Champions of the fleet

INDEX

“Able men,” 13
Adlercron, Colonel, 81, 83
Admiralty visit to Chatham 1764, 187
Ages of the Victory’s crew at Trafalgar, 232
Ahmed Shah, 105
Aikenhead, J., midshipman, 271
Alarm at Chatham 1764, 188-90
Albemarle (Monk), Duke of, 28, 68-70
Anson, Lord, Admiral, 62, 161, 177, 178
Antigua, 193, 199, 203
Apodoca, Spanish Admiral, 63
Armada, Spanish, 22-7, 59
“Armed Associations,” 37
Arrest of Wolfe Tone, 214
Baker, Matthew, 2, 6, 16, 17, 28
Baker, “Old Honest Jem,” 11, 19
Balasore Roads, 81, 84, 85, 86, 105, 112
Banks of Flanders, Battles of, 28, 127
Barbados, 192, 193, 202
Barclay, J., Lieut., 275
Barfleur, Battle off Cape, 29, 67, 117, 127, 128, 143, 167, 171
Barham, Lord, Admiral, 62
Bart, Jean, 29
Bartholomew’s Day, Battle of, 58
“Bases,” 12
Basseterre Roads, 194, 195, 202, 204
Battle Honours of H.M.S. Kent, 67, 68
Baxster, Boatswain, 9, 16
Beatty, Dr., 34
Beauffremont, de, French Admiral, 144, 153
Beeston, Sir George, Captain, 22, 25, 26
Belleisle, 143
Benbow, Admiral, 19, 29, 60, 171
Bengal Army, 79
Bently, Captain, 137, 146, 147
Berryer, M., Minister of Marine, 184
“Black Dick,” 146
Blackwood, Captain, 215, 248, 250, 257
“Black Hole,” The, 78, 80, 83, 86, 105
Blake, Admiral, 66
“Bloody Foreland,” 210
Bombay, 82, 86, 88, 105
Bomb-ketch, 169
Bompart, Commodore, 210-12
Borough, Captain Stephen, 6, 7, 15
Boscawen, Admiral, 30, 127, 129, 139, 161, 165, 184
Boscawen’s wig, 135
Bouillé, de, Marquis, 193, 199, 201, 204
“Bounce,” Collingwood’s dog, 262, 263
Boys, Commodore, 62
Braces, The, 87, 88
Brereton, W., Lieutenant, 116, 117, 118
Brest, Attack on, 27
Brest Fleet, 129
Brett, Sir Piercey, 62
Brighton, 176
Brimstone Hill, 124, 199-204
Bristol “runners,” 38
“Britannia Victrix,” 272
Budge-Budge, Attack on, 89, 93, 94, 95, 99
Bullen, Captain, 277
Bussy, M., 79, 81
Byng, George, Lord Torrington, 29, 60
Byng, Hon. John, Admiral, 31, 129, 163, 164, 165, 168
Cadiz, 21, 27
Calcutta, 78, 79, 80, 88, 96, 102
Calcutta’s Council, 102, 104
Cannon-periers, 12
Cape Finisterre, 21
Cape St. Vincent, 134
Cape François, Battle off, 31, 34
Cape Trafalgar, 132
“Captain-General of the Ocean,” 22
Career of the Britannia, 273, 289
Carlyle, 30, 154
Casualty List of the Victory, 237
Celebration of Boscawen’s victory, 139
Chacon, General, 63
Chalmers, W., Master of the Royal Sovereign, 260
Chandernagore, 103, 104, 105, 106, 112-120, 121, 125
Charles I, King, 19, 48, 49
Charles II, King, 19, 48, 49
Charlotte, Queen, 19, 50
Chastillon, de, Captain, 137
Chatham Dockyard, 177, 179-85, 187-90
Chesterfield, Lord, 175
Cinque Ports Fleet, 57
Clarke, Lieutenant, 121
Clavell, Lieutenant, 194, 250, 253
Clive, 77, 78, 81, 83, 96, 97, 100, 104, 105, 106, 109, 115, 116, 118, 124
Clue, de la, French Admiral, 130, 131, 134, 136
Collingwood, 39, 40, 218, 248-71;
biography, 262;
G. L. Newnham, 248, 253;
wounded, 259
Commodore Trunnion, 65
Comparison between the Dreadnought and Victory, 51
Conflans, de, French Admiral, 66, 143, 145, 153, 155, 158
Conn, Captain, 40
Cook, Captain, 19
Cooper, Commissioner, 181
Coote, Sir Eyre, 88, 90, 118
