The Nation and the Navy: A History of Naval Life and PolicyCresset Press, 1954 - 287 sider |
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Side 163
... victory of the war was won off Cape St. Vincent on St. Valentine's Day , 1797. It was indeed true , as ' old Jarvie ' muttered to himself as he led his fifteen ships against twenty - six Spaniards coming round from the Mediterranean ...
... victory of the war was won off Cape St. Vincent on St. Valentine's Day , 1797. It was indeed true , as ' old Jarvie ' muttered to himself as he led his fifteen ships against twenty - six Spaniards coming round from the Mediterranean ...
Side 187
... Victory was still a mile away from the enemy line . His ships attacked in line of bearing , each steering down on her opposite number . By all the rules of gunnery Nelson's ship , leading a more perpendicular approach , should never ...
... Victory was still a mile away from the enemy line . His ships attacked in line of bearing , each steering down on her opposite number . By all the rules of gunnery Nelson's ship , leading a more perpendicular approach , should never ...
Side 189
... Victory , followed the hearse on that bright wintry morning . The ship's shot - torn ensign was carried by twelve of her crew and was to have been laid upon the coffin as it was lowered into the grave . At the last moment it was torn to ...
... Victory , followed the hearse on that bright wintry morning . The ship's shot - torn ensign was carried by twelve of her crew and was to have been laid upon the coffin as it was lowered into the grave . At the last moment it was torn to ...
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action Admiralty allies American Anson Armada army attack Baltic battle battleships became began blockade Board of Admiralty Brest Britain British Cadiz called Cape Captain captured century Channel Fleet coast colonies command convoy Crimean War cruisers deck defeat defence Drake Duke Dutch East Elizabethan Empire enemy England English Europe fighting flagship force fought France French frigates galleasse galleon German Gibraltar Grand Fleet guns harbour hundred invasion island King land later lieutenant Lord High Admiral Marines maritime Mediterranean merchant midshipman Minorca modern Napoleon nation naval history naval officer navigation Nelson never North peace Peninsular War Pepys Pitt port Queen Royal Navy sail sailors Sandwich sea power seamen sent ships shore signal soon Spain Spanish squadron strategy submarines success tactics tion took Toulon trade treaty troops U.S. Navy victory Vincent voyage warship West Indies