Index

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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