INDEX
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Abercromby, Sir Ralph, General, in Cadiz, 419
commands troops in Mediterranean,413-414
in expedition to Egypt, 420, 421
in West Indies, 483
Aboukir, position of, 392
Turks defeated at, 409
Achille, at Trafalgar, 458
Achille, at Trafalgar, 460
on 1st June, 319
taken on 1st June, 321
Achilles, flagship of Rodney, 178
in blockade of Vannes, 186
Achin, Suffren winters at, 291
Acre, siege of, 409
Actif, action with Nonsuch, 263
Active, sent by Hood to North America,
captured, 267
sights Villeneuve, 447
Adamant, at battle of Camperdown, 351 et seq.
Admiraal de Ruiter, flagship of Zoutman, 256
Admirable, burnt at Cherbourg, 43
French, La Hogue, 38
Admiral Generaal, in Dutch squadron, 1781, 256
Adventure, La Hogue, 37
Advice, La Hogue, 37
Affleck, Sir Edmond, Admiral, in command at New York, 267
Africa, at Trafalgar, 458 et seq.
Africaine, taken, 420, 421
Agamemnon, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
at Trafalgar, 458
detached by Kempenfelt, 273
Aggershuus, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Agincourt, at battle of Camperdown, 352
Aigle, at Trafalgar, 460
joins Villeneuve, 447
Aigrette, at battle of Quiberon, 190
Aimable, French, La Hogue, 38
in squadron of D’Estaign, 229
Aix, island of, plundered, 167
Ajax, at Trafalgar, 458
joins Nelson, 455
Ajax, in squadron of Allemand, 477
in squadron of Suffren, 287
Alava, J. M. de, Admiral, at Trafalgar, 460
Albemarle, La Hogue, 37
Albemarle, Lord, General, at taking of Havana, 196
Alceste, Sardinian frigate, taken by French, 330
Alcide, taken by Boscawen, 142
Alcmene brings news of mutiny to ships off Cadiz, 380
on coast of Egypt, 401
Alcmène, in squadron of D’Estaign, 229
Alexander, joins Nelson, 388
at battle of Nile, 393, 397
taken by French, 324
taken by Nelson to Naples, 401
Alexandre, separates from fleet of D’Orvilliers, 224
taken, 327
Alfred, in action at Pulo Aor, 480
in battle of 1st June, 320
Algeciras, action at, 430-433
Algesiras, at Trafalgar, 460
Alkmaar, at battle of Camperdown, 351
Allan, Lord, comes to Chatham, 373
Allemand, Admiral, escape of from Brest, 477
his cruise from Rochefort, 452, 455
second sortie, 477 et seq.
Allouarn, Captain, commands Juste at battle of Quiberon, 190
Alms, James, Captain, commands Monmouth, 283 et seq.
Amazon, attacks Droits de l’homme, 340
Ambitieux, French, La Hogue, 38
Tourville hoists flag in, 41
Ambrose, Captain, court-martial on, 115, 116
Ambuscade, capture of, 472
Amelia, in action of Tory Island, 400
America, driven to sea, 259
in action with La Clue, 180
America, in battle of 1st June, 319
taken on 1st June, 321
Amherst, Lord, General, at taking of Louisbourg, 171, 173
Amiens, Peace of, 435
Amphion, carries pennant of Sir W. Hoste, 489
Amsterdam, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Anacreon, her cruise to Ireland, 401
Andrews, Captain, commands Defiance at battle of Minorca, 152
Andromache, look-out ship of Rodney’s fleet, 276
Anglesea, taken by French, 120, 121
Angria, pirate chief, 140
Anna, victualler with Anson’s squadron, 108
Anson, George, Baron, his voyage round the world, 107, 109
convoys Duke of Marlborough to coast of France, 168
defeats La Jonquière and St. George, 123, 124
his political weakness, 148
is appointed to lead expedition to South Seas, 103
made a peer, 125
on Board of Admiralty, 117, 118
Anson, in action off Tory Island, 400
Antelope, Byng goes home as prisoner in, 155
takes Belliqueux, 175, 176
Antraigues, Count d’, secret service of, 442
Apodaca, Ruiz de, burns his ships at Trinidad, 483
Apollo, French privateer, takes Anglesea, 120
Aquilon, at the battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
prize sent to Gibraltar, 401
Aranda, Count of, Spanish Ambassador, quoted, 254
Arbuthnot, Marriot, Admiral, action off Capes of Virginia, 260
at New York, 259
commands Portland at battle of Quiberon, 189
defends Channel Islands, reaches New York, 244
sent to America, 241
Ardent, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
at battle of Camperdown, 352
taken by Allies, 242
with Howe at New York, 230
Arethusa, action with Belle Poule, 223
Argonanta, at Trafalgar, 460
Argonaute, at Trafalgar, 460
Argumosa, T., commands Monarca at Trafalgar, 460
“Armed Ship,” what was, 214
Arnold, Benedict, attacks Quebec, 218
in Virginia, 260
Arrogant, unfit for service, 209
Artois Count d’ (Charles X.), to command expedition, 326
Ashby, John, knighted, 20
at battle of Hogue, La, q.v.
at Beachy Head, q.v.
in joint commission of 1691, 32
Asiento, what was, leads to war with Spain, 99
Atlas, stranding of, 342, 343
Audacieux, joins Villaret-Joyeuse, 312
Audacious, at Algeciras, 431, 433
at battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
in Howe’s fleet, 311
sent to Gibraltar, 401
Aventurier, in action at Pulo Aor, 480
Babet, at action at Groix, 327
Bahama, at Trafalgar, 460
taken by American privateers, 219
Baird, P., Captain, commands Portland at battle of Minorca, 152
commands Defiance at battle of Quiberon, 189
Baker, John, Admiral, in command in Mediterranean, 54
Balchen, Sir John, Admiral, sent to coast of Spain, 109
his death, 121
Bâle, Peace of, 294
Balfour, George, Captain, boards Bienfaisant, 173, 174
Ball, Sir Alexander John, Admiral, commands Alexander at battle of Nile, 394
Ballinamuck, surrender of French at, 398
Bantry Bay, battle in, 18, 19
French ships at, 338-339
Barfleur, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346 et seq.
on 1st June, 319
Barfleur Cape. See Hogue, La
Bargas, J., commands San Ildefonso at Trafalgar, 460
Barham, Lord. See Middleton, Sir C.
Barlow, captain of Phœbe, 420
Barnett, Curtis, Commodore, sails to East Indies, 128
takes prizes, 129;
his death, ibid.
Barras de Saint Laurent, Chef d’escadre, joins Grasse, 268, 269
Barrington, Samuel, Admiral, captain of Achilles in blockade of Vannes, 186
at Barbadoes, 237
takes Santa Lucia, beats off D’Estaign, 238
Barrow, Sir John, quoted, 133
Bart, Jean, privateer, 74
Bartholomew, D. E., Captain, pressed, 437 note
Basque Roads, action in, 476
Bastia, taken, 328
Batave, damaged, 405
in fleet of Bruix, 403 et seq.
Batavier, at battle of Camperdown, 351
Batticaloa, Suffren refits at, 289
Battle of 1st June 1794, 318-320
Bausset, Chef d’escadre, in capture of Moutray’s convoy, 252
Bayntun, H. W., Captain, commands Leviathan at Trafalgar, 458
Bayonnaise, takes Ambuscade, 472
Beachy Head, battle of, 24-29
Beaudoin, L. A., commands Fougueux at Trafalgar, 460
Beauffremont, at Louisbourgh, 163
commands Tonnant, at battle of Quiberon, 190
sails to America, 162
Beaumont Lemaître, Captain, commands Téméraire at battle of Minorca, 152
Beaver, Philip, Captain, cuts out Prima, 414
quoted, 419, 433, 434
Beckwith, General, takes Martinique and Guadaloupe, 484
Bedford, at battle of Camperdown, 352
dismasted, 259
Bedford, Duke of, at head of Admiralty, 117
Belingant, Chevalier de, commands Northumberland at battle of Quiberon, 190
Bell, George, lieutenant of Indefatigable, 341
Belle Poule, action with Arethusa, 223
in action at Pulo Aor, 480
Belleisle, at Trafalgar, 458 et seq.
former French Formidable, 327
Belleisle. See Quiberon
taken, 196
Bellerophon, at battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
at Trafalgar, 458
in Howe’s fleet, 310 et seq.
sent to Gibraltar, 401
Belliqueux, at battle of Camperdown, 352
Belliquex, taken, Bristol Channel, 175
Bellona, at Copenhagen, 426
in action off Cape Ortegal, 466
Bellone, in expedition of Bompard, 399
Benbow, John, Vice-Admiral, commands expedition to West Indies, 53
attacks St. Malo, 49
his career and death, 91 et seq.
Bengal, Bay of, operations in, 196, 202
Bentley, Sir John, Vice-Admiral, commands Warspight in battle of Quiberon, 189
Berceau, in action at Pulo Aor, 480
Berenger, C., commands Scipion at Trafalgar, 460
Beresford, Marshal, Lord, surrenders at Buenos Ayres, 485
Berkeley, Hon. G. Cranfield, Baron, Admiral, commands Marlborough, 311
Berkeley, Lord, Admiral, attacks Brest, 50, 51
bombards Dieppe and Havre, 51
Bernadotte, Marshal, and King of Sweden, commands in West of France, 418
Berry, Sir Edward, Captain, carries Nelson’s despatches, 401
commands Agamemnon at Trafalgar, 458
Rear-Admiral, captain of Vanguard at battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
Bertie, captain of Ardent at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Bertie, Lord Robert, his regiment in Byng’s squadron, 148 et seq.
Bertie, Sir Albemarle, Admiral, commands Thunderer in Howe’s fleet, 311
Berwick, at battle of Toulon, 113
in north squadron, 1781, 255 et seq.
La Hogue, 37
taken by French, 330
Berwick, at Trafalgar, 460
Beschermer, at battle of Camperdown, 351
Bettesworth, captain of Curieux, 450
Bévisier. See Beachy Head
Bexhirmer, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Bexley, Lord, see Vansittart, 424
Biche, at Louisbourg, 172
Bickerton, Sir Richard, Admiral, blockades Carthagena, 453
joins Collingwood off Cadiz, 455
Vice-Admiral, joins Hughes, 290
Bienfaisant, taken at Louisbourg, 173
Bigot de Morogues, commands Magnifique at battle of Quiberon, 190
head of Académie de la Marine, 147
Bizarre, at battle of Quiberon, 190
in squadron of Suffren, 286 et seq.
Blackwood, Sir Henry, Admiral, commands Euryalus at Trafalgar, 460 et seq.
Blakeney, General, lieutenant-governor of Minorca, warns Ministry, 147
Blane, Sir Gilbert, physician to fleet, 275, 276
Blanquet Duchayla, Admiral, at battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
Blenheim, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 345-349
Bligh, General, takes Cherbourg, 168
Bligh, Sir Richard Rodney, Admiral,
captain of Alexander, 324
Bligh, William, Admiral, captain of Glatton at Copenhagen, 426
commands Director at battle of Camperdown, 351
in mutiny at Nore, 370 et seq.
Blockade, methods of, 304, 305
Bloys, Rear-Admiral, at battle of Camperdown, 351
Boadicea, pursues Bompard, 399
Boca Chica, entry to Carthagena, 104
Boischateau, Keremar de, Captain, commands Brilliant at battle of Quiberon, 190
Bombay Castle, in action at Pulo Aor, 480
lost, 243
Bompard, Admiral, his expedition to Ireland, 398, 399
Bompard, M. de, cruise to West Indies, 177
in West Indies, 195
returns to Brest, 187
Bonaparte. See Napoleon
Bonaventure, La Hogue, 37
Bonne Citoyenne, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 345
joins Nelson, 388
on coast of Egypt, 401
Boscawen, Sir Edward, Admiral, his career and character; takes command in East Indies, 131
action with La Clue, 179-182
convoy scattered on his return home, 175
on Board of Admiralty, 148
operations in North America, 141
operations on Coromandel coast, 131, 132
returns home, 141
sails to intercept Dubois de Lamotte, 141
takes Louisbourg, 171, 173
Boston, attacked by French, 76
Boston, French squadron at, 235, 236
Boteler, Captain, succeeds Wren in West Indies, 52
Bott, mutineer, 369
Bouillé, Marquis de, co-operates in taking of St. Kitts, 275
retakes St. Eustatius, 271
surprises Dominica, 237
takes Tobago, 265
Boulogne, attacks on flotilla at, 434, 435
Bounties for seamen offered, 143
Bounty mentioned, 324
Bourbon, French, La Hogue, 38
Bourgoyne, separates from fleet of D’Orvilliers, 224
Bouvet, M. de, French officer, relieves Pondicherry, 131
Bouvet, Rear-Admiral, in expedition to Ireland, 337, 339
Bover, Lieutenant, threatened by mutineers at Spithead, 367
Bowyer, Sir George, Admiral, wounded on 1st June, 319
Boyne, at battle of Toulon, 115
Boys, Commodore, blockades Dunkirk, 178
Braddoch, General, his attack on Port Duquesne, and death, 141
Brandenberg, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Brave, French, La Hogue, 38
Breda, Benbow’s flagship, 92
La Hogue, 37
Brenton, Sir Edward, Captain, quoted, 377
Brereton, Major-General, misleads Nelson, 450
Brest, port of, and attack on, 51
Brett, Peircy, Admiral, commands Lion in action with Elizabeth, 122
in Downs, 178
Bridport, Lord. See Hood, Alexander
Brilliant, at battle of Quiberon, 190
French, La Hogue, 38
Brilliant, in mutiny at Nore, 374
in squadron of Suffren, 286
Brilliante, in squadron of Tronjolly, 282
Brinley, John, mutinous seaman, 90
Bristol, in Anson’s fleet, 1747, 124
Britannia, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346 et seq.
at Trafalgar, 458
flagship of Russell, 41
La Hogue, 37
Brodrick, Thomas, Admiral, in action with La Clue, 179, 182
commands in Mediterranean, 162
Bronard, G. A., commands Algesiras at Trafalgar, 460
Brookes, Cæsar, midshipman of Milford, 84 et seq.
