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A particular account of the late action in the Mediterranean. With the line of battle of both fleets.
Tons, T.Date: [1744]- Books
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A letter to a friend in the country, occasioned by the late naval engagement in the Mediterranean. In which the strength of their respective fleets are fairly stated and compared; the designs of the French and Spaniards explained; and the consequences of that battle set in their true light.
Date: 1744- Books
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Original letters and papers, between Adm-------l M--------ws, and V. Adm-----l L-----k. With several letters from private hands. Exhibiting Many Particulars hitherto unknown of the Transactions in the Mediterranean. With Remarks on, and Answers to the Narrative of the Fleet, from 1741 to 1744. Especially on the Author's Partiality and great Liberties with the Characters of some Commanders. Also, some observations on the conduct of the Brest Fleet, &c.
Mathews, Thomas, 1676-1751.Date: 1744- Books
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Original letters and papers, between Adm--------l M---------ws, and V. Adm-------l L---------k. With several letters from private hands, Exhibiting Many Particulars hitherto unknown of the Transactions in the Mediterranean. With Remarks on, and Answers to the Narrative of the Fleet, from 1741 to 1744. Especially on the Author's Partiality and Great Liberties with the Characters of some Commanders. Also, some observations on the conduct of the Brest Fleet, &c.
Mathews, Thomas, 1676-1751.Date: M.DCC.XLIV. [1744]- Pictures
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A British bulldog representing the Royal Navy holds a rat on which is written 'Blucher' in between its teeth; representing the sinking of SMS Blücher by the Royal Navy. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 1915.
Racey, A. G. (Arthur George), 1870-1941.Date: 1915Reference: 571935i- Books
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Captain Temple West's defence against Vice-Admiral Lestock's charge: relating to his conduct in the action off Toulon, between his Majesty's Fleet, under the Command of Admiral Mathews, and the combined Fleet of France and Spain. With Remarks upon the Sentence of the Court; And Arguments brought in Justification of his Conduct, from the Sentences before pronounced on other Captains, and from the Discipline required by the Instructions.
West, Temple, 1713-1757.Date: 1746- Books
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A narrative of the proceedings of the British fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir John Jervis, K.B. in the late action with the Spanish fleet, on the fourteenth of February, 1797, off Cape St. Vincent's In a Letter to a Friend. Illustrated with eight plans, Shewing the Positions of the Two Fleets at Different Periods of that Glorious and Memorable Action. By an officer of His Majesty's land-forces.
Drinkwater, John, 1762-1844.Date: M.DCC.XCVII. [1797]- Books
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Collectanea Napoleonica : being a catalogue of the collection of autographs, historical documents, broadsides, caricatures, drawings, maps, music, portraits, naval and military costume-plates, battle scenes, views, etc., etc. relating to Napoleon I. and his times, 1769-1821 / Formed by A.M. Broadley, comp. by Walter V. Daniell. Together with an explanatory preface by A.M. Broadley, and a catalogue of his Napoleonic library. Illustrated with a hitherto unpublished portrait of Napoleon, by Detaille, from a picture in the possession of Sir G. White, bart., and several reproductions of rare originals by permission of the propietors of "The King."
Broadley, Alexander Meyrick, 1847-1916.Date: [1905]- Pictures
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Cap-Haitien, Haiti: the surgery of HMS Bulldog. Watercolour by E.L. Moss, 1865.
Moss, Edward L. (Edward Lawton), 1843-1880.Date: 23rd Oct 1865Reference: 44658i- Books
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A narrative of Sir Henry Clinton's co-operations with Sir Peter Parker, on the attack of Sullivan's Island, in South Carolina, in the year 1776. And with Vice-Admiral Arbuthnot, in an intended attempt against the French armaments at Rhode-Island, in 1780.
Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795.Date: 1780?]- Books
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The history of the Mediterranean fleet from 1741 to 1744, with the original letters, &c. that passed between the Admirals Matthews and Lestock. Also all the other tracts on that important affair. With copper-plates. Now collected into One Volume.
Date: MDCCXLV. [1745]- Books
Neptune's inferno : the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal / James D. Hornfischer.
