
Campbell, John, vice – admiral,
41, 44, 52
Campbell, Luke, midshipman,
does duty as schoolmaster, 39
Campbell, Majoribanks, midshipman,
54
Cannadey, Moses, midshipman,
124
Cap-a-bar, note on, 70
Garden, J. S., midshipman, 84 ;
captain of the Macedonian, 95
Carpenter, James, lieutenant, 114
Carroll, assistant surgeon, 239
Carter, lieutenant, 41
Carter, Charles, lieutenant, 115
Carter, Richard, 18
Carthage, encounter with Turks
at> J 33 ; visit to ruins of, 133-4
Castlereagh, Lord, Lancers or
Prancers of, 210
Caulfield, Edward, midshipman,
225
Chantrell, William, lieutenant,
his night orders, 109 ; a droll
fellow, 113; a narrow escape,
150-1 ; smuggles six hundred
dollars, 160-1 ; settles a dispute
at a dinner, 163-4 ; 167, 170
Chaplain’s bet, 111-12
Chatham, Lord, First Lord of the
Admiralty, 80
Chatterton, midshipman, 119
Chest, John, midshipman, his
chest, 120
COOPER
Chissell, John, master, an accomplished
linguist, 171
Chissell, Richard, midshipman,
171.
Christian, Sir Hugh Cloberry,
rear-admiral, 64, 184
Christian, Jonathan, midshipman,
116
Chubb, clerk, drowned, 202
Church, captain, 230
Clark, George, midshipman, 118
Clayton, captain, 174
Cock, carpenter, 31, 39
Cockerell, James, purser, 52
Coet, W., midshipman, 18
Coghlan, John Timothy, master,
183, 201 ; his boat-sailing,
195-6 ; death, 196
Cold, severe, 178-9 and ;/., 181,
220-21
Cole, Richard, midshipman, 94
Collier, John, midshipman, pious
when drunk, 149 ; practical
jokes on, 149, 153
Collins, Augustus, midshipman,
son of Sir John, 153
Collins, Darby, drunken Irishman,
his ingenious dog, 47;
fights eleven men, 51
Collins, Sir John, captain of the
Berwick, 121, 126, 130-1, 133,
139 ; dies, 144 ; respect shown
by the seamen, 144 ; his knighthood,
151
Colomb, admiral, his account of
the French expedition to
Bantry Bay, 188 n.
Colours, wrong, hoisted, 189,
198
Colpoys, Sir John, vice-admiral,
his flag struck by the mutineers,
192
Colquhoun, steward, sewn up in
a bullock’s hide, 135
Connell, Thomas, lieutenant, 39
Conolly, John Bull, midshipman,
93, “8
Constable, Love, lieutenant, * a
devil of a tyrant,’ 122, 124
Content, John, midshipman, 249
Cook, Hugh, midshipman, 95
Cooper, Robert, purser, 248
270 INDEX
CORNWALLIS
Cornwallis, the Hon. William,
admiral, 226, 233-4
Correy, surgeon, 8
Cosby, P., vice-admiral, 155, 160
Courage, James, assistant surgeon,
171
Court, contempt of, 199 ;/.
Cowdray, John, carpenter, 7
Crisp, writer, 55
Crombey, assistant surgeon, 96
Cromwell, Oliver, 245
Crosbie, Robert, midshipman, 95
Crugal, Spirit of, 78 and ;/.
Crump, Mr., 162
Crump, William, signalman, believes
in witchcraft, 256-7
Culmer, Billy, the oldest midshipman
in the navy, 102 ; description
of, 102 ; anecdotes of,
102-7, 115
Culverhouse, John, signal-lieutenant,
66 and n. ; as Diomede,
84; his song, ib. ; captain,
drowned, 91
Cumberland, the Duke of, admiral,
visits the Barfleur, 98
Cunningham, Charles, captain,
131 and;/.
Curry, Richard, midshipman,
119
Curtis, Sir Roger, anecdote of,
61
DADDI, Nardo, fresco by, 141 n.
Dalgleish, James, mate, 118
Dalston, Sir John, captain of
marines, 13
Daniel, Robert Savage, lieutenant,
killed at the battle of the
Nile, 113, 115
Danton, Richard, midshipman,
pilot, 39
Darby, H. D’E., captain, 228
Davis, John, quartermaster, afterwards
midshipman, 125
Davis, mate, 93
Dawe, Harry, lieutenant, 91
Dawes, Richard, lieutenant,
killed ist June, 124
Dawson, George, captain, court
martial on, 73-4
DOWSING
Dawson, Thomas, boatswain, 39
Deacon, Henry, lieutenant, 45-6,
52
Delafons, John, purser, 115
Delafons, John, midshipman, 119
Delafons, Thomas, midshipman,
119
Dempster, Walter, midshipman,
153
Derby, John, lieutenant, a droll
fellow, 219-21, 224
Derby, John, cook, 219
Deserters attacked by wolves, 50
Dickinson, Francis, midshipman,
125
Dickinson, William, midshipman,
125
Dickson, Archibald, admiral, 226
Dixon, John W. T., midshipman,
117 ; captain, lost in the Apollo,
117
Dixon, Manley, captain, 56 ; his
character, 60 ; commanded the
Lion at the capture of the
William Tell, 62
Dobbie, William Hugh, midshipman,
95
Dobree, Daniel, lieutenant, 114;
captain, 203, 206, 209-12,
223-4
Dobree, Daniel, midshipman,
225
Dodgson, John, surgeon, 152
Dodwell, Brown, master’s mate,
Dogs, seventy-five, in the Salisbury,
42 ; anecdotes of, 47 ; dog
thrown overboard, 241-2
Dolling, John, lieutenant, 98, 113
Doncaster, Charles, midshipman,
died of yellow fever at Jamaica,
225
Dorrel, Richard, lieutenant, 38
Douglas, carpenter, 96
Douglas, the Hon. Dunbar, midshipman,
wonderful escape of,
117
Douglas, J., captain, 22
Dowdall, Edward, gunner, 53
Downman, Hugh, midshipman,
94
Dowsing, Jackson, lieutenant, 114
INDEX 271
DRAKE
Drake, Sir Francis, taught the
people of Plymouth, 7
Drake, Sir Francis Samuel, 38 //.
Drake, Sir Francis William, viceadmiral,
22, 38 and n.
