Frigate Commander

Author : Tom Wareham
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783032324
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frigate Commander written by Tom Wareham and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2004-09-19 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The naval historian presents the thrilling true story of a Royal Navy officer’s frigate command in the tumultuous late 18th and early 19th centuries. Based on the private journals of Admiral Sir Graham Moore, Frigate Commander recounts his experiences as a Lieutenant and then Captain during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Moore's journal gives a detailed account of life as a serving naval officer, revealing the unique problems of managing a frigate crew, maintaining discipline and turning his ship into an efficient man of war. Moore was one of the Royal Navy's star captains, serving continuously as a frigate commander between 1793 and 1804. His early career took him to Newfoundland before serving with Sir William Sidney Smith's squadron on the north coast of France. Moore was present during the Naval Mutiny at Spithead in 1797, and helped to destroy the French fleet off Ireland in 1798. His most famous action occurred in September 1804, when his squadron captured a Spanish frigate squadron carrying a fortune in treasure. The following year his frigate, HMS Indefatigable, was involved in the opening of the Trafalgar Campaign.

Author : Stephen Taylor
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393089673
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain written by Stephen Taylor and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nobody describes a naval battle better than Taylor…a flawless demonstration of the biographer’s craft." —Jan Morris, The Guardian Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest British frigate captain in the age of sail. Left fatherless at age eight, with a penniless mother and five siblings, Pellew fought his way from the very bottom of the navy to fleet command. Victories and eye-catching feats won him a public following. Yet he had a gift for antagonizing his better-born peers, and he made powerful enemies. Redemption came with his last command, when he set off to do battle with the Barbary States and free thousands of European slaves. Opinion held this to be an impossible mission, and Pellew himself, leading from the front in the style of his contemporary Nelson, did not expect to survive. Pellew’s humanity, fondness for subordinates, and blind love for his family, and the warmth and intimacy of his letters, make him a hugely engaging figure. Stephen Taylor gives him at last the biography he deserves.

Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780961332
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Frigate vs French Frigate written by Mark Lardas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650–1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, unlike the larger ships of the line. Legendary sailors such as Edward Pellew and Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand, Comte de Linoise, found that commanding such a ship offered numerous opportunities for wealth. In this book, four representative frigate duels are examined: first, a battle fought between two closely matched ships (HMS Nymphe (36) vs La Cléopâtre (32); second, a victory won by an inferior British frigate over a superior French frigate (HMS Pallas (32) vs Minerve (40); third, a victory – the only one – by an inferior French frigate over a superior British frigate (HMS Ambuscade (32) vs Baïonnaise (24), and fourth, victory of a superior British frigate over an inferior French frigate (HMS Indefatigable (44) of Hornblower fame vs La Virginie (40). Featuring specially commissioned artwork and offering expert analysis, this study provides a vivid account of the bloody combats fought by the most romantic warship of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era – the frigate.

Author : Tom Wareham
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Star Captains written by Tom Wareham and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the first book to look at the nature of frigate command, to ask important questions about how and why such officers were appointed, what was expected of them, and how they were rewarded. The picture that emerges is one of conscious selection and 'fast-track' promotion - not merely young men serving an apprenticeship before moving on to the command of a battleship, but a real elite with specific and highly prized skills. For the first time it reveals that the romanticised image portrayed in the novels of C. S. Forester and Patrick O'Brian was indeed close to the truth - frigate captains were outstanding officers, whose careers followed separate paths from their less talented contemporaries." "As such this is a major contribution to the broader understanding of the workings of Nelson's navy."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Howard Fast
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453234896
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Patrick Henry and the Frigate's Keel written by Howard Fast and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-12-13 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDIVTwelve tales of the United States’ early days, capturing moments in the lives of great leaders and farmers alike, all dreaming of the nation to come/div DIVWritten mostly while the United States was engaged in World War II, these patriotic stories imagine the best of the American spirit during its formative years. From “The Day of Victory,” about a victorious George Washington meeting with his generals one last time to swap stories before they all return to civilian life, to “The Bookman,” about a tragic day during the Revolutionary War as experienced by a young boy, each story depicts common citizens standing against tyranny, and settlers searching for a better life./divDIV /divDIVPassionate and beautifully written, Patrick Henry and the Frigate’s Keel is one of Howard Fast’s best story collections, and a moving tribute to the aspirations of a new nation./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author’s estate./div/div

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 966 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Congressional Globe written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : F Claudius Armstrong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perils by sea and by land; or, The Neapolitan commander written by F Claudius Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lewis R. HAMERSLY
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps; with a History of Naval Operations of 1861-5 ... Compiled from Official Sources, Etc written by Lewis R. HAMERSLY and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lewis Randolph Hamersly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy & Marine Corps written by Lewis Randolph Hamersly and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 588 pages
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Download or read book The Naval Chronicle, Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: