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A genuine account of the late grand expedition to the coast of France, under the conduct of the Admirals Hawke, Knowles, and Broderick, General Mordaunt, &c. By a volunteer in the said expedition.
Volunteer in the said expedition.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- Books
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A genuine account of the late grand expedition to the coast of France, Under the conduct of the Admirals Hawke, Knowles, and Broderick, General Mordaunt, &c. By a Volunteer in the said expedition.
Volunteer in the Expedition to the Coast of France.Date: 1757- Books
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A genuine account of the late grand expedition to the coast of France, under the conduct of the Admirals Hawke, Knowles, and Broderick, General Mordaunt, &c. By a volunteer in the said expedition.
Volunteer in the Expedition to the Coast of France.Date: 1757- Books
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A genuine account of the late grand expedition to the coast of France, Under the conduct of the Admirals Hawke, Knowles, and Broderick, General Mordaunt, &c. By a Volunteer in the said expedition.
Volunteer in the said expedition.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- Books
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A genuine account of the late grand expedition to the coast of France, under the conduct of the Admirals Hawke, Knowles, and Broderick, General Mordaunt, &c. By a volunteer in the said expedition.
Volunteer in the said expedition.Date: 1757- Books
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A genuine account of the late grand expedition to the coast of France, Under the conduct of the Admirals Hawke, Knowles, and Broderick, General Mordaunt, &c. By a Volunteer in the said expedition.
Volunteer in the Expedition to the Coast of France.Date: M.DCC.LVII. [1757]- Books
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The fashionable tell-tale; containing a great variety of curious and interesting anecdotes of emperors, kings, Queens, Statesmen, Prelates, Divines, Generals, Admirals, Captains, Physicians, poets, and players. Dedicated, by permission, To David Garrick, Esq.
Date: 1778- 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
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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
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A review of the late engagement at sea, being a Collection of Private Letters, never before printed, (one of them from Sir Cloudesly Shovell.) Containing, The Truest and most Authentick Accounts: With some Remarks on the Conduct of our Admirals, particularly Sir G. R.
Date: MDCCIV. [1704]- Books
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Steel's original and correct list of the Royal Navy, hired armed-vessels, gun-boats, revenue and excise cutters, and packets, with their commanders and stations. To which are Added the Following Lists, &c. Establishment of Rates and Men Page 2 Appointment of Officers - 2 Pursers Superrannuation - 2 Establishment of Ships in Ordinary 2 Contractions explained 2 Advance of Pay to Officers - 2 Widows Annual Pensions 2 Navy-Agents ---- 2 Navy-List, with the Puriers 3 to 14 Gun and Fire Vessels --- 15 Hired Armed Vessels, Cutt. & Lug. 16 Revenue and Excise Cutt. 16 Naval Fencibles --- 16 Statement of the British Nav.Force 17 Total of all Captures - 17 Advertisements to Correspondents 17 Admirals ---- 18 Admirals & their Secretaries Pay Page 19 Admirals Stations and Secretaries 19 Admirals Pensions --- 19 Superannuated Admirals 19 Post-Captains --- 20 Captains Pay, Half-Pay, Superannuation, and Pensions 21 Commanders --- 22 Retired Lieutenants 23 Lieutenants 23 to 28 Lieuts. Pay, Half-Pay, and Pensions 29 Masters ---- 29 Masters Pay, Half-Pay, Superannuations, and Pensions 30 Physicians and Surgeons - Page 31 Surgeons Pay, Half-Pay, & Bounty 32 Packets ---- 33 Marine Forces 34 to 36 Signal Towers --- 36 French Ships taken, &c. - 37 Dutch Ships taken, &c. - 42 Spanish Ships taken, &c. - 43 British Ships lost, taken, &c. - 45 Prize and Head-Money payable - 46 Command who have lost their Lives 47 Impress Service --- 48 Agent Victuallers --- 48 Governors of Royal Hospitals - 48 Master Builders at the different Yards 48 Admiralty, Navy, and other Public Offices --- 48 to 49 Corrected to October, 1799, And to be continued Monthly. Price Sixpence.