Dubosc, French emigrant captain,
168
Ducker, John, boatswain, 164-5,
171
Ducks, attack on, no-u
Duckworth, Sir John Thomas,
rear-admiral, 228, 230-1, 237
Duff, Andrew, midshipman, 55
Duff, captain, 229
Duncan, Charles, master, 151-2
Duncan, Lord, 71
Dundas, captain, 229
Dundas, general, at Bastia, 148
Dunham, Robert, lieutenant,
broke and reinstated, 202
Dunn, Richard D., captain, 228
Durban, William, midshipman,
118
Durham, Philip Charles, lieutenant,
25 ;/., 114
Dusantoy, lieutenant of marines,
62
Dutchman, cargo of runaway,
208
EASTWOOD, N. H., captain,
chased by Billy Culmer, 102-3
Eaton, Jack, mate, 117 ; cheers
up Gardner at his examination,
173 ; captain of Marlborough,
117; committed suicide, 117;
captain of Medusa, 191
Edgar, Alexander, captain, 41
Edgar, Thomas, lieutenant, in
charge of a merchantman,
159-60 ; had sailed round the
world with Cook, 163, 167-70
Edgeworth, Henry, mate, 248
Edmonds, Tom, midshipman, a
delightful flute-player, 92
Elliot, John, vice-admiral, 99;
his able services, 112
Elliot, Robert, midshipman, 93
Elliot, William, midshipman, 55 ;
lieutenant, 114
Elliot, William, midshipman, 248
FOLEY
Esperanto, early example of, 128
Essington, captain, 227-8
Everitt, afterwards Calmady,
Charles Holmes, lieutenant, 8
Eyles, C., captain, 228
FAIRLIGHT, signal station, 109,
251-63 ; duties at, 253 ; severe
gales, 254 ; cockney’s visit to,
255-6 ; smugglers, 258-9 ;
Gardner’s friends there, 259
seq. ; paid off, 263
Fanshawe, Robert, commissioner
at Plymouth, 197-8
Faulknor, Jonathan, rear-admiral,
100; most able officer,
H3
Faulknor, Jonathan, jun., captain,
41, 188
Faulknor, Samuel, captain, note
on, 100
Feary, ‘Frank, midshipman, 92
Fegan, sent on board the Conquistador
by the Bow Street
magistrate, 112, 214; song by,
214-15
Field, Augustus John, lieutenant
of marines, draws a long bow,
244 ; dines off rat pie, 245 ; 248
Fielding, Henry, novelist, 215 n.
Fielding, Sir John, the blind
magistrate, 214-15 n.
Finch, the Hon. Seymour, captain,
22
Fireworks, manufacture of, in
front of a fire, 198
Flag, insult to the English, 131
Flanagan, clerk (afterwards purser),
40
Flemming, boatswain, broke by
court martial, 202
Flinders, mate, well acquainted
with ancient history, 123
Flood, Patrick, midshipman, reads
the Bible, 75 ; draws caricatures,
79; is ruined by Molloy,
80 ; verse by, 88 ; 92
Floyd, Thomas, lieutenant, 13
Flying Dutchman has a roving
commission, 199
Foley, T., captain, 229
272 INDEX
FOLLIE
Follie, John, boatswain, 248
Foote, John Stode, chaplain, 14
Foote, Samuel, actor, 34 n.
Forrester, Ben, captain of marines,
30,31,38
Forster, Edward, midshipman, a
Hercules, 39
Forton prison, Frenchmen sent
to, 16
Foularton, Henry, midshipman,
his keg of gin, 94
Foularton, John, midshipman,
court martial on, 32, 39
Fraser, Alexander, lieutenant
(afterwards admiral), 31, 38
Fraser, James, gunner, 39
Frederick, T. L., captain, 131
Freeburn, Archibald, gunner, 202
Fremantle, captain, 227, 229
French officers, prisoners on
board La Favorite, 200 ; claim
their rank in the navy, ib. ;
claim refused, ib. ; sent to Mill
Prison, ib. ; Gardner’s generosity
to, 201
French prisoners, threatened rising
of, 159 ; left at Gibraltar, 170
French Royalists on board Gorgon,
170
French seamanship, an instance
of good, 186
Frost, l Hard Frost,’ midshipman,
is ‘ laid out,’ 87 ; a ‘ transcendent
blackguard,’ 88, 94
Fuller, William, surgeon, 243, 248
GALE, legendary commodore, 69,
87
Galloway, James, midshipman,
153
Galton, midshipman, 116
Gardner, Alan, rear-admiral,
121 ; his service, 123
Gardner, the Hon. A. H., captain,
229
Gardner, wrote in the office : no
relation of the author, 96
Gardner, Francis Geary, captain,
3, 8, 10-13, 19
Gardner, James, captain, 37
Gardner, Mrs. James, death of, 37
GARDNER
Gardner, James Anthony, his
early recollections on board
the Boreas, 3-7 ; and on board
the Conqueror, 10-12; at
school, 15-17 ; joins the Panther,
19; his introduction to
his mess, 20; is assisted by
the purser, 21 ; assists in saving
men of the Royal George,
24 ; is in the action off Cape
Spartel, 30 seq. ; attends his
grandmother’s funeral, 37 ;
joins the Salisbury, 41 ; is
mast-headed, 45 ; the captain
refuses to advance him any
money, 49 ; joins the Orestes,
56 ; unjustly blamed for letting
a seaman desert, 58-60; knocks
a messmate down with a Bible,
60 ; joins the Edgar, 64 ; goes
to a concert, 69 ; and afterwards
to his hammock, ib. ;
his leave is stopped, 70; gives
himself leave and meets the
first lieutenant on shore, 71 ;
stews a beefsteak in a lantern,
72 ; fights with Philpot, 74;
fires a musket in a messmate’s
face, 83 ; gets a severe blow on
the nose, 83-4 ; sent to answer
a signal when improperly
dressed, 85 ; is sent back with
‘ an insolent message,’ 86;
catches the flagship l napping,’
86-7 ; joins the Barfieur, 97 ;
offends the captain, ib., who
stops his leave, 98 ; but parts
with him on good terms, 99 ;
joins the Queen, 121 : objects
to go to the West Indies, ib. ;
and joins the Berwick, 126;
his adventure at Tunis, 132-3 ;
visits the ruins of Carthage,
134 ; visits the arsenal at Porto
Farino, 136; takes part in
the carnival at Pisa, 140; a
night’s adventure, 142-3 ; refuses
Hood’s offer to appoint
him to the Victory, 148 ; and
joins the Gorgon, ib., 155 ;
dines at an ordinary at Lisbon,
163 ; dispute between the
INDEX 273
GARDNER
Gar dn er continued
English and Yankee skippers,
ib. joins the Victory, 172;
loses his kit, 173 ; passes his
examination, 174 ; is promoted
to be lieutenant, 175 ; of the
Hind, 176; joins the Hind,
178 ; in deep snow and hard
frost, 178-9; his dinner at
King’s Ferry, 179 ; walks across
the ferry, 180 ; sells his share
of prize money, 181 ; put on
board La Favorite as prize
master, 188 ; gets into Portland
Race, 189 ; and is in considerable
danger, ib. ; is kindly
received by Sir Richard King,
190 ; writes to Admiral Bazely,
ib.; is put on shore from Spithead
in the mutiny, 193 ;. his
interview with Commissioner
Fanshawe, 197 ; his generosity
to the French prisoners, 201 ;
joins the Blonde, 203 ; is complimented
on her good order,
204-5 ; his method of beautifying
the ship, 205 ; remonstrates
with the pilots, 209;
apostrophises them in verse,
211 ; is knocked down by a
lump of ice falling out of the
mizen-top, 220; pleasant time
at Waterford, 221 ; joins the
Brunswick, 226; does not like
the West Indies, 231 ; his difficulty
in reaching the ship off
Brest, 240; in the transport
service, 250 ; appointed to Fairlight
signal station, 251 ; his
life there, 252 seq.
Garlies, Lord, a lord of the admiralty,
251
Gamier, Charles, midshipman,
drowned, 54
Garrett, William, midshipman, 54
Geary, Sir Francis, admiral, 3
George III. reviews the fleet,
10
George, Sir Rupert, first commissioner
of transports, 250 n.
