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British flag officers in the French wars, 1793-1815 : admirals' lives /John Morrow. "During the French wars (1793-1801, 1803-1815) the system of promotion to flag rank in the Royal Navy produced a cadre of admirals numbering more than two hundred at its peak. These officers competed vigorously for a limited number of appointments at sea and for the high honours and significant financial rewards open to successful naval commanders. When on active service admirals faced formidable challenges arising from the Navy's critical role in a global conflict, from the extraordinary scope of their responsibilities, and from intense political, public and professional expectations. While a great deal has been written about admirals' roles in naval operations, other aspects of their professional lives have not been explored systematically. British Flag Officers in the French Wars, 1793-1815 considers the professional lives of well-known and more obscure admirals, vice-admirals and rear-admirals. It examines the demands of naval command, flag officers' understanding of their authority and their approach to exercising it, their ambitions and failures, their professional interactions, and their lives afloat and onshore. In exploring these themes, it draws on a wide range of correspondence and other primary source material. By taking a broad thematic approach, this book provides a multi-faceted account of admirals' professional lives that extends beyond the insights that are found in biographical studies of individual flag officers. As such, it will be of great interest to students and scholars of British naval history."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.333.3(42:44)"1793/1815"

Health, medicine, and the sea : Australian voyages, c.1815-1860 /Katherine Foxhall. "Health, medicine, and the sea explores how convicts, emigrants and the surgeons responsible for their welfare created medical knowledge at sea in the first half of the nineteenth century. The book focuses on individual and collective stories to offer a new framework for understanding the centrality of health to the history of colonial settlement. The narrative follows the voyage route from the ports of Britain and Ireland, around Africa, through the Atlantic and southern oceans, to the shores of the Australian colonies. Touching on themes such as environmental knowledge, invalidity, epidemics, penal reform, sailor's culture, working-class mistrust of medical men and their experiments, and the politics of immigration, the book offers a fresh and engaging approach to the fascinating social and cultural history of colonial voyaging."--Back cover. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 613.68:325.2(94)"18"

The commissioned sea officers of the Royal Navy : 1660-1815 /National Maritime Museum (Greenwich). ca1968 1968. • BOOK • 6 copies available. 359(42)(083.812)

Social history of british naval officers, 1775 -1815/ Evan Wilson "This book explores the world of British naval officers at the height of the Royal Navy's power in the age of sail. It describes the full spectrum of officers, from commissioned officers to the unheralded but essential members of every ship's company, the warrant officers. The book focusses on naval officers' social status and its implications for their careers. The demands of life at sea conflicted with the expectations of genteel behaviour and background in eighteenth-century Britain, and the ways officers grappled with this challenge forms a key theme. Drawing on a large database of more than a thousand officers, the book argues that, contrary to the prevailing view, officers were mostly from the middling sort, not the landed elite. It shows how the navy attracted hordes of hopeful commissioned officers, how unemployment was common for the majority even in wartime, and how only a select group managed to gain promotion to post-captain. The book corrects our understanding of the men who lived and served in the wardrooms of the Royal Navy and refocusses our attention away from those who won fame and fortune and onto ordinary naval officers."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.33(42)

Battleships in transition : the creation of the steam battlefleet 1815-1860 Lambert, Andrew 1984 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 623.82"1815/1860"

The British Navy and the Anglo-American War of 1812 to 1815 Dent, Keith S 1949 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(42)

Paddle warships : the earliest steam powered fighting ships 1815-1850 Brown, David K 1993 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 623.82(42)"1815/1850"

Manxmen at sea in the age of Nelson, 1760-1815 / Matthew Richardson. "The Isle of Man is predominantly a maritime nation. For many generations its menfolk have made their living from the sea, sometimes as fishermen, but often as crewmen aboard merchant vessels or warships. Indeed, such were their skills of seamanship that they were in great demand for the latter in time of war. As smugglers, or as privateers they made their living on the waves, in the Atlantic, Caribbean or Pacific. Whether taken by a Press Gang, or enlisted voluntarily, the Manx saw action in some of the greatest naval events between 1760 and 1815. The Isle of Man had a high degree of literacy and education even among the poor at this time, and consequently a significant body of first-hand evidence has survived from those who served below decks, aboard merchant ships, privateers and warships. Some, such as Peter Heywood, were eyewitness to the most famous event in naval history, the Mutiny on the Bounty. Others, such as John Quilliam climbed the naval career ladder, served with Nelson and gained distinction at the greatest sea battle in history, Trafalgar. One, Captain Hugh Crow, fought against the French, made his fortune in the slave trade, and commanded the last legal voyage. In this book we meet them all, and their words echo to us across the waves and down the centuries."--Provided by publisher. 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 942.79

The trade winds : a study of British overseas trade during the French wars 1793-1815 1948 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 382(42)"17/18"(04)

Ireland and Irish emigration to the New World from 1815 to the famine Adams, William Forbes 1932 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 914.15

The eyes of the fleet : a popular history of frigates and frigate captains 1793-1815 Price, Anthony 1990 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.823.6"1793/1815"

A gentlemanly and honorable profession : the creation of the US naval officer corps, 1794-1815 McKee, Christopher 1991 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.332(73)"18"

A history of Malta : during the period of the French and British occupations, 1798-1815 Hardman, William 1909 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1798/1815"(458.2)

The Naval operations of the war between Great Britain and the United States 1812-1815 Roosevelt, Theodore 1910 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812/1815"(42:73)

The British Navy's victualling board, 1793-1815 : management competence and incompetence /Janet MacDonald Macdonald, Janet-(Janet W.) 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.65(26:42)

Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars : Artillery in siege, fortress and navy, 1792-1815 /Kevin F. Kiley. "Napoleon was an artilleryman before he was an emperor. He understood the power and effectiveness of cannon and their ability to pulverise defences, reduce fortresses and destroy attacks. In return, the guns won Napoleon battles. This impressive study chronicles the story of the guns and men during the twenty-three years of almost continuous warfare from 1792-1815: from the battlefields of continental Europe to the almost primitive terrain of North America and of the seas, lakes and rivers that connected them. Detailed technical information is accompanied by vivid descriptions which allow the reader to imagine what it must have been liked to manoeuvre and man the guns in a variety of situations - whether on the march or on the battlefield. Based on years of research into regulations of the period, eyewitness accounts of artillerymen and material culled from official reports, the scope and depth of material will satisfy the serious researcher, while the lively narrative will appeal to the casual reader."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1793/1815"(42:44)

Admiral Nelsons epoche : die Entwicklung der Segelschiffahrt von 1770 bis 1815 Bondel, Dirk 1987 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 7.047(26)

The command of the ocean : a naval history of Britain, 1649-1815 /N. A. M. Rodger. Rodger, N. A. M., 2006. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49"1649/1815"(42)

The ocean bards : British poetry and the war at sea, 1793-1815 /H. George Hahn. Hahn, H. George-(Henry George), 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-3"1793/1815"

The martial achievements of Great Britain and her allies from 1799 to 1815 Jenkins, James ca1818 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:355.48"1799/1815"

Steam, politics and patronage : the transformation of the Royal Navy 1815-1854 Greenhill, Basil 1994 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1815/1854"

Colonial connections, 1815-45 : patronage, the information revolution and colonial government /Zoèe Laidlaw Laidlaw, Zoe. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941-44"1815/1845"

Masculinity, materiality and space on board the Royal Navy ship, 1756-1815 / Elin Frances Jones Jones, Elin 2016. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

Merchant sailing ships, 1815-1850 : supremacy of sail /David R. MacGregor. MacGregor, David R.-(David Roy) 1984. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 629.123.13

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