Greenwich Hospital 105, 106, 143
Grenville, Sir Richard 3, 11 grog 120
Gustavus, King of Sweden 34
Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden 171
Hall, Capt Basil 108
Hall, Henry 59
Hallowell, Capt 48, 187
Hamilton, Emma 48, 143, 153
Hamilton, William 48
hammocks 101–2, 134
‘hand over fist’ 183
hanging, drawing and quartering 13
Hanway, Jonas 33
Hardy, Sam 177
Hardy, First Sea Lord Thomas 10, 32, 87, 95, 153
Harrison, John 81–2, 82
Harvey, Capt 142
Hawke, Admiral Edward 24, 45–6
Hawkesworth, John 140
Hawkhurst gang 24
Hawkins, Sir John 105
Hawkins, Sir Richard 165
Hemans, Felicia 186
Henry the Navigator, Prince 55, 63, 64
Henry VIII, King of England 118, 168
Hermione (frigate) 123, 169–70
Herring Cove 179–80
‘high and dry’ 172
Hill, James (Jack the Painter) 182–3
Hinde (ship) 89
Hippocrates 165
Hoe, the 13–14
Home, Sir Everard 147
Hood, Admiral 177–8
Hood, Commodore Samuel 7, 8
Hood, Viscount 43
Hopping, Ann 118
Hornet (clipper) 177
Hosier, Vice-Admiral Francis 162
hovelling 114
Howe, Admiral Richard ‘Black Dick’, First Earl Howe 3, 30–1, 31, 75, 106
Hudson, Henry 65, 146
Hunt, J.S. 172
Hunter, Capt 164
Implacable (ship) 92
Impress Service 131
‘in the doldrums’ 21
‘in the offing’ 153
‘in someone’s black book’ 145
Indefatigable (frigate) 13
Infernet, Louis 36
injured seamen 105–6
International Code of Signals 61–2
Investigator (sloop) 52, 68
Jack Tar 96, 96, 134
Japan 3, 26–7
Jenkins, Capt Robert 4–5
Jenkins’s Ear, War of 5
Jervis, John, Earl St Vincent 9, 48–9, 49, 109
Jeune Richard (ship) 15
John Filmer (ship) 173
John I, King of Portugal 63
‘Johnnies’ 108
Johnson, Frederick 141
Johnson, Samuel 22
‘Jollies’ 108
Jones, Capt Christopher 58
Jones, Davy 134, 139, 144
Jones, John Paul 25
jury rigs 11
Kamehameha II, King 778
Keats, Capt Richard 112
keel hauling 94
keels 74
Kempenfelt, Rear Admiral Richard 183–4
knots 73, 73
‘know the ropes’ 50
La Boussole (frigate) 69–70
La Fortuna (ship) 9
Lady Lovibond (ship) 138
Lady Nelson (ship) 75, 75
L’Aigle (ship) 26, 51
Lapenotiere, Lt John 41–2
L’Astrolabe 69–70
latitude 81
Lawrence, Capt James 20–1, 100
Leander (ship) 111–12
Lee, St Ezra 76
letters 110–11, 115–16
Levasseur, Olivier (La Buse) 152–3
Leven (ship) 94
Liefde (ship) 26
lifelines 120
lightening strikes 160–1
‘limey’ 166
Lind, James 166, 166
Lloyd’s of London 106, 145, 178
loblolly boys 100–1
log-ship 70
‘loggerheads’ 13
longitude 81–2, 159
‘loose cannons’ 108
L’Orient (flagship) 157, 186–7, 187
coffin 48, 143
Louis XIV, King of France 58
Louis XVI, King of France 68, 69
Loyal Toasts 92–3
Lucas, Jean 3–4, 36
Lutine (frigate) 177–8, 179
Mackenzie, Capt Alexander 170
Macnamara, James 43
Magellan, Ferdinand 60, 140, 165
‘mainstay’ 35
‘making headway’ 130
Man, Edward 149
man-of-war 87, 92, 96
Manby, George 71–2
Marine Society 33, 33
Markant, Ellis 12
Marryat, Frederick 61
Mars (ship) 115–16
Marsden, William 42
Martinique 7
Mary II, Queen of England 58
Mary (frigate) 138, 176
Mary Celeste (ship) 174–5
Mary Rose (ship) 142, 168, 168
Massey, Edward 70
Massey’s log 70, 71
mastheading 94, 94
Maurice, Capt James 7–8
Mauritius 67
Mayflower (ship) 58
McClintock, Capt Leopold 66
McClure, Robert 66
McKenzie, Mrs Daniel 118
Melville, Herman 137, 167
Mercator, Geradus 64, 65
merchant navy 142
merfolk 146–7, 146
messes 119
meteorology 80–1
Miller, Andrew 131
Miller, Ralph 95
Minorca 40
Mitchell, William 94
Moby Dick (Melville) 166–7
Mohawk (ship) 74
Moluccas 60
Monarch (flagship) 40
