Royal George, HMS, 18, 213
Royal Navy, British, xxv, xxvii, 54, 107, 303, 319
Royal Sovereign, HMS, 26, 161, 170, 171-72
Royal William, HMS, 10, 41
Rude, George, 52n
Sadler, Jack, 309
St. Anna, 171-72
St. Fiorenzo (French ship), 33, 38
St. George, HMS, 55, 213
St. George’s Island, 142, 147
St. Lorenzo Island, 352-53, 354
St. Lucia, 156
St. Salvadore, HMS, 299
Salamine, HMS, 126
Salvador del Mondo (Spanish ship), 78
Sanders, Capt, George, 202, 202n, 203, 204-5
San Josef (Spanish ship), 78, 82
San Nicolas (Spanish ship), 77, 78, 82
Sanspareil (French ship), 28
Santa Sabinga (Spanish frigate), 69
Santissima Trinidad (Spanish ship), 73, 79, 85, 170, 173
San Ysidro (Spanish ship), 78
Saturn, HMS, 393, 394
Saumarez, Adm. Sir James, 202
Sawyer, Capt. Charles, 53
Schomberg, 33n
Scilly Isles, 41, 41n, 395
Scioto (American ship), 321
Scott, Dr., 170, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179-80
Scott, Michael, 293n
Scott (public secretary), 170, 172
Scylla, HMS, 398-99
Seamen
clothing, 4, 10
dancing, 7
discipline of, xxiii-xxiv, 6-7, 152-53
drinking, 8
food for, 20, 40
grievances of, xxv
loyalty of, xxiv
rat infestations and, 52, 52n
scurvy and, 10
treatment of, by British, 304, 317
vantage points of, xxv-xxvi
Seeker, Serjeant Major, 174
Seine, La (French ship), 14, 256
Senora de Gratia (Genoese ship), 129
Sercey, Rear-Adm. Marquis de, 111, 118
Seringapatam (American ship), 382
Seymour, Capt. Sir Michael, 279n
Shakings (dog), 148-52
Shannon, HMS, 292, 292n
Shaw, John K., 379
Shortland, Capt. John, 255, 256, 257, 258-59, 289
Shovell, Sir Clowdsiley, 41, 41n
“Showdown at Valparaiso” (Porter), 367-94
Sir Andrew Hammond (American ship), 382, 390
Sirius, HMS, 169
Sisters, HMS, 226
Smith, Assistant Surgeon, 176, 178
Smith, Mr., 53
Smith, Sir Sidney, 186
Smollett, Tobias, 405n
Smyth, John Greatrise, 53n
Snake, HMS, 204, 210
Soleil, Captain, 188
Sotheby, Rear-Admiral, 232
Soult, Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu, 234, 239
South Pacific
cruise of 1812-1814, xxv, 345-66
map, 348
Spafford, James, 355, 355n, 383
Spain, 56, 56n, 87, 128-29
declares war on Britain, 156
Napoleon’s occupation of, 184
Spanish Coast, 132-33
Spanish Grand Fleet, 63, 64-69, 86
and Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 70-80, 84n, 85, 169
and Battle of Trafalgar, 162, 164, 167-68
Spanish Main, xxv, 127, 322
Spanish privateers, 92, 95-96, 102, 128-36
Speedy, HMS, 119, 120-36
map of cruise, 124-25
Spiller, Mr., 281
Spithead, England, 41
Standard (British ship), 351
Steel, 87
Sterne, Laurence, 275, 405n
Stopford, Rear-Adm. Robert, 212, 216, 217, 218, 220-21, 222, 224, 230, 231
Strachan (Strawen), Sir Richard, 10, 89, 90, 213, 215
Street, Midshipman, 271, 273, 274
Sturt, Capt. Henry Evelyn Pitfield, 196
Suffolk, HMS, 13, 74
Surprize, HMS, 118
Sutton, Capt. John, 58
Swallow (packet), 4
Sweeny, Edward, 383
Swiftsure, HMS, 182
Sybille, La (French ship), 220, 221n
Sybille, La, HMS
action with La Forte, xxv, xxvi, 111-19, 117n
Tagus, HMS, 384, 390
Tagus River, 99, 102
Taylor, Captain, 10
Taylor, Captain A., 320, 340, 341, 342
Téméraire, HMS, 171, 173, 174, 182, 213
Temple, Midshipman, 186, 186n, 200
Teneriff Island, 87
Terceira Island, 339
Terrible (Spanish ship), 65, 66
Terry, James, 388
Texel, HMS, 201, 202, 203
Thalia, HMS, 190
Theseus, HMS, 219, 226
“They Would as Soon Have Faced the Devil Himself as Nelson” (M.C.), 54-63
Thomas, HMS, 223
Thomas, Midshipman, 259, 261, 274
