Tag Archives: Glorious First of June
The Breeze at Spithead. Part 6.
The Admiralty and the fleet delegates were now at a standoff. The delegates had presented a very respectful petition which had initially been ignored. When the Admiralty got around to addressing the petition they essentially ignored it. Now the delegates … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Mutiny, Naval Life
Vado Bay
Most readers of naval fiction of the Age of Sail are fairly familiar with the broad outlines of the Napoleonic Wars. In reality, Britain had been at war with Revolutionary France for nearly seven years when the 18 Brumaire Coup … Continue reading
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
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Filed under Age of Sail, Alan Lewrie Novels, Naval Biography
Midshipman Flinders at the Glorious First of June
Often the truth of combat during the Age of Sail is at least as strange as the fiction set during that era. Sometimes the participants went on to fame. More often their fate is cloaked in obscurity. I plan on … Continue reading
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