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Order and disorder in the British Navy, 1793-1815 : control, resistance, flogging and hanging /Thomas "Churchill once famously remarked that he would not join the navy because it was "all rum, sodomy and the lash". How far this was true of the navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars is the subject of this important new book. Summary punishments, courts martial, flogging and hanging were regularly made use of in this period to establish order in the navy. Based on extensive original research, including a detailed study of ships' captain's logs and muster tables, this book explores the concepts of order and disorder aboard ships and examines how order was preserved. It discusses the different sorts of disorder and why they occurred; argues that officers too sometimes pushed against the official order; and demonstrates that order was much more than the simple enforcement of the Articles of War. The book argues that the behaviours that were punished, how and to what degree reveal what the navy saw as most resistive or dangerous to its authority and the order it wanted established. In addition, it considers the role of patronage in shaping order, outlining how this was affected by Admiralty moves to centralise appointments, and shows that acts of disorder were plentiful, and increasing, in this period, and that the imbalance in court martial outcomes for sailors, marines and warrant officers, in comparison to commissioned officers, points to a flawed system of justice. Overall, the book provides an extremely nuanced picture of order and how it was preserved. Thomas Malcomson is a Professor in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences at George Brown College, Toronto, Ontario. He completed his doctorate in history at York University, Toronto." --Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.133(42)"1793/1815"
Before the ironclad : development of ship design, propulsion and armament in the Royal Navy, 1815-60 Brown, D. K.-(David K.) 1990 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 623.82(42)"18"
oak and yankee pluck : the British and American naval experience in the age of fighting sail, 1755-1815 Kochan, James L. 2002 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.49"1755/1815"
of emigration from Oxfordshire, and neighbouring Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire 1815 "The author has written a lively and knowledgeable story of emigration from Oxfordshire and its neighbouring shires from 1815 to 1914. The story begins with the voyages of Captain Cook, which led to the provision of new places for penal colonies in Australia. Free emigration also gathered steam in the 1830s, followed by the Great Exodus from 1850. The story evokes the bustle and confusion of migrants at Liverpool, and the emotions of departure. It looks at their shipping, health problems, costs and shipwrecks, and at their experience on arrival. It also examines the political changes, particularly to the Poor Laws and Corn Laws."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. txt
The global reach of empire : Britain's maritime expansion in the indian and Pacific oceans 1764-1815 Frost, Alan 2003 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941-44
La expedicion de corso del Comodor Guillermo Brown en aguas del Pacifico Octubre de 1815-Junio de 1816 Medina, J T 1928 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 92Brown, William
Nelson, Navy and Nation : the Royal Navy & the British people, 1688-1815 /edited by Quintin Colville "Nelson, Navy and Nation seeks to explore the Royal Navy's relationship with Britain from the Glorious Revolution to the Napoleonic Wars, encompassing three central themes: the realities of naval life in this period, the navy's connection to society, culture and national identity, and the story of Nelson's life and career. A series of chapters contributed by a distinguished panel of leading authors and historians will illuminate these themes through discrete but interconnected topics to give a fascinating contextual overview of life in Nelson's Navy, internal and external perceptions of the Royal Navy and changes in these perspectives throughout the period 1688 - 1815, and the life and career of Admiral Horatio Nelson himself. Replete with stunning imagery featuring historical artworks, paintings and objects from the collections of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, the book will combine accessible narrative history for the general reader with superb visual appeal, forming an ideal companion to the Museum's new permanent 'Nelson, Navy and Nation' gallery, which is scheduled to open in October 2013."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49"1688/1815"(42)
The naval war of 1812 : a documentary history : volume III 1814-1815 : Chesapeake Bay, Northern Lakes 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1814/1815"(42:73)
Free black American settlers in Trinidad 1815-16 : a hand-list of names of the six companies of the Corps Weiss, John McNish 1995 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 972.987
Yarmouth and the Royal Navy's dominance in the North Sea and the Baltic during the French Wars 1793-1815 "Great Yarmouth is best known for being a seaside resort and for its former status as the country's leading herring fishing port, but what has largely been forgotten is that during the French Revolutionary War (1793-1802) and the two Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) it was the main support base for naval and military operations in the North Sea and the Baltic. It was not until I researched a book called The Beachmen that I became aware of this dramatic period in the history of the town and the nation and I was surprised to find that nothing substantial had been written on the subject. Of course, a great many books had been produced on the navy's involvement in these wars, but most concentrated on the high drama of the six major fleet actions and the exploits of Horatio Nelson rather than the equally important, but more mundane, means by which the navy's warships were kept at sea."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