Gibbon, Francis, midshipman,
55 ; lieutenant, 252
GREENE
Gibson, Patrick, purser and centenarian,
12, 213; was at the
taking of Quebec, 214 ; his
songs, 214-16
Gibson, William, lieutenant,
broke by court martial, 224
Gilmour, Alexander, midshipman,
63
GlebhofF, Peter, Russian captain,
killed at Texel, 207
Glover, captain, death of, 233-4
Goddard, Thomas, midshipman,
wounded at Toulon, 116
Goodall, admiral, 148
Gordon, George, assistant surgeon,
96
Gosport, naval academy at, 15
Gosselin, Thomas Le M., captain,
227, 229
Gould, D., captain, 229
Gould, Michael, clerk, 249
Gould, William, lieutenant of
marines, 52
Gower, the Hon. John Leveson,
rear-admiral, 64 ; a ‘ tight hand
of the watch,’65 ; used to ‘play
hell and turn up Jack,’ ib. ; to
get up early, 65-6; an able
tactician, 67 ; had an astonishing
memory, ib. ; hated puppyism,
ib. ; 90
Graham, Aaron, admiral’s secretary,
45 , afterwards magistrate
at Bow Street, 53
Granger, William, midshipman,
94
Grant, Charles, midshipman,
118
Grant, George, secretary and
purser, 124
Grant, Gregory, midshipman, 94
Grasse, Count de, French commander-in-chief,
prisoner, 23
Graves, John, midshipman, at
Leghorn, 139 ; posse of friars,
141 ; his afternoon nap disturbed,
149-50, 153
Graves, Lord Thomas, admiral,
10-13
Gray, George, gunner, 96
Greene, Pitt Burnaby, midshipman,
116
274
GREY
Grey, George, gunner, 70
Grey, George, lieutenant, 113
Grindall, Richard, captain, 228
Grouchy, French general, in
Bantry Bay, 188
Guichen, Count de, French
admiral, 16
Gullet Christopher, midshipman,
63 – « Gunter, captain, 150
HACKER, Jerry, the purser,
messed by himself, 165 ; a
miser, 166 ; detests midshipmen,
166-7 ; curses the peas,
1 68 ; a most unaccountable
fellow, 171
Hall, James, boatswain, 53
Hallowell, afterwards Carew,
Benjamin, lieutenant, 113
Hamilton, Sir C., captain, 156
Hamilton, Edward, lieutenant,
172-3, 175 ; captain, recaptured
the Hermione, 176
Hamlin, midshipman, 63
Hamlin, D., midshipman, 63
Hamond, G. E., midshipman, 177
Hancock, Richard Turner, signal
midshipman, 116
Hand organs, 20 *., 88
Handkerchiefs, black silk, worn
by seamen, 130 «., 144
Hanwell, lieutenant, 32
Hardy, James, captain, inspects
and praises the Blonde, 204-5 ;
sends her some buckets of
paint, 205
Harley, Henry Roland, clerk, 55 ;
purser, I94~5
Harmood, Harry, captain, 11, 13 ;
commissioner, 174
Harrison, Mr., private secretary
to Lord Spencer, 170
Harrison, John, gunner, 224
Harrison, William, mate, 248
Hartley, Martin Pert, midshipman,
40
Hastings, points of interest near,
Hawford, Richard, lieutenant,
lost in the Rover, 8
INDEX
HOOPS
Hearle, Benjamin, carpenter, 14
Hell-fire club, 44; members7
dress, 48-9 and n.
Hemmings, Mr,, master attendant
at Plymouth, 191
Henikoff, Russian admiral, 184,
207
Herbert, Richard, midshipman,
Hervey, John, midshipman, 117
Hervey, Lady, pelted with sugar
plums, 140
Hervey, Lord, ambassador, pelted
with sugar plums, 140
Hewlett, Thomas, midshipman,
’53
Heycock, Richard, midshipman,
94, 118 ; refuses to pay mess
fines, 108
Hickey, Frederick, lieutenant,
sells his prize money, 181 ; put
on shore in the mutiny, 193,
201
Hill, John, boatswain, 63
Hinton, John, midshipman, 116
Hinton, Martin, lieutenant, 176
Hodges, John, midshipman, died
of yellow fever, 249
Hodgskin, John A., midshipman,
125
Holland, John Wentworth, midshipman,
54
Hollingsworth, John, midshipman,
killed in battle, 95 n.
Holloway, John, rear-admiral,
memoir of, criticised, 27-8 ;
226, 247
Holmes, midshipman, is ‘ caught
napping,3 86-7
Holmes, James, lieutenant of
marines, 248
Home, Sir George, captain, 22
Hood, Lord, admiral, commands
the Russian armament, 99;
sails for the Mediterranean,
126 ; Toulon fleet surrenders
to, 128 ; chases the French
fleet into Gourjean Bay, 146;
siege of Bastia, 148; 145 «.,
172, 176
Hoops, iron, taken on board, 230 ;
not worth their carriage, 231
INDEX 275
HOPE
Hope, Robert, surgeon, 124
Horsley, Richard, midshipman,
249
Hotham, William (afterwards
Lord), vice-admiral, 126, 143 ;
misses a great opportunity,
145-7 ; an able second in command,
147-8
Houghton, Charles, midshipman,
225
Houghton, Daniel, major, the
African traveller, 225
Houghton, Frederick, midshipman,
drowned, 225
Howe, Lord, admiral, 21, 25 ;
aspersions on, 28 ; action off
Cape Spartel, 29-33 ; hoists
the union flag, 98 n. ; 80 ;/.,
99, 100
Huish, Robert, purser, his terror
in a boat, 219-20 ; 224
Humphries, Christopher, boatswain,
202
Hungerford, Emanuel, lieutenant,
an amusing fellow, 238 ; strikes
his former captain, 242 ; a very
able officer, 243, 247
Hunt, Peter, midshipman, a droll
fellow, 125
Hutchins, Henry, purser, 13
Hutchinson, Edward, mate, 152
Hutt, John, captain, 121 ; an excellent
sailor, 122 ; killed on
ist of June, 124
INCE, midshipman, 55
Incledon, Charles, the singer,
182 and n.
Inglis, Charles, midshipman, 92,
118 ; captain, 229
Ireland, rebellion in, 204
Ireland, Thomas, lieutenant,
killed on ist of June, 115
Ireland, William, gunner, 124
Irwin, John, lieutenant, 91 n.
Irwin, J. S., midshipman, 95, 114
JACKS, Davy, quartermaster, 72
Jackson, midshipman, 118
James, Edwin, lieutenant, 212, 224
KIEL
James, William, author of the
Naval History, a YankeeDoodle,
131 **., 147, 152,
1557*.