Copenhagen, Bombardment of, 62
Cornwall, Frederick, Captain, 165
Cornwallis, Hon. W., Captain, 196
Corbett, Secretary, 65
Corunna Expedition, 27
Cossimbazaar, 79, 103, 108
Cotes, Admiral, 31
“Counter-Armada,” 27
Counties represented at Trafalgar, 229-32, 235, 236, 267, 268, 284
“Counts of the Saxon shore,” 56
Court-martial on Admiral Byng, 163-5
Crew of the Victory at Trafalgar, 228, 233
Crew of the Téméraire, 235-6
Crew of the Royal Sovereign, 268-9
Crew of the Britannia, 283, 284
Cromwell, 19, 48, 71
Crusaders at Lisbon, 57
Culverins, 12, 73
D’Aiguillon, Duc de, 148, 155
Death of Admiral Watson, 123
Defence of the French Centaure, 133-4
Delamotte, Mr., master of the Kent, 110
“Demi-Culverins,” 12-73
Deptford Dockyard, 6, 7, 11, 14, 18, 59
Designing the Victory, 182
De Spes, Spanish Ambassador, 4
Don John of Austria, 3
Donegal Bay, battle of, 210-12
Donegal peasants, 209
Dorset and Captain Hardy, 225-6
Dover, 56
Dover Road Postmasters, 70
Drake, Sir Francis, 19, 21, 22-7
Drake, Governor, 79, 80, 86, 88, 96
“Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital,” 41
Duckworth, Sir J., Admiral, 219
Dumb peal on Portsmouth bells, 178
Dum-Dum, 100
Dutch raid in the Medway, 166
“Eastern Parts,” 57
Edward VI, King, 48
Edward VII, King, 48
” ” and the Dreadnought, 48-50
Elizabeth, Queen, 1-5, 19, 48
England’s darkest hour, 34, 38
“English Lutheran days,” 22
“Espagnols-sur-Mer,” 59
Essex, Earl of, 27
Eton boat Dreadnought, 41
” Victory, 41
Eugene Aram, 177
Eustace, the Monk, 58
Evelyn, John, 19
Ewens, Captain, of the Kent, 69
Execution Deck, 179
“Fawcons,” 12
Fenner, Thomas, Captain, 21, 27
Figure head of the Royal Sovereign at Trafalgar, 252
Fireships, 169
Fireships in the Hooghly, 96
Fitz-Stephen, 2, 52, 57
Fogg, Dick, Captain, 61
Fogg, Kit, Captain, 61
Forrest, Captain, 31, 32
Foreign men-of-war names translated, 127, 128
Foreigners in the British fleet at Trafalgar, 229-30, 235, 236, 269, 283
Fort d’Orleans, 107, 108, 112, 113, 115
Fortifications of Chandernagore, 109
Fort St. George, 78, 79
” St. David, 78, 81
” William, 80, 88, 97, 99, 102, 104, 105, 106
“Four Days’ Fight,” 28, 67-70
“Fowlers,” 12
Fraser, Brigadier, 199
Frederick the Great, 175
“Fresh Men,” 13
“Friend Murray,” 223
French troops at Quiberon, 148, 150
Frigate Bay, St. Kitts, 191, 193, 195, 203, 204, 207
Gardiner, Arthur, Captain, 168
Garrick, 176
Garrison of Chandernagore, 103, 109, 119
George I, King, 166
George III, King, 19, 48, 50
Gibraltar, 35, 65, 68, 130, 131, 168, 171, 215, 216
Gillingham (or Jillingham), Ordinary, 9, 20
“Golden Duke,” 22
Gonson, B., Treasurer, “Accompte of,” 9
Goongee, 98
Goschen, Lord, 53, 54
Grasse, de, French Admiral, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 198, 203, 204, 205, 207
Gravelines, Battle of, 27
Gravina, Spanish Admiral, 40
Green Point, St. Kitts, 198
Greenwich Hospital Mausoleum, 225
Greenwich Palace, 20
“Gromets,” 13
“Gunlayer’s test,” H.M.S. Kent, 75
Gunman, C., Captain, 61
Guns of the Dreadnought, 44-7
“Half Minute Council of War,” 31
Halloran, L. B., Lieutenant, Royal Navy, 278, etc.
