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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Key Dates
Part One: The Navy in Peace, War and Revolutions
Chapter 1: The End of the First Royal Navy, c.1588-1649
Chapter 2: Republic, Restoration and the Wars with the Dutch
Chapter 3: Naval Administration
Chapter 4: The Navy, Naval Warfare and the British People
Part Two: Types of Ship
Chapter 5: The Principles of Ship Design
Chapter 6: First to Third Rates
Chapter 7: Fourth to Sixth Rates
Chapter 8: Unrated Ships and Vessels
Part Three: Shipbuilding
Chapter 9: Ship Construction
Chapter 10: Fitting of Ships
Chapter 11: Masts, Sails and Rigging
Chapter 12: Armament
Part Four: Officers
Chapter 13: Sea-Officers: Commissioned Officers
Chapter 14: The Commissioned Officers: ‘Gentlemen’ and ‘Tarpaulins’
Chapter 15: Warrant Officers
Chapter 16: Pay, Prize Money and ‘Good Voyages’
Part Five: The Methods of, and Obstacles to, Naval Recruitment
Chapter 17: The Problem of Naval Recruitment
Chapter 18: Other Methods of Naval Recruitment
Chapter 19: The Merchant Service
Chapter 20: Privateers
Part Six: Naval Crews
Chapter 21: Seamen’s Condition of Service
Chapter 22: Seamen, Petty Officers and Others
Chapter 23: Soldiers, Marines and Volunteers
Chapter 24: Prisoners of War
Part Seven: The Work of the Ship
Chapter 25: Organisation and the Ship’s Day
Chapter 26: Seamanship
Chapter 27: Gunnery and Fighting
Chapter 28: Navigation
Part Eight: Shipboard Life
Chapter 29: The Necessities of Life
Chapter 30: Rewards and Pleasures
Chapter 31: Discipline
Chapter 32: Mutiny and Desertion
Chapter 33: Medicine and Health
Chapter 34: Disasters
Chapter 35: Religion
Part Nine: Dockyards, Bases and Victualling
Chapter 36: The Work and Facilities of the Dockyards
Chapter 37: Dockyard Officers and Workforce
Chapter 38: Anchorages and Naval Bases
Chapter 39: Overseas Facilities
Chapter 40: The Victualling Organisation
Part Ten: Foreign Navies
Chapter 41: The Dutch Navy
Chapter 42: The French Navy
Chapter 43: The Barbary Corsairs
Chapter 44: Other Foreign Naval Forces
Part Eleven: Strategy and Deployment
Chapter 45: Strategy in the Anglo-Dutch Wars
Chapter 46: The Main Fleet
Chapter 47: The Mediterranean and Global Operations
Chapter 48: Convoys, Cruisers and ‘Station Ships’
Part Twelve: Tactics and Battle
Chapter 49: Fighting Tactics: The Evolution and Development of the Line of Battle
Chapter 50: The Battle of Scheveningen
Chapter 51: The Battle of Lowestoft
Chapter 52: The Battle of the Texel
Part Thirteen: Aftermath
Chapter 53: The ‘Glorious Revolution’ and the Beginning of the French War
Chapter 54: The Nine Years War and Beyond
Chapter 55: Legacies
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Appendix
Further Reading
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