Brown, Rob. Hunter, captain of Dorsetshire, 480
Browning, master of Mountjoy, killed at Londonderry, 21
Brueys d’Aigalliers, Admiral, commands in expedition to Egypt, 389
anchors at Aboukir, the disposition of his ships, 392, 393
Bruix, Eustache, his cruise to Mediterranean, 403, 407
Brune, Marshal, subdues Italy, 417
Brunswick, on 1st June, 320
Brutus, at battle of Camperdown, 351
Bucentaure, flagship of Villeneuve, at Trafalgar, 460
Buckingham, flagship of Temple West at battle of Minorca, 152
Buckle, M., Captain, commands Namur at battle of Quiberon, 189
Buckner, Rear-Admiral, at Nore in mutiny, 370 et seq.
Buenos Ayres, expeditions to, 485
Bullen, Sir Charles, commands Britannia at Trafalgar, 458
Bunker Hill, battle of, 218
Burchett, Josiah, quoted, 68
Burford, at battle of Quiberon, 189
La Hogue, 37
Burgess, Captain, commanded Ardent at Camperdown, killed, 352 et seq.
Burgoyne, General, his advance, 218
Burke, Edmund, character of Keppel, 221
on naval estimates, 209
Burrish, Captain, court-martial on, 114
Burslem, F., Captain, commands Coventry at battle of Quiberon, 189
Bussy, General, in East Indies, 291 et seq.
Butler, Captain, succeeds Wilmot;
lawsuit with Ruth Wilmot, 89
Buxton, Theophilus, steward, 89
Byard, Sir T., Captain, commands Bedford at battle of Camperdown, 352
Byng, Sir George, Admiral, father of John Byng, created Viscount Torrington, 148
in taking of Gibraltar, 64 et seq.
in command in Mediterranean, 54
Byng, John, Admiral, commands in Channel, 145
birth and early career, 147, 148
takes reliefs to Minorca;
his campaign and death, 148, 156
Byron, Captain, commands Andromache, 276
Byron, John, Admiral, his career and character; sails to America, 222
in North America and West Indies, 235, 240
stormy passage, 232, 233
Ça Ira, taken, 330
Cadiz, bombarded, 387
mutiny averted in ships off, 381-382
threatened, 419
Cæsar, at Algeciras, 431-433
flagship of Sir Richard Strachan, 466
in Howe’s fleet, 312 et seq.
Cagigal, F. X., commands San Agustin at Trafalgar, 460
Calder, Sir Robert, Admiral, captain of fleet with Jervis, 346 et seq.
commands off Ferrol, 450, 452
court-martial, 460
joins Collingwood off Cadiz, 455
Caldwell, Sir Benjamin, commands Agamemnon, 273
Callis, Captain, burns Spanish galleys at St. Tropez, 110
Calvi, taken, 328
Calypso, at battle of Quiberon, 190
Camaret Bay. See Brest
Camas, J. G. F., commands Berwick at Trafalgar, 460
Cambon, Captain, commands Mercure at the battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
Cambridge, La Hogue, 37
Campbell, John, Captain, flag-captain at battle of Quiberon, 189
takes French convoy, 169
Campbell, captain of Blenheim, overawes mutineers of Marlborough, 383
Campbell, Portuguese officer, gives information to Nelson, 449
reports position of Spaniards to Jervis, 345
Camperdown, battle of, 351, 354
Camperdown, Viscount. See Duncan, Adam
Canada, escapes from French squadron, 323
in action off Tory Island, 400
Cape Coast-Castle attacked by French, 170
Cape Français, action off, 170, 171
Cape, mutiny at, 381
restored and retaken, 484
taken, 483
Captain, at battle of Minorca, 152
at Louisbourg, 172
La Hogue, 37
Nelson’s pennant in, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 344, 349
Captain General, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Captain’s servants, 95, 96
Carkett, Robert, first lieutenant of Monmouth, 161
Carleton, Sir Guy, General, defends Quebec, 218
Carlotta, Portuguese frigate, 345
Carmarthen, Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds, Marquis of, in attack on Brest, 51
Carnarvon, Indiaman, taken by French, 175
Carnegie, William, Earl of Northesk, in mutiny at Nore, 377
third in command at Trafalgar, 458
Carrickfergus, taken by Thurot, 195
Carronade, by whom invented, and use of, 469, 470
Carter, Rear-Admiral, at La Hogue, q.v.
Carthagena, English attack on, 104, 105
Casabianca, flag-captain (French), at battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
Casse, M. du, French naval officer, his action with Benbow, 92, 93
Castagnier, Captain, lands invaders at Fishguard, 335
Casteel Medenblick, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Castlebar, French victory at, 398
Castor, taken by French, 308
Castries, Marquis de, French Minister of Marine, 296
Catamarans, failure of, 443
Catford, Captain, commands Captain at battle of Minorca, 152
Cathcart, Lord-General, appointed to command troops in West Indies, 103
his death, 104
Caumont, Chevalier de, Captain, commands Inflexible at battle of Quiberon, 190
Cautious Leeshore. See Keppel
Cawdor, French surrender to, 335
Cayenne, taken, 484
Censeur, in fleet of Bruix, 403
retaken by French, 331
taken, 330
Centaure, in action of La Clue with Boscawen, 181
Centurion, 125
at Gibraltar, 1704, 65
flagship of Anson, 107-109
joins Howe at New York, 232
La Hogue, 37
Cerberus, at battle of Camperdown, 351
Cerberus, brings report of approach of Spanish fleet to Rodney, 250
César, action with Isis, 235
in squadron of Estaign, 229
Ceylon, Dutch possessions in, taken, 483
Chandernagore, taken, 198
Charles Edward, Prince, sails in Doutelle, 122
Charles III., King of Spain, and his navy, 217
Charlotte Amelie, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Chartres, Duke of, at battle of Ushant, 225
Chasteloger, Captain, commands Intrépide at battle of Quiberon, 190
Châteaurenault, Count of, French Admiral, brings troops to Ireland, 17
at Beachy Head, q.v.
fails to join Tourville in 1692, 34
fights battle in Bantry Bay, 18-19
joins Tourville, 24
sails from Toulon to Brest, 58
Chatham, at battle of Quiberon, 189
La Hogue, 37
Chatham, fortified against mutineers, 373
Cherbourg, enlarged by Napoleon, 476
taken, 168
Chesapeake, taken by Shannon, 472
Chester, La Hogue, 37
taken by French, 78
Chesterfield, in Byng’s squadron, 151
Chézac, captain of Soleil Royal at battle of Quiberon, 190
Chichester, at battle of Quiberon, 189
at battle of Toulon, 115
Childers sloop, brings news of war with Holland to Rodney, 261
Chimère, in squadron of D’Estaign, 229
Chouans, what were, 334, 335
Christian, Sir Hugh Cloberry, Rear-Admiral, in West Indies, 483
Churruca, C., commands San Juan Nepomuceno at Trafalgar, 460
Cillart, Captain, surrenders Sévère, 290
Cisalpin, in fleet of Bruix, 403
Cisneros, B. H., Admiral, at Trafalgar, 460
Clarke, W. Stanley, captain of Wexford, 480
Classes, original inscription maritime. See Navy, French Royal
Clerk, John, referred to, 315 et seq.
Clinton, Sir Henry, General, retreats from Philadelphia to New York, 230
Clive, Lord, co-operates with Watson in taking Geriah, 140
Clorinde, her cruise to East Indies, 467
Clue, La. See La Clue
Clyde, in mutiny at Nore, 356 et seq.
leaves mutineers, 374
Cocarde, in expedition to Ireland, 338
Cochin, Dutch ports taken, 483
Cochrane, Lord (Earl Dundonald), taken, 431
at Basque Roads, 476
Cochrane, Sir Alexander Forrester, Admiral, in West Indies, 448
takes Martinique and Guadaloupe, 484
Codrington, Colonel, governor of Virgin Islands, 69 et seq.
Codrington, Sir Edward, Admiral, captain of Babet, 327
commands Orion at Trafalgar, 458 et seq.
quoted, 471
Coghlan, Jeremiah, Captain, cuts out French privateer, 418
Colbert, organises French Navy, 9
Colbert de Seignelay succeeds his father, 10
Collier, Sir John, in North America, 244
Collingwood, Commodore, in West Indies, 247
Collingwood, Cuthbert, Lord, Vice-Admiral, conduct off Cadiz, 455
commands Barfleur on 1st June, 319
commands Excellent at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346
misses Ganteaume, 477, 478
replaces Orde at Cadiz, 449
second in command at Trafalgar, 458 et seq.
Colossus, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346 et seq.
at Trafalgar, 458
in collision with Culloden, 343
joins Jervis, 343
Colpoys, Sir John, Admiral, commands off Brest, 338
goes to Spithead, 342
mutiny in his flagship, 364 et seq.
Comète, escapes from Louisbourg, 174
Concorde, in Savary’s squadron, 398
sent by Grasse to North America, 267
Conflans, Marechal de, commands Brest fleet, 176
at battle of Quiberon, 187, 194
blockaded by Hawke, 182, 183
his orders, 187
leaves Brest, ibid.
plan of campaign, 183
Conn, J., Captain, commands Dreadnought at Trafalgar, 458
Conquerant, at battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
French, La Hogue, 38
prize sent to Gibraltar, 401
Conqueror, at Trafalgar, 458
Constable, captain of Windsor, his misconduct, 92
dismissed and imprisoned, 93
Constitution, in fleet of Bruix, 403
Content, at Battle of Minorca, 152
convoys trade, 127
French, La Hogue, 38
helps to take Northumberland, 119
Convention, in battle of 1st June, 319
in fleet of Bruix, 403
Convoy, act to regulate, 479
ships employed on, in 1778, 213
Cooke, Edward, Captain, at Toulon, 302
Cooke, J., Captain, commands Bellerophon at Trafalgar, 458
Cooper, Captain, court-martial on, 115
Copenhagen, battle of, 424, 430
Coquille, in expedition of Bompard, 399
Córdoba, Jose de, commands Spanish fleet at St. Vincent, 344
Cordoba, Luis de, commands allied fleet in Channel, 269
his piety, 262
Spanish admiral, in Channel, 241, 242
takes English convoy, 252, 253
Corfu, occupied by French, 402
Cornish, Sir Samuel, vice-admiral in expedition to Manilla, 196
Cornwall, Captain, commands Intrepid at battle of Minorca, 152
captain, killed at battle of Toulon, 113
Cornwall, joins Howe at New York, 232
La Hogue, 37
Cornwallis, Sir William, Admiral, action with Ternay, 251
blockades Brest, 438
divides his fleet, 454
drives back Brest fleet, 455
retreat of, 326
Cornwallis, Lord, General, takes Charlestown, 244
Corsairs, French, 73, 79
Corsica, occupation of, 328 et seq.
evacuation of, 332
Cotgrave, Captain, in action at Boulogne, 435
Cotton, Sir Charles, Admiral, joins Keith, 408
Countess, Captain, commands Ethalion, 399
Courageux, French, La Hogue, 38
Courageux, lost, 343
in action off Cape Ortegal, 466
Courand, Captain, commands Sans Pariel, 314
Couronne, battle of Minorca, 152
French, La Hogue, 38
Court, M. de, French Admiral, at battle of Toulon, 112 et seq.
supports Spaniards, 110
Court-martial, reorganisation of, by Act 22nd, George II., 136, 139
Coutance Laselle, Captain, commands Sphinx at battle of Quiberon, 190
Coutts in action at Pulo Aor, 480
Covadonga, Nuestra Señora de, Spanish galleon, taken by Anson, 109
Coventry, at battle of Quiberon, 189
Craig, General, brings troops to Mediterranean, 449
Craven, first-lieutenant of Northumberland, 120
Croisic, Pointe de. See Quiberon
Crown, La Hogue, 37
Cruikshank, Isaac, caricatures Howe, 301
Cruisers, ships employed as, in 1778, 213
Cuddalore, occupied by Suffren, 289
siege of, 291
Cullemberg, Admiral, Dutch, at Beachy Head, q.v.
Culloden, at battle of Minorca, 152
grounds on Aboukir shoal, 394
in action with La Clue, 180
in attack on Santa Cruz, 387
in battle of Cape St. Vincent, 345, 349
in collision with Colossus, 343
lost on Long Island, 259
on 1st June, 319
Cumberland, Duke of, recommends creation of Marines, 144
Cumberland in action at Pulo Aor, 480
taken, 339
taken by French, 78
Cuming, Captain of Russell at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Cumming Thomas, Quaker, advocates expedition to coast of Africa, 170 et seq.
Cunningham, Sir Charles, Rear-admiral, his account of mutiny at Nore, quoted 356 et seq.,
captain of Clyde, ibid.
Curaçao, occupied, 483,
restored, retaken, 484
Curieux, sent to England, 450
Curtis, Sir Roger, commands squadron in Channel, 337
his caution on 1st June, 321
joins flag off Cadiz, 388
Dacres, J. R., Captain, commands Barfleur at Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346
Dalbarade, Captain, commands Conquerent at the battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
Dance, Sir Nathaniel, East India Company’s commodore, 480
Danish fleet seized, 486
Islands in West Indies taken, 483
Daphne taken, 325
Darby, George, Vice-Admiral, in command in Channel, 251
outmatched in Channel, 270
relieves Gibraltar, 262, 263
Darby, Captain, commands Bellerophon in battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
Dardanelles, Passage of, 487
Dartmouth, at Londonderry, 21
Dauphin Royal, at battle of Quiberon, 190
escapes Boscawen, 142
D’Aché, Count, in East Indies, 198-202
D’Aiguillon, Duke, General, to command army of invasion, 177
D’Albert de Rions, Comte, ill-treated by mob, 297
Decatur captures Dominica, 472
Decrés, Admiral, his defence of Guillaume Tell, 412
Defence, at battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
at Trafalgar, 458
on 1st June, 319
sent to Gibraltar, 401
unfit for service, 209
Defiance, at battle of Minorca, 152
at battle of Quiberon, 189
at Trafalgar, 458
flagship of Richard Graves at Copenhagen, 425 et seq.
in Anson’s fleet, 1747, 124
in Benbow’s squadron, 92
La Hogue, 37
D’Herville, Captain, commands Fier at battle of Minorca, 152
D’Hocquart, Captain, French Navy, taken by Boscawen, 142
Delaval, Sir Ralph, at Beachy Head, q.v.
in joint commission of, 1693, 45
with Smyrna convoy, 35
Delft, at battle of Camperdown, 351
Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Denieport, G., commands Achille at Trafalgar, 460
Denis, Sir Peter, Vice-admiral, commands Dorsetshire at battle of Quiberon, 189
Denmark, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Denmark, Prince George of, husband of Queen Anne, Lord High Admiral, 59
De Provinzen, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Deptford, joins Byng, 149
La Hogue, 37
Desaix, in action at Algeciras, 430 et seq.