Great Britain. Royal Navy.Date: [1799]- Books
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Steel's original and correct list of the Royal Navy hired armed-vessels, gun-boats, &c. packets, excise and revenue cutters, &c. With their commanders and stations. To which are Added the Following Lasts, &c. Admirals --- Page 18 Admirals & their Secretaries Pay 19 Admirals Pensions --- 19 Admirals Stations and Secretaries 19 Admiralty, Navy, and other Public Offices ---- 52 Advertisements to Correspondents 17 Agent Victualiers --- 51 Appointment of Officers 2 British Ships lost, taken, &c. - 44 Captains' Pay & Half-Pay - 21 Commanders --- 21 & 22 Compand who have lop their Lives 47 Comparative Rank of Others - 2 Contractions explained 2 Dutch Ships taken, &c. - 42 Establishment of Rates and Men - 2 Establishment of Ships in Ordinary 2 Excise and Revenue Cutters - 50 French Ships taken, &c. - 37 Governors of Royal Hospitals - 51 Gun and Fire Vessels --- 16 Hired Armed Vessels, Cutt. & Lug. 15 Impress Service --- 51 Lieutenants 23 to 28 Lieuts. Pay. Half-Pay, and Pensions 29 Marine Forces 34 to 36 Master Builders at the different Yards 51 Masiers ---- 29 & 30 Masters Pay, Half-Pay, Superannuations, and Pensions 30 Naval Fencibles --- 17 Navy-Agents ---- 2 Navy-List, with the Pursers 3 to 14 Packets ---- 33 Pentioned Captains --- 19 Phyticians and Surgeons - 31 & 32 Poor Knights of Windsor 47 Post Captains ---- 20 & 21 Prize and Head-Money payable 48 & 49 Pursers Superrannuation - 2 Retired Lieutenants 23 Signal Towers --- 30 Spanish Ships taken, &c. - 43 Statement of the British Nav.Force 17 Superannuated Admirals & Captains 19 Surgeons Pay-Half-Pay, & Bounty 32 Total of all Captures - 17 Widows Annual Pensions 2 Corrected to August, 1800, And to be continued Monthly. Price Sixpence.
Great Britain. Royal Navy.Date: [1800]- Books
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Historical and political memoirs, containing letters written BY Sovereign Princes, State Ministers, Admirals, and General Officers, &c. from almost all the courts in Europe, Beginning with 1697 to the End of 1708, Illustrated With Treaties, Memorials, Decrees, Resolutions, Representations, Speeches, Answers, Instructions for Ambassadors, and the most important Transactions of each Nation in that Time. Collected by Christian Cole, Esq; Some time Resident at Venice.
Date: M.DCC.XXXV. [1735]- Books
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Steel's original and correct list of the Royal Navy, hired armed-vessels, gun-boats, &c. With their commanders and stations. To which are added the following lists, &c. Establishment of rates and men page 2 Appointment of officers - 2 Pursers superrannuation - 2 Establishment of ships in Ordinary - 2 Contractions explained - - 2 Comparative rank of officers - 2 Widows annual pensions - - 2 Navy-agents - - - - 2 Navy-list, with the pursers 3 to 14 Hired armed vessels, cutt. & lug. 15 Gun and fire vessels - - - 16 Revenue and excise cutters - 16 Naval fencibles - - - 16 Statement of the British Nav. force 17 Total of all captures - 17 Advertisements to correspondents 17 Admirals - - - - 18 Admirals & their secretaries pay page 19 Admirals stations and secretaries 19 Admirals pensions - - - 19 Superannuated admirals - - 19 Post-captains - - - 20 Captains pay, half-pay, superannuation, and pensions - - 21 Commanders - - - 22 Retired lientenants - - 23 Lieutenants - - 23 to 28 Lieuts. pay, half-pay, and pensions 29 Masters - - - - 29 Masters pay, half-pay, superannuations, and pensions - - 30 Physicians and surgeons - page 31 Surgeons pay, half-pay, & bounty 32 Impress service - - - 33 Agent victuallers - - - 33 Governors of Royal Hospitals - 33 Master builders at the different yards 33 Marine forces - - 34 to 36 Signal towers - - - 36 French ships taken, &c. - 37 Dutch ships taken, &c. - 42 Spanish ships taken, &c. - 43 British ships lost, taken, &c. - 44 Prize and head-money payable - 40 Command. who have lost their lives 47 Admiralty, navy, and other public offices - - - - 49 Corrected to March, 1800, and to be continued monthly. Price Sixpence.
