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Active 454-5
admiral 420, 438, 442, 443, 450, 451, 453, 455
Admiralty 434, 437, 442, 455
Amethyst 451, 452, 453
Anson, Captain 454
ballinger 415
boatswain 439, 443, 453
call 445, 449
brig 415, 416, 429, 437
Britannia (Old Ironsides) 428
Caesar 413
Camperdown, Battle of 451
captain 415, 420, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 432, 437, 439, 443, 447, 448, 449, 450, 453, 455
carrack 415
Charles I 414, 415
Charles II 414
Cinque Ports 413
Claudius 413
Cléopâtre 458, 459
Cochrane, Lord 429, 441, 459
cog 415
Collingwood, Captain 449–50
commander 415, 436–7
commission 435
commodore 455
Commonwealth, wars of 414
corvette 437
cutter 415
decks 417, 418
discipline 442, 449–50
flogging 449–50
Duncan, Admiral 451, 459
East-Indiaman 414, 454
El Gamo 429
Elizabeth I 414
Favourite 454-5
Fighting Instructions 450
fire-ship 415
food at sea 440–1, 446-8
frigate 416, 417, 420, 421, 422, 429, 437, 438
gunner 425-6, 427, 439, 443, 450, 453
guns 415, 416 418, 420, 424, 425–30, 451–2
carronade 428–9, 430
firing 427–8, 429, 430
loading 426
Hébé 429
Henry Grace à Dieu 415
Henry VIII 414, 415
Hermione 450, 454, 455
Hitler 413
hold 445, 450
Howe, Lord 442, 459
Hyaena 429
impress service 441
Jervis, Sir John 451
lieutenant 415, 420, 434, 435–6, 437, 443, 447, 448, 453
Marines 414, 426, 429, 449, 453
master 415, 438
masts 416, 421, 421, 422, 422
merchantman 441
midshipman 415, 433, 434, 439, 444
Napoleon 413, 414
Navy Board 414
Navy Office 434, 438
Nelson 426, 432, 438, 441, 442, 449, 451, 459
Nile, Battle of the 451
Nymphe 458
pay 442, 443–4
Pellew, Captain 458, 459
Pepys, Samuel 414
Pigot, Captain 449
pinnace 415
polacre 416
post-captain 415, 437, 438
press-gang 414, 441
prize money 435, 453
purser 436, 438–9, 443, 453
quota system 441
Raigersfeld, Admiral 440
Rainbow 428–9
rear admiral 438, 443
rigging 418, 421, 428, 439, 452
Rodney 451
row-barge 415
Royal Navy 413, 414, 415, 416, 418, 436, 455, 456, 459
sails 421, 422, 423, 424, 439, 443, 451
St Vincent, Battle of 451, 459
Saumarez 441
Sawyer, Captain 454
Seymour, Captain Michael 451–2, 459
shallop 415
shipbuilding 416, 417
sloop 415, 436, 437
Speedy 430
Spithead mutiny 442
Thétis 451, 452, 453
Trafalgar, Battle of 436, 451
uniform 432, 434, 435, 436–7
Victory 417, 418
watches 439, 445–6
weapons 430, 431 see also guns
William the Conquerer 413
yards 416–7, 421, 423, 424, 450
York, Duke of 414