Desbrière, Captain, quoted, 334
D’Estaign, Charles Henri, Théodat D’Estaign du Saillans, Comte, his career and character, sails to America, 222 et seq.
in West Indies and Carolina, 236, 240
passed Gibraltar, 229,
operation on coast of North America, 229, 234
Destouches, Chevalier, in command of French squadron at Newport, 259
D’Estrèes, at Beachy Head, q.v.
brings French squadron to Portsmouth, 9
Devaux, General, commands troops in Algeciras, 431
Devonshire, blown up in action with French, 78
La Hogue, 37
Devries, at battle of Camperdown, 351
De Winter, Jan Willem, Dutch Admiral, at battle of Camperdown, 351, 354
Diadem, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346
Diamant, French, La Hogue, 38
taken by Boscawen, 141
Diamond Rock, English position, taken, 448
Dickson, Captain of Veteran, 427 et seq.
Didon, joins Villeneuve, 448
taken, 453
Digby, Captain, commands Africa at Trafalgar, 458
Digby, Rear-Admiral, pursues La Motte Picquet, 263
commanded Dunkirk at battle of Quiberon, 189
sent to North America, 269
Diggs, D., Captain, commands Maidstone at battle of Quiberon, 189
Diligente, French privateer, 76
Dilk, captain, court martial on, 115
Dilkes, Captain of Raisonable, 427 et seq.
Dilkes, Sir Thomas, at battle of Malaga, 65
Director, at battle of Camperdown, 352
at Nore, 370
Diron, captain of Decatur, 472
Discovery, deserts mutineers, 377
Dix Août, in fleet of Bruix, 403
Dixon, captain of Ramillies, 427 et seq.
Dixon, James, master of Northumberland, 138
Dixon, Manley, Captain, his humanity to his men, 359
Djezzar, Pasha of Acre, 409
Dogger Bank, battle of, 257, 258
Dolphin, in Byng’s squadron, 151
in North Sea squadron, 256
Domett, Sir William, Admiral, captain of fleet with Sir Hyde Parker, 426 et seq.
Dominica, action off, on 9th April, 277
battle of, 12th April, 278, 279
taken, 483
taken from French, 196
Dominica, taken by Decatur, 472
Don, master of Ardent, killed at battle of Camperdown, 354
Donnidge, Mr., surgeon of Milford, 84, 85
Dordelin, captain of Tyrannicide, in fleet of Villaret-Joyeuse, 313 et seq.
Dorré, lieutenant of Revolutionnaire, 311
Dorsetshire, at battle of Quiberon, 189
court-martial on lieutenants of, 115
in action at Pulo Aor, 480
D’Orves, dies at sea, 286
takes command of French naval forces in East Indies, 283
D’Orvilliers, Guillonet, Comte, at battle of Ushant, 223, 226
commands Brest fleet, 221
in channel, 241, 242
Douglas, Sir Charles, captain of fleet, with Rodney, 276;
his advice to Rodney, 278
serves on American Lakes, 218
Douglas, Sir James, Admiral, at taking of Dominica, 196
Doutelle, carries Prince Charles Edward to Scotland, 122
Dragon, money spent on, rotten, 209
with Admiral Knight’s convoy, 449
Dragon, at battle of Quiberon, 190
Drake, Sir Francis Samuel, Rear-Admiral, commands Falkland at battle of Quiberon, 189
commands van in battle of Lynn Haven, 268
detached by Rodney, 265
Draper, Sir William, Lieutenant-General, at taking of Manila, 196
Dreadnought, at Trafalgar, 458
commanded by Boscawen, 141
La Hogue, 37
Droits de l’homme, destruction of, 339-342
Drucourt, governor of Louisbourg, 171, 173
Drury, W. O’Brien, Captain, commands Powerful at battle of Camperdown, 352
Dubois de Lamotte, French naval officer, takes reinforcements to Canada, 141, 142
Dubourdieu, Captain, at battle of Lissa, 488
Duchaffault de Besné, action with Boscawen, takes Carnarvon, reaches France, 172
attempts to relieve Louisbourg, ibid.
escapes British fleet, 175
Duchess, La Hogue, 37
Duckworth, Sir John Thomas, Admiral, at Minorca, 402
at Constantinople, 487
at Minorca, 404
Duff, G., Captain, commands Mars at Trafalgar, 458
Duff, Robert, Vice-Admiral, in blockade of Vannes, and battle of Quiberon, 186 et seq.
Dugommier, French general, retakes Toulon, 303
Duguay-Trouin at Trafalgar, 460
taken off Cape Ortegal, 466
Duguay-Trouin, Réné, defeats English convoy, 78
French privateer and naval officer, 74
his birth and education, 75
prisoner at Plymouth, 76
takes Dutch convoy, 77
Duke, at battle of Quiberon, 189
in mutiny at Spithead, 366 et seq.
La Hogue, 37
Dumanoir-le-Pelley, or Lepelley, Admiral, his flight from Trafalgar and capture, 466
commands allied van at Trafalgar, 460 et seq.
Dumourier, Captain, commands Trajan, 314
Duncan, Adam, Lord Camperdown, his antecedents, 350
commands in North Sea, 327
fights battle of Camperdown, 552, 554
mutiny in his squadron, 375
watches the Texel single handed, 376
Dundas, Henry, Lord Melville, in Pitt’s cabinet, 350
Dundas, Sir David, General, in Corsica, 328
Dundonald. See Cochrane, Lord
Dunkirk, 90
at battle of Quiberon, 189
in Boscawen’s squadron, 142
Dupetit-Thouard, commands Tonnant at battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
Dupleix, French governor of Pondicherry, seizes Madras, his intrigues, 139
Duquesne, captain of Foudroyant, 160, 161
Duquesne, Fort, attack on, 403
Duquesne, in fleet of Bruix, 141
Durevest, Captain, commands the Sage at battle of Minorca, 152
sails to America, 158
Durham, P. C. Captain, commands Defiance at Trafalgar, 458
d’Urtubie, Vicomte, Captain, commands Dauphin Royal at battle of Quiberon, 190
Dutch sailors, in English ships, 414
Eagle, La Hogue, 37
with Howe at New York, 231
Earl Camden, ship of Commodore Dance, 480
Earl of Abergavenny, in action at Pulo Aor, 480
Echo, at Louisbourg, 172
Edgar, at Copenhagen, 425 et seq.
called in by Sir Vincent, 405
La Hogue, 37
Edgcumbe, George, Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, commands squadron in Mediterranean, 149
commands Hero at battle of Quiberon, 189
in Lancaster at battle of Minorca, 152
Edwards, Captain Richard, defeated by Duguay-Trouin, 78
Egmont, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346 et seq.
Egyptienne, with Calder, 451
Egyptienne, reaches Alexandria, 420
Eimeriau, Captain, commands Spartiate
at battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
Ekins, Sir Charles, Admiral, quoted, 359 et seq.
El Arish, convention of, 416-417
Elba, occupied, 332
Elephant, flagship of Nelson at Copenhagen, 425 et seq.
Elephantin, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Elèves, rank in French Navy, 296
Elisabeth, taken by French, 78
Elisabeth, action with Lion, 122
Elizabeth, La Hogue, 37
Elliot, John, Admiral, his action with Thurot, 195
Elliot, Sir Gilbert, Earl Minto, Commissioner in Corsica, 329 et seq.
advises choice of Nelson to command in Mediterranean, 388
Ellis, Welbore, Treasurer of Navy, 209
Ellison, captain of Marlborough, rebuked by Jervis, 383
commits suicide, ibid.
Elton, Captain, loses Anglesea, 120, 121
Elven, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Embden, occupied, 169
Embuscade, in expedition of Bompard, 399
Emerald, in attack on Santa Cruz, 387
joins Nelson, 388
on coast of Egypt, 401
Engageante, in squadron of D’Estaign, 229
Entend, French, La Hogue, 38
Eole, on 1st June, 319
Eolus, commanded by Captain Elliot, 195
Epervier, taken, 471
Epron, J., commands Argonaute at Trafalgar, 460
Erste Edele, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Escaño, A., Rear-Admiral, at Trafalgar, 460
Esperance, taken by Byng’s Channel squadron, 145
Espiritu Santo, Cape, the Covadonga taken by Anson near, 109
Essex, at battle of Quiberon, 189
at battle of Toulon, 115
commanded by Captain John Campbell, 169
La Hogue, 37
Essex, taken by Phœbe, 470
Essington, W., Captain, commands Triumph at battle of Camperdown, 352
Ethalion, pursues Bompard, 399
Etienne, Captain, commands Henreux at battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
Etna, fireship at Louisbourg, 173
Etswont, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Euryalus, at Trafalgar, 455 et seq.
Evans, Captain, commands Union at battle of Quiberon, 189
Eveillé, at battle of Quiberon, 190
Everitt, Captain, commands Buckingham at battle of Minorca, 152
Excellent, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346
Excellent, French, La Hogue, 38
Exeter in action at Pulo Aor, 480
in action of 17 Feb. 1782, 288
Exmouth Lord. See Pellew, Sir Edward
Expedition, La Hogue, 37
Fairfax, Sir William George, Vice-Admiral, commanded Venerable at Camperdown, 352
Falkland, at battle of Quiberon, 189
Fancourt, Captain, his weakness in mutiny at Nore, 377
captain of Agamemnon at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Fandino, commands Spanish guarda costa, his treatment of Captain Jenkins, 100
Fantasque, in squadron of D’Estaign, 229
Farquharson, James, captain of Alfred, 480
Farrer, W. Ward, captain of Cumberland, 480
Favorite taken at Lissa, 489
Fenwick, Sir John, his murder plot, 57
Ferdinand, King of Naples, defeated, submits to French, 416
detains Nelson at Palermo, 404
Ferguson, Colonel, surrenders Tobago, 265
Ferris, Captain, commands Inflexible at Nore, 370
Captain of Hannibal, 432
Ferrol, action off, 451
French ships at, 438 et seq.
threatened, 419
Fidèle, at Louisbourg, 172
Fier, at battle of Minorca, 152
Fighting, instructions or orders, beginning of the, 3
their leading principles and effect, 4, 5
Firedrake at Bantry Bay, 19
Firm, in blockade of Vannes, 186
Firme, taken, 451
Fishguard, French land at, 335
Flamand, in squadron of Suffren, 286
Fleury, Cardinal, Prime Minister of France, his peace policy, 98
Flores, Luis de, commands San Francisco de Asis at Trafalgar, 460
Flotilla, invasion, 1803 to 1805, constitution of, 442, 443
invasion, collected by Napoleon, 433
Foley, Sir Thomas, Admiral, captain of Goliath, 393 et seq.
commands Britannia at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346
captain of Elephant at Copenhagen, 425
Foligno, treaty of, 417
Formidable, at battle of Quiberon, 190
at Trafalgar, 460
in action at Algeciras, 430 et seq.
in fleet of Bruix, 403
taken, 327
taken off Cape Ortegal, 466
Formidable, collision of, with Ville de Paris, 342
flagship of Palliser at Ushant, 225
Rodney’s flagship, 279
Forant, French Admiral. See Bantry Bay
Forbin, Comte de, serves with Duquay Tronin, 78
Forde, Captain of La Nymphe, 267
Forrest, Commodore, action with Kersaint, 170, 171
Fort, French, La Hogue, 38
Forte, action with Sybille mentioned, 302
Fortescue, E., Captain, commands Hercules in battle of Quiberon, 189
Fortitude, in North Sea Squadron, 1784, 256
Fortune, Jans Byng, 149
Foudroyant, at capture of Genéreux, 412
in action of Tory Island, 400
Foudroyant, captured, 159, 161
flagship of La Galisonière, 152
French, La Hogue, 38
Fougueux, at Trafalgar, 460
damaged, 405
in fleet of Bruix, 403
Foul weather Jack, see Byron, John
Foulis, Captain, at Cherbourg, 43
Fowke, General, Governor of Gibraltar, 149 et seq.
Fox, General, commands troops, 413
Fox, sunk in attack on Santa Cruz, 387
Fox, Thomas, Captain, captures French convoy, 125
François, French privateer, 76
in Savar’s squadron, 398
Franklin, at battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
prize sent to Gibraltar, 401
Fraser, captain of Nymphe, 403
Fraser, General, commands troops in St. Kitts, 274
Fraternité, Hoche and Morard de Galle sail in, 337, 339
Frederick, T. L., Captain, commands Illustrious, 331
commands Blenheim at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346
Fremantle, Sir Thomas Francis, Vice-Admiral, captain of Ganges at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
commands Neptune at Trafalgar, 458
Freya seized, 423
Frisia, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Froger de l’Eguille, commands Foudroyant at battle of Minorca, 152
Frogmore, Captain, his death, 115
Frye, lieutenant of marines, case of, 117, 137
Gabanons, Captain, commands Couronne at battle of Minorca, 152
Gabaret, Louis, French Admiral, at battle in Bantry Bay, 18
at Beachy Head, q.v.
lands James II. in Ireland, 17
Gæsterland, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Gage, General, commands at Boston, 219
Gaillard, French, La Hogue, 38
Galiano, D., commands Bahama in Trafalgar, 460
Galissonière. See La Galissonière
Gallivats, pirate galleys of Malabar Coast, 140
Galves, Bernardo de, conquers Florida, 243
Gambier, James, Vice-Admiral, commands Burford at battle of Quiberon, 189
Lord-Admiral, at action in Basque Roads, 476
succeeds Howe, superseded by Byron, 235
Ganges, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
in action at Pulo Aor, 480
Ganteaume, Honoré, Admiral, Captain of the Fleet (French) at the battle of the Nile, 395, et seq.
commands Brest fleet, 445
commands Trente et-un Mai, 314
his cruise to carry reinforcements to Egypt, 421, 423
relieves Corfu, 478
Garde de la Marine. See Navy, French Royal
Gardiner, Captain, flag-captain with Byng at Minorca, 152
his advice to Byng, 154
Gardiner, Captain, brings about capture of Foudroyant;
his death, 159, 161
Gardner, Alan, Baron, Admiral, captain of Maidstone, 230
draws sword on mutineers, 368
in Howe’s fleet, 313 et seq.