Jeffrey, Ben, clerk, 98, 120
Jeffreys, Ninian, master, 115
Jefrries, boatswain, 120
Jennings, Ulick, midshipman,
160, 163 ; commander, broke
by court martial, 171
Jervis, Sir John, rear-admiral,
98-9 ; Earl of St. Vincent, admiral
of the fleet, 112, 117
Jeynes, Thomas, lieutenant, a
tyrant, a cold-blooded bad fellow,
58-62
Jezard, James, carpenter, 71
Johnstone, George, midshipman,
murdered, 119
Johnstone, Jemmy, midshipman,
118
Jones, purser, 232
Jones, George, midshipman, called
4 Dog-head/92, 118
Jones, Paul, captain, U.S.N., 38
Josephine, Empress, 101
Jump, lieutenant, agent of transports,
250
KATON, James, captain, 227-8
Kein, Thomas, assistant surgeon,
9i
Kelloch, James, boatswain, 124
Kemble, Joseph, boatswain, 152
Kemp, Nicholas, lieutenant, 114
Kempenfelt, rear-admiral, an
able tactician, 16; lost in the
Royal George, 23, 24
Keppel, the Hon. Augustus (afterwards
Lord), admiral, 10, n
Key, John, midshipman, 118 ;
lieutenant, unfit to be first,
226; sent to hospital, 239 ;
refused a passage home, ib.
and n. ; his manner of keeping
watch, 240, 244, 247
Kiel, John, midshipman, went on
shore without leave, 71 ; off
deck in his watch, 72-3 ;
4 troubled with St. Anthony’s
fire/ 83 ; died mad, 93
T 2
276 INDEX
KING
King, Sir Richard, port admiral
at Plymouth, 190 ; approves of
Gardner’s conduct, 190
King, Solomon, midshipman, 93,
118
King, William, midshipman, 93
Kinneer, James Jervis, midshipman,
sent on shore in the
mutiny, 193 ; drowned, 202
Kirk, Daniel, midshipman, 116
Kirk, James, surgeon, 115
Kitten, William, 18
Kleber, French general, 261
Knight, captain in the army,
killed in battle, 208
Knight, John, captain, 172-3,
175-6
LAFOREY, Sir Francis, captain,
229,232-3
Lamb, William, midshipman
and mate, 92, 118; captain,
’74 .
Lambrick, John, midshipman,
154
Lamotte-Picquet, French admiral,
233
Land, Hugh, clerk, 63
Landseer, Thomas, admiral’s servant,
55 ‘
Langara, Don Juan de, Spanish
admiral, defeat of, 112 ; off
Minorca, 126; at Toulon, 128
Laugharne, John, lieutenant, 8
Launder, William, midshipman,
killed at the battle of the Nile,
119
Laurie, midshipman, murdered,
119
Laurie, Robert, midshipman
(afterwards admiral), 53 ; lieu- :
tenant, 121 ; wounded on ist ‘
June, 124
Lawrence, John, midshipman,
153
Le Bair, Nicholas, midshipman,
died in French prison, 153
Lechmere, captain, 41
Le Clerc, Madame, sister of
Napoleon, wife of commanderin-chief
at St. Domingo, 230
MACBRIDE
Lee, Francis Geary Gardner,
midshipman (afterwards
knighted), 202
Lee, Paddy, lieutenant, 113
Lee, Richard, captain of Hind,
178, 180; speculates in prize
money, 181 ; a most meritorious
officer, 182, 183, 195-6,
201
Leghorn, carnival at, 139 ; convivial
dinner at, 142
Lemon, John [or Lamond], midshipman,
249
Leonard, midshipman, triced up
to the main topmast head, 81
Levy, Titus, purser, died mad, 91
Lewis, captain, 191
Liggatt, John, assistant surgeon,
96
Linzee, Samuel Hood, captain,
229, 233
Linzee, commodore, at Caglian,
129 ; at Tunis, 131
Liquor smuggled on board, 60, 69
Littlehales, R. B., midshipman,
54
Lloyd, Robert, lieutenant, 100,
114
Loring, captain, 229
Loring, Joseph, lieutenant, 52
Lowe, Thomas, lieutenant, 247
Lucas, John, lieutenant, court
martial on, 73, 74
Lumsdale, J., captain, 41
Lutwidge, Skeffington, captain,
65
Lyford, Henry J., lieutenant,
224, 232
Lyne, Thomas, lieutenant, 170
Me ARTHUR, John, secretary, 148,
176
Macarthy, quartermaster, anecdote
of man overboard, 199
Macbride, Andrew, schoolmaster,
given to drink, 76 ; his extreme
ugliness, 76-7 ; song on, 77-8 ;
died at Jamaica, 78 ; an excellent
mathematician, ib. ; and
writer, 79 ; caricature of, ib. ;
splendid abilities, 95
INDEX 277
MACBRIDE
Macbride, John, admiral, 56, 82
McCarthy, a deserter, 58
McCulloch, William, midshipman,
154
McCurdy, John, assistant surgeon,
53
McDonald, John, mate, 119
Macfarland, J. S., midshipman,
54
Mclnerheny, Mr., master, 12, 13
Mclnerheny, William, 13
Mackenzie, Alexander, midshipman,
a sneak, 153
Mackey, lieutenant, .114
McKinlay, George, captain, 230
McKinnon, Peter, gunner, his
sore eyes, 61, 63
Maclean, Hector, lieutenant, 236,
247
Maclean, Lauchlin, clerk, 96
Macredie, John, midshipman, his
song, 77-8; a great deal of
service, 80; an excellent
scholar, id. ; very absentminded,
81 ; as Ajax Telamon,
84, 93 ; his story of the raven,
88 ; a most worthy fellow, 95 ;
in the Barfleur, 118
Malcolm, James, surgeon, 39, 91
Manning, Robert, midshipman,
54
Marr, Jacky, boatswain, 120, 176
Marriott, Mr., assistant secretary,
Royal Meteorological Society,
note by, 179
Marsh, assistant surgeon, 96
Marsh, Edward, lieutenant, 114
Marshall, Andrew, assistant surgeon,
249
Marshall, John, lieutenant, author
of the Royal Naval Biography,
27-9
Marshall, Sir Samuel, deputy
comptroller of the navy, 174
Martin, Sir Henry, comptroller of
the navy, 97
Martin, Thomas Byam, midshipman,
117; captain, 156
Mathews, John, lieutenant, 113
Matthews, Robert B., midshipman,
249
Maundrell, midshipman, 63
MOTTLEY
Meager, Nicholas, midshipman,
123, 125
Mears, Thomas, gunner, 14
Medley, Edward, midshipman,
248
Mends, captain, 229
Merchant, Thomas, midshipman,
54
Merrett, John, surgeon, 17
Mess, ‘ Spartan simplicity’ of the,
20 ; contrasted with later luxury,
1 21
Milbanke, Mark, vice-admiral,
33,38
Miles, Lawford, lieutenant of
marines, 176
Millar, midshipman, his ugliness,
76-7 ; made a gunner, 94
Miller, John, lieutenant, 124
Milligan, James, surgeon, 224
Milner, George, midshipman,
122-3, 125
Molloy, A. J. P., captain, his
tyranny, 80, 90
Monkeys, crew of an African ship
lived on, 42; monkey soup,
5i
Monkton, John, mate, 8
Montagu, lieutenant, 25, 38
Montagu, Robert rear-admiral,
227-8, 237
Moore, Edward, mate, his practical
joke, 76 ; opposed to tyranny,
81 ; court martial on, 82; his
generosity, 83 ; highly respected,
92, 118
Moore, James, gunner, 202
Morgan, lieutenant, his ugliness,
76 -7
Morgan, Ben, midshipman, victim
of bullying, 44; his extravagance,
49; 54
Morgan, (Ross, lieutenant of
marines, becomes insane, 243-4,
248
Morgan, William, chaplain, 115
Morris, H. G., midshipman, 125
Morris, James Nicholl, lieutenant,
at Trafalgar, 113
Mortella tower, 143-4 and n.
