- 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
- Wassenaer, Baron, Dutch Admiral, defeated by French, 77
- Watson, Captain, loses the Northumberland, 119, 120
- Watson, Charles, goes to Bay of Bengal 140
- in conquest of Bengal, his death, 197, 198
- Watson, Charles, Rear-Admiral, sent to East Indies, 139
- takes Geriah, 140
- Wattignies, in fleet of Briux, 403
- Wells, J., Captain, commands Lancaster at battle of Camperdown, 352
- Wentworth, General, succeeds Cathcart, 104
- West Friesland, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
- West Indies, operations in, 303, 304
- West, Temple, Vice-Admiral, court-martial on, 115
- praised by Sir Horace Mann, 111
- resigns, 157
- second in command to Byng, 149 et seq.
- Westcott, Captain, commands Majestic, at battle of the Nile, 394 et seq.
- killed in battle, 397
- Wexford, in action at Pulo Aor, 480
- Wheeler, Sir F., commands expedition to West Indies, 53
- Whetstone, Sir William, succeeds Benbow in West Indies, 53
- Whitaker, Sir Edward, Admiral, in command in Mediterranean, 54
- White, Captain, commands Sylph, 399
- quoted 315
- White, Seaman, killed by Captain W. Hervey, 90
- Whitelock, General, surrenders at Buenos Ayres, 485
- Whitshed, Sir James Hawkins, Admiral, commands Namur at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 346
- joins Jervis at Minorca, 406
- Wiggerts, Captain, commands Haarlem at battle of Camperdown, 351
- Willes, Sir John, Chief Justice of Common Pleas, attaches naval officers for contempt of court, 117
- Willet, E. S., Captain, commands Chichester at battle of Quiberon, 189
- Williams, Captain, court martial on, 114
- Williamson, I., Captain, commands Agincourt at battle of Camperdown, 352;
- court martial on, 354
- Wilmot, Robert, Captain, commands expedition to West Indies, 53
- his quarrel with Colonel Lillingston, 87 et seq.
- Wilmot, Ruth, widow of Captain R. Wilmot, 89
- Wilson, Henry, captain of Warley, 480
-
Windsor, in Benbow’s squadron, 92
- Windsor Castle, La Hogue, 37
- Wishart, Sir James, at battle of Malaga, 65
- present at dispute on flagship, 83
- Wolfe, General, at taking of Louisbourg, 171, 173
- takes Quebec, 196
- Woolwich, La Hogue, 37
- Wordsworth, John, captain of Earl of Abergavenny, 480
- Worge, Colonel, at taking of Goree, 172
- Wren, Ralph, Captain, commands expedition to West Indies, dies of fever, 52
- Wright, Lawrence, Captain, commands expedition to West Indies, 52, 69, 71
- Yarmouth Roads, mutiny of Duncan’s ships in, 375 et seq.
- York, Frederick Augustus, Duke of, 303
- averts mutiny in army, 363
- defeated in Holland, 414
- driven out of Holland, 327
- James, Duke of (James II.), and the fighting orders, 3
- York, La Hogue, 37
- Yorktown, siege and surrender of, 267, 268
- Young, James, Admiral, comes to Chatham, 373;
- commands Intrepid at battle of Minorca, 152
- commands Mars at battle of Quiberon, 189
- Zealand, A, Dutch, La Hogue, 37
- Zealous, in attack on Santa Cruz, 387
- reports presence of French at Aboukir, 391
- stranded in Tangier Bay, 343
- Zebra, reports approach of D’Estaign, 230
- Zegers, Captain, commands Devries at battle of Camperdown, 351
- Zélé, crippled in collision, 277, 278
- in fleet of Bruix, 403
- in squadron of D’Estaign, 229
- Zoutman, Johan Arnold, Schout-bij-Nacht, commands Dutch squadron in North Sea, 256, 258
- Zurick Zee, Dutch, La Hogue, 37