Reminder from: Hornblower-L Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/cal Anniversary of Denis O'Dea's death Thursday November 5, 2009 All Day ...
[In the Mediterranean] On the evening of the 31st of October, after dark, the squadron bore up, with a fresh south-east wind, for the bay of Rosas ; and soon...
For those interested in more general maritime stuff- ... Published by EH.NET (October 2009) Philip MacDougall, editor, _Chatham Dockyard, 1815-1865: The...
With his administration in disarray and deeply unpopular, the strain had proved too much for the former British Prime Minister, the elderly Duke of Portland...
[In the Naval Chronicle] Government have received despatches from Mr. Jackson, our ambassador in America, by Mr. Erskine, our late Minister there. These...
[from a British officer's journal, involved in the recent action] The 27th, light airs and foggy weather, making the best of our way to join the fleet. We...
Napoleon, having travelled all night, arrives at Fontainebleau at 9:00 a.m. He has been absent from Paris for 197 days. ... [In the Mediterranean] At dark (on...
Napoleon, having travelled all night, passes through Bar-le-Duc [10:00 a.m.] and Epernay. He will not stop for the night. ... [In the Mediterranean] On the...
Napoleon, having travelled all night, passes through Karlsruhe, and Rastadt, and Strasbourg. He will not stop for the night. ... [In the Mediterranean] The...
[In Indonesia] On the 23d of October the French squadron, having signalized itself [regarding its recent visitation upon a British East India company...
Napoleon departs Nymphenburg at 5:00 a.m., and passes through Augsburg. He does not stop for the night. ... [In the Mediterranean] On the next morning (the...
[In the Mediterranean] On the 21st, in the morning, Rear-admiral Baudin, with the Robuste, Borée, and Lion, the two 40-gun frigates Pauline and Pomone, and a...
Reminder from: Hornblower-L Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/cal Trafalgar Day Wednesday October 21, 2009 All Day (This event repeats...
Napoleon arrives today at Nymphenburg at 8:30 a.m., and visits the King of Bavaria. ... By the early part of October the fleet at anchor in Toulon road...
Thanks to Pip for his posts while I was out of town (chauffeuring my father this time). ======================= [The Scheldt expedition] On October 17, Private...
[In Indonesia] In the summer of the present year the French commodore Hamelin, in command of the frigates Vénus. and Manche, and accompanied by the 14-gun...
[From a record of shipwrecks] The gunbrig Dominica, formerly the French 14-gun privateer Tape a L'Oeil, was captured by the British in 1807 and during this...
[the Scheldt expedition] The commander-in-chief, Sir Eyre Coote, wrote constantly to Lord Castlereagh about the dire situation, and on 6 October he informed...
Reminder from: Hornblower-L Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/cal Ioan Gruffudd's birthday Tuesday October 6, 2009 All Day (This event...
[the Scheldt expedition] Dr McGrigor's first task was to inspect all the hospitals, following which he urged that veteran soldiers be sent from England as...
YES, We do have a web page, but it may be removed from geocities. It is: http://www.geocities.com/ussunitedstates/edu.html It is not the best and has flaws,...
See: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084726/trivia Regarding the second (original) Star Trek Movie, "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan" "Director Nicholas Meyer...
Deb, Try on the net: Justin's: United States Navy Uniforms and Insignia http://users.sisna.com/justinb/unifhome.HTMl Marc ... What's a good reference for the...
During my early research on the gallant frigate USS UNITED STATES, I came across too many conflicts in her history. It was because of these that I decided to...
I thought the UNITED STATES acquired the "Covered WAgon" nickname because she had an extra deckhouse on the poop, the windage of which affected the sailing ...
To all and sundry, Does anyone know what size were the main and secondary guns aboard the Natividad? I would think that if she had stanardized armament for a...
[the Scheldt expedition] The next day, the badly damaged Venerable was brought into Flushing under jury masts. [Later the Venerable was towed back to England...
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