Gardner, Alan Hyde, Captain, commands Hero, 466
Gardoqui, J., commands Santa Ana at Trafalgar, 460
Gasparin, on 1st June, 318
Gassin, Captain, of Jacobin, 319
Gaston, Miguel, Captain, commands San Justo at Trafalgar, 460
Spanish Admiral, escorts treasure ships, 270
Gaulois, in fleet of Bruix, 403
Geary, Sir Francis, Admiral, commands reserve squadrons, 187
commands in Channel, 251
Gelderland, A, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
B, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Gelykeid, at battle of Camperdown, 351
Généreux, at battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
at Corfu, 404
taken, 412
takes Leander, 401
Genêt, M., French diplomatic agent, 305
Gentili, General, occupies Corsica, 332
Geriah, pirate stronghold taken, 140
Gerner, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Gibraltar, besieged, 254
relief of, by Howe, 280, 281
sights French squadron, 179
taken, 65
to be attacked by Allies, 64
state of fortress, ibid. 64
Gibraltar, driven on Pearl Rock, 343
on 1st June, 319
Gillet, Captain, commands Franklin at battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
Gillray, James, caricatures Howe, 301
Glandève, Commodore de, at battle of Minorca, 152
Glatton, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Glorieux, at battle of Quiberon, 190
French, La Hogue, 38
Glory, in battle of 1st June, 320
Gloucester, in Anson’s squadron, 107, 108
Goes, Van der, Dutch Admiral, with Smyrna convoy, 45
Goliath, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346 et seq.
at battle of the Nile, 393 et seq.
taken by Nelson to Naples, 401
Goree, repulse of English at, 171
Gould, Davidge, Captain, commands Audacious at battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
Gourrège, P. P., commands Aigle at Trafalgar, 460
Grabs, pirate craft of Malabar Coast, 140
Grafton, La Hogue, 37
Graham, Sir James, his naval administration, 437 et seq.
Grand Port, British frigates destroyed at, 467
Grands, Cardinaux. See Quiberon
Grasse François Joseph Paul, Comte de, and Marquis de Grasse-Tilley, reinforces D’Estaign, 239
action with Hood, 264
attacks Santa Lucia, takes Tobago, 265, 266
attacks St. Kitts, 273, 275
defeated by Rodney, 276, 279
leaves Brest for West Indies, 258
reaches Martinique, 262
sails from Chesapeake to Martinique, 271
sails to North America, 266;
aids in siege of Yorktown, 267-269
Graves, Samuel, Admiral, in command in North America, 219
commands Duke at battle of Quiberon, 189
attempts to relieve Yorktown, 267, 268
Graves Sir Thomas, Admiral, second in command at Copenhagen, 425 et seq.
Gravina, Admiral, accompanies Villeneuve to West Indies, 447 et seq.
at Trafalgar, 460
Graydon, John, Vice-Admiral, sails to West Indies, 53
Greenway, Captain, at Cherbourg, 43
Greenwich, in Benbow’s squadron, 93
La Hogue, 37
Gregory, G., Captain, commands Veteran at battle of Camperdown, 352
Grenada, island, taken by French, and battle of, 246
taken, 483
Grenville, Captain, of Defiance, 124
Grenville, George, his Act for the Encouragement of Seamen, 357
Grey, G., Captain, commands Victory at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346
Grey Sir Charles, Earl Grey in West Indies, 303, 304
in West Indies, 482
Griffin, Thomas, Admiral, supersedes Peyton, his sloth, 131
Griffiths, Captain, Anselm, quoted, 473
Grindale, R., Captain, commands Prince at Trafalgar, 458
Grouchy, Marshal, in expedition to Ireland, 339
Guadaloupe, taken, 482;
lost, 483;
retaken, 484
Guarda Costa, Spanish Revenue cutter, 100
Guébriant de Budez, chef d’escadre at battle of Quiberon, 190
Guernsey, in action with La Clue, 180
Guerrier, at battle of Minorca, 152
at the battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
escapes from Boscawen, 182
in squadron of D’Estaign, 229
Guichen Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, Comte de, commands in West Indies, 247, 250
defeated by Kempenfelt, 272, 273
Guillaume Tell, at battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
at Malta, 404
taken, 412
Haarlem, at battle of Camperdown, 351
Haddock, Nicholas, Admiral, blockades Cadiz, 109
goes to Gibraltar for winter, 110;
does not attack United French and Spaniards, ibid.;
goes to Minorca, ibid.
resigns command, ibid.
Haddock, Sir Richard, in joint commission of 1691, 32
Haerlem, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Hague La, Cape, 35
Half pay, amount of, 7, 8
granted under William III., 6
of captains increased, 204
Halley, Lieutenant, helps to suppress mutiny in St. George, 382
Hallowell, Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew, Admiral, commands Swiftsure at battle of Nile, 394 et seq.
Halsted, Captain, commands Namur, 466
Hamilton, Archibald, captain of Bombay Castle, 480
captain of Canada, 324
Hamilton, Lord, present in dispute on flagship, 83
Hamilton, Sir William, ambassador, 415
Hampton Court at taking of Foudroyant, 160
La Hogue, 37
Hannibal at Algeciras, 431, 433
taken by Suffren, 287
Hardy General (French), commands troops in expedition of Bombard, 399
Hardy Sir Charles, Admiral, 121
at battle of Quiberon, 189
convoys Lisbon trade, 119
Hardy, Sir Charles, son of above, at Louisbourg, 172
commands in Channel, 241, 242
in St. Lawrence, 174
Hardy, Sir Thomas Masterman, Vice-Admiral, captain of Mutine, 390
captain of St. George at Copenhagen;
with Nelson on Elephant, 426 et seq.
flag-captain at Trafalgar, 458
Hargood, Sir William, Admiral, commands Belleisle at Trafalgar, 458
Harland, Sir Robert, Admiral, second in command at battle of Ushant, 223, 226
Harrison, T., Captain, commands Venus at battle of Quiberon, 189
Harvey, Eliab, Captain, commands Temeraire at Trafalgar, 458
Harvey, John, Captain, commands Brunswick on 1st June, killed, 320
Harvey, Rear-Admiral, takes Trinidad, 483
Hastings, Captain, killed at La Hogue, 40
Hatherall, chaplain of Sandwich, his boldness to mutineers, 377
Havana taken, 196
Hawke, Sir E., Lord, Admiral, action with L’Etanduêre, 126, 127
at battle of Quiberon, 187, 194
at battle of Toulon, 113
command in Channel, 144
expedition to Rochefort, 167
his blockade of Brest, 182 et seq.
orders periodical visitation of dockyards, 134
resigns command in Channel, 145
scatters French convoy in Basque Roads, 169
succeeds Byng in Mediterranean, 158
Heath, Captain, at Cherbourg, 43
Heath, John, seaman, 90
Hébé, taken by Rainbow, 470
Hector, in squadron of D’Estaign, 223
Hector, takes Licorne, 223
Heliopolis, defeat of Turks at, 417
Heliopolis, enters Alexandria, 422
Henri, French, La Hogue, 38
Henry Addington, in action at Pulo Aor, 480
Herbert, A., at battle of Bantry Bay, 18, 19
at battle of Beachy Head, 24-29
Commissioner of Navy, 15
court-martial on, 31, 32
created Earl of Torrington, 20
dismissed from Admiralty, 23
sent to intercept James II., 17
Hercules, at battle of Camperdown, 351
Hercules, at battle of Quiberon, 189
Hermione, mutiny of, 383, 384
Hero, at battle of Quiberon, 189
at Porto Praya, 285
in action off Cape Ortegal, 466
in Hughes squadron in East Indies, 283
Héros, at battle of Quiberon, 190
at Trafalgar, 460
in squadron of Suffren, 285
Hervey, A. J., third Earl Bristol, Admiral, captain of Monmouth, in blockade of Brest, 186 et seq.
lands at Molines, 168
Hervey, The Hon. William, captain of Superb, court-martial on, 90 et seq.
Hesse-Darmstadt, Prince of, at taking of Gibraltar, 65 et seq.
Heureux, at battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
Hillyar, Sir James, Rear-Admiral, captain of Phœbe, 470
Hinchinbroke, East Indiaman, at Porto Praya, 285
Hinext, Captain, commands Beschermer at battle of Camperdown, 351
Hippopotame, at battle of Minorca, 152
Hjeelperen, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Hoche (formerly Pêgase) in Bompard’s expedition, 399, 400
Hoche, Lazare, General, his expedition to Ireland, 335 et seq.
Hodges, William, quoted, 358
Hodgson, Major-General, at taking of Belleisle, 196
Hogue, La, battle of, 34, 43
Hohenlinden, battle of, 417
Holburne, Francis, Admiral, sails to America, 162
sent to support Boscawen, 141
squadron scattered by storm, 163
Holland, Captain, commands Wassenaer at battle of Camperdown, 351
Holland, in Dutch squadron, in 1781, 256
Holland, war declared with, 253
Holloway, Captain, arrested by mutineers at Spithead, 366
Holmes, Captain, occupies Embden, 169
Holsteen, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Hood, Alexander, Lord Bridport, Admiral, commands Minerva at battle of Quiberon, 189
deceived by Bruix, 403, 404
fails to intercept Bompard, 399
fails to intercept Hoche, 337 et seq.
his action at Groix, 326 et seq.
ineffectual movements of, 342
mutinous combination in his squadron, 362
second in command to Howe, 324
Hood, Sir Samuel, Lord Admiral appointed to command in Mediterranean, 299
brings reinforcements to Rodney, 261
commands Venus, 178
Vice-Admiral, commands Zealous at battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
his operations at St. Kitts, 274, 275
in battles of Dominica, 276, 279
in Mediterranean, 1794-1795, 328-330
joins Rodney, 275
leaves Antigua for North America, 267
leaves Sandy Hook for Barbadoes, 272
quoted, 226
serves with Graves, 268
superseded by Troubridge, 409
watches Fort Royal, expostulates with Rodney, 262
Hoorn, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Hope, G., Captain, commands Defence at Trafalgar, 458
Hope, in action at Pulo Aor, 488
La Hogue, 37
Hope, Sir William, Vice-Admiral, commands Bellerophon, 310
Hopson, Major-General, in West Indies, 195
Hopsonn, Sir Thomas, Admiral, in attack on Vigo, 61
present in dispute on flagship, 83
Hosier, Francis, Vice-Admiral, his death in West Indies, 102
Hoste, Sir William, at battle of Lissa, 488
Hotham, Sir William, Admiral, actions with Martin, 330-331
commands Adamant at battle of Camperdown, 252
commands under Hood, 330;
succeeds him, ibid.
his convoy taken by La Motte Picquet, 263
resigns, 332
sails from New York to West Indies, 236
Howe, Richard, Earl, abused in newspapers, 301
action with Villaret-Joyeuse on 28th May 1794, 311
appointed to command in Channel, 299
at sea, 325
at sea, 1794, 323
commands Dunkirk in Boscawen’s squadron, 141
commands in North America, 219
commands Magnanime at battle of Quiberon, 189 et seq.
his signals, 470
in battle of 1st June 1794, 316, 320
in winter of 1793-1794, 305
operations in 1793, 300-301
operations of, at New York and Rhode Island, 230-235
pacifies mutineers at Spithead, 369
pursues French, 309
reconnoitres Brest, 308
relieves Gibraltar, 280, 282
sails from St. Helens, 306
state of his fleet in 1794, 307
statement of grievances of sailors sent to, 363
Howe, Sir William, General, commands in North America, 219
Hubert, J. J., commands Indomptable at Trafalgar, 460
Hudson, Captain, of Pendennis, his death, 93
Hughes, Sir Edward, Admiral, commands in East Indies, 283 et seq.
his engagements with Suffren, 288, 292
Hugues, Victor, in West Indies, 483, 484
taken at Cayenne, 484
Humbert, General, his invasion of Ireland, 398
Hume, James, Captain, killed in attack on French convoy, 170
Hunter, sloop at Louisbourg, 173
Hult, John, Captain, commands Queen in Howe’s fleet, 313
Hyder Ali, Sultan of Mysore at war with East India Company, 283 et seq.
death of, 291
Hyères, British fleet at, 111
Illustre, French, La Hogue, 38
Illustrious, in first action between Hotham and Martin, 331
Immortalité, in expedition of Bompard, 399
Imperieuse, her activity, 488
Impétueux, taken on 1st June, 321
Impregnable, on 1st June, 319
Indefatigable, attacks Droits de l’homme, 340, 342
commanded by Pellew, 337
Indivisible, flagship of Ganteaume, 421
Indomptable, at Trafalgar, 460
in action at Algeciras, 430 et seq.
in expedition to Ireland, 339
in fleet of Bruix, 403
in fleet of Villaret-Joyeuse, 313 et seq.
Industry, victualler with Anson’s squadron, 108
Infernet, L. A. C., commands Intrépide at Trafalgar, 460
Inflexible, at battle of Quiberon, 190
Inflexible, in mutiny at Nore, 370
threatens to fire into San Fiorenzo, 372
Infödstretten, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Inglis, J., Captain, commands Belliqueux at battle of Camperdown, 352
Inscription, Maritime. See Classes, and Navy, French Royal
Intendant de marine, des Armées navales. See Navy, French Royal
Intrepid, at battle of Minorca, 152
in action with La Clue, 180
in fleet of Graves, 312
loses topmast, 153
Intrepide, at battle of Quiberon, 189
Intrépide, at battle of Quiberon, 190
at Trafalgar, 460
in action of 14th October 1747, 126
Invincible, in fleet of Bruix, 403
Ionian Islands, retaken from French, 402
Irresistible, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 345, 349
joins Jervis, 343
Irwin, T., captain of Prince George, 346
Isis, action with César, 235
at battle of Camperdown, 352
at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
in squadron of Hughes, 283
with Howe at New York, 231
Iviça, British and Spanish fleets meet at, 302
J. J. Rousseau, in fleet of Bruix, 403
Jacobin, on 1st June, 319
Jacobson, Captain, commands Cerberus at battle of Camperdown, 351
Java, loss of, mentioned, 474
Java, island of, taken, 484
Jean Bart, in fleet of Bruix, 403
Jean Bon Saint André, French delegate, 306, 307
Jemmapes, in fleet of Bruix, 403
in squadron of Allemand, 477
Jenkins, John, master of Rebecca, ill-used by Spaniards, 100
Jenkins’s Ear, war of, 102
Jennings, Sir John, commands expedition to West Indies, 53
Jervis, Sir John, Earl St. Vincent, defeats Spaniards near Cape St. Vincent, 344, 349
establishes his blockade of Brest, deceived by Ganteaume, 421
evacuates Mediterranean, 333
First-Lord, his policy of inquiry and reform, 437-438 note
goes to Lagos and then Lisbon, 386
his movements during the cruise of Bruix, 405-407
in West Indies, 482, 483
letter to Keppel, 226
ordered to detach two ships of line into Mediterranean, 388
prevents mutiny off Cadiz, 381, 382
First-Lord, takes command in Mediterranean, 332
to command in West Indies, 299
John, Archduke, defeated at Hohenlinden, 417
Johnston, Major, heads mutiny against Bligh, 370
Johnstone, George, “Governor,” in action at Porto Praya and at Cape of Good Hope, 283, 284
Joinville, Prince de, quoted, 324
Jones, R., Captain, in action at Boulogne, 435
Jonquière, M. de la, French naval officer, defeated by Anson, 123, 124
Jupiter, at battle of Camperdown, 351 et seq.