wetenschap : de wetenschap en de ontwikkeling van de navigatietechniek in Nederland tussen 1585 en 1815 Davids, C. A. [1985] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527(492)"1585/1815"
Sloops and brigs : an account of the smallest vessels of the Royal Navy during the great wars 1793 to 1815 Henderson, James 1972 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.826
Velika Britanija i Vis : rat na Jadranu 1805 - 1815 = [the British and Vis : war in the Adriatic 1805 An account of the British occupation of the island of Vis as a strategic base in the Adriatic during the Napoleonic Wars. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1805/1815"(262:497.5)
Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe : biographien : ein Spiegel der Marinegeschichte von 1815 bis zur Gegenwart Hildebrand, Hans H 1982-1983 • FOLIO • 7 copies available. 355.353(43)"18/19"
Prisoners of war in Britain 1756 to 1815 : a record of their lives, their romance and their sufferings Abell, Francis 1914 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 629.124.79:343.81
The life and death of the merchant sailing ship 1815-1965 / Basil Greenhill Greenhill, Basil 1980. • BOOK • 7 copies available. 629.123.13"18/19"
Voyage around the world with the Romanzov exploring expedition in the years 1815-1818 in the brig Rurik Chamisso, Adelbert von 1986 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.123Runik
European enterprise and exploration principally in northern and western Africa up to 1830 : volume 1, to 1815 Hallett, Robin 1965 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 916
The age of the ship of the line : the British & French navies, 1650-1815 /Jonathan R. Dull. "For nearly two hundred years huge wooden warships called "ships of the line" dominated war at sea and were instrumental in the European struggle for power and the spread of imperialism. Foremost among the great naval powers were Great Britain and France, whose advanced economies could support large numbers of these expensive ships. This book, the first joint history of these great navies, offers an impartial and comprehensive picture of the two forces, their shipbuilding programs, naval campaigns, battles, and their wartime strategies and diplomacy."--Provided by the publisher. Book contains maps and battle diagrams. c2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(42:44)"17/19"
Captured at sea : merchant ships captured in the south west seas of Britain in the time of Napoleon 1803-1815 "During the Napoleonic Wars of 1803-1815 many British merchant ships were captured and their crews were imprisoned in France. The book gives a brief background of Napoleon and his war with Britain, and also the activity of the other ocuntries which upset much of British shipping at that time. The book has concentrated on the ships sailing in and out of ports in the South West seas of Britain, carrying essential cargo to British ports. Naturally, the French wanted to capture these British merchant ships. The authors who greatly assisted in finding the name of many captured ships and their captains through The Cambrian. This newspaper, which started in 1803 in Swansea and had a shipping column each Friday received knowledge of captured ships and some of those which managed to escape. There are first-hand records, written by some of these sailors, which have graphic descriptions of their hazardous voyage at sea, and their capture and imprisonment. Intensive research has revealed many details of the French prisons and their location where the men were marched to in remote parts of France, and how the men survived there. As a result of many ships being captured by the French, with extravagant loss of men's lives and vessels, the British Government made it law for ships to sail in convoys. At the same time French prisoners and later the American prisoners of war (after the War of Independence) were being sent to the Dartmoor Priston in Britain. Thers is a detailed account of that prison in this book."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
Guerra naval en el revoluciâon y el imperio : bloqueos y operaciones anfibias, 1793-1815 /Agustâin Guimerâa 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49(460)"1793/1815"
Sailors, ships, and sea fights : proceedings of the 2022 'From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815' Naval "Containing the proceedings of Helion & Company's inaugural 2022 Naval History Conference, this volume includes chapters from scholars experienced and young, and from across the world, on various aspects of the naval history of the Age of Reason and Revolution." 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.009
wake of the eighteen-twelvers : fights and flights of frigates and fore-'n'-afters in the war of 1812-1815 Snider, C H J 1913 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49"1812/1815"(42:73)
The age of the ship of the line : the British & French navies, 1650-1815 /Jonathan R. Dull. "For nearly two hundred years huge wooden warships called "ships of the line" dominated war at sea and were instrumental in the European struggle for power and the spread of imperialism. Foremost among the great naval powers were Great Britain and France, whose advanced economies could support large numbers of these expensive ships. This book, the first joint history of these great navies, offers an impartial and comprehensive picture of the two forces, their shipbuilding programs, naval campaigns, battles, and their wartime strategies and diplomacy."--Provided by the publisher. Book contains maps and battle diagrams. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(42:44)"17/19"