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A Short History of the Royal Navy, 1217-1815. Volume II, 1689-1815

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Wassenaer, Baron, Dutch Admiral, defeated by French, 77

Watson, Captain, loses the Northumberland, 119, 120

Watson, Charles, goes to Bay of Bengal 140

in conquest of Bengal, his death, 197, 198

Watson, Charles, Rear-Admiral, sent to East Indies, 139

takes Geriah, 140

Wattignies, in fleet of Briux, 403

Wells, J., Captain, commands Lancaster at battle of Camperdown, 352

Wentworth, General, succeeds Cathcart, 104

West Friesland, Dutch, La Hogue, 37

West Indies, operations in, 303, 304

West, Temple, Vice-Admiral, court-martial on, 115

praised by Sir Horace Mann, 111

resigns, 157

second in command to Byng, 149 et seq.

Westcott, Captain, commands Majestic, at battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.

killed in battle, 397

Wexford, in action at Pulo Aor, 480

Wheeler, Sir F., commands expedition to West Indies, 53

Whetstone, Sir William, succeeds Benbow in West Indies, 53

Whitaker, Sir Edward, Admiral, in command in Mediterranean, 54

White, Captain, commands Sylph, 399

quoted 315

White, Seaman, killed by Captain W. Hervey, 90

Whitelock, General, surrenders at Buenos Ayres, 485

Whitshed, Sir James Hawkins, Admiral, commands Namur at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346

joins Jervis at Minorca, 406

Wiggerts, Captain, commands Haarlem at battle of Camperdown, 351

Willes, Sir John, Chief Justice of Common Pleas, attaches naval officers for contempt of court, 117

Willet, E. S., Captain, commands Chichester at battle of Quiberon, 189

Williams, Captain, court martial on, 114

Williamson, I., Captain, commands Agincourt at battle of Camperdown, 352;

court martial on, 354

Wilmot, Robert, Captain, commands expedition to West Indies, 53

his quarrel with Colonel Lillingston, 87 et seq.

Wilmot, Ruth, widow of Captain R. Wilmot, 89

Wilson, Henry, captain of Warley, 480

Windsor, in Benbow’s squadron, 92

Windsor Castle, La Hogue, 37

Wishart, Sir James, at battle of Malaga, 65

present at dispute on flagship, 83

Wolfe, General, at taking of Louisbourg, 171, 173

takes Quebec, 196

Woolwich, La Hogue, 37

Wordsworth, John, captain of Earl of Abergavenny, 480

Worge, Colonel, at taking of Goree, 172

Wren, Ralph, Captain, commands expedition to West Indies, dies of fever, 52

Wright, Lawrence, Captain, commands expedition to West Indies, 52, 69, 71

Yarmouth Roads, mutiny of Duncan’s ships in, 375 et seq.

York, Frederick Augustus, Duke of, 303

averts mutiny in army, 363

defeated in Holland, 414

driven out of Holland, 327

James, Duke of (James II.), and the fighting orders, 3

York, La Hogue, 37

Yorktown, siege and surrender of, 267, 268

Young, James, Admiral, comes to Chatham, 373;

commands Intrepid at battle of Minorca, 152

commands Mars at battle of Quiberon, 189

Zealand, A, Dutch, La Hogue, 37

Zealous, in attack on Santa Cruz, 387

reports presence of French at Aboukir, 391

stranded in Tangier Bay, 343

Zebra, reports approach of D’Estaign, 230

Zegers, Captain, commands Devries at battle of Camperdown, 351

Zélé, crippled in collision, 277, 278

in fleet of Bruix, 403

in squadron of D’Estaign, 229

Zoutman, Johan Arnold, Schout-bij-Nacht, commands Dutch squadron in North Sea, 256, 258

Zurick Zee, Dutch, La Hogue, 37

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