Frigate Commander - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Frigate Commander write by Tom Wareham. This book was released on 2004-09-19. Frigate Commander available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The naval historian presents the thrilling true story of a Royal Navy officer’s frigate command in the tumultuous late 18th and early 19th centuries. Based on the private journals of Admiral Sir Graham Moore, Frigate Commander recounts his experiences as a Lieutenant and then Captain during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Moore's journal gives a detailed account of life as a serving naval officer, revealing the unique problems of managing a frigate crew, maintaining discipline and turning his ship into an efficient man of war. Moore was one of the Royal Navy's star captains, serving continuously as a frigate commander between 1793 and 1804. His early career took him to Newfoundland before serving with Sir William Sidney Smith's squadron on the north coast of France. Moore was present during the Naval Mutiny at Spithead in 1797, and helped to destroy the French fleet off Ireland in 1798. His most famous action occurred in September 1804, when his squadron captured a Spanish frigate squadron carrying a fortune in treasure. The following year his frigate, HMS Indefatigable, was involved in the opening of the Trafalgar Campaign.
Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain
Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain write by Stephen Taylor. This book was released on 2012-10-15. Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Nobody describes a naval battle better than Taylor…a flawless demonstration of the biographer’s craft." —Jan Morris, The Guardian Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest British frigate captain in the age of sail. Left fatherless at age eight, with a penniless mother and five siblings, Pellew fought his way from the very bottom of the navy to fleet command. Victories and eye-catching feats won him a public following. Yet he had a gift for antagonizing his better-born peers, and he made powerful enemies. Redemption came with his last command, when he set off to do battle with the Barbary States and free thousands of European slaves. Opinion held this to be an impossible mission, and Pellew himself, leading from the front in the style of his contemporary Nelson, did not expect to survive. Pellew’s humanity, fondness for subordinates, and blind love for his family, and the warmth and intimacy of his letters, make him a hugely engaging figure. Stephen Taylor gives him at last the biography he deserves.
British Frigate vs French Frigate
British Frigate vs French Frigate - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook British Frigate vs French Frigate write by Mark Lardas. This book was released on 2013-05-20. British Frigate vs French Frigate available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650–1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, unlike the larger ships of the line. Legendary sailors such as Edward Pellew and Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand, Comte de Linoise, found that commanding such a ship offered numerous opportunities for wealth. In this book, four representative frigate duels are examined: first, a battle fought between two closely matched ships (HMS Nymphe (36) vs La Cléopâtre (32); second, a victory won by an inferior British frigate over a superior French frigate (HMS Pallas (32) vs Minerve (40); third, a victory – the only one – by an inferior French frigate over a superior British frigate (HMS Ambuscade (32) vs Baïonnaise (24), and fourth, victory of a superior British frigate over an inferior French frigate (HMS Indefatigable (44) of Hornblower fame vs La Virginie (40). Featuring specially commissioned artwork and offering expert analysis, this study provides a vivid account of the bloody combats fought by the most romantic warship of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era – the frigate.
Farragut, and Our Naval Commanders
Farragut, and Our Naval Commanders - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Farragut, and Our Naval Commanders write by Joel Tyler Headley. This book was released on 1867. Farragut, and Our Naval Commanders available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Star Captains
The Star Captains - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Star Captains write by Tom Wareham. This book was released on 2001. The Star Captains available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This is the first book to look at the nature of frigate command, to ask important questions about how and why such officers were appointed, what was expected of them, and how they were rewarded. The picture that emerges is one of conscious selection and 'fast-track' promotion - not merely young men serving an apprenticeship before moving on to the command of a battleship, but a real elite with specific and highly prized skills. For the first time it reveals that the romanticised image portrayed in the novels of C. S. Forester and Patrick O'Brian was indeed close to the truth - frigate captains were outstanding officers, whose careers followed separate paths from their less talented contemporaries." "As such this is a major contribution to the broader understanding of the workings of Nelson's navy."--BOOK JACKET.