Hamilton, W., Midshipman, 98
Hardy, Sir T. M., Captain, 34, 223-226
Harvey, John, Captain, 62, 63
Harvey, Henry, Captain, 63
Hastings, Kentish flag at, 50
Hawke, Lord, Admiral, 66, 141, 143, 144, 145, 153, 155, 158, 184
Hawkins, Sir John, 1, 14, 28
Hawley, General, 173
Henry VIII, King, 11, 19, 48
Herbert, Arthur (Lord Torrington), 61
Hervey, Lord, Captain, 61
Hey, Rawlins, Lieutenant, 109, 120
Highwaymen in 1760, 167
Hill, Sir G., 213, 214
Hogge, Ralphe, 12
Holwell, Mr. T., 86, 123
Home Fleet Review, 49
Hood, Sir Samuel, Admiral, 192-207
Hooghly, City, 98
Hooghly, River, 81, 82, 87, 88, 89
Horsham, 10, 180
Howard, Lord, Lord High Admiral, 24, 25, 26
Howe, Lord, Admiral, 50, 145, 146, 147
Huguenots, 2-3
Hubert de Burgh, 58
Hyderabad, 79, 81
Invasion of England, 37, 129, 174
“Iron Marquis,” The, 22
“Islands Voyage,” 27
Isle of Wight, 24
Ives, surgeon of the Kent, 80, 91, 92, 93, 98, 110, 111, 115, 119
“Jack the Painter,” 190
Jamaica, 16
James I, King, 19
James II, King, 19
James, Duke of York, 28, 70, 167
Jervis, Sir John (Earl St. Vincent), Admiral, 223
Johnson’s Dictionary, 175-6
“K” Brand, Dantzic, 181
“Kent claims the first blow,” 52, 57
Kent County Shield, 52, 55
“Kentish Menne in Front,” 52
“Kentish Rising,” 62
Kentish ragstone cannon-balls, 13
Kedgeree, 89
Keppel, Commodore, 150, 151
Kilpatrick, Major, 79, 88
Kinnoull, Lord, 139
King, Sir Richard, Captain, 97
Lagos Bay, Battle of, 136-9
Langdon, Captain, 31, 32
La Tour D’Auvergne, 148
Launch of the Britannia, 272
Launch of the first Dreadnought, 14-18
Launch of Collingwood’s Dreadnought, 38-9
Launch of H.M.S. Kent, 75
Launches, royal, 48
Lawson, M., 108
Legge, George, Lord Dartmouth, 61
Lepanto, Battle of, 4, 5
Letter from H.M.S. Kent, 68
Letter from a Victory marine, 245-6
Letter to Suraj-w-daulah, 89
Letters from Collingwood’s flagship, 269-71
Letters from the Britannia, 275-81
Ligonier, Viscount, 175
Lloyd’s Policies, 37
Lock, Master-Shipwright, 182
Log of the Britannia at Trafalgar, 274
Log of the Victory, 242-3
” Warspite, 137-8
Longsword, William, 58
Lord High Admiral, 15, 17, 18, 70
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 54
Louis XIV, 127
Louis XV and Quiberon, 156
Louisbourg, 167, 178
McCleverty, Captain, 131
Madras, 78, 81, 91, 93, 94, 96, 97, 100, 105, 106, 109, 110, 116, 118, 119, 122, 123
Mahan, 139
Maidstone, 13, 181
Maids of Kent, Flag from, 55
Malcolm, Sir John, 119
Malcolm, Sir Pulteney, Captain, 214-219
Malleson, Colonel, 119
Malmsey, 16
Manikchand, 87, 89, 90, 91
Marlborough, Duke of, 165, 178
Marshals in the French Navy, 43
Marshmen, 7
Mary Norwood’s Execution, 177
Mary Stuart, 5
“Maryners,” 13
Marston Moor, 28
Martin, Sir T. B., Admiral of the Fleet, 234, 264
Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Day, 1, 28
Mathews, Admiral, 84
Mayapore, 89
Medina Sidonia, 21, 23, 25, 26
“Mediterranean” Byng, 60
Men and Manners in 1758, 175-7
“Men of Kent and Kentish Men,” 52-5
Militia Camps, 37
Minden, 186
Minorca, 21, 86, 165, 168
Mir Jafier, 121, 122
Monument to Admiral Watson, 123, 124