‘money for old rope’ 174
Montgomery, Colonel Robert 43
Morgan, Henry 159
mortars 72
Mortlock, Capt Lewis 89
M’Quhae, Peter 151–2
Muir, Admiral 97
murder 119
Mutine (ship) 34
mutiny 3, 4, 30–1, 65, 169–70
Napoleonic wars 8, 14, 16, 48, 91, 99, 116, 122, 166
National Maritime Museum 38–9
Nautilus (ship) 41–2
navigation 81–2, 159
Nelson, Fanny 118
Nelson, Horatio 14, 16, 17, 28, 32–4, 39, 41–3, 48, 62, 87, 95, 102, 112, 115, 123, 127, 129, 143, 147, 153
Neptune 130, 130, 141–2
Neptune (merchant vessel) 149
Neptune (warship) 23
Neva (convict ship) 185
Newbolt, Henry 129
Nicholas, Jemima 17
Nicholas, John 118
Nile, battle of the 16, 48, 95, 118, 157, 186–7, 187
Northumberland (frigate) 29, 123, 138
Northwest Passage 65–6
Nossa Senhora do Cabo (ship) 152
Odell, Petty Officer Roger 49
Olivey, Robert 88
Omai 22
O’Malley, Grace 117
‘on the fiddle’ 63
Onyx (brig) 89
Orion (ship) 118
Owen, Sir Richard 152
P&O 88
Pallas (ship) 9, 123
Parker, Hyde 123
Parker, Richard 170, 170
Pascoe, John 88, 107
Patagonian giants 140
Paulet, Harry 23–4
Pearson, Capt 25
Pellew, Admiral Edward 13–14, 123, 174
Pellew, Capt Israel 163
Penn, Vice-Admiral William 120
pensions 105–6
Perceval, Spencer 30
Peter the Great 43–5
pets 9, 43, 88, 88–90, 90, 147
Pickle (schooner) 41, 42
Pigafetta, Antonio 140, 140
Pigot, Hugh 169
Pique (frigate) 50
pirates 117, 152–3, 159–60, 173–4, 174
see also buccaneers
Pirates of the C
aribbean films 137
‘plenty of scope’ 97
Polgrain, Sarah 127, 139
Pollard, Capt George 166–7
Polly (brig) 172
pollywogs 130
‘pooped’ 161
Popham, Sir Home 61
Port Royal, Jamaica 157, 159–60, 160
Porter’s Lodge, Portsmouth Docks 12
Porto Bello 5, 5, 110, 162
Portsmouth Docks 12, 99–100, 182–3
Portuguese, the 60, 63, 152
press gangs 127, 131, 132
‘press on’ 67
prisons 102
prize money 105, 121–2
prostitutes 119, 159
quarterdeck, saluting 150
Quebec 45
Queen Charlotte (ship) 31
Quiberon Bay, battle of 24
Quilliam, John 88, 107
Rainer, Peter 123
Ram, Lt William 18
Ranger (ship) 25
Rebecca (ship) 4
Redoutable (ship) 4, 18, 36
Reed, Capt 137–8
reef nuts 97
Regent, Prince (later George IV) 132
Restoration (frigate) 138
Revenge (galleon) 11, 12, 142
Reynolds, Joshua 22
Rivers, John 138
rockets 72
Rogers, Capt William 15
Romney (ship) 158
Rous, Capt Henry 50, 51
Royal Charter (clipper) 80
Royal Dockyards 99–100
see also Portsmouth Docks
Royal George (flagship) 30–1, 183–4
Royal Marines 108–9, 117–18
Royal Navy 3, 23–4, 32, 34, 73–4, 141, 178
admirals 103
alcohol 111, 120–1, 143
boys 115–16, 116
Channel Fleet 49, 119
and Cochrane 8
coloured squadrons 103
and Cook 77
and Dampier 83
death rate 157
devotion to duty 112–13
and Diamond Rock 7–8
disasters 158–9
discipline 93–4
and Drake 78
figureheads 142
and foreigners 91–2
gender of ships 145
and the Great Storm 1703 175–6
and lightening strikes 161
loblolly boys 100–1
and the Loyal Toast 92–3
Mediterranean Fleet 158
and Pellew 14
press gangs 131
and prize money 123
seasickness 102–3
silent service 123, 148–9
and slavery 18–19
and social mobility 87–8, 107
and the War of 1812 20–1
West Africa Squadron 18–19
Royal Transport (yacht) 44
Rudyerd, John 58
rum 120–1, 143
Rumford, Count 104
‘run the gauntlet’ 95
Russel, Edward 14–15
Russell, Thomas 133
Russian Navy 43–5
sailor recruitment 111–12
St Elmo’s fire 148, 149
St Vincent, battle of 16, 39, 118
St Vincent, Earl see Jervis, John, Earl St Vincent
Salisbury (ship) 88–9
San Josef (ship) 39
San Nicolas (ship) 39
