Stella & Rose's Books

Front cover

Contents

• Preface
• Key Dates
• PART ONE THE NAVY IN PEACE, WAR AND REVOLUTION
• Chapter 1 the End of the First Royal Navy, c.1588-1649
• Chapter 2 Republic, Restoration and the Wars with the Dutch
• Chapter 3 Naval Administration
• Chapter 4 The Navy, Naval Warfare and the British People
• PART TWO TYPES OF SHIP
• Chapter 5 The Principles of Ship Design
• Chapter 6 First to Third Rates
• Chapter 7 Fourth to Sixth Rates
• Chapter 8 Unrated Ships and Vessels
• PART THREE SHIPBUILDING
• Chapter 9 Ship Construction
• Chapter 10 Fitting of Ships
• Chapter 11 Masts, Sails and Rigging
• Chapter 12 Armament
• PART FOUR OFFICERS
• Chapter 13 Sea-Officers: Commissioned Officers
• Chapter 14 The Commissioned Officers: 'Gentlemen' and 'Tarpaulins'
• Chapter 15 Warrant Officers
• Chapter 16 Pay, Prize Money, and 'Good Voyages'
• PART FIVE THE METHODS OF, AND OBSTACLES TO, NAVAL RECRUITMENT
• Chapter 17 The Problem of Naval Recruitment
• Chapter 18 Other Methods of Naval Recruitment
• Chapter 19 The Merchant Service
• Chapter 20 Privateers
• PART SIX NAVAL CREWS
• Chapter 21 Seamen's Condition of Service
• Chapter 22 Seamen, Petty Officers and Others
• Chapter 23 Soldiers, Marines and Volunteers
• Chapter 24 Prisoners of War
• PART SEVEN THE WORK OF THE SHIP
• Chapter 25 Organisation and the Ship's Day
• Chapter 26 Seamanship
• Chapter 27 Gunnery and Fighting
• Chapter 28 Navigation
• PART EIGHT SHIPBOARD LIFE
• Chapter 29 The Necessities of Life
• Chapter 30 Rewards and Pleasures
• Chapter 31 Discipline
• Chapter 32 Mutiny and Desertion
• Chapter 33 Medicine and Health
• Chapter 34 Disasters
• Chapter 35 Religion
• PART NINE DOCKYARDS, BASES AND VICTUALLING
• Chapter 36 The Work and Facilities of the Dockyards
• Chapter 37 Dockyard Officers and Workforce
• Chapter 38 Anchorages and Naval Bases
• Chapter 39 Overseas Facilities
• Chapter 40 The Victualling Organisation
• PART TEN FOREIGN NAVIES
• Chapter 41 The Dutch Navy
• Chapter 42 The French Navy
• Chapter 43 The Barbary Corsairs
• Chapter 44 Other Foreign Naval Forces
• PART ELEVEN STRATEGY AND DEPLOYMENT
• Chapter 45 Strategy in the Anglo-Dutch Wars
• Chapter 46 The Main Fleet
• Chapter 47 The Mediterranean and Global Operations
• Chapter 48 Convoys, Cruisers and 'Station Ships'
• PART TWELVE TACTICS AND BATTLE
• Chapter 49 Fighting Tactics: The Evolution and Development of the Line of Battle
• Chapter 50 The Battle of Scheveningen
• Chapter 51 The Battle of Lowestoft
• Chapter 52 The Battle of Texel
• PART THIRTEEN AFTERMATH
• Chapter 53 The 'Glorious Revolution' and the Beginning of the French War
• Chapter 54 The Nine Years War and Beyond
• Chapter 55 Legacies
• List of Abbreviations
• Notes
• Appendix
• Further Reading
• Index