Hornfischer, James D.Date: 2012- Pictures
European events in the year 1715. Engraving by Christoph Weigel, ca. 1722.
Weigel, Christoph, 1654-1725.Date: 1722Reference: 2853594i- Books
The enemy fought splendidly : being the 1914-1915 diary of the Battle of the Falklands & its aftermath / by T.B. Dixon.
Dixon, T. B. (Thomas Benjamin), 1886-1960.Date: 1983- Books
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Admiral Matthews's account of the action in the Mediterranean, as publish'd by authority, which Mr. Lestock in part only has thought proper to quote in his Recapitulation, before the Honble House of Commons, April 9th 1745. To which is added, M.D. Court's letter (the French Admiral) giving a very particular Relation of the whole Engagement and the Behaviour of Mr. Matthews and Mr. Lestock, not yet publish'd in any of Mr. Lestock's Pieces.
Mathews, Thomas, 1676-1751.Date: 1745- Books
Ship of ghosts : the story of the USS Houston, FDR's legendary lost cruiser, and the epic saga of her survivors / James D. Hornfischer.
Hornfischer, James D.Date: 2006- Books
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Three letters to Lord Viscount Howe. To which are added, remarks on the attack at Bunker's Hill.
Mauduit, Israel, 1708-1787.Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
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Good news for old England. A full, true, and particular account of the defeat of the Dutch fleet! which took place on Wednesday, October 11th, 1797, off the coast of Holland, near Camperdown and Egmont, by the British fleet, under the gallant Admiral Duncan, when nine ships of the line, and two frigates, were the fruits of this glorious victory! also, a correct list of the number of officers, seamen, and marines, killed and wounded on board the British fleet. To which is added, a list of the Dutch ships taken.
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Three figures celebrate the actions of Admiral Keppel against the French on a precipice off which fall Sir Hugh Palliser who is pulled down by the rope of an old hag and the fire breath of the devil. Etching, ca. 1779.
Date: [1779]Reference: 585015i- Books
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A narrative of the proceedings of His Majesty's fleet in the Mediterranean, and the combined fleets of France and Spain, from the year 1741, to March 1744. Including an accurate Account of the late Fight near Toulon, and the Causes of our Miscarriage: The Lines of Battle on both Sides; Plans of Villa Franca, Naples, Hieres Bay, and Toulon: The French Admiral's Journal in French and English, from the Time he left Toulon, until he anchored with his Fleet in Alicant Road. Likewise Some Signals greatly wanted on the late Occasion: And a List of Captains and Lieutenants made by Admiral Mathews in the Mediterranean, their different Removes, &c. With many useful Observations. by a sea-officer.
Mathews, Thomas, 1676-1751.Date: [1744]- Books
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A narrative of the proceedings of His Majesty's fleet in the Mediterranean, and the combined fleets of France and Spain, from the year 1741, to March 1744. Including an accurate account of the late fight near Toulon, and the Causes of our Miscarriage: The Lines of Battle on both Sides, Plans of Villa Franca, Naples, Hieres Bay, and Toulon: The French Admiral's Journal in French and English, from the Time he left Toulon, until he anchored with his Fleet in Alicant Road. Likewise Some Signals greatly wanted on the late Occasion: And a List of Captains and Lieutenants made by Admiral Mathews in the Mediterranean, their different Removes, &c. With many useful Observations. By a sea-officer.
Mathews, Thomas, 1676-1751.Date: [1744]- Pictures
World War I: wounded sailors listening to musicians playing on board ship. Oil painting by Oswald Moser, ca. 1918.
Moser, Oswald, 1874-1953.Date: [1918?]Reference: 645144i- Pictures
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Crimean War: Sisters of Charity nursing wounded soldiers from the Battle of Inkerman. Coloured lithograph by Le Par (?), 1855.
Le Par.Date: [23 June 1855]Reference: 21052i- Books
Navy medicine in Vietnam : oral histories from Dien Bien Phu to the fall of Saigon / Jan K. Herman.
Herman, Jan K.Date: [2009], ©2009- Books
Observations on the diseases of seamen ... / by Gilbert Blane.
Blane, Gilbert, Sir, 1749-1834.Date: 1789