Monthly Archives: June 2009
Punta Vaca, Culebra, Puerto Rico
Pictured above is Punta Vaca on Isla Culebra, Puerto Rico. This is where the survivors of HMS Triton and the merchantman Topaz made landfall in Governor Ramage, R. N. Ramage’s camp would have been in what looks like a hotel … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Geography, Naval Fiction
Governor Ramage, R. N.
The novel opens in Carlisle Bay, Barbados where Lieutenant Ramage, commander of the brig HMS Triton, is receiving orders, along with the masters of 49 merchantmen and four other escorts, for a convoy to Kingston, Jamaica. Ramage has again found … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Lord Ramage Novels, Naval Fiction
Captain Sir William Hoste
William Hoste was born in 1780 at Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk. His father was an Anglican minister. Young William seems to have been destined for a life at sea from an early age. His father had sufficient social connections to get young … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Naval Biography
Vis (Lissa), Croatia
Below we discuss the Battle of Lissa (1811) fought just west of the mouth of the harbor pictured above. In 1811, the Dalmatian island of Lissa, as Vis was then called, was used by the British navy as a base … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Geography
Battle of Lissa
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Filed under Age of Sail, Naval Battles, Naval Operations
Marigot Bay, St. Lucia
In Ramage and the Freebooters, Lieutenant Nicholas Ramage finally tracks down the lair of the French privateers at Marigot Bay, St. Lucia. The landward end of the bay shows the channel that could have easily been concealed from seaward view … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Geography, Lord Ramage Novels, Naval Fiction
Ramage and the Freebooters
When we last encountered Lieutenant Nicholas Ramage, he was heading home from the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, having lost his ship, the cutter HMS Kathleen, in an attempt to keep a Spanish ship of the line from escaping. Ramage … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Lord Ramage Novels, Naval Fiction
St. George’s, Grenada
The main action in Ramage and the Freebooters is centered on St. George’s, Grenada. The above photo gives a panorama of the harbor. Fort George, seat of the military administration in the novel, is easily visible in the center background. … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Geography, Lord Ramage Novels, Naval Fiction
