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THE
NAVAL HISTORY CH. 1827.
OF
GREAT BRITAIN,
FROM THE
Declaration of War
BY FRANCE, IN FEBRUARY 1793,
TO THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE IV. IN JANUARY 1820.
BY WILLIAM JAMES.
A NEW EDITION,
WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING DIAGRAMS.
OF ALL THE PRINCIPAL ACTIONS.
Vérité sans peur.
IN SIX VOLUMES.-VOL. I.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR HARDING, LEPARD, AND CO.
PALL-MALL EAST.
1826.
ΤΟ
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ROBERT VISCOUNT MELVILLE,
BARON DUNIRA,
KNIGHT OF THE MOST ANCIENT AND MOST NOBLE
ORDER OF THE Thistle,
FIRST LORD COMMISSIONER OF THE ADMIRALTY,
&c. &c. &c.
THIS WORK
IS,
WITH HIS LORDSHIP'S PERMISSION,
MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,
BY
THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS.
VOL. I.
1488 to 1792.
INTRODUCTION-First ship of war-Cannon-Portholes, 2-Two
important improvements in ships of war, 5-Origin of ships'
rates, 6-The unrated classes, 7-Old MS. list of the navy,
9-Calibers of guns, 10-Ancient and modern shot, 11-Im-
proved classification of the ships, 13-Decks of a ship of war,
15-First decks armed with guns, 17-Decks of a ship of
war, 19-Origin of the term gangway, 21-Meaning of the
term flush-decked, 23-Ambiguity in other naval terms, 25-
Flush and quarterdecked ships, 27-Line-of-battle ships, 28-
Frigates, 29-British frigates modelled from the French, 31-
Constant-Warwick, the first british frigate, 33-Made a two-
decker, 35-The classification of foreign navies, 37-English
frigate-classes, 39--First genuine english frigate, 41-English
and foreign 18-pounder frigates, 43-The post-ship classes,
45-Invention of the carronade, 47-Establishment of car-
ronades for each class, 49-Dispute between the ordnance and
navy boards, 50-Advantages of the carronade shown, 53-
Distinction between "guns" and "carronades," 55-Large
and small calibers compared, 57-Calibers of english and
foreign guns, 59-Remarks on the tonnage of ships of war,
61-Cause of variety of size in british navy, 63.
1792-3.
FIRST FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 65-War declared against
England, &c., 67—British AND FRENCH FLEETS, 68—State of
the british navy, 69-Captains and commanders, 71-Dutch,
spanish, russian, and other navies, 73-Comparative state of
the french navy, 75-French seamen, 77-Armament of french
ships, ibid.-First republican fleet at sea, 79-Lord Howe's
first cruise, 80-Lord Howe and M. Morard-de-Galles, 82—
Description of Brest, 84-Lord Howe and M. Vanstabel, 86––
Description of Toulon, 91-Lord Hood at Toulon, 94-Com-
modore Linzee at Forneilli, 122-French frigates at Genoa
and Spezzia, 125–Light squaADRONS AND SINGLE SHIPS, 126—
Scourge and Sans-Culotte, 127-Lieutenant Western, ibid.-
Bedford and Leopard, 129-Recapture of the San-Iago, ibid.-