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The Routledge companion to Britain in the nineteenth century, 1815-1914 / Chris Cook. A compendium of information on the Victorian era, arranged in four sections: political, social and religious; economic; and foreign affairs, defence and empire. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 942(048.8)"1815/1914"

The Commissioned sea officers of the Royal Navy, 1660-1815 / annot. by C. G. Pitcairn Jones. Jones, C G Pitcairn 1979. • FOLIO • 27 copies available. 359(42)(083.812)

Letters of seamen in the wars with France, 1793-1815 edited by Helen Watt and Anne Hawkins. "Letters of seamen below the rank of commissioned officer are rare, both in original form and in print. This edited collection of 255 letters, written by seamen in the British Navy and their correspondents between 1793 and 1815, gives voice to a group of men whose lives and thoughts are otherwise mostly unknown. The letters are extremely valuable for the insights which they give into aspects of life below decks and the subjects close to the writers' hearts: money matters, ties with home and homesickness. They also provide eye-witness accounts of events during a tumultuous and important period of British and European history. One group of letters, included as a separate section, comprises the letters of seamen and their family and friends which were intercepted by the authorities during the mutinies of 1797. These letters shed a great deal of light on the extraordinary events of that year and of seamen's attitudes to the mutinies. The editors' introductory material, besides highlighting what the letters tell us about seamen's lives and attitudes, also discusses the extent of literacy amongst seamen, setting this into its wider contemporary popular context. The letters are supported by a substantial editorial apparatus and two detailed appendices containing biographies of seamen and information on select ships which took part in the mutinies of 1797."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 940.2

Ships employed in the South Sea whale fishery from Britain : 1775-1815 /Jane M. Clayton. Clayton, Jane M. 2014. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 639.245.1(42)"17/18"

A naval chronology of the war of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, 1793-1815 Prisk, Barbara (comp) 1996 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.49"1793/1815"(42:44)

Nelson's navy : the ships, men and organisation, 1793-1815 /Brian Lavery ; foreword by Patrick O'Brian Lavery, Brian 1989. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 359.49"1793/1815"(42:44)

The empire of the French : a chronology of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815 /by Brian Taylor, Brian, 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 944.04

Making waves : a history of the Royal Yacht Squadron 1815-2015 /Alex Martin "Founded in 1815, the Royal Yacht Squadron (RYS) is widely regarded as the most prestigious yacht club in the world. Its clubhouse, Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight, UK, was built by Henry VIII in 1539. It overlooks the waters of the Solent and the start line of many celebrated yacht races. Since 1826 the RYS has held an annual regatta, which became known as Cowes Week. Its association with the Royal Navy began early and Nelson's captain at Trafalgar, Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, headed the long list of distinguished naval members. Today its 600 members all have an active interest in promoting yachting in all its forms, from cadet training to the America's Cup. The club's patron is Queen Elizabeth II and the club's admiral is Prince Philip. In 2015, the Royal Yacht Squadron celebrated its bicentenary. The anniversary book, Making Waves: The 200 Year History of the Royal Yacht Squadron, by the historian Alex Martin and with a foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, is being published to mark this celebration."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

Chatham Dockyard, 1815-1865 : the industrial transformation /edited by Philip MacDougall. Navy Records Society (Great Britain) c2009. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 061.22

Hero as murderer : life of Edward Eyre, Australian explorer and governor of Jamaica 1815-1901 Dutton, G 1967 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(94)

.-1815 /Eugene L. Rasor. Rasor, Eugene L., 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 016.355.49"55BC/1815"

Arming the Royal Navy, 1793-1815 : the Office of Ordnance and the State /Gareth Cole. Cole, Gareth 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 632.42(42)"1793/1815"

The social history of English seamen, 1650-1815 / edited by Cheryl A. Fury. "Maritime social history is a relatively young and fertile field, with many new research findings being discovered on a wide range of aspects of the subject. This book, together with its companion volume The Social History of English Seamen, 1485-1649 ... pulls together and makes accessible this large body of research work. Subjects covered include life at sea in different parts of the period for both officers and seamen, in both the navy and in merchant ships; piracy and privateering; health, health care and disability; seamen's food; homosexuality afloat; and the role of women at sea and on land. Written by leading experts in their field, the volumes offer a nuanced portrait of seafarers' existence as well as an overview of the current state of the historiography."-- 2017. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.124(42)"1650/1815"