“Moors,” 92
Moorshedabad, 87, 105
Morbihan, 142
“Mother of the Maids,” 20
Musée de Marine, 36
Murray, Geo., Captain, 223
Naming of the Dreadnought, 1, 4, 5, 14-18
Naming of the Kent, 71
” ” Victory, 184-6
Naval Estimates of 1759, 179, 182
Nawab, Vizier of Bengal, 79, 80, 87, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 106
Nelson, 30, 33, 163, 177, 222-4, 245, 246, 247, 256, 258, 290
Nelson and the Victory, 222-3
”Monument, Portsdown, 218
Nelson’s “Dreadnought” sword, 34
Nelson’s “happiest day,” 33, 34
Nile, battle of, 62
Newfoundland “disturbance,” 187, 188
Nevis, 195, 204, 205
North Cape, 6
North Devon, 6
North-East Monsoon, 85
North Foreland, Battle off, 58, 67
North Sea Packets, 38
Northesk, Earl of, Admiral, 272
Officers of the Britannia at Trafalgar, 282-8
Officers of the Royal Sovereign at Trafalgar, 266, 267
Officers of the Victory at Trafalgar, 226, 228
“Old Dreadnought,” 30, 127, 136
“Old Ironsides,” 272
Old London Bridge, 176
“Old Pretender,” the, 175
Old Single Dock, Chatham, 182
Omichand, 121
Opdam, Dutch Admiral, 28
Order to build the Victory, 181-2
Order naming the Donegal, 213
Orme, Indian historian, 119
Party Politics and the Navy, 35, 125
Passaro, Cape, Battle of, 29
Peasants of the Weald, 180
Pepys, Samuel, 19
Perreau, S., Lieut., 120
Pett, Phineas, 17, 59, 60
Pett, Peter, 2, 6
Philip II, King of Spain, 22, 23
Pigott, Governor, 81
Pitt, Lord Chatham, 139, 178
Plan of attack at Chandernagore, 112-13
Plassey, the sailors’ part at, 121-2
Pocock, Sir G., Admiral, 82, 111, 120
Pompadour, Madame de, 143, 156
Porchester Castle, 171
Portisham, Hardy’s birthplace, 225
Portland Bill, 23
Porto Bello, 171
Portsmouth in the Seven Years’ War, 161-77
“Port-pieces,” 12
Port Royal, 31
Prescott, General, 199
Presentation to H.M.S. Kent, 52-5
Presentation to H.M.S. Donegal, 220-1
Press-gang, working of, 169, 170, 233, 234
“Prencipall Master,” 6, 15, 17
Puritan method of naming the Navy, 28, 71-3
Quebec, 186
Quiberon Bay, 66, 142, 144, 148, 154, 156
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 27
Recalde, J. M. de, 23
Refugees from Calcutta, 80, 81, 86, 88
Regiments named—
1st Royals, 199
13th Foot, 193
15th Foot, 199
28th Foot, 193
39th Foot, 81, 88, 90
69th Foot, 193
Royal Artillery, 199
Relics of the Trafalgar Dreadnought, 41
Renault de St. Germain (Governor of Chandernagore), 103
Rescue of Spaniards after Trafalgar, 217, 218
Rivalry between the Victory and Royal Sovereign at Trafalgar, 251
Rochelle Expedition, 28
Rochfort, 155
Rodney, Sir G., Admiral, 65, 192, 200, 201, 202, 207
Rodney’s report on the disaffection in the West Indies, 202-204
Rooke, Sir George, Admiral, 60, 165
Rotherham, E., Captain, 250, 251, 252
Rupert, Prince, 28, 68, 70, 117, 167
Ruyter de, Dutch Admiral, 28, 68, 117
“St. James’s Day Fight,” 28, 67
St. Vincent—Nelson in action, 34, 223
St. Lo, Commodore, 62
Sabran de, French Captain, 134
Sailor’s devotion at Collingwood’s funeral, 265
“Saker,” 17, 74
Santa Cruz, Marquis de, 22
Saxton, Sir C., Commissioner, 39