Morton, lieutenant, 118
Mottley, Samuel, lieutenant, 115
278 INDEX
MOULDING
Moulding, Joe, his catechism,
34
Mounsey, William, midshipman,
63
Mulligan, a seaman, flogged for
cowardice, 32
Murray, James, lieutenant, 38
Mustapha, suspected of being
English, 137
Mutiny at Spithead (i797)> 192-3
Myers, Philip, carpenter, 152
NAPOLEON, his three great errors,
101 ; his sister, 230, 261
Nash, John, midshipman, 14
Nash, Richard, midshipman,
killed, 14
Nauticus, junior, 28 n.
Navy Board, letter from, 262 ».
Nazer, John, mate, 202
Neate, William, midshipman, 39
Nelson, Horatio, captain, 131 ;
at Tunis, 132 n. ; his comment
on the ‘Resurgam Squadron,’
145 n. loses his eye, 147
Neve, Robert Jenner, midshipman,
125
New, Thomas, captain, court
martial on, 230
Newfoundland, ice field near, 42
Newnham, clerk, said to be the
admiral’s cow, 49 ; a butt, 55
Newport, Thomas, carpenter,
broke by court martial, 224
Nichola, midshipman, insane,
63
Nichols, captain, 41
Nicholson, Richard, midshipman,
18
Nicholson, W. P., midshipman,
18
Noble, Christopher, lieutenant of
marines, death from wounds,
201
Noble, George, lieutenant of
marines, 38
Norman, James, captain, 182
Nott, John Francis, midshipman,
117
Nowell, William, lieutenant, a
good jumper, 87, 90
PEYTON
O’CONNOR, John, midshipman,
119
Oliver, captain, 229, 233
Oliver, Thomas, mate, 124
Orchard, schoolmaster, his ‘ black
pudding,’ 15, 17
Osborne, Charles, lieutenant, 13
Otter, Charles, midshipman, taken
prisoner, 116
Otway, R. W., captain, 229, 233
Owen, midshipman, 33-35
PALMER, Nisbet, lieutenant, 138 ;
killed in action, 151-2
Pankhurst, Patty, tells a ghost
story, 4
Pardieu [or Purdue, Simon], midshipman,
248
Parker, Hyde, admiral, * Old Vinegar,’
11, 12, 82, 103-4
Parker, Sir Peter, vice-admiral,
23
Parr, Dr., assistant master at Harrow,
259-60 and n.
Parrots and monkeys, crew of an
African ship lived on, 42 ; roast
parrots, 51
Parry, William, admiral, 3, 174
Paton, George, master, 201
Patterson, George, master, 57, 58,
62
Paulett, Lord H., captain, 229,
233
Peard, S., captain, 229
Pearson, Sir Richard, captain,
taken prisoner, 38, 96
Peas in the after-hold, 167-8 andw.
Peers, captain of the marines,
232
Penn, Sir William, captured
Jamaica, 245
Pennants worn by transport
officers, 250, 265-6
Penrose, captain, 227-8
Perkins, captain, 229
Perkins, Robert, midshipman, his
song, 104; his joke, 105 ; 116
Peterson, Edmund, surgeon, 53
Peyton, Joseph, rear-admiral, 73,
90 ; admiral, 203
Peyton, Joseph, lieutenant, 8
INDEX 279
PHILLIMORE
Phillimore, Sir John, captain,
canes James, the author of the
Naval History, 131 n.
Phillips, quartermaster, his cheese
stolen by the raven, 89
Philpot, midshipman, goes to a
concert, 69; quarrels with
Gardner, 74; called * Toby
Philpot/ 92
Philps, William, gunner, 171
Phrases:
A dish of turnips, 43
A purser’s shirt in the rigging,
163
A tight hand of the watch, 65,
198
As if hell kicked us, 146
Bowed the sea, 186
Cross-jack brace eye, 107
Damn your eyes = cheer up,
174
Don’t come barking like a
tanner’s dog, 212
Easier than knot a rope yarn,
185
I say, Mortimer, 51
Jib a third in, 186
Make a fellow jump where
there was no stile, 65
My hat’s off, 108
No lame duck on change,
235
Play hell and turn up Jack,
43 »-,.65
Puddening the flats, 119
Serve out slops at the gangway,
in
Will you have your hammock
up? 100
Pickering, Richard, clerk, 40
Pierce, James, captain of
marines, 52
Piercy, Thomas, captain, 19 ; ill
health of, 21, 22; taken
prisoner, 38, 96
Pigs on board ship in action, 30
Pisa, carnival at, 140; public
buildings and pictures of, 140-1
Pitt, Thomas, midshipman, 153
Pole, Charles Morice, captain,
64
Poole, William, clerk, 171
REARDON
Popham, Sir Home, 212
Porter, George, mate, 202
Portland Race, danger of, 189
Portlock, Nathaniel, lieutenant,
an able navigator, 114
Potts, Henry, midshipman, 53
Poulden, Mr., 178-80
Poulden, Richard, captain, 178
Powell, Howell, assistant surgeon,
drowned in the Babet, 120
Price, Mr., purser, his generosity,
2I > 39
Pringle, William, midshipman,
would do for a scuttle butt,
67; visits sick messmate, 75 ;
* Ponderous and Huge,’ 93 & n.
Proby, William Alien, Lord,
midshipman, 154
Proctor, Alexander, assistant
surgeon, 63
Prowse, William, lieutenant,
reprimanded, 107; 113
Purser’s eights, 52 n.
Purvis, George, admiral’s secretary,
115
Pye, Sir Thomas, admiral, 10
Pye, William, schoolmaster, 45,
55, 120, 177
QUARRIER, Daniel, assistant
surgeon, 249
Quinton, John, mate, fond of gin
grog, 61 ; 63
RAINIER, Peter, admiral, 113
Ralfe, J., Naval Biography by,
228 n.
Ralph (i ), a raven, taken for the
Devil, 88-9
Ralph (2), a raven, a ‘most
sagacious creature,’ 257-8
Raven, superstitious dread of a,
88-9, 257-8
Rayner, Edmund, midshipman,
125
Rea, captain of marines, 243 ;
his rhymes on Jamaica, 245 ;
248
Reardon, Andrew, assistant surgeon,
sleeps in a cask, 48 ; 53
280 INDEX
REED
Reed, Davy, master, 89-91
Reeve, Samuel, captain, 22
Renwick, William, midshipman,
125
Resurgam Squadron, 145
Reynolds, Robert Carthew, captain,
99-100; lost in the St.