The exploration of England : a select bibliography of travel and topography: 1570-1815 /by G.E. Fussell, G. E.-(George Edwin), 1935. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 016:910.4(42)

British expeditionary warfare and the defeat of Napoleon, 1793-1815 / Robert K. Sutcliffe. "Britain's naval victories in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars succeeded in protecting Britain from French invasion, but they could not of themselves defeat France. This required the support of allied armies and necessitated the shipping of large numbers of troops to, and successfully landing them on, French controlled territory - a major logistical operation. Wellington's expedition to Portugal and Spain led to Napoleon's defeat in the Peninsular War, but there were many other British expeditions before this which were not successful, in part because they were too logistically ambitious and/or they lacked allied support. This book examines the nature of combined operations and considers the planning and preparation of expeditions. It highlights the navy's important role in amphibious warfare and describes in detail the logistical operations which supported British expeditionary warfare in the period. It outlines the role of the Transport Board, explores how it periodically chartered a large proportion of the British merchant fleet and what the effects of this were on merchant shipping. The book concludes that the Transport Board grew in competence; that the failure of expeditions was invariably due to circumstances well beyond its control; and that its pivotal role in the preparation of all the major military expeditions in which hundreds of thousands of British troops served overseas was very significant and very effective."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1793/1815"(42)

The last sailing vessels in Dubrovnik and Peljesac : paintings by Captain Basilije Ivankovic 1815-1898 Kisic, Anica 1996 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 7IVANKOVIC

The frigates : an account of the lesser warships of the wars from 1793 to 1815 Henderson, James 1970 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.823.6"1793/1815"

List of members of the Royal Yacht Squadron and their yachts, 1815 to 1897 Guest, Montague 1897 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 061.239RYS:797.14

The eyes of the fleet : a popular history of frigates and frigate captains 1793-1815 / Price, Anthony Price, Anthony 1992 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.823.6"1793/1815"

Religion in the British Navy 1815-1879 : piety and professionalism /Richard Blake. "This book examines how, as the nineteenth century progressed, religious piety, especially evangelical piety, was seen in the British navy less as eccentric and marginal and more as an essential ingredient of the character looked for in professional seamen. The book traces the complex interplay between formal religious observance, such as Sunday worship, and pockets of zealous piety, showing how evangelicalism gradually earned less grudging regard, until in the 1860s and 1870s it became a dominant source of values and a force for moral reform. Religion in the British Navy explains this shift, outlining how Arctic expeditions showed the need for dependability and character, how Health Returns revealed the full extent of sexual licence and demonstrated the urgency of moral reform, and how manning difficulties in the Russian War of 1854-1856 showed that a modern fleet required a new type of sailor, technologically trained and steeped in a higher set of values. The book also discusses how the navy, with its newly awakened religious sensibilities, played a major role in the expansion of Protestant missions globally, in exploration, convict transportation, the expansion of imperial frontiers, and worldwide maritime policing operations. Fervent piety had an effect in all these areas - religion had helped develop a new kind of manliness where piety as well as daring had a place."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.233.232"1815/1879"

The amphibious campaign for West Florida and Louisiana 1814-1815 : a critical review of strategy and Brown, Wilburt S 1969 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.42/.43(763)"18"

The Banstead boy at Trafalgar : George Perceval's letters to his parents Lord and Lady Arden, 1805-1815 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1805/1815"(42:44)

The commissioned sea officers of the Royal Navy, 1660-1815 / edited by David Syrett, R.L. DiNardo. 1994. • FOLIO • 5 copies available. 061.22NRS

Debating the slave trade : rhetoric of British national identity, 1759-1815 /Srividhya Swaminathan. Swaminathan, Srividhya. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326:808

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