Ships of Kent, 57
Ships—
Achates, 6
Achille (Fr.), 274, 276, 280
Aid or Ayde, 3
Aigle (Fr.), 282
Alfred, 194, 198
America, 136, 138
Arethusa, 66
Ark Royal, 24, 25, 26
Augusta, 31, 32, 33
Asia, 160
Barfleur, 192, 196, 206, 207
Belleisle, 251
Berwick, 282
Blaze, 83
Bridgewater, 82, 83, 89, 90, 96, 98, 106, 121
Britannia, 49, 60, 185, 272, 273, 274, 276, 278, 281, 282, 283, 284
Brunswick, 62, 63
Bucentaure (Fr.), 275, 279
Canada, 196, 198
Canterbury, 64, 65
Centaure (Fr.), 133, 134, 135
Centurion, 145
Chatham, 66
Childers, 227
Commonwealth, 162
Conqueror, 137, 275
Cumberland, 82, 83, 89, 105, 112, 125
Deal Castle, 67
Defiance, 4, 145
Deptford, 66
Dieu Repulse, 4
Donegal, 208, 214-20
Dorsetshire, 145
Dover, 65, 66
Dragon, 84
Dreadnought, 1, 4-9, 11-51, 72, 126, 140, 248
Dunbar, 72
Dunkirk, 72
Edinburgh, 31-33
El Rayo (Sp.), 217, 218
Elizabeth, 233
Elizabeth Jonas, 3
Eltham, 67
Entreprenante (Fr.), 128
Essex, 71, 151, 158
Euryalus, 215, 257
Faversham, 67
Fidelle (Fr.), 128
Fier (Fr.), 128
Folkestone, 67
Formidable, 141-3, 145, 148, 150, 151, 158
Foudroyant, 168, 169, 224
Fougueux (Fr.), 252, 254, 255
Gibraltar, 130, 131
Great Harry, 60, 61
Greenwich, 66
Greenwich (Fr.), 32
Guernsey, 138
Guerrière (Fr.), 134, 135
Hampshire, 71
Henry, 72
Hoche (Fr.), 211, 212, 213
Impérial (Fr.), 218
Implacable, 239
Indomptable (Fr.), 40, 254
Indus II, 140
Intrépide (Fr.), 33, 82, 138, 282
Invincible, 190
Jersey, 137, 138
Joli (Fr.), 128
Jupiter, 219
Kent, 52, 53, 55, 67, 75, 80, 82, 83, 85, 87-92, 94, 95, 98, 106, 107, 110, 112, 113-18, 120, 122, 124, 125, 128
Kentish, 71, 73, 74
Kingfisher, 80, 82, 88, 89, 96, 98, 106
Leviathan, 275
Licorne (Fr.), 32
Lion, 24
London, 185
Luxborough galley, 62
Magnanime, 145, 146, 147, 150
Maidstone, 66
Margate, 67
Marston Moor, 72
Marlborough, 89
Mary Rose, 11, 24, 26, 73
Medway, 67
Meleager, 224
Minerve, 224
Montagu, 128, 147, 150
Modeste (Fr.), 134, 137, 139
Monarque, 163, 164
Monmouth, 168, 208
Mutine, 224
Namur, 134, 135
Naseby, 19, 72
Neptune, 275, 278, 279
Newbury, 72
Nymphe, 194
Ocean (Fr.), 134, 136, 138
Opiniâtre (Fr.), 32, 33
Orphèe (Fr.), 169
Outarde (Fr.), 32
Prince of Wales, 20
Principe de Asturias (Sp.), 40
Protector, 88
Prudent, 192, 198
Pluton (Fr.), 197
Queen Charlotte, 50
Queen, 166
Queenborough, 67
Ramillies, 63
Redoutable (Fr.), 134, 136, 242, 246
Renommée (Fr.), 65
Resolution, 72, 150, 151-3, 155, 198
Revenge, 3, 18, 23, 24, 26, 60, 72, 151, 165, 169
Repulse, 4
Royal Anne, 166, 185
Royal Charles, 70, 72, 166
Royal George, 152-4, 166, 167, 182, 185
Royal Prince, 167
Royal Sovereign, 40, 165, 166, 185, 242, 248, 250, 251-8, 260, 262, 266, 267-71, 275, 278, 279
Royal William, 167, 185
Rochester, 66
Romney, 66
St. Albans, 138, 197
St. George, 163-5, 224
St. Vincent, 160
Salisbury, 82, 83, 85, 88, 89, 90, 96, 101, 107, 112, 113-15, 125
Sandwich, 65
San Josef (Sp.), 34, 224
San Juan Nepomuceno (Sp.), 40
San Juan de Compostella (Sp.), 64
San Justo (Sp.), 254
San Leandro (Sp.), 254
San Nicolas (Sp.), 34
San Vincente (Sp.), 64
Sans Pareil (Fr.), 128