George, 113
Rice, James McPherson, midshipman,
a * great mathematician,’
123, 125
Rich, Sir Thomas, captain, 64
Richards, lieutenant, 199
Richards, John, lieutenant, promoted
from before the mast,
1J 5
Richardson, Henry, midshipman,
116
Richery, French admiral, his
squadron, 185, 190
Rinaldini, capitano, famous bandit,
137
Rivers, William, gunner, 120, 176
Roberts, George, midshipman,
249
Robson, John, lieutenant of
marines, 248
Roddam, midshipman, 116
Roddam, Robert, vice-admiral,
97, 107, 112
Rodney, Sir George, admiral,
12, 112, 182, 228
Rodney, the Hon. John, commodore,
156
Rogers, James, midshipman and
mate, 115
Rolles, Robert, midshipman, 14
Rollin, Mr. A., secretary to the
captain superintendent at
Sheerness, note by, 179
Rose, John, midshipman, 153
Roskruge, Francis, midshipman,
killed at Trafalgar, 94
Roskruge, John, master, 91
Ross, James, midshipman, onearmed,
118
Ross, lieutenant, 86, 113
Russell, William Paddy, midshipman,
124
Russian soldiers, filthy habits of,
207
Rutherford, captain, 229
SHIPS
SANDERS, James, midshipman,
93, 118; commander, 230
Sandford, John, midshipman, 53
Sandwich, Lord, first lord of the
admiralty, 3, 6
Saradine, Sol., 18
Sargent, Francis, mate, 92
Schomberg, Isaac, captain, superintendent
of Sea Fencibles,
251
Schoolmasters, naval, 79 n.
Scott, Alexander John, chaplain,
left behind at Toulon, 150; in
Victory at Trafalgar, 152
Scott, John, clerk, killed at
Trafalgar, 96
Scott, Samuel, master’s mate, a
blustering bully, 53
Scovell, Richard, midshipman,
killed in battle, 153
Scratch Alley, the boatswain of,
142
Scriven, Timothy, carpenter, 63
Seppings, John, midshipman, 125
Serocold, captain, death of, 147
Seymour, Lord Hugh, admiral,
commanding Jamaica station,
236
Shield, Mr., clergyman at Stoke,
17
Shield, William, captain, 144, 151
Ships :
Abergavenny, guard ship,
227, 229
Admiral de Vries, a cooperage,
227, 229
jEolus, 41, 229
Agamemnon, 131-2
Alacrity, brig, capture of
151-2
Albion, ii
Alcide, 115, 131, 155
Alert, 155-6
Alexander, 157
Alfred, 184
Alkmaar, 206 and n.
Ambuscade, 174
America, a hulk, 156, 227
229
Andromeda, 65, 148
Apollo, 117, 200, 249
Aquilon, 139
INDEX 281
SHIPS
Ships continued
Ardent, loss of, 147 and n.
Artois, 33
Audacious, 229
Aurora, 54
Babet, loss of, 120
Barfleur, Gardner’s service
in, 97-120 ; splendid ship’s
company, 100 ; officers of,
112-120; 80, 83, 151, 170,
176-7, 226
Bedford, n
Bellerophon, 113, 119, 229
Bellona, 119, 229, 232
Berwick, Gardner’s service
in, 126-54 ; sailed for the
Mediterranean, 126 ; bad
weather and phenomenal
rolling, 127 ; at Toulon,
127-8 ; detached to Tunis,
129-36 ; puts into Trapani,
137 ; and Leghorn, 139 ;
joins Hotham off Toulon,
143; officers of, 151-4;
captured, 152-3 ; 104, 121,
162, 170, 205
Bienfaisant, 104
Blanche, loss of, 208
Blenheim, 33, 226
Blonde, Gardner’s service in,
203-25; in very good order,
205 ; in great danger from
the pilots’ ignorance, 208-
211 ; comic incidents of,
212; south-easterly blizzard
off Guernsey, 220-21 ;
officers of, 224-5
Bonetta, sloop, loss of,
230
Boreas, Gardner borne in,
3-9 ; aground, 6 ; quarrel
with Foudroyant, 7 ; one
of the first copper-bottomed
ships (1775), 8;
officers of, 8, 9 ; 19, 64, 75,
?o, 115
Bristol, 25
Britannia, 94, 145
Brunswick, Gardner’s service
in, 226-49; with Cornwallis,
off Brest, 226, 234-
236 ; sent to Jamaica, 227,
SHIPS
Ships continued
237 ; with Howe on i June,
236 n. ; ship’s dog thrown
overboard, 241-2 ; thunderstorm,
246-7 ; officers of,
247-9
Buffalo, 25, 27-9; in the
battle on the Dogger Bank,
103 ; song on, 103-4
Caledonia, 79
Calypso, 230
Cambridge, court martial
held on board of, 199
Captain, 227, 229, 234, 241
Carnatic, 227-8
Centaur, lost, 26, 79
Cerberus, 22
Colossus, 64, 113
Commerce de Marseilles,
155, 170, 172
Conflagration, fireship, 121
Conqueror, Gardner borne in,
10-14 ; review at Spithead,
10; sails for North America,
10; <a dreadful passage’
and very large sick list,
II ; officers of, 12-14 ; 3, 6,
19
Conquistador, 112, 214
Cornwall, n
Countess of Scarborough,
hired ship, 38
Crown, 22, 33, 64-5
Culloden, n, 64
Cumberland, 82, 227-8
Dauphin Royal, Fr., renamed
Sans Culotte, 145
Decade, 229
Defence, 229, 233
Dictator, 203
Dido, 229
Diligente, 24, 50
Dolphin, 104
Dordrecht, 203 ;/.
Dromedary, 22
Druid, 229
Duke, 123
Dunkirk, 32
Duquesne, Fr., 130-31
Echo, 41
Eclair, Fr. corvette, capture
of, 126
282 INDEX
SHIPS
Ships continued
Edgar, Gardner’s service in,
64-96; court martial on
board of, 73-4 ; officers of,
90-6; 29, 39, 45, 52, 97,
108, 112, 118, 124, 157,
229, 233
Elephant, 227-8, 232
Endymion, 72-3
Etna, 12
Europa, 205, 222
Euryalus, 202
Fame, n
Favorite, Fr. privateer, captured,
188 ; in Portland
Race, 189; luxuries on
board of, 200
Formidable, 182, 228
Fortitude, 104, 143
Foudroyant, 7, 29, 62, 117,
136 .