Sandwich, Lord 22, 142
Santissima Trinidad (flagship) 22–3, 90
Saumarez, Capt 118
Saunders, Admiral 45
Sayes Court 44
Schank, John 74–5
Scott, Revd Alexander 161
scurvy 158, 165–6
sea clocks 82
sea monsters 128, 150–2, 152
seasickness 102–3
Second World War 137
Serapis (ship) 25
Seven Years’ War 45–6
Shakespeare, William 95, 137
Shannon (ship) 20–1, 21
ship christenings 132–3
ship-to-shore rescue 71–2, 72
ship’s biscuits 97–8
Shovell, Admiral Sir Cloudesley 81, 158– 9, 176
Shuldham, Capt Molyneaux 74
Skynner, Capt Lancelot 178
‘skyscrapers’ 167
slavery 18–19, 20, 173–4
‘slush fund’ 43
Small, Elisha 170
Smeaton, John 59
Smeaton lighthouse 59
Smith, Capt John 146
Smith, Sir William Sidney 34–5, 35
smuggling 23–4, 24, 60
Smyth, Admiral 144
Snell, Hannah 117–18
Snipe (ship) 71
social mobility 87–8, 107
Solander, Dr Carl 22
Somers (brig) 170
Sovereign of the Sea (ship) 142
Spanish Armada 78, 128, 149
Spanish, the 3–5, 9, 11, 19, 22–3, 78–9, 110, 138, 162, 169, 173
speed, measurement 70, 71
Speedy (ship) 9
Spencer, Phil 170
‘spin a yarn’ 101
Spratt, Jack 4, 51
Spratt, Revd Devereux 173
‘square meals’ 63
Squirrel (ship) 65
Stirling Castle (frigate) 138, 176
Stockholm tar 96
storms 138, 160–1, 172, 175–6, 181
submersibles 75–6
Suckling, Capt 115
Superb (ship) 112
superstition 127, 135–42, 144, 146–53
Swaffield, Capt 163
Swedish navy 181
Swiftsure (ship) 186–7
‘swinging the lead’ 30
Sykes, John 42
Symonds, Sir William 50
Syndey Cove (ship) 184–5
Taeping (clipper) 6, 6
‘taken aback’ 73
Tasmania 67
Tate, Colonel William 17
tea 5–6
Temeraire (ship) 36
Tennyson, Alfred 11, 150
Terrible (ship) 58
Terror (ship) 66
Thompson, Hugh 184
‘three sheets to the wind’ 114
Tiger (ship) 110
timber supplies 116–17
‘to the bitter end’ 116
‘toe the line’ 140
toilet arrangements 109–10
‘topping his boom’ 133–4
‘touch and go’ 104
trade winds 83
Trafalgar, battle of 3–4, 11, 16, 18, 22, 26, 32–3, 36, 41, 46, 51, 62, 88, 92, 115–16, 118, 142–3, 143
traitors 13
treasure 9, 123, 152–3, 162, 178
Tremendous (ship) 118
Trengrouse, Henry 71–2
Tribune (frigate) 179–80
Tribune Head 180
Truidson, Vice-Admiral Jens 181
Turkish forces 34–5
‘turning a blind eye’ 144
Turtle (submersible) 75–6, 76
Twain, Mark 177
Tyrie, David 13
umbrellas 33
‘under the weather’ 39
US Navy 20–1, 25, 100–1, 121, 170
Vanderdecken, Capt 136
Vasa (ship) 171–2
Venerable (ship) 164, 164
Vergruggen family 104
Vernon, Admiral Edward 5, 120, 121
Victoria, Queen of England 99
Victoria (ship) 60, 61
Victory (ship) 10, 18, 22, 32, 32, 36, 41, 46, 87–8, 92, 108–10, 113, 116, 142–3, 147
Vikings 132
Villeneuve, Admiral 8
vinegar 90–1
Visby 181
Voltaire 40
Waghorn, Capt Martin 183
Walker, Matthew 73
Wallis, Provo 107
War of 1812 20–1
water supplies 90
waterspouts 147
weather 138, 147–9, 160–1, 172, 175–6, 181
&n
bsp; ‘weather eye’ 18
Wellesley, Arthur, Duke of Wellington 35
Westcott, Capt George 95
whaling 166–7, 167
Whipple, Thomas 10
Whist Hunt 128
whistling 148–9
widows 105
William III, King of England 43–4, 58
William IV, King of England 92, 115
‘wind of ball’ 10
‘windfall’ 75
Windsor Castle (ship) 15
Winstanley, Henry 55–6, 58, 176
witchcraft 149, 149
Wolfe, General 45, 77
Wolverine (ship) 89
‘women on board’ 102, 117–18, 138, 142, 174–5
world maps 56
yellow admirals 103
yellow fever 162
Yorkshire Jack 139
Young Teazer (ghost ship) 141
Zheng He ‘Admiral of the Western Seas’ 55, 56–7
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