Monthly Archives: April 2009
Panton, Leslie & Company
In the third of Dewey Lambdin’s Alan Lewrie novels, The King’s Commission, freshly commissioned Lieutenant Alan Lewrie finds himself assigned the mission of escorting a covert British mission to arm Indians in North Florida and encourage them to raid into … Continue reading
A Narrative of Joshua Davis
I stumbled across this transcription of the 1811 pamphlet titled A Narrative of Joshua Davis at the Navy’s online library. The subtitle slash promotional blurb reads: An American citizen,who was pressed and served on board six ships of the British … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Naval Life
A Misty, Moisty Morning
From Baltic Gambit as Captain Alan Lewrie’s HMS Thermopylae joins Admiral Sir Hyde Parker’s frigates moving to attack the Danish fleet at Copenhagen: Sails sprang aloft, even as the best bower was rung up, catted, and fished, and Thermopylae paid … Continue reading
Ships, Characters, and Cultural References from Baltic Gambit
The list of ships, characters, and cultural references from Dewey Lambdin’s Alan Lewrie novel, Troubled Waters is available at scribd.com.
Filed under Age of Sail, Alan Lewrie Novels, Naval Fiction
The Breeze At Spithead. Part 9. The Grand Finale.
Now the dalliance of Parliament and the blinding stupidity of the Admiralty combined into what was a potentially deadly set of circumstances. Bridport had heard French fleet was out on May 3, but the winds were not favorable for the … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Mutiny
The Alan Lewrie Novels: A Perspective
I’ve recently finished working my way through Dewey Lambdin’s series of novels following the career of his character Alan Lewrie. I stumbled onto the first by accident, was captured in the first paragraph, back in November and to a certain … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Alan Lewrie Novels, Naval Fiction
The Wrecks of HMS St. George and HMS Defence
Below we discuss the horrendous losses inflicted upon the British Navy by the storm that raged across the North Sea at Christmas 1811. In the course of writing it we stumbled onto some interesting resources and were afraid they would … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Shipwrecks and Marine Archaeology
The Breeze at Spithead. Part 8. The Second Spithead Mutiny.
When faced with the resolve of the Fleet, Spencer folded like a cheap suit. He arrived in London at 9 am on April 22 and by 5 pm he had hammered out an agreement to meet the terms of the … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Mutiny, Naval Life