Frangaise, Fr., 230
Ganges, 227, 229
Glebb, Russian, 184
Glorieux, French prize, lost,
26
Goliath, 25, 30, 226, 228,
234, 239
Gorgon, Gardner’s service in,
155-71; goes ‘bump on
shore/ 156; ‘a noble seaboat/
157 ; nearly runs on
Bolt Head, 158 ; runs
amok at Spithead, ib. ;
officers of, 170-1
Grafton, n
Grampus, 51
Growler, brig, capture of, 95
Guadeloupe, n
Hebe, 57, 65
Hector, French prize, lost,
26
Hector, guard-ship, 76
Hercules, Dutch prize, renamed
Orestes, 56
Hercules, 80
Hermione, French prize,
victualler, 22
Hermione re-captured, 176
Hind, 44, 176; Gardner’s
service in, 178-202 ; captures
smuggler, 181 ;
SHIPS
Ships continued
presses her crew, 181 ;
succession of gales, 182-
185 ; chased by Richery’s
squadron, 185-7 ; captures
French privateer, 188 ;
officers put on shore in the
mutiny, 192-3 ; officers of,
201-2
Hindostan, store-ship, 229
Hope, transport, 37
Hope, 74
Illustrious, 131, 146
Impregnable, 14
Invincible, the old, lost on
the Dean, 6 ; the new, n
Jamaica, 18
Janus, 233
Juno, frigate, 143
Languedoc, Fr., 74
Lark, 230
Lawrence, brig, 41
Leopard, 180
Leviathan, 78, 228
Lion, 62, 233
London, 12, 81 ; mutiny at
Spithead, 192
Lowestoft, 131
Lutine, 202 ; loss of, 208
Macedonian, capture of, 95
Magnificent, 64
Majestic, 229
Marlborough, 8, 117
Mars, Dutch prize, re-named
Pylades, 56
Mars, 5, 8
Medusa, 182, 192
Medway, 33
Melampus, 227, 229
Merlin, 41
Minerve, 66
Minotaur, 123, 125
Modeste, 155-6
Monmouth, 10, 136, 197,
243
Monsieur, 22-3
Montagu, 184
Naiad, 229
Namur, 197
Nassau, loss of, 213
Nemesis, 131
Ne’re’ide, 229
INDEX 283
SHIPS
Ships continued
Orestes, a prize from the
Dutch, 56 ; Gardner’s service
in, 56-63; fire on
board, 57 ; loss of, 62;
officers of, 62-3
Orion, 229, 233
Overyssel, 203 n.
Pallas, formerly Minerva,
213
Panther, Gardner’s service
in, 19-40; messing on
board, 20-21 ; makes three
prizes, 22; in a gale, 25-6 ;
at Gibraltar, 27; off C.
Spartel, 29-32 ; regrets at
paying off, 33; mutinous
spirit of men, 37; officers
of, 38-40; 179
Pearl, 155-6
Pdgase, 80, 88
Pelican, 230
Penelope, 62
Phaeton, courts martial on
captain and officers of,
73-4 n.
Pigmy, cutter, prize, 22
Powerful, 229, 232-3
Preston, 104, 147
Prince George, 10, 91, 188
Princess Amelia, song by a
seaman of, 103-4
Princess Charlotte, accident
at the launch of, 238-9
Princess Royal, 11-13, 80,
129, 213, 228, 247
Proselyte, court martial on
master of, 41
Proserpine, capture of, 116
Pylades, 56
Quebec, 244
Queen, Gardner’s service in,
121-5; officers of, 123-5;
82,87
Queen Charlotte, 98
Raisonnable, 21, 29
Ramillies, 12, 13
Rattler, sloop, 94
Raven, 230
Recovery, 22
Renown, 74
Resolution, 229
SHIPS
Ships continued
Ripon, 22
Robust, 229
Romney, 102
Rose, transport, 37
Rover, sloop, lost, 8
Royal George, loss of, 23-4;
8, 52, 99.
Royal Louis, Fr., 30
Royal Oak, 11
Royal Sovereign, 13
Royal William, 24, 29, 158
Ruby, 29, 151
Russell, ii
Sabina, Spanish frigate, 66
St. Fiorenzo, 155-6
St. George, loss of, 113, 129,
*45
St. Michael, prize, 27
Salisbury, Gardner’s service
in, 41-52 ; Hell afloat, 41;
75 dogs on board, 42; fog
off Newfoundland, 42; in
a gale, 43; logged 296 k.
in 24 hours, 43; much
bullying on board, 43-6;
feud with Grampus, 50, 51;
officers of, 52-5; 68, 114-
116, 120, 175-7
Sandwich, 23
Sans Culotte, Fr., re-named
1’Orient, 145
Sans Pareil, 114, 227-8
Santa Leocadia, 41
Saturn, 81
Scipio, 65
Solebay, 97
Solitaire, Fr., capture of, 151
Speedwell, smuggling lugger,
capture of, 181
Speedy, brig, 131
Spencer, 228
Standard, 203
Stately, 99
Suffolk, 22
Sultan, ii
Superb, 38
Surveillante, Fr., 244
Te’meraire, 228
Terpsichore, 116
Terrible, 145
Theseus, 229
284 INDEX
SHIPS
Ships continued
Thisbe, 41, 229
Thorn, 41
Thunderer, lost, 50
Tonnant, Fr., 147 n.
Topaze, heavy death-roll,
230; 155-6
Tremendous, 198
Trent, 196, 229
Trimmer, 65
Tromp, 206 n.
Trusty, 242
Union, 29
Unite*, 131
Valiant, 98, 148
Vanguard, 229
Vengeance, 25, 28-9, 227,
229-30, 233
Victory, lost on the Casquets,
100 n. ; carries Howe’s flag,
25, 29 ; Gardner’s service
in, 172-6; officers of, 176-7 ;
54,66,99,126,148,152,158
Vigilant, 22
Ville de Paris, lost, 26
Warrior, 229
Weasel, 191
Weymouth, store-ship, 206
William Tell, 62
Woolwich, store-ship, 171
Zealous, 229, 233
Shirley, lieutenant, 133-4, 136,
J.5 2 .
Shirt in the rigging, 163 and n.
Shovell, Sir Clowdisley, his last
moorings, 158
Shuldham, Lord, vice-admiral,
.32
Silence in working ship, 108 & n.
Silva, Emanuel, midshipman, 94,
118
Simmers, Mr., his dog, 5-6
Simmonds, Mr., formerly of the
Panther, 179
Simmonds, Richard, lieutenant,
4 Gentleman Jack/ 114
Simmonds, Samuel, midshipman,
sees ghost, 36 ; 39
Simohds, Richard, midshipman,
117,177
Simonton, Robert, captain, 21,
28,38
SPICER
Skene, midshipman, 18
Skerret, Robert, midshipman, 40,
54
Skinner, Stephen, midshipman,
116
Skynner, Launcelot, captain, his
ship lost, 208
Slade, James, midshipman, 93
Slops, list of, 46 ; ‘ served out at
the gangway,7 111 n.
Smith, Charles, gunner, 53
Smith, Sir Sidney, burns ships at
Toulon, 145 n.
Smith, Walter, lieutenant of
marines/13
Smock frock, mention of, 46 & n.
Smollett, his monument, 143 n.
Snow-eaters, 51
Soap-suds, a pedantic lieutenant
so called, 109
Songs and Verses :
Prologue, i
To my veteran friends, 3
1 Don’t you see the ships
a-coming ?’ 16
Commodore Gale, 69
On asking for leave, 72
1 There’s nothing like grog/
77
‘When first they impressed
me/ 84
On washing the decks, 88
The battle on the Dogger
Bank, 103-4
‘Billy the cook got drunk/
104
On General Dundas, 148
Bryan O’Lynn, 168-9
On two lubberly pilots, 211
On Fegan’s impressment,
214-15
A Baltimore wedding, 215-
216
Eileen Aroon, 222
‘Jolly tars, have you heard
the news ?’ 235
‘ On Newgate Steps/ 242
On Venables and Penn, 245
Spence, David, midshipman, 95
Spencer, Earl of, first lord of the
admiralty, 44, 174-6
Spicer, Robert, midshipman, 119
INDEX 285
STACK
Stack, Thomas, his yarns, 50 ; 55
Stamp, mayor of Queensborough
and pilot, 180
Stephens, George Hopewell, captain,
226-7, 229, 231, 233-4,
236, 243, 246-7
Sterne, his Sentimental Journey,
143 n.