Great Britain. Royal Navy.Date: 1800- Books
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A new military dictionary: or, the field of war. Containing a particular and Circumstantial account of the most remarkable battles, sieges, bombardments, and expeditions, Whether by Sea or Land. Such as relate to Great Britain and her dependencies, Deduced From the Descent of Julius Caesar to the Present Time. and Those that regard the continent of Europe, Traced From The Reign of Charlemagne, beginning with the Ninth Century. Including Anecdotes of the Lives, Military and Naval Transactions of the most celebrated Admirals, Generals, Captains, &c. who have distinguished themselves in the Service of their Country. To which is added, an Essay on fortification: and a table, explaining the Military and Naval Terms of Art. Compiled from the best Authorities and most approved Authors. By a military gentleman. Illustrated with a great Number of elegant Copper-Plates, Heads of the Admirals and Generals, Plans of Battles, Maps, &c.
Almon, John, 1737-1805.Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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A narrative of the official conduct of Valentine Morris, Esq. Late Captain General, Governor in Chief, &c. &c. of the Island of St. Vincent and its Dependencies. Written by Himself. Supported by his Official Correspondence with the Secretary of State, Lords of the Treasury, and other of his Majesty's Servants, Admirals, Governors, &c. The Originals to be found in the respective Offices, and the Duplicates now in his Possession. Also by other Documents equally Authentic.
Morris, Valentine, -1789.Date: MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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Observations on the manners and customs of the Egyptians, the overflowing of the Nile and its effects, with remarks on the plague, and other subjects : written during a residence of twelve years in Cairo and its vicinity / by John Antes ; to which are added, Bonaparte's expedition to Egypt, 1798 ; interesting memoirs of Admirals Nelson and Keith, Sir Sidney Smith, ... &c. &c. ; with an enlarged account of the Battle of the Nile, ...
Antes, John.Date: 1800- Books
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Britannia triumphant: or, An Account of the Sea-Fights and Victories of the English nation, from the earliest times, down to the conclusion of the late war, under the following noted Commanders, viz. Earl of cumserland, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Prince Rupert, Duke of Albemarle, Duke of York, Commodore Howe, Admiral Osborn, Commodore Keppel, Sir Edward Hawke, Lord Anson, Admiral Cornish, Admiral Pococke, Sir George Rooke, Admiral Boscawen, General Draper, Commodore Moore, General Wolfe, &c. &c. To which is prefixed a large introduction, Containing the History of Navigation, from the earliest Accounts to the present Time; with the Lives of the most celebrated Admirals. By a society of naval gentlemen. Adorned with the heads of the admirals.
Society of naval gentlemen.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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Britannia triumphant; or, An Account of the Sea-Fights and Victories of the English nation, from the earliest times down to the conclusion of the late war, under the following noted Commanders, viz. Earl of Cumberland Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walder Raleigh, Prince Rupert, Duke of Albemarle, Duke of York, Commodore Howe, Admiral Osborn, Commodore Keppel, Lord Anson Admiral Cornish, Sir Edward Howke, Admiral Pococke, Sir George Rooke, Admiral Boscawen, General Draper, Commodore Moore, General Wolfe. To which is prefixed, a large introduction, Containing the History of Navigation, from the earliest Accounts to the present Time, with the Lives of the most noted Admirals. By a society of naval gentlemen. Adorned with the heads of the admirals.