Jupiter, at Porto Praya, 285
Juste, at battle of Quiberon, 190 taken on 1st June, 321
Justice, reaches Alexandria, 420
Jylland, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Keats, Sir Richard Goodwin, Admiral, captain of Boadicea, 399
ships Spanish troops at Fünen, 487
taken by Ganteaume, 423
Keith Elphinstone, Lord Keith, at Cadiz, 419
at siege of Genoa, 415
blockades Cadiz, 404
commands in Downs, 438
driven from Cadiz by French, 404
his pursuit of Bruix, 408
in expedition to Egypt, 420, 421
pursues Ganteaume, 422
suppresses mutiny at Plymouth, 380
takes Cape, 483
takes command against mutineers at Nore, 378
takes command in Mediterranean, 412
Kempenfelt, Richard, defeats Guichen, 272, 273;
his death, ibid.
his signals, 470
Kent, La Hogue, 37
Keppel, Augustus, Viscount, at Admiralty, 280
at Battle of Ushant, 223, 226
at Canaries, takes Gorée, 172
at taking of Belleisle, 196
commands Torbay at battle of Quiberon, 189
commands Western squadron, 221
court-martial on, 228
expedition to coast of Africa, 171, 172
his quarrel with Palliser, 226, 227
in blockade of Brest, 186
takes Braddock to America, 141
Kerjulien, J. M. C., commands Pluton at Trafalgar, 460
Kersaint, Captain de, commands Thesée at battle of Quiberon, 190
attacks Cape Coast Castle, and has action with Commodore Forrest, 170, 171
Kidd, Dandy, captain of Wager, in Anson’s squadron, 107
Killala, French land at, 398
Killigrew, Admiral, fails to intercept Châteaurenault in Straits of Gibraltar, 24;
convoys trade to England, ibid.
in joint commission of 1691, 32,
and in 1693, 45
King, R., Captain, commands Achille at Trafalgar, 458
King, Sir Richard, Admiral, in action of 17th February 1782, 288
Kingfisher, mutiny averted in, 382
Kingston, at battle of Minorca, 152
at battle of Quiberon, 189
Kinsbergen, captain of Admiral General, 256
Kirby, captain of Defiance, his misconduct, 92
shot, 93
Kirke, Colonel, his misconduct at Londonderry, 20-22
Kirkpatrick, John, captain of Henry Addington, 480
Kjöge Bay, British fleet in, 429
Kléber, General, in command in Egypt, 416
murdered, 417
Knight, Sir John, Admiral, commands Montagu at battle of Camperdown, 352
convoys General Craig’s troops, 449
Knowles, Sir Charles, Admiral, his services in West Indies, 105
Knowles, Sir Charles Henry, Admiral, son of the above, commands Goliath at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346
Koning Wilhelm, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Kosseir, Indian troops landed at, 421
Kraft, Captain, commands Alkmaar at battle of Camperdown, 351
Kronborg, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
La Bourdonnais, Bertrand Mahé de, forms squadron at Île de France, 129
his character and plans, 128
his operations on Coromandel coast, and his end, 130, 131
La Clochetterie, captain of Belle Poule, 223
La Clue, action with Boscawen and death, 179, 182
at battle of Minorca, 152
commands squadron at Toulon, 176
takes refuge in Carthagena, 159 et seq.
La Crosse, Captain, Baron, commands Droits de l’homme, 339-342
Laforey, Sir John, Captain, commands Spartiate at Trafalgar, 458
Admiral, boards Prudent, 173, 174
La Galissonière, French Admiral, commands squadron at Minorca, 152 et seq.
La Guayra, attack on, 105
Lally, Count, in East Indies, 198, 202
Lambert, captain of Saturn, 427 et seq.
Lamesle, captain of Indomptable, 313
La Motte Picquet, captures Hotham’s convoy, 263
reinforces D’Estaign, 239
Lancaster, at battle of Camperdown, 352
at battle of Minorca, 152
Lángara, Juan de, Spanish Admiral, at Toulon, 302
defeated by Rodney, 246
escorts Richery, and goes to Toulon and to Carthagena, 330
Langle, Vicomte de, Captain, commands Solitaire at battle of Quiberon, 190
Languedoc, action with Renown, 235
flagship of D’Estaign, 229
L’Annibal, in squadron of Suffren, 285
La Nymphe, reports departure of Grasse to Rodney, 267
Laprévalais, Chevalier de, Captain, commands Eveillé at battle of Quiberon, 190
La Prudente, detached by Kempenfelt, 273
Larkins, Thomas, Captain of Warren Hastings, 480
L’Artésien, in squadron of Suffren, 285
Latouche-Tréville, Admiral, commands Toulon fleet, 444
his death, 445
Laurier, French, La Hogue, 38
Laureston, General, quoted, 467
Lawford, captain of Polyphemus at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Leake, Sir John, at battle of Malaga, 65
in battle of Bantry Bay, 19
in command on coast of Spain, 53, 54
joins Rooke, 61
raises siege of Londonderry, 21
relieves Gibraltar, 67
Leander, at battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
in attack on Santa Cruz, 387
sent home with despatches, and taken, 401
Lee, Captain, commands Courageux, 466
Le Gardeur de Tilly, takes Romulus, 260
Legge, Hon. Edward, captain of Severn in Anson’s squadron, 107
Legion des Francs, and Noire, what were, 335
Lejoille, Captain, commands Généreux at battle of the Nile, 395
Le Maire Straits, Anson’s squadron in, 108
Lenox, La Hogue, 37
Leopard, recaptured from mutineers, 379
L’Epée. See Navy, French Royal
Leso, Blas de, Spanish naval officer, defends Carthagena, 104
Lestock, at battle of Toulon, 112 et seq.
Richard, Admiral, brings reinforcements to Haddock, 109
commands attack on French coast, 123
court-martial on, 115
on bad terms with Mathews, 110
put under arrest by Mathews, 113
L’Etanduère, Desherbiers de, French Admiral, defeated by Hawke, 126, 127
Letellier, J. M., commands Formidable at Trafalgar, 460
Levant, Vice-Admiral du, See Navy, French Royal
Levassor de Latouche, Captain, commands Dragon at battle of Quiberon, 190
Leviathan, at Trafalgar, 458
in Howe’s fleet, 311
with Howe at New York, 231
Lexington, skirmish at, 218
Ley, Captain, quarrel with Norris, 83
Leyden, at battle of Camperdown, 351
Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Lichfield, wrecked on coast of Morocco, 171
Licorne, taken, 223
Lillingston, Luke, Colonel, his quarrel with Captain Wilmot, 35 et seq.
Lincoln, American general, besieges Savannah, 240
Linois, Durand, Admiral, at Algeciras, 431-433
in East Indies, 480
Lion, action with Elizabeth, 122
blockades Malta, 401
La Hogue, 37
Lion, at battle of Minorca, 152
in squadron of Allemand, 477
Lissa, battle of, 488
Lizard, action off the, 78
Lloyd, Captain, court-martial on, 115
Lloyd, Captain David, follows James II. into exile, Jacobite agent, 16
tempts captains to treason, 35
Loades, Captain, brings away stores from Cadiz, 59
Lochner, J. Christ., captain of Ocean, 480
Lockhart, afterwards Lockhart-Ross, Sir John, Vice-Admiral, commands Chatham at battle of Quiberon, 189
Lodi, reaches Alexandria, 420
Loire, in expedition of Bompard, 399
London, flagship of Admiral Colpoys at Spithead, 364 et seq.
flagship of Sir Hyde Parker, 424 et seq.
La Hogue, 37
off Cadiz, story of warning to, 382
Londonderry, siege of, 20-22
Lord High Admiral, office in commission after 1688, 5
L’Orient, in East Indies, 286 et seq.
wrecked, 290
Loudoun, Lord, plans attack on Louisbourg, 162
Louis, Sir Thomas, Rear-Admiral, commands Minotaur at battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
Louisbourg, taken, 122, exchanged for Madras, 132
taken, 171, 173
Lucas, J. J. E., commands Redoutable at Trafalgar, 460
Ludlow Castle, commanded by Rodney, 178
Lunéville, treaty of, 417
Luttrell, Temple, on inefficiency of the Press, 215
on waste in navy, 209
Lynn Haven, battle of, 268, 269
Lyonne, M. de, French minister of marine, 9
Lys, taken by Boscawen, 142
M‘Cleverty, captain of Gibraltar, 179
Macdonel, E., commands Rayo at Trafalgar, 460
Macnémara, Comte de, French naval officer, accompanies convoy for America, 141
Madeira occupied, 482
Madras, exchanged for Louisbourg, 132
taken by La Bourdonnais, 131
Maegd van Dort, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Magendie, J. J., captain of Bucentaure at Trafalgar, 460
surrenders Africaine, 421
Magnanime, at battle of Quiberon, 189
in action off Tory Island, 400
Magnanime, in squadron of Allemand, 477
Magnifique, at battle of Quiberon, 190
French, La Hogue, 38
Magon, Admiral, joins Villeneuve in West Indies, 448
Rear-Admiral, at Trafalgar, 460
Mahon, Port, in Minorca. See Minorca
Maidstone, at battle of Quiberon, 189
reports approach of D’Estaign, 230
Maire Guiton, French prize, 308
Maistral, E. T., commands Neptune at Trafalgar, 460
Maitland, General, commands troops at Quiberon, 418
Maitland, Sir Frederick Lewis, Rear-Admiral, suppresses mutiny in Kingfisher, 382
Majestic, in battle of 1st June, 320
at battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
sent to Gibraltar, 401
Majestueux, in squadron of Allemand, 477, 478
Malaga, battle of, 65, 66
Malta, surrender of, 412
taken by French, 389
Manila taken, 196
Mann, Rear-Admiral, captain of Cerberus, 250
his blockade of Cadiz and return to England, 332-333
Mann, Sir Horace, minister at Florence, quoted, 111
Mansfield, J. M., Captain, commands Minotaur at Trafalgar, 458
Maplesden, J., Captain, commands Intrepide at battle of Quiberon, 189
Marcouf Islands, English post on, attacked, 386
Marengo, battle of, 415
Marengo, flagship of Linois, 480
Marigalante taken, 484
Marine Society founded, 143
Marines, organised, 144
two regiments of, raised, 15
Marlborough, at Toulon, 113
in Howe’s fleet, 310
in mutiny at Spithead, 364
mutiny in, 382, 383
Marmorice Bay, expedition to Egypt, anchors in, 420
Maro, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Mars, at battle of Quiberon, 189
at Trafalgar, 458
Mars helps to take Northumberland, 119
Marseilles, action with Preston, 235
in squadron of D’Estaign, 229
Marsh, Captain, takes Senegal, 171
Marshal, Samuel, captain of Arethusa, 223
Martel, captain of Belliqueux, 175, 176
Martin, G., Captain, commands Irresistible at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346
Martin, William, Admiral, enforces neutrality of Naples, 111
Martin, French Admiral, actions with Hotham, 330, 331
sails from Toulon, 330
Martinique attacked, 481
taken, 482
restored, 484
retaken, ibid.
Massena, Marshal, his defence of Genoa, 415
Mathews, Thomas, Admiral, commander-in-chief in Mediterranean, and envoy plenipotentiary to Italian princes, 110
at Turin, 111
court-martial on, 114, 116
fights battle of Toulon, 112 et seq.
joins fleet at Hyères, 111
Maure, French, La Hogue, 38
Mauritius (Ile de France) taken, 484.
Mautort, Chevalier de, quoted, 287
May, Rear-Admiral, quoted, 315
Maydman, Henry, author of Sea Politics, quoted, 97
Mayne, Perry, Admiral, presides over court-martial on Mathews, 117
charged with contempt of court, ibid.
Mazaredo, José, goes to Brest with Bruix, 408
refuses command of Spanish fleet, 344
Meadows, General, commands troops in Johnstone’s squadron, 283
Medée, in Savary’s squadron, 398
taken by Boscawen, 142
Medenblick, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Medusa, Nelson hoists flag in, 434
Melampus, in action off Tory Island, 400
Melville, General, invents carronade, 469
Ménage, General, French, commands troops in expedition of Bompard, 399
Ménou, General, commands French troops in Egypt, 417
Menses, Rear-Admiral, at battle of Camperdown, 351
Mercier, Captain de, commands Triton at battle of Minorca, 152
Mercure, at battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
Meriton, Henry, captain of Exeter, 480
Merveilleux, French, La Hogue, 38
Middleton, Sir Charles, Lord Barham, Admiral, quoted, 351
orders concentration off Ferrol, 450
Milford, commanded by Captain Moses, 83
Military Ports, French, 9
Miller, Ralph Willett, Captain, commands Captain at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346
commands Theseus at battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
Minerva, at battle of Quiberon, 189
reports position of Spaniards, 345
Minorca, battle of, 151, 154
besieged and taken by French, 147, 154
besieged by allies and taken, 254
invaded, 145
occupied, 402
Minotaur, at battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
at Trafalgar, 458
narrow escape at Genoa, 415
sent to Gibraltar, 401
Minto, Earl, see Elliot, Sir Gilbert
Miquelon taken, 481
Missiessy, Baron, Admiral, his cruise to West Indies, 445-446
Mitchell, Cornelius, Captain, his misconduct in West Indies, 105
court martial on, 106
Mitchell, Sir David, Vice-Admiral, commands in Mediterranean, 57
Mitchell, M., Captain of Pearl in Anson’s squadron, 107
commands Isis at battle of Camperdown, 352
Modéré, French, La Hogue, 38
Modeste, cutting out of, 186
taken at Lagos, 182
Moffat, William, captain of Ganges, 480
Molines, island of, ransomed, 168
Molloy, Anthony James Pye, Captain, commands Cæsar in Howe’s fleet, 312
Molucca, Dutch islands taken, 483
Monarca at Trafalgar, 460
Monarch, at battle of Camperdown, 352
at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Monarque, execution of Byng on, 156
Monarque, French, La Hogue, 38
Monckton, Major General, in West Indies, 196
Monk, La Hogue, 37
Monmouth, at battle of Camperdown, 352
at taking of Foudroyant, 159, 161
in Hughes squadron, 283 et seq.