Santa Anna (Sp.), 23, 251-7, 259, 260, 279
Santisima Trinidad (Sp.), 242, 279
Sauvage (Fr.), 128
Sceptre (Fr.), 32, 33
Shannon, 231
Sheerness, 67
Soleil Royal (Fr.), 153, 155
Solebay, 195
Souverain (Fr.), 134, 135
Sovereign of the Seas, 48, 60
Superb, 219
Sussex, 71
Swallow, 26
Swiftsure, 6, 11, 20, 21, 150, 151
Téméraire, 126-9, 131, 134, 135, 137, 139, 140, 146, 217, 235, 236, 250, 275
Thesèe (Fr.), 151
Thunder, 90
Torrington, 28, 29, 72
Tredagh, 72
Triumph, 3, 36
Turquoise (Fr.), 128
Tyger, 82, 83, 85, 88, 89, 90, 95-7, 107, 112, 113, 115, 118, 120, 125
Vanguard, 224
Vengeur (Fr.), 62, 63
Vernon, 220
Victory, 3, 6, 18, 24, 26, 34, 43, 50, 51, 60, 126, 160, 163, 171, 175, 187, 189, 190, 217, 222, 223, 225, 226, 228, 229, 231, 232, 233, 235, 237, 241, 243, 245, 248, 250, 256, 257, 274, 275, 278, 279, 280, 284
Ville de Paris (Fr.), 193, 196, 199, 207
Warspite, 137, 138, 146, 147, 150
Weazle, 215
Woolwich, 67
Worcester, 72
York, 92
Shirley, Governor, 199
Shoreditch, Midshipman, 122
Shot, Sussex iron, 12
Shovell, Sir Cloudesley, 65, 66, 167
Slade, Sir T., 182
Sluys, Battle of, 59
Smith, Sir Sidney, Admiral, 62
Smith, Collingwood’s valet, 249, 255
Soldiers at Portsmouth, 172, 173
Solebay, Battle of, 28, 29, 167
Spert, Sir Thomas, 61
Speke, Flag-Captain, 82, 87, 98, 114, 120
Speke, Midshipman, 114, 120
Spragge, Sir E., Admiral, 29
Standard at the Main, 49, 50
Standing Cup, 16
Stanhope, Countess, 55
Stanton, Lieutenant, 120
Strahan, of the Kent, 91, 93, 94, 95
Suckling, M., Captain, 30, 31, 32, 34
Suraj-u-daulah, 79, 80, 87, 89, 98, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106
Tagus, 5, 22
Tanna, Fort at, 95, 96
“Tars of the Tyne!” 267-8
Teneriffe, St. Cruz, etc., 62, 66
Terraneau, de, 111
Theatricals on board the Britannia, 284-9
Thackeray on Collingwood, 265-6
“The Wonderful Year,” 128, 186
Thierri, Pilot, 146
Thompson, Sir T. B., Captain, 62
Three sailors on a raft, 99
“Thunderbolt of War,” 22
Tilbury camp, 5
Timber for the Victory, 180-1
Times, origin of, 38
Tone, Wolfe, 210, 212, 213-14
Torbay, fortifications at, 37
Toulon Fleet, 130, 192
Toulon, 129, 130, 131
Tourville, 143
Tower Wharf “Bynns,” 13
Trafalgar, Battle of, 39, 41, 215-19, 222, 289
Treachery in the West Indies, 200-3
Trincomalee, 85
Trinidad, Capture of, 63
Turner, 140
Verger, Cte. de, French Admiral, 144, 146, 147, 157, 158
Vernon, Admiral, 171
Victoria, Queen, 49
Vigo Street, London, 165
Villeneuve, Admiral, 248, 252
Visits to the Victory after Trafalgar, 245-7
Visit to the first Dreadnought, 9-14
Vizagapatam, 105
Volunteers on board the Victory, 233
Wager, Sir Charles, 30
Walpole, Horace, 136, 146, 151, 186
Walter, Mr. John, 38
Walton, Captain, 9, 30
“War of Jenkins’ Ear,” 29
Warren, Sir J. B., Admiral, 211-13
Watson, Charles, Admiral, 79, 83, 84, 86
Weald of Kent, 59
Wells, John, Midshipman, 276
“Western Ports,” 57
William III, King, 165, 166, 167
Wine Vaults of Corunna, 27
Wolfe, General, 167, 175
Woodcot, T., “Prest-master,” 8

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