Society of naval gentlemen.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]- Books
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Britannia triumphant: or, An Account of the Sea-Fights and Victories of the English nation, from the earliest times, down to the conclusion of the late war, under the following noted Commanders, viz. Earl of Cumberland, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Prince Rupert, Duke of Albemarle, Duke of York, Commodore Howe, Admiral Osborn, Commodore Keppel, Sir Edward Hawke, Lord Anson, Admiral Cornish, Admiral Pococke, Sir George Rooke, Admiral Boscawen, General Draper, Commodore Moore, General Wolfe. To which is prefixed, a large introduction, Containing the History of Navigation, from the earliest Accounts to the present Time; with the Lives of the most noted Admirals. By a society of naval gentlemen. Adorned with the heads of the admirals.
Society of naval gentlemen.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Books
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The court and city kalendar: or, gentleman's register, for the year 1763. Containing I. Rider's Almanack. II. New and exact Lists of both Houses of Parliament. III. Court and City Register. IV. Lists of the Army and Navy, &c. The Forty-Fourth Edition. Corrected with the greatest Care, at the proper Offices, to the present Time. And including The new appointed Admirals; with Directions for buying Stocks, and more Lists of Public Offices than are to be found in any other Book of this Sort.
Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]- Books
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A just, genuine, and Impartial history Of the Memorable sea-fight, in the Mediterranean: Between the Combined Fleets of France and Spain, And the Royal Fleet of England, Under the Command of the two Admirals Mathews and Lestock: Together with The Proceedings that have been had, since their Return Home, in Relation to the solemn and publick Enquiry that has been made into their Conduct on that Occasion. Faithfully collected, as well from printed Pieces, as original Papers and Letters, and methodically digested into one regular Narrative. By an Impartial Hand.
Impartial hand.Date: MDCCXLV. [1745]- Books
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British biography; or, An accurate and impartial account of the lives and writings of eminent persons, in Great Britain and Ireland; from Wickliff, who begun the Reformation by his writings, to the present time: whether, Statesmen, Patriots, Generals, Admirals, Philosophers, Poets, Lawyers, or Divines. In which The several Incidents and remarkable Actions of their Lives, and the Particularities of their Deaths, that can be collected from History, Family Memoirs, and Records,will be related; a Catalogue and Specimen of their Writings given, with occasional Remarks; and their Characters delineated with Freedom and Impartiality. ...
Date: MDCCLXVI-M,DCC,LXXII [1766-1772]- Books
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England's triumph: or, Spanish cowardice expos'd. Being a compleat history of the many signal victories gain'd by the Royal Navy and merchant ships of Great Britain, for the term of four hundred years past, over the insulting and haughty Spaniards. Wherein is particularly related A true and genuine Account of all the Expeditions, Voyages, Adventures, &c. of all the British Admirals from the Time above-mention'd, whose Successes have already filled all Europe with Amazement. By Capt. Charles Jenkins, Who has too sensibly felt the Effects of Spanish Tyranny.
Date: Printed in the Year MDCC.XXXIX. [1739]- Books
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British biography; or, An accurate and impartial account of the lives and writings of eminent persons in Great Britain and Ireland; from Wickliff, who began the Reformation by his writings, to the present time: whether Statesmen, Patriots, Generals, Admirals, Philosophers, Poets, Lawyers, or Divines. In which The several Incidents and remarkable Actions of their Lives, and the Particularities of their Deaths, that could be collected from History, Family Memoirs, and Records, are related; a Catalogue and Specimen of their Writings given, with occasional Remarks; and their Characters delineated with Freedom and Impartiality. ...
Date: M,DCC,LXXVII-M,DCC,LXXX [1777-1780]