The Naval History of Great Britain: 1811-1827Stackpole Books, 2002 - 568 pages William M. James's Naval History is one of the most valuable works in the English language on the operation of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. James corresponded widely with the survivors of the events he describes. By carefully evaluating and balancing conflicting reports and testimonies, he achieved an accuracy often lacking in later studies. The original five volumes were published in 1822 to 1824, with a six-volume edition appearing in 1826. This new hard-cover edition, with an introduction by the noted naval historian Andrew Lambert as well as an index for each volume, provides both scholars and maritime enthusiasts an accessible and affordable edition of this important work. Volume V features the 1808-1811 operations of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean and Baltic seas, as well as its involvement in the Peninsular War. In Volume VI, the United States enters the war at sea, and the 1811-1827 battles feature vessels such as the USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, Chesapeake and Shannon, United States and Macedonian. |
Contents
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LIGHT SQUADRONS AND SINGLE SHIPS 1 Little Belt and President 3 | 26 |
Capture of Java | 39 |
BRITISH AND FRENCH FLEETS 40 State of the British navy ibid | 54 |
Boats of Osprey near Heligoland 55 Boats of Horatio on coast | 61 |
Victorious and Rivoli ibid Boats of Pilot and Thames at Policastro | 68 |
Lieutenant Dwyer at Binendom 72 Boats of Becchante at Port Lemo | 74 |
Minerva and Essex 87 Alert and Essex 88 Rattler | 92 |
Lieutenant Polkinghorne at the Rappahannock ibid Rearadmiral | 231 |
Junon and American gunboats ibid Unsuccessful attack on Craney | 253 |
Hebrus and Etoile 265 Niger and Tagus with Cérès | 267 |
278 Majestic with Atalnate and Terpsichore 279 Loire | 278 |
Phoebe and Essex 284 Orpheus and Frolic 290 | 290 |
Epervier and Peacock 292 Reindeer and Wasp 429 Avon | 302 |
Capture of Washington 309 Captain Gordon | 317 |
at Pettipague 325 Lieutenant Garland at Wareham ibid Pique | 328 |
Action of the Guerrière and Constitution | 100 |
Guerrière and Constitution 94 Frolic and Wasp 110 Macedonian | 125 |
Java and Constitution 126 Laura and Diligent | 139 |
BRITISH AND AMERICAN NAVIES 141 State of the British navy ibid | 153 |
AND SINGLE SHIPS 156 Blazer and Brevdrageren in the Elbe ibid | 165 |
Snap and five French luggers ibid Sir George Collier off north | 179 |
Capture of Rovigno Ragosniza and Triest ibid Bacchante | 191 |
Peacock and Hornet 192 Shannon and Chesapeake 196 Alexandria | 225 |
Expedition to the Penohscot 329 British and Americans on Canadian | 335 |
Capture of schooners Tigress and Scorpion 337 Capture | 349 |
Pilot engages Légère ibid Proceedings at Martinique 355 LIGHT | 361 |
Endymion and President 362 St Lawrence and Chasseur 370 | 370 |
Levant and Cyane with Constitution 372Third Chase and escape | 395 |
to 1820 | 412 |
British and American 74s 413 Sir Robert Seppings improvements | 418 |
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