Stevens, midshipman, 61, 63;
complimented by Sir Roger
Curtis, 61; made a gunner, 63
Stevens, John, mate, 91
Stevenson, captain, keeps the
Blue Peter flying, 222-3
Steward sewed up in a bullock’s
hide, 135
Stewart, Charles, lieutenant, 151
Stiles, John, lieutenant, 45, 52,
68-9, 9 1
Stocker, Charles Maurice, lieutenant,
killed in action, 114
Storace, musical composer, song
by, 72
Strahan, Sir Richard, captures
Dumanoir’s squadron, 201
Street, James, purser, 62
Strico, Anthony, his sign, 128
Sturges, Robert, midshipman,
killed in action, 30; his ghost
walks, 36 ; 39
Suckling, William, 132 n.
Sumner, Dr., headmaster of
Harrow, his death, 259 n.
Surgeon of Orestes violently
mad, 57-8
Susan, Black-eyed, 36
Swanson, Jacob, gunner, 9
Swiney, Noel, midshipman, 125
TALBOT, John, signal midshipman,
K.C.B., 115
Tatham, midshipman, 116
Tause, Hector, gunner, 152
Taylor, surgeon in the navy,
hanged, 18
Taylor, Andrew Bracey, lieutenant,
114
Taylor, James, midshipman, 39
Taylor, James, midshipman, afterwards
pilot at Deal, 39
Taylor, R, A,, midshipman, 249
TUCKER
Temperature at Jamaica, 231 n.
Temple, Francis, midshipman,
117
Test Act, 178 n.
Thomas, James, mate, 224
Thompson, Alexander, assistant
surgeon, 40
Thompson, Andrew James, midshipman,
92
Thompson, Charles, captain,
* gruff as the devil/ 67 ; his
order as to dress, 68 ; 3, 7, 8,
64,90, 115
Thompson, Edward, captain,
poet, 51
Thompson, Lennox, mate, 8
Thompson, Norborne, midshipman,
5 5; lieutenant, 115
Thompson, William, clerk, 125
Thornbrough, Edward, captain,
65
Thurot, his squadron captured,
112
Tidy, Thomas H., midshipman,
117
Tillman, acting-lieutenant, 38
Tinling, Charles, midshipman,
124
Toby, Jonas, clerk, author of the
plan of Trafalgar, 202
Tomlinson, clerk, 151 ; misadventure
on a donkey, 162
Towry, George Henry, captain,
145, 148, 151,205
Trapani, historical associations
of, 137; the biter bit, 138;
mummied friars, 138-9
Tremlett, George, master, 52
Tremlett, George Neate, midshipman,
55
Tremlett, Richard Stiles, midshipman,
killed in a duel, 55
Tresahar, John, midshipman, 95
Tripp, George, captain, court
martial on, 213 and n.
Trogoff, French admiral, 170 n.
Trogoff, Madame, French admiral’s
widow, 170
Trotter, Thomas, surgeon, author
and poet, 91
Troughton, Ellis, lieutenant, 13
Tucker, John, purser, 224
286 INDEX
TUCKER
Tucker, Robert, mate, 152
Tunis, the squadron at, 131-2 ;
Bey of, sends presents, 134-5
Turnips, dish of, 43 n.
Twisden, John, midshipman, 95
Tyler, Charles, captain, 65, 229
Tyrwhitt, John, midshipman,
Marshal at Gibraltar, 54
URRY, John, captain, his hospitality,
58
VAGG, Henry, surgeon’s mate,
runs amok with the snuffers,
149; 154
Valobra, James, midshipman, encounter
with Turks, 133; at
Leghorn, 139 ; 153
Vansittart, Henry, midshipman,
177
Venables, his capture of Jamaica,
245
Ventriloquist, tricks of a, 84-5
Verses see Songs
Vincent, Richard Budd, midshipman,
54; lieutenant, 175-6
Vosper, William, Gardner’s
schoolfellow, midshipman, 17,
72,94, 142, 152
WADDLE, coxswain, a noted
boxer, 7
Waddle, J. H., writer, 249
Wade, John, master, 38
Wade, William, midshipman, 249
Wadeson, Richard, vicar of Fairlight,
259; his high character,
260
Waghorn, Martin, captain, court
martial on, 24 and n.
Walker, captain, 229
Walker, James, captain, broke by
court martial, 242 ; reinstated,
ib.
Wall, William, lieutenant, court
martial on, 73-4
Waller, Smithson, purser, 248
Wallis, surgeon, runs amok, 57-8 ;
63
WISEMAN
Wallis, captain, 148, 155-6, 158-
160, 168-70
Wallsingham, commodore, lost
in the Thunderer, 50
Wangford, George, midshipman
and mate, 8 ; death of, 75 ; 92
Wardrope, David, surgeon, court
martial on, 73-4
Watson, boatswain, rope’s ends
the schoolmaster, 77; boatswain
with Paul Jones, 96 ;
broke by court martial, 96
Watson, John, mate, 91
Watson, Thomas, a ruggedmuzzled
midshipman, 19-20 ; a
glorious noisy fellow, 39
Webb, Henry, master, his strange
fancies, 216-17 ; ms adventure
at Lisbon, 217; chased by
fishermen, 217-18 ; his quarrel
with the second lieutenant,
218 ; 224
Webb, Noah, lieutenant, 107
Weevil victualling yard, 107 n.
Welland, Richard, lieutenant, 90
Weller, Hannah, supposed witch,
256-7
Whistler, Webster, rector of
Hastings and New Timber,
260 ; a militant parson, 261-2
White, George, the purser, put
on shore in the mutiny, 193; 201
White, Robert, surgeon, 13 – Wilkie, John, master, court
martial on, 73, 74
Wilkinson, John, lawyer, 18
Wilkinson, William, midshipman,
93
Willcocks, William, clerk, 55
William Henry, H.R.H. Prince
(afterwards William IV.), captain
65 ; visits the Barfleur, 98 ;
Duke of Clarence, 148
Williams, lieutenant, 13
Williams, William, lieutenant of
marines, 8
Wills, Methuselah, master, anecdotes
of, 237-8, 247-8
Wilson, Robert, midshipman,
died of yellow fever, 249
Wilson, Thomas, surgeon’s mate, 9
Wiseman, William, gunner, 248
INDEX 287
WOLFE
Wolfe, George, midshipman and
mate, 176
Wolridge, captain, 174
Wolseley, William, captain, 131 n.
Woodley, captain, 131
Wooldridge, William, midshipman,
124
Worrall, John, lieutenant, 224
Worsley, captain, 206
YATES, Thomas L., purser, puts
the island of Pantalaria into
quarantine, 137; at the carnival,
140; 152
YOUNG
Yelland, William, carpenter, 236,
248
Yetts, John, lieutenant, his
strange dress and manners,
70; his character, 71 ; song
on, 72; hates the Barfleur,
85-6; 90
Yetts, Robert, midshipman, 94;
invalided, 151
Yorke, Sir Joseph, strings in his
shoes, 108; 189
Young, Mrs., an infernal vixen,
161
Young, Mr., keeps an hotel at
Cadiz, 161