La Hogue, 37
on coast of Brittany, 168
violence of mutineers in, 377
Montagnard, deserts Villaret-Joyeuse, 313
Montagne, flagship of Villaret-Joyeuse, 319
Montagu, Admiral, off Brest, 321
Montagu, William “Mad Montague,” 124
Montagu, Sir George, Admiral, sent to intercept French convoy, 306 et seq.
Montague, at battle of Camperdown, 352
at battle of Quiberon, 189
in battle of 1st June, 320
La Hogue, 37
Montanes, at Trafalgar, 460
Mont Blanc, at Trafalgar, 460
detached by Howe, 313
in fleet of Bruix, 403
taken off Cape Ortegal, 466
Monte Video, occupied, 485
Montgomery, his attack on Quebec, 218
Moore Sir John, Admiral, in the West Indies, 195
Moorsom R., Captain, commands Revenge at Trafalgar, 458
Morard de Galle, French Admiral, appointed to command in Channel, 300
sails with Hoche, 337 et seq.
Morbihan. See Quiberon
Mordaunt, General, with Hawke in attack on Rochefort, 167
Moreau, General, defeats Austrians at Hohenlinden, 417
Morel Henri, Captain, commands Téméraire, 314
Moreno, Juan Joaquin, in action at Algeciras, 430
Morla, General, governor of Cadiz, 419
Morning Chronicle quoted, 449
Morocco, Emperor of, is paid ransom for crew of Lichfield, 171
Morogues. See Bigot de
Morris J. N. captain, commands Colossus at Trafalgar, 458
Moses, William, captain of Milford, story of, 83, 84, 85
Mosse, captain of Monarch at Copenhagen, 426
Mountjoy, at Londonderry, 21
Moutray, John, Captain, his convoy taken, 252-253
Mucius, on 1st June, 319
Muiron, in action at Algeciras, 430 et seq.
Mulgrave, Lord, see Phipps, Constantine John
Munden, Sir John, Rear-Admiral, his failure at Corunna, 64
Munickendam, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Munro, Sir Hector, General, takes Pondicherry, 282
Murat, Marshal and King of Naples, subdues Italy, 417
Murray, G., Captain, commands Colossus at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346
captain of Edgar, at Copenhagen, 426
Murray, Commissary, in Wilmot’s expedition, 87
Murray, Honourable G., Captain of Trial in Anson’s squadron, 107
Muskeyn, attacks Marcouf Islands, 386
Musquetier, Captain, commands Leyden at battle of Camperdown, 351
Mutine, brings news to Nelson, 390
Namur, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346
at battle of Quiberon, 189
commanded by Boscawen, 141
flagship of Boscawen in action with La Clue, 179, 183
flagship of Admiral Matthews at Toulon, 112
in action off Cape Ortegal, 466
in battle of Dominica, 279
joins Jervis, 343
unfit for service, 109
Napoleon Bonaparte, appointed General of the Army of England, 385
at Toulon, 303
coup d’état of 18 Brumaire, 411
escapes from Egypt, 409, 410
gives Villeneuve conditional leave to go to Cadiz, 452
his aggressions, 436
his anger, 454
his anger with Villeneuve, 446
his campaign in Italy, 332
his endeavour to reinforce army in Egypt, 416 et seq.
his threat of invasion considered, 420, 440
imprisoned in Egypt, 401
plans concentration of forces in Channel, 442, 445
sails to invade Egypt, 389
Nassau, Count of, commands Dutch troops on coast of Spain, 56
Navarro, José de, Spanish Admiral, at battle of Toulon, 112
blockaded by Haddock, 110
goes to Toulon, 110
joins French squadron, 110
sails from Cadiz, 110
Navigation Laws, manning clauses suspended, 143
Navy, British Royal, effect of Revolution on, 1, 2
administrative corruption, 207-210
administrative reforms of, 132-133
Discipline Act of 1749 passed 137, 138
disposition of, in 1778, 212-213
growth of, between 1793 and 1815, 468
improved discipline of, 205-207
improvement in ships of, 136
increase of, till 1783, 211
internal condition of, 471-474
manning of, 213-216, 218, 219
pay of seamen increased, 476
ships in commission, 1803, 438
strength and disposition of, 1803, 440
strength of, in 1688, 14
in 1739, 101
in 1756, 145
in 1778, 211
in 1781, 253
in 1793, 298
Navy, Dutch, state of, 1778, 217, 218
Navy, French Royal, condition in 1778, 216, 217
organisation of, 8, 14
ruined by Revolution, 295, 298
strength of, in 1756, 146
French Imperial, strength in 1803, 439
French National, strength in 1793, 298
Navy, Spanish, condition in 1778, 217
Neale, Sir Harry Burrard, admiral-captain of San Fiorenzo, 371
Nelson, Sir Horatio, Viscount, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 345-349
at battle of Copenhagen, 424, 430
at Kjöge and Revel, 430
at Naples, 407
at Palermo, 404
captain’s servant, 96
detached to Santa Cruz, wounded, 387
fights battle of Trafalgar, 456-466
goes from Egypt to Naples, 401, 402
goes to Egypt, 446
misses Villeneuve, 447
offers his services, and sails for Straits, 455
operations against Invasion Flotilla, 434, 435
French expedition to Egypt, 390, 391
pursues Villeneuve, 448 et seq.
refits Vanguard on San Pietro, 389
rejoins fleet off Cadiz, and is detached up Mediterranean, 388
returns to England, 415, 453
returns to Straits, 450, 451
takes command in Mediterranean, 438
takes Généreux, 412
Vice-Admiral, loses an eye at Calvi, 329
watches Toulon, 444
Neptune, at Trafalgar, 458 et seq.
La Hogue, 37
lost, 325
Neptuno, at Trafalgar, 460
Nesmond, French Naval officer, escapes from La Hogue, q.v., 43
Nestor, in expedition to Ireland, 338
Neuf Thermidor (Jacobin renamed) lost, 325
Nevil, Vice-Admiral, commands expedition to West Indies, 53, 71
Newark, Boscawen hoists flag in, 182
Newcastle, Duke of, politician, 118
pushes on armaments, 143
Newport, operations round, 233, 234
Nidelven, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Nielly, Rear-Admiral, French, sails to meet grain convoy, 305
in expedition to Ireland, 337
joins Villaret-Joyeuse, 314
takes Alexander, 324
Nightingale, G., Captain, commands Vengeance at battle of Quiberon, 189
Noailles, Marquis de, French Ambassador, announces treaty with Americans, 220
Noel, Captain, commands Princess Louisa at battle of Minorca, 152
Nonsuch, action with Actif, 263
with Howe at New York, 230
Nore, mutiny at, 369, 380
Norris, Richard, captain of Gloucester in Anson’s squadron, 107
takes refuge in Spain, 115
Norris, Sir John, Admiral of the fleet, in command in Mediterranean, 54
his quarrel with Captain Ley, 83
in command in Channel, 109
in Downs, 111
mentioned, 118
North Holland, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Northern Coalition formed, 423
Northesk, Earl of. See Carnegie, William
Northumberland, at battle of Quiberon, 190
taken on 1st June, 321
Northumberland, La Hogue, 37
taken by French, 119
Nottingham, in action of the 14th October, 1747, 126
Nottingham, Lord, Secretary of State, his letter to fleet, 36
Nyborg, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Nymphe, reports to Bridport, 403
O’Brien, L., Captain, commands Essex in battle of Quiberon, 189
commands Monarch at battle of Camperdown, 352
Ocean, flagship of La Clue, 180
in fleet of Bruix, 403
Ocean, in action at Pulo Aor, 480
Ogle, Sir Chaloner, Admiral, commands fleet in West Indies, 90
joins Vernon in West Indies, 104
suppresses the pirate Roberts, 98
Oglethorpe, General, his inquiry into state of prisons, 82
Onslow, Sir Richard, Admiral, second in command at battle of Camperdown, 352 et seq.
Orde, Sir John, Admiral, blockades Cadiz, driven off, 447
Ordonnance. See Navy, French Royal
Orford, Earl of. See Russell, Edward
Orient, at battle of Quiberon, 190
flagship of Brueys at the battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
Oriente, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 347
Orion, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 345-346
at battle of Nile, 393
at Trafalgar, 458
in battle of 1st June, 320
joins Jervis, 343
joins Nelson, 388
sent to Gibraltar, 401
Ormonde, Duke of, commands troops on coast of Spain, 60, 61
Orgueilleux, French, La Hogue, 38
Orphée, at battle of Minorca, 152
Ortegal Cape, Sir Richard Strachan’s action off, 466
Osborn, or Osborne, Henry, Admiral, commands in Mediterranean, 158 et seq.
Ossory, La Hogue, 37
Otway, Sir Robert Waller, captain of London, 426 et seq.
Oxford, La Hogue, 37
Palliser, Sir Hugh, Admiral, Sea Lord, 210
court-martial on, 228;
return, ibid.
quarrel with Keppel, 226, 227
third in command at battle of Ushant, 223, 226
Pannetier, Chef d’escadre, takes French ships to St. Malo after La Hogue, 42
leaves St. Malo, 44
Paoli, Pasqual, Corsican leader, 328-330
Parejas, A., commands Argonanta at Trafalgar, 460
Parker, E. T., Captain, killed at Boulogne, 435
Parker, Richard, mutineer, his antecedents, 369-370
leads mutiny at Nore, 370, 380,
and execution, ibid.
quota man, 355
Parker, Sir Hyde, Vice-Admiral, called “Vinegar Parker,” commands in North Sea, 255-258
services in West Indies, 244 et seq.
Parker, Sir Hyde, Admiral, son of above, commands in Mediterranean, 332
in Baltic, 424
recalled, 429
Parker, Sir William, Admiral, brings reinforcements to Jervis, 343
at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346
commands Audacious in Howe’s fleet, 311
Parry, Captain, commands Kingston at battle of Minorca, 152
Pasley, Rear-Admiral, wounded, 319
Sir Charles, General, quoted, 114, 413
Pasley, Sir Thomas, Admiral, commands advance squadron in Howe’s fleet, 310 et seq.
Pater, Captain, commands Bellona, 466
Patriote joins Villaret-Joyeuse, 309
Patriots, Political Party, 100, 101
Patton, Captain, warns Admiralty of mutiny at Spithead, 362
Paul, Czar, forms Northern Coalition, 423 et seq.
murder of, 429
Paulet, Lord Henry, captain of Defence, 426 et seq.
Pay of naval officers in 1694, 6
in 1700, 7
Payne, John Willett, Rear-Admiral, commands Russell in Howe’s fleet, 310
Pearce, Captain, suppresses mutiny in St. George, 382
Pearl, in Anson’s squadron, fails to round the Horn, 108
Pégase, in expedition to Ireland, 337
Pellew, Israel, Admiral, commands Conqueror at Trafalgar, 458
Pellew, Sir Edward, Lord Exmouth, Admiral, attacks Droits de l’homme, 340
blockades Ferrol, 438
captain of Indefatigable, 337
carries troops to Quiberon, 418
commands in East Indies, 481
quoted, 439
Pelt, Captain, court-martial on, 115
Pembroke, Earl of, raises regiment of marines, 15;
to be Lord High Admiral, 59
Peñas, Golfo de, wreck of Wager in, 108
Pendennis, in Benbow’s squadron, 93
Pénélope, successful cruise of, 478
Penmarch, Pointe de, See Quiberon.
Pension, Greenwich Hospital, compared to Chelsea, 361
Perle, French, La Hogue, 38
Perrée, Rear-Admiral, taken by Keith, 407;
killed, 412
Peuple Souverain, at the battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
prize sent to Gibraltar, 401
Peyton, Edward, Captain, action with La Bourdonnais, 130;
his timidity, ibid.
commands Defence at battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
succeeds Barnett, 129
superseded, 131
Phæton, at Algeciras, 431, 433
Philadelphia occupied, 219
Philipps, Baker, Lieutenant, surrenders Anglesea, shot, 121
Phipps, Constantine John, Baron Mulgrave, in admiralty, 210
Phips, Sir W., attacks Nova Scotia and Quebec, 52
Phœbe, sent to warn Colpoys, 338
sights Villeneuve, 447
takes Africaine, 420, 421
takes Essex, 470
Phœnix, at Londonderry, 21
in Byng’s squadron, 151
with Howe at New York, 231
Pigot, captain of Hermione, murdered, 384
Pigott, General, defends Newport, 233
in command in Rhode Island, 230
Pilford, J., Captain, commands Ajax at Trafalgar, 458
Pipon, Lieutenant, in destruction of Droits de l’homme, 342
Pique, warns Keith of approach of Ganteaume, 422
Pirates of Malabar Coast, 140
Plume, La. See Navy, French Royal
Pluto, fireship in action with French convoy, 169
Pluton, at Trafalgar, 460
Plymouth, at Algeciras, 431
La Hogue, 37
Pocock, Sir George, Admiral, in expedition to Havana, 196
in East Indies, 198-202
Poder, Spanish man-of-war, taken at battle of Toulon, burnt, 113
Pointis, M. de, defeated in Gibraltar Bay, 67
Pole, Sir Charles Morice, Admiral, action with Spanish squadron in Aix Roads, 411
Polyphemus at Copenhagen, 426
at Trafalgar, 458
Pompée at Algeciras, 431-433
chased by French, 477
Ponant, Vice-Admiral. See Navy, French Royal
Pondicherry, failure of English attack on, 132
taken, 481
Popham, Sir Home, Admiral, accused of malversation, 437, 438, note
lands troops from India in Egypt, 421
promotes attack on Spanish colonies 485
quoted, 360
Portland in action with La Clue, 180
joins Byng, 149
Porto Bello, blockaded by Hosier, 102
taken by Vernon, 103
Porto Novo, Suffren visits, 289
Porto Playa, action at, 284
Porto Rico, unsuccessful attack on, 484
Poulain, J. B. J. R., commands Héros at Trafalgar, 460
Powerful, at battle of Camperdown, 352
Prendergass, Jas., captain of Hope, 480
Prescott, General, co-operates with Hood at St. Kitts, 275
President joins Hood, 274
Press, inefficiency of, 215
Preston, action with Mars, 235
in North squadron, 1781, 256
with Howe at New York, 231
Price, captain of Viper, his account of his crew, 215
Prieur de la Marne, French delegate, 306
Prima cut out at Genoa, 415
Prince, at Trafalgar, 458
collision with Sans-Pareil, 342
Prince, French, La Hogue, 38
Prince George, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 345
joins Jervis, 343
Prince Noir, at battle of Quiberon, 190
Princesa, Spanish man-of-war, 81
Princess Amelia, in North Sea squadron, 1781, 256
Princess Louisa, at battle of Minorca, 152
joins Byng, 149
Principe de Asturias, at Trafalgar, 460
Pringle, Captain, serves on American Lakes, 218
Printz, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Prinz Casimir, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Printzess, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Pritchard, Captain, destroys French convoy in Berteaume Bay, 50
Privateers, American, activity of, 1774-1778, 220
British, excesses of, and legislation upon, 166, 167
Prize money, how distributed, 386
Promotion to flag rank regulated, 135
Proserpine, mutineers ill-use boatswain of, 373
Protecteur, in squadron of D’Estaign, 229
Provence, in squadron of D’Estaign, 229
Prövesteen, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Prowse, William, Rear-Admiral, commands Sirius at Trafalgar, 462
Prudent, taken at Louisbourg, 173
Puerto Cabello, attack on, 105
Pulo Aor, action near, 480
Pulteney, General, threatens Ferrol and Vigo, 419
Purvis, captain of London, 382
Queen Charlotte, Howe’s flagship, 313 et seq.
