THE TRAFALGAR COMPANION
Written by Mark Adkin
Illustrated by Clive Farmer
Published by Aurum Press
in 2005
ISBN: 1845130189
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MARITIME
- MILITARY
- NAVY
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Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Symbols for Diagrams and Maps
- Prologue - THE DEATH OF NELSON
- Section One - The Campaign
- Europe in Early 1805
- British Naval Strategy 1803-5
- French Grand Strategy 1802-5
- The Approach to Trafalgar
- Nelson - BOYHOOD TO HALF-PAY POST CAPTAIN
- Section Two - Ships and Seamanship
- Classification
- The Construction Process
- Seamanship
- Ship Handling
- Navigation
- Nelson - HMS AGAMEMMON, 1793-1796
- Section Three - Officers and Warrant Officers
- The Officers
- Warrant Officers
- Nelson - THE BATTLE OF ST VINCENT
- Section Four - Petty Officers, Seamen and Marines
- Petty Officers
- Seamen
- The Royal Marines
- Uniforms of the British Navy and Combined Fleet
- Nelson - CADIZ AND SANTA CRUZ, JULY 1797
- Section Five - Guns, Gunnery and Tactics
- The Guns
- Gunnery
- Tactics
- Nelson - THE BATTLE OF THE NILE 1798
- Section Six - A Fleet Comparison
- The Trafalgar Fleets: A Balance Sheet
- The British Fleet
- The Combined Fleet
- Nelson - NAPLES AND EMMA HAMILTON 1798-1800
- Section Seven - Command and Control
- Command
- Control
- Nelson - THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN 1801
- Section Eight - The Battle
- The Opening Moves
- The Melee
- The Reckoning
- Section Nine - The Aftermath
- After the Battle
- Rewards and Punishments
- Epilogue - Nelson's funeral
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index