From an actual letter in The Naval Chronicle: Letter from Mr. William Munro, Schoolmaster, of Thurso, to Dr. Thorrence, regarding a Mermaid seen by him some...
How wonderful-one yearns to know if the correspondence was continued and what may have come of his. I also have a mental image of the typesetters at the naval...
Reminder from: Hornblower-L Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/cal Anniversary of Gregory Peck's death Friday June 12, 2009 All Day (This...
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On the 13th of June, at 8 a.m., Cape Bon bearing south-west distant seven miles, the British 38-gun frigate Pomone, Captain Robert Barrie, captured, after a...
On the 14th of June, in the morning, the British 18-gun brig-sloop Scout, Captain William Raitt, discovering a convoy of 14 or 15 sail of vessels, under the...
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Thanks for these posts. What a great way to start the day. They read like the Naval Chronicle. Is that where they are from or is there a seperate book...
Yes, these are wonderful. Please continue sending them. I’d love to read the rest of the Caribbean account. Perhaps some budding C.S. Forester or Patrick...
I want to add my appreciation for these interesting historical posts from the Naval Chronicle. I read in one of the biographies of CSF that his library...
That is correct farssr wrote: I want to add my appreciation for these interesting historical posts from the Naval Chronicle. I read in one of the biographies...
Special Note for Pip: The letter regarding the mermaid came from my consolidated copy of the Naval Chronicle. Most of the others come from "The Naval History...
Shipwreck of the Sealark The Sealark was a schooner built at Wheaton's Yard in Brixham and launched 1 August 1806. On 29 June 1809 the Times printed the...
Because of the recent letters I’ve started searching for new sources of information about navy in the age of Napoleon. The Naval Chronicles are easily...
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Jan, You're welcome. To all, please do not let me be the only one posting these histories. I may be slow or out of town, or I might miss an entry in one of...
Shipwreck of HMS Agamemnon The 64-gun ship Agamemnon was built at Adam's Yard, Bucklers Hard, and launched on 10 April 1781. On 20 June 1809 the vessel,...
... msmall@... Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! On 6/20/2009 6:24 AM, brainstrainer61 wrote: Shipwreck of HMS Agamemnon The 64-gun ship Agamemnon was...
The 19 June episode of the Beeb Film Programme has just had an eye-opening discussion of Errol Flynn, with reference to "Robin Hood" and "The Sea Hawk". The...
The transport brig Charwell, Captain Bigbie, with a detachment of the Royal Artillery and 2nd West India Regiment, and with a quantity of ordance stores on...
On the 24th of June Rear-admiral Martin, with the 80-gun ship Canopus, Captain Charles Inglis, 74-gun ships Spartiate and Warrior, Captains Sir Francis...
The Tendancy of Ocean Currents The following letter furnishes an excellent illustration of a well-known fact, that the general tendancy of currents in the...
On the 2d of July an elegant entertainment was given by Lieutenant-general De Narva, admiral in the Spanish navy, to Admiral Purvis, and the officers of the...
Reminder from: Hornblower-L Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/cal Hornblower's Birthday Saturday July 4, 2009 All Day (This event repeats...
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[Off the coast of Africa] Much injury having been done to the African coasting trade by small French privateers, fitted out at Sénégal, Captain Edward Henry...
On the 5th of July, at 3 p.m., in latitude 43° 41' north, and longitude 34° west, the British ship-sloop Bonne-Citoyenne, of 18 carronades, 32-pounders, and...
Napoleon, 39 years old, wins a costly if ultimately decisive French victory at the two-day battle of Wagram (July 5 and July 6) ... During the night the...
On the 7th of July, as a British squadron, composed of the 74-gun ships Implacable, Captain Thomas Byam Martin, and Bellerophon, Captain Samuel War Warren,...
[Senegal expedition, off Africa's coast] [See prelude to this entry on July 4] On the 7th in the evening the expedition, amounting to 14 sail of vessels,...
[Senegal expedition] On the 9th the French commandant marched out to attack the British, and Major Maxwell, supported by the boats, rapidly advanced to meet...
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