Queen, in Howe’s fleet, 312
with Admiral Knight’s convoy, 449
Quevedo, J., commands San Leandro at Trafalgar, 460
Quiberon, battle of, 187, 194
expedition to, 418
French Royalists landed at, 326 et seq.
position of, 184
Quota-men, meaning of, 355
Raccord, Captain, commands Peuple Souverain at battle of the Nile, 395
Radstock, Lord. See Waldegrave, W.
Rainbow, armed with carronades, 469
Raisonable, at Copenhagen, 427 et seq.
joins Howe, 232
Ramatuelle, French writer on naval warfare, quoted, 164
Ramillies, at Copenhagen, 427 et seq.
flagship of Byng, 152
in battle of 1st June, 320
Raymondis, Captain de, commands Orphée at battle of Minorca, 152
Rayneval, Gérard de, French envoy goes to America with D’Estaign, 229
Rayney, Mr., Norris, confined in his cabin, 83
Rayo, at Trafalgar, 460
Real Carlos, blown up, 433
Real Felipe, Spanish man-of-war at Toulon, 112 et seq.
Rear-Admiral of Blue Squadron, ditto “in general terms,” difference between, 135
Rebecca, trading ship searched by Spaniards in West Indies, 100
Redmill, R., Captain, commands Polyphemus at Trafalgar, 458
Redoutable, at battle of Minorca, 152
destroyed at Lagos, 182
in fleet of Bruix, 403
at Trafalgar, 460
Régénérée, reaches Alexandria, 420
Renaudeau, lieutenant of Revolutionnaire, 311
Renaudin, captain of Vengeur, 320
promoted and sent to Mediterranean, 324
reaches Toulon, 326
Rendsborg, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Renown, action with Lanquedoc, 235
joins Howe, 232
Rentone, Captain, his contempt of court, 117
Républicain, in battle of 1st June, 320
in fleet of Bruix, 403
lost, 325
Repulse, deserts mutineers, 379
Resolution, at battle of Quiberon, 189
La Hogue, 37
Resolue, in expedition of Bompard, 399
Restoration, La Hogue, 37
Retalick, Captain of Defiance at Copenhagen, 425 et seq.
Revel, escape of Russian squadron from, 430
Revenge, at battle of Minorca, 152
at battle of Quiberon, 189
at Trafalgar, 458
Revolution, in fleet of Bruix, 403
Revolutionnaire, on 28th May 1794, 311
Reynolds, Robert Carthew, Rear-Admiral, captain of Amazon, 340, 342
in blockade of Vannes, 186
Reyntjes, Vice-Admiral, at battle of Camperdown, 351
Richelieu, Duke of, invades Minorca, 147
Richery, Admiral, his cruise from Toulon, 331-334
Riddershap, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Ripon, in East Indies, 282
Ripperda, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Rivoli, taken by Victorious, 477
Robb, Lieutenant, recaptures Leopard from mutineers, 379
Roberts, Bartholomew, Pirate, suppressed by Sir C. Ogle, 98
Robust, in action of Tory Island, 400
Robuste, at battle of Quiberon, 190
Rochambeau, M. de, French naval officer, attacks English trade, 119
mentioned, 121
Rochefort, expedition against, 167
Rochemore, Captain, commands Hippopotame at battle of Minorca, 152
Rochester, in blockade of Vannes and battle of Quiberon, 186 et seq.
Roderick Random, referred to, 85
Rodney, Sir George, Lord, at St. Eustatius, 261, 262
blockades Havre, 178
early career and character, 244
relieves Gibraltar and proceeds to West Indies, 245, 246
goes to North America, 251
his final command in West Indies, 275, 279
his opinion of Lestock, 116
in West Indies, 196
in West Indies, 246, 251;
action to leeward of Martinique with Guichen, 248, 249
outmanœuvred by Grasse, 264, 266;
goes home, 267
Rohan, Chevalier de, Captain, commands Bizarre at battle of Quiberon, 190
Rollo, Lord General, at taking of Dominica, 196
Romaine, in expedition of Bompard, 399
in expedition to Ireland, 338
Romana, Marquis de la, General, embarked by English ships, 487
Romulus, taken by French, 260
Rooke, Sir George, at battle of Malaga, 65
commands in Mediterranean, 57
in attack on Cadiz, 60;
on Vigo, 61;
brings Archduke Charles to England and sails for Mediterranean, ibid. et seq.
sent to Baltic, 53;
at Cadiz and Vigo, ibid.
sent to coast of Scotland by Herbert, 17;
at Londonderry, 20, 22;
convoys troops to Ireland, ibid.
Roquefeuil, M. de, French admiral in Channel, 111
mentioned, 118
Rosily, Admiral, sent to supersede Villeneuve, 454
Ross. See Lockhart-Ross, Sir John
Rossem, Captain van, commands Vryheid at battle of Camperdown, 351
Rotheram, Edward, Captain, commands Royal Sovereign at Trafalgar, 458
Rouillé, M. de, French Minister of Marine, 146
Rowley, Sir Joshua, Admiral, commanded Montagu at battle of Quiberon, 189
reinforces Byron, 239
Rowley, Sir William, Admiral, at battle of Toulon, 115
blockades Carthagena, 122
Royal Catherine, La Hogue, 37
Royal George, at battle of Quiberon, 189 et seq.
in action at Pulo Aor, 480
in battle of 1st June, 320
sinking of, 273
Royal Oak, at battle of Toulon, 114
in action off Lizard, 78
La Hogue, 37
Royal Sovereign, at Trafalgar, 458
La Hogue, 37
on 1st June, 319
Ruby, in Benbow’s squadron, 93
La Hogue, 37
taken by French, 78
Rupert, at battle of Toulon, 114
La Hogue, 37
Russell, at battle of Camperdown, 351 et seq.
at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
in Howe’s fleet, 310
Russell, Sir Edward, Lord Orford, his operations in the Mediterranean, 55, 57
in command at battle of La Hogue, q.v.
displaced from command, 44
restored, 47
sails to Mediterranean, 50
Rutherford, D. G., Captain, commands Swiftsure at Trafalgar, 458
Ruysen, Captain, commands Gelykeid at battle of Camperdown, 351
Rysoort, Captain van, commands Hercules at battle of Camperdown, 351
Saba, taken, 261
Sabran Grammont, Captain de, commands Content at battle of Minorca, 152
killed in action of La Clue with Boscawen, 186
Sacheverell, William, member of Board of Admiralty, 15
Safferay, Mr., assistant surgeon, commits suicide, 373
Sage, at battle of Minorca, 152
Sagittaire, in squadron of D’Estaign, 229
Sailors, how raised and paid, 15-16
Saint Aignan, Captain, commands Lion at battle of Minorca, 152
St. Albans, La Hogue, 37
Saint André, Duverger, Chef d’escadre, at battle of Quiberon, 190
St. Andrew, La Hogue, 37
St. Cas, British defeat at, 169
St. Catherine, in Brazil, Anson’s squadron at, 108
St. Christopher, or St. Kitts, taken, 274, 275
St. Clair, Lieutenant-General, commands troops landed in Brittany, 123
St. Eustatius, taken, 261, 262
retaken, 271
St. George, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
mutiny suppressed in, 382
stranded 343
St. Georges, M. de, French naval officer, defeated by Anson, 123, 124
St. Jago de Cuba, attack on, 105
St. Julian, Port, Anson’s squadron at, 108
St.-Lo, George, Captain, quoted, 356
Saint Louis, French, La Hogue, 38
St. Malo, flight of French to, 42
attacked by Benbow, 49
its privateering activity, 74
threatened, 168
St. Michael, La Hogue, 37
St. Michel, French, La Hogue, 38
St. Philippe, French, La Hogue, 38
St. Pierre, taken, 481
Saint Sauveur, M. de, French naval officer, killed at Boston, 235
St. Tropez, Spanish galleys burnt at, 110
St. Vincent, Earl. See Jervis, Sir John
St. Vincent Cape, battles near, 1780, 246;
1797, 346 et seq.
St. Vincent, island, in West Indies, captured by Trolong at Rumain, 240
taken by French, 483;
retaken, ibid.
Salcedo, J., commands Montanes at Trafalgar, 460
San Agustin, at Trafalgar, 460
San Domingo, British troops in, 481 et seq.
expedition to, 436
San Fiorenzo, escapes from mutineers, 374
in mutiny at Nore, 371 et seq.
San Francisco de Asis, at Trafalgar, 460
San Hermenegildo, blown up, 433
San Ildefonso, at Trafalgar, 460
San Josef, taken at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 348
San Juan Nepomuceno, at Trafalgar, 460
San Justo, at Trafalgar, 460
San Lazaro, Spanish fort at Carthagena, 105
San Leandro, at Trafalgar, 460
San Nicolas, taken at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 348
San Rafael, taken, 451
Sandwich, Earl of, at Admiralty, 118, 209, 227 et seq.
First Lord, 133
Sandwich, flagship at Nore, 370
La Hogue, 37
mutiny at Nore begins in, 371
Sans-Pareil, collision with Prince, 342
Sanspareil, English man-of-war, 76
Sans Pareil, French, La Hogue, 38
in battle of 1st June, 320
joins Villaret-Joyeuse, 314 et seq.
taken on 1st June, 321
Santa Ana, at Trafalgar, 460
Santa Cruz, attack on, 387
Santa Lucia, taken, 482
lost, 483
retaken, ibid.
Santissima Trinidad, at Trafalgar, 460
Sanzay, Vicomte de, commands Héros at battle of Quiberon, 190
Sapphire, at battle of Quiberon, 189
Saturn, at Copenhagen, 427 et seq.
Saumarez, Philip, Captain, killed in action of 14th Oct. 1747, 126
Saumarez, Sir James, Lord, at Algeciras, 430 et seq.
captain of Orion at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346 et seq.
commands Orion at Nile, quoted, 393
takes squadron and prizes to Gibraltar, 401
Saumarez, Thomas, Captain, takes Belliqueux, 175
Saunders, Sir Charles, Admiral, at taking of Quebec, 196
returns from America, 188
succeeds Hawke in Mediterranean, 158
Saunier or Saulnier, Captain, captain of the Africaine, 421
commands Guillaume Tell at battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
Savannah, besieged, 240
Savarof, Marshal, commands Russian troops in Italy, 413
Savary, Captain, carries General Humbert to Ireland, 398;
his second cruise, 400
Savoy, Duke of, ally of England, 61, 62
Scévola lost, 339
Schattershoff, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Schomberg, Marshal, commands army in Ireland, 22
Scipion, at Trafalgar, 460
lost, 325
taken off Cape Ortegal, 416
Sclater, Captain, court-martial on, 115
Seahorse, in attack on Santa Cruz, 387
on coast of Egypt, 401
Seamen, bad treatment of, 94, 95
Sebastiani, General, at Constantinople, 487
Seduisant, wrecked, 338
Seignelay. See Colbert, de
Semillante, in action at Pulo Aor, 480
in expedition of Bompard, 399
Senegal taken, 171, 484
Serapis, deserts mutineers, 375
Serieux, French, La Hogue, 38
Sévère, in squadron of Suffren, 286 et seq.
the case of, 290
Severn, in Anson’s squadron, fails to round the Horn, 108
Sewolod taken, 486
Seymour, Lord Hugh, Vice-Admiral, commands Leviathan in Howe’s fleet, 311
Shannon, takes Chesapeake, 472;
her crew, 474
Shirley, governor of St. Kitts, 274
Shirley, Hon. W., commands Temple at battle of Quiberon, 189
Shovell, Sir Cloudesley, at battle of Malaga, 65
in Mediterranean, 53, 61;
his death, 54
knighted, 20
on coast of Ireland, 32;
at Hogue, La, battle of, q.v.
sails to join Rooke, 63
Shuldham, Molyneux, Baron, Admiral, command in North America, 219
Signal, the, at Trafalgar, 462
Sirius, at Trafalgar, 460
Sjcelland, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Smith, Admiral, commands in Downs, 178
Smith, Sir William Sidney, Admiral, agrees to let French troops leave Egypt, 416
at Toulon, 303
commands in North Sea, 438
escorts Portuguese royal family to Brazil, 488
his anomalous position and actions on coast of Egypt and Syria, 409
informs Keith of value of Marmorice Bay, 420
Smith, Spencer, envoy at Constantinople, 409
Smollett, Tobias, 118
quoted 82, 85
Smyrna Convoy, attacked by Tourville, 45-47
Söhesten at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Solano, José de, Spanish admiral, brings reinforcements to West Indies, 250
Solebay, advance ship of Graves’ fleet, sights French, 268
Soleil Royale, burnt at Cherbourg, 43
fails to round La Hogue, 41
flagship of Conflans, 190 et seq.