Thompson, John (Jack), 60
Thompson, Midshipman John, 257-58
Thompson, Vice-Admiral, 79, 87
Throgmorton, Mr., 280, 281
Tigat, Le, 88
Tobago, 156
“Toe-the-line matches,” 152
Toirdinson, Seaman, 36
Tonnant, HMS, 222, 230, 232
Tonnere (French ship), 226, 228, 231
Topaze (French ship), 33, 38
Torres, Capt. Don Francisco de, 135
Tourville (French ship), 231
Tower of London, 50n
Townsend, Old Jack, 61-62
Towry, Capt. George Henry, 56
Travels Through France and Italy (Smollett), 405n
Tremendous, HMS, 109n
Triumph, HMS, 213, 219
Trogoff, Rear-Adm. Comte de, 33
Tromp, HMS, 225
Troubridge, Capt. Sir Thomas, 13n, 28, 28n, 72, 73
True-Blooded Yankee (American privateer), 396n
Tucker, Capt. Thomas, 367, 369, 370, 389
Turds Bay, 131
Turtles, 5-8
Twysden, Lieutenant, 18, 21, 22, 28
Tyrannicide, Le (French ship), 17, 19
Tyrrell, Capt. Edward, 50-52, 50n
“Unequal Match, An” (Dillon), 185-212
Unicorn, HMS, 224
United States
and French Revolutionary War, 15
War of 1812, 299
See also American privateers; American seamen; American ships
U.S. Navy, xxvii, 290
United States, USS, xxvii, 343, 344
action with Macedonian (1812), xxiv, 303-19
“Unjustifiable and Outrageous Pursuit, An” (Little), 320-44
Ushant Island, 13
Valiant, HMS, 30, 219, 226, 228
Valparaiso, Chile, 345, 353, 354, 367-94
Van Stabel, Rear-Admiral, 15n
Varsovie (French ship), 226, 228, 229
Vashon, Adm. James, 201, 202-3, 204, 205, 211-12
Vashon, Capt. James Giles, 203
Vashon, Mr., 116
Vashon, Mrs., 203
Vengeur (French ship), 27n, 31, 31n
Vesuvius, HMS, 231
Viana, Portugal, 95, 96, 97, 102, 103
Victory, HMS, 41, 70, 72, 73, 76-77, 79, 81, 84, 168, 169-74, 176, 177, 181-83
Vigo, Portugal, 91, 92, 94-96, 94n, 95n, 98, 100, 103, 234-35, 236
Villaret-Joyeuse, Rear-Admiral, 11
Ville de Paris, HMS, 251
Villeneuve, Admiral, 156, 170
Voller, Mr., 187
Voller, Mrs., 187, 189, 190, 193, 194
Waldegrave, Vice-Admiral W., 77
Walker (American whale-ship), 345, 346, 349
Walker, Mr., 312, 318
Wall, Sailor, 231
Wallis, Capt. James, 33, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43
Walter, General, 294
War of 1812 (1812–1815), xxiv, 289, 299, 303-19, 321-44, 345
War of the Spanish Successio
n (1707), 41n, 58n
Warren, Sir John Borlase, 9
Wasp, USS, 352, 397, 398n
Watson, Mr., 311
Webster, Master, 27
“We Discussed a Bottle of Chateau Margot Together” (Bowers), 395-406
Wellesley, Sir Arthur (later Duke of Wellington), 233, 253
Wells, Adm. Thomas, 195, 197
Wells, Mr., 314
Wells, Mrs., 195
West, Captain, 346-47, 349
West, John, 24, 28, 32
Westemburg, Assistant Surgeon, 176
West Indies, 156, 185
Westphall, Mr., 178
Whales, 145-47
“When I Beheld These Men Spring from the Ground” (Hall), 234-54
Whipple, Mr., 175
Whitby, Captain, 6-7, 10
Whitehurst, Midshipman, 257, 260-70, 276
White Swan tavern, 48-49, 48n
Whiting, HMS, 224
Whittaker, Thomas, 318
Willaumez, Rear-Admiral, 212, 225
Williams, Lieutenant, 174
Wilmer, Lieutenant, 361, 387
Wilson, Lieutenant, 361
Wilson, Mr. William, 206
Winthorpe, Lieutenant, 223, 228-29
“With Stopford in the Basque Roads” (Richardson), 213-33
Wohlfort (Dutch ship), 92
Wolfe, General, 117
“Woodwind is Mightier than the Swore, The” (Durand), 290-99
Wright, Capt. John Wesley, 186, 186n
“Yankee Cruiser in the South Pacific, A” (Porter), 345-66
Yarmouth, HMS, 118
York, Duke of, 279n
Young, Arthur, 188, 188n
Young, Mr., 35
Young, Mrs., 35
Yule, Lieutenant, 174
Zealous, HMS, 55
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