The Naval Chronicle: Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511731846

The Naval Chronicle, published in 40 volumes between 1799 and 1818, is a key source for British maritime and military history. This reissue is the first complete printed reproduction of what was the most influential maritime publication of its day. The subjects covered range from accounts of battles and lists of ships to notices of promotions and marriages, courts martial and deaths, and biographies, poetry and letters. Each volume also contains engravings and charts relating to naval engagements and important harbours around the world. Volume 30, published in 1813, contains many eyewitness accounts of British naval battles with French and American ships. It also includes coverage of a plague outbreak in Valetta (Malta), with descriptions of symptoms and prescribed medication, technical articles on a demonstration of torpedoes and on improvements to the storm compass used for navigation, and a biography of Sir Erasmus Gower, admiral and governor of Newfoundland.

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The Naval Chronicle

Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects

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Frontmatter
pp i-iii

PLATES IN VOLUME XXX: From Original Designs
pp iv-iv

PREFACE TO THE THIRTIETH VOLUME
pp v-viii

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE HON. CAPTAIN COURTENAY BOYLE, R.N. COMMISSIONER OF THE TRANSPORT BOARD
pp 1-88

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF CAPTAIN JAMES MANDERSON, R.N.
pp 89-176

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE WILLIAM TRUSCOTT, ESQ. BEAR-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE
pp 177-264

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR, OF ADMIRAL SIR ERASMUS GOWER, GIVEN IN THE FOURTH VOLUME OF THE NAVAL CHRONICLE, PAGE 257
pp 265-360

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE CAPTAIN JAMES NEWMAN NEWMAN
pp 361-448

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF LIEUT. WILLIAM ELLETSON KING, R.N.
pp 449-522

INDEX
pp 523-536

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