French flagship, 29
La Hogue, 38
Solitaire, at battle of Quiberon, 190
Somerset, with Howe at New York, 231
Somerville, P., Captain, in action at Boulogne, 435
Souters, Captain, commands Batavier at battle of Camperdown, 351
Souverain, escapes from Boscawen, 182
French, La Hogue, 38
Spain declares war in 1779, 241
war with, 333
Spartiate, at the battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
at Trafalgar, 458
Speedy taken, 431
Speke, H., Captain, commands Resolution at battle of Quiberon, 189
Spencer, Earl, First Lord, comes to Chatham, 373
Spencer, at Algeciras, 431, 433
Sphinx, at battle of Quiberon, 190
in squadron of Suffren, 285
Spithead, mutiny at, 362, 369
Stadden Land, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Stadt Meeyden, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Standard, at Corfu, 478
retaken from mutineers, 379
Stanhope, Sir T., commands Swiftsure at battle of Quiberon, 189
State-the-case-men, meaning of, 355
States General, at battle of Camperdown, 351
Stevens, Charles, Commodore, reinforces Pocock, 199
Stewart, Brigadier, commands troops on coast of Spain, 56
Stewart, Colonel, quoted, 428
Stewart, master of Brunswick, 320
Stirling Castle, La Hogue, 37
Stirling, Charles, Vice-Admiral, joins Calder, 450
Stockham, J., Lieutenant, commands Thunderer at Trafalgar, 458
Storij, Admiral, surrenders Dutch ships, 414
Rear-Admiral, at battle of Camperdown, 351 et seq.
Storr, J., captain of Revenge in battle of Quiberon, 189
Strachan, Sir John, Captain, commands Sapphire at battle of Quiberon, 189
Strachan, Sir Richard, Admiral, defeats Dumanoir, 466
fails to stop Allemand, 477
Strickland, Sir Roger, follows James II. into exile, 16
Stuart, General, occupies Minorca, 402
Stuart, Keith, Commodore, in North Sea, 255
Suœrdfisken at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Success sights Bruix off Oporto, 404
Suckling, Maurice, Captain, in action with Kersaint, 171
Suffolk, La Hogue, 37
Suffren de Saint Tropez, Pierre André de, early career, 284
attacks Johnstone at Porto Praya, 284
his campaign in Bay of Bengal, 286, 292
his death, 292
Suffren, in squadron of Allemand, 477
Sullivan, American general at Newport, 234, 235
Superb, 90
at Algeciras, 431, 433
flagship of Sir E. Hughes, 288
Superbe lost, 325
Suraj-ud-Daulah, Nabob of Bengal, 197-198
Surinam taken, 483
restored and retaken, 484
Sutton, Captain, at Porto Praya, 286
Swallow, at Londonderry, 20
sent to North America by Rodney, destroyed by privateers, 267
Swedish islands in West Indies taken, 483
Swiftsure, at battle of Nile, 394 et seq.
at battle of Quiberon, 189
at taking of Foudroyant, 159, 161
at Trafalgar, 458
in action with La Clue, 180
La Hogue, 37
on coast of Egypt, 401
taken by Ganteaume, 423
Swiftsure, at Trafalgar, 460
Sybille, actions with Forte mentioned, 302
Sylph pursues Bompard, 399
Talbot, Captain, commands Victorious, 477
Tarpen, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Tate, commands French at Fishguard, 335
Teignmouth plundered by French, 31
Teignouse. See Quiberon
Téméraire, at Trafalgar, 458 et seq.
Téméraire, at battle of Minorca, 152
Téméraire, joins Villaret-Joyeuse, 314
taken at Lagos, 182
Temple, at battle of Quiberon, 189
Tergoes, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Ternay, D’Arzac de, Chef d’escadre,
brings French troops to America, 251
Terpsichore in attack on Santa Cruz, 387
joins Nelson, 388
Terrible, damaged in battle of Lynn Haven, and sunk, 269
Terrible, French, La Hogue, 38
in fleet of Bruix, 403
on 1st June, 319
Thalia joins Jervis, 343
Thames, at Algeciras, 431, 433
The Royal William, La Hogue, 37
Thémes, successful cruise of, 478
Thésée, at battle of Quiberon, 190
Theseus, at battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
in attack on Santa Cruz, 387
sent to Gibraltar, 401
Thevenard, Captain, commands Aquilon at the battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
Thompson, Sir Charles, Admiral, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 246
Thompson, Sir Thomas Boulden, Rear-Admiral, captain of Bellona at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
commands Leander in battle of Nile, 394 et seq.
Thornborough, Sir Edward, Admiral, at Palermo, 478
Thunderer, at Trafalgar, 458
in battle of 1st June, 320
in Howe’s fleet, 311
joins Nelson, 455
Thurot, French privateer to sail from Dunkirk, 178
takes Carrickfergus;
his death, 195
Tigre, flagship of Sir S. Smith, 409
taken, 327
Timmins, John Fam, captain of Royal George, 480
Timoléon, at battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
Tippoo, Sultan of Mysore, succeeds Hyder Ali, 291
Tobago taken, 265, 481
Tollemache, Thomas, General, mortally wounded at Brest, 51
Tonnant, at Trafalgar, 458
Tonnant at battle of Quiberon, 190
at the battle of the Nile, 395, et seq.
French, La Hogue, 38
in action of 14th October, 1747, 126
in D’Estaign squadron, 229
prize sent to Gibraltar, 401
Torbay, at battle of Quiberon, 189
Torin, Robert, captain of Coutts, 480
Torres, Rodrigo de, Spanish naval officer in West Indies, 104
Torrington, Earl of. See Herbert, Arthur
Torrington Viscount. See Byng, George
Tory Island, defeat of Bompard near, 399, 400
Touch, the Nelson, 457, 458
Touffet, C., commands Duguay-Trouin at Trafalgar, 460
Toulon, battle of, 112 et seq.
battle of, Parliamentary inquiry into, 114
occupation of, in 1793, 302, 303
Toulouse, Comte de, Admiral of France,
sails from Brest, 62, 63
at battle of Malaga, 65, 66
Tourville, Hilarion de Côtentin, Comte de, at battle of La Hogue. See Hogue, La.
Sails to attack Smyrna Convoy, 50
at Beachy Head, 24, 29;
his offshore cruise, 33
Tourville, in fleet of Bruix, 403
on 1st June, 319
Towry, G. H., Captain, commands Diadem at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346
Trafalgar, battle of, 456 et seq.
Trajan joins Villaret-Joyeuse, 314
Tréhouart, French delegate, 301
Trekroner, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Tremendous, on 1st June, 319
Trente-et-un Mai joins Villaret-Joyeuse, 314
Treslong, Captain van, commands Brutus at battle of Camperdown, 513
Trevor, Captain, present at dispute on flagship, 83
Trial, in Anson’s squadron, 107
Trident, at battle of Minorca, 152
with Howe at New York, 231
Trincomalee, Hughes anchors at, 289
taken by Sir E. Hughes, 283
taken by Suffren, 290
Trinidad, taken, 483
Triton, at battle of Minorca, 152
Triumph, at battle of Camperdown, 352
Triumphant, burnt at Cherbourg, 43
French, La Hogue, 38
Trogoff de Kerlessi, French Admiral, surrenders Toulon, 302
Trollope, Sir Henry, Admiral, commands Russell at battle of Camperdown, 351 et seq.
Trolong de Rumain, French partisan, takes St. Vincent, 240
Tronjolly, action with Sir E. Vernon, 282
relieves Pondicherry, ibid.
Troubridge Sir Thomas, Rear Admiral, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346 et seq.
at Santa Cruz, 387
brings reinforcements to Nelson, 390
refits the Culloden, 343
superseded in Egypt by Sir Sidney Smith, 409
taken prisoner, 308
unable to take part in battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
Trouin, de la Barbinais, Luc, father of Duguay-Trouin, 75
Trullet, Captain, commands Guerrier at battle of the Nile, 395
Trullet Léonce, Captain, commands Timoléon at battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
Tyler, captain of Warrior at Copenhagen, 427 et seq.
Tyler, C., Captain, commands Tonnant at Trafalgar, 458.
Tyrannicide, in fleet of Bruix, 403
in fleet of Villaret-Joyeuse, 313 et seq.
Tyrawley, Lord, Governor of Minorca, absent from post, 147
Union, at battle of Quiberon, 189
Uriarte, F. de, commands Santissima Trinidad at Trafalgar, 460
Ushant, battle of, 223-226
Vaillant, in squadron of D’Estaign, 229
Valdés, Cayetano, commands Neptuno, at Trafalgar, 460
Valiant, in battle of 1st June, 320
Valkyrien, at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Vandongen, captain of Revolutionnaire, killed, 311
Vanguard, dismasted in gale, 389
La Hogue, 37
Nelson’s flagship at battle of Nile, 388 et seq.
taken by Nelson to Naples, 401
Vannes, in Morbihan, French troops collected at, 184
Vansittart, Nicholas, Lord Bexley, envoy to Denmark, 424
Vanstabel, Admiral, and the grain convoy, 305
brings convoy to Brest, 322
French Rear-Admiral, escapes from Howe, 300
Rear-Admiral, brings home convoy, 314
Vaubois, General, surrenders Malta, 413
Vaudreuil, Comte de, killed in action of 14th Oct. 1747, 126
Vaudreuil, Rigaud, Marquis de, reinforces D’Estaign, 239
Vaughan, General, brings troops from North America to West Indies, 246
Velasco, Don Francisco de, Governor of Barcelona, 62
Velew, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Vence, Rear-Admiral, pursued by Cornwallis, 326
Vendôme, Duke of, commands French army in Catalonia, 56
Venerable, at Algeciras, 431, 433
flagship of Duncan, 351
Vengeance, at battle of Quiberon, 188
Vengeur, in squadron of Suffren, 285
on 1st June, 320
Venus, brings news to Howe, 308
in battle of Quiberon, 189
Rodney hoists flag in, 178
Venus, helps to take Northumberland, 119
in Savary’s squadron, 398
Verdoorn, Captain, commands Delft at battle of Camperdown, 351
Vere, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
Vermandois, Count of, Admiral of France, 9
Vernon, Edward, Admiral, his early career, 102
in attack on Carthagena, 104, 105
returns home, quarrels with Admiralty, and dismissal, 106, 107
takes Porto Bello and threatens Carthagena, 103
Vernon, Sir Edward, action with Tronjolly in East Indies, 282
Vestale at battle of Quiberon, 190
Veteran, at battle of Camperdown, 352
at Copenhagen, 427 et seq.
Victorious, takes Rivoli, 477
Victory, flagship of Jervis at Cape St. Vincent, 346 et seq.
flagship of Sir John Balchen, lost, 121
La Hogue, 37
Nelson’s flagship, 455 et seq.
Vienne, Marquis de, Captain, commands Robuste at battle of Quiberon, 190
Vigilant, with Howe at New York, 231
Vigo, threatened, 419
Vilaine, River. See Quiberon
Vilarzel, Captain de, commands Redoutable at battle of Minorca, 152
Villaret-Joyeuse, French Admiral, at action of Groix, 326 et seq.
at battle of 1st June, 311, 321
at Quiberon, 300
commands Brest fleet, 306
his successive engagements with Howe, 28th and 29th May, and 1st June 1794, 310, 320
ordered to sea, 324 et seq.
orders to, 307
pursues Cornwallis, 326
sails from Brest, 308
takes Dutch convoy, 309
Villars de Labrosse, Captain, commands Glorieux at battle of Quiberon, 190
commands Guerrier at battle of Minorca, 152
Ville de Paris, collision of with Formidable, 342
story of sailor in, 382
taken from fleet by Jervis, 406, 407
Ville de Paris, flagship of Comte de Grasse, surrendered, 279
Villegris La, G. J. N., commands Mont Blanc at Trafalgar, 460
Villemadrin, C. E. L. H., commands Swiftsure at Trafalgar, 460
Villeneuve, Admiral, death of, 466
hears that he is to be superseded, and goes to sea, 456
his first sortie, 446
his flag in Guillaume Tell at battle of the Nile, 395 et seq.
his operation on north-west of Spain, 451, 453
his orders, 445 et seq.
leaves West Indies for Ferrol, 450
new orders to, 446;
his depression, ibid.
reaches Martinique, receives fresh orders, hears of arrival of Nelson, 448
sails from Toulon to L’Orient, 333
second sortie, and cruise to West Indies, 447 et seq.
succeeds Latouche-Treville, 445
turns to Cadiz, 454
Villette Mursay, Marquis de, French Admiral, at Beachy Head, 29
“Vinegar Parker.” See Parker, Sir Hyde
Viomesnil, commands troops in squadron of Destouches, 260
Viper, how manned, 215
Voltaire, his phrase about Byng, 157
Vryheid, at battle of Camperdown, 351 et seq.
Wade, captain of Greenwich, shot, 93
Wager, in Anson’s squadron, lost in Golfo de Peñas, 108
Wager, Sir Charles, Admiral, captures Spanish treasure ship, 68
in command in West Indies, 54
Wages, vote for, how distributed, 209
Waldegrave, W., Baron Radstock, Admiral, at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346
Walker, captain of Isis at Copenhagen, 426 et seq.
Walker, Sir Hovenden, Admiral, his expedition to Quebec, 54
Walker, J., Captain, commands Monmouth at battle of Camperdown, 352
Wallace, Sir James, Admiral, captain of Nonsuch, 263
Wallace, William, mutineer, commits suicide, 379
Wallis, Sir Provo, admiral of fleet, captains’ servants, 96
Walpole, Horace, 118
his character of Mathews, 114
Walpole, Sir Robert, Prime Minister, consents to war with Spain, 100
his peace policy, 98
Walton, George, captain of Ruby, supports Benbow, 93
Ward, Captain, commands Culloden at battle of Minorca, 152
Wardour, Lieutenant, defies Parker, 378
Warley, in action at Pulo Aor, 480
Warren, Commodore, co-operates in taking of Louisbourg, 122
Warren Hastings, in action at Pulo Aor, 480
Warren, Sir John Borlase, defeats Bompard, 399-400
escorts General Pulteney to courts of France and Spain, 418-419
fails to intercept Ganteaume, 422
in command in Straits, 420
takes French royalists to Quiberon, 326 et seq.
Warrior, at Copenhagen, 427 et seq.
Warspight, at battle of Quiberon, 189
La Hogue, 37
in action with La Clue, 180
Wassenaer, at battle of Camperdown, 351