Tag Archives: Lord Richard Howe
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
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The Breeze At Spithead, Part 4.
The men of the Channel Fleet waited patiently throughout the month of March and into April for a response to the appeals for higher wages they had addressed to Lord Howe. By early April, though, it became apparent that no … Continue reading
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The Breeze at Spithead, Part 3. “…say nothing, do nothing, and hope that nothing would happen”
The Spithead Mutiny, as we discuss here, did not erupt from a single deed, rather it was the culmination of a long pattern of the Admiralty ignoring some very basic demands for more equitable terms of service on the part … Continue reading
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The Breeze at Spithead, Part 1.
We posted yesterday that we would start a series of posts on the mutinies of the Royal Navy at Spithead and The Nore. We will be using G. E. Mainwaring’s The Floating Republic: an account of the mutinies at Spithead … Continue reading
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Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
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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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