Stockwin's Maritime Miscellany (37 page)

Montgomery, Colonel Robert 43

Morgan, Henry 159

mortars 72

Mortlock, Capt Lewis 89

M’Quhae, Peter 151–2

Muir, Admiral 97

murder 119

Mutine
(ship) 34

mutiny 3, 4, 30–1, 65, 169–70

Napoleonic wars 8, 14, 16, 48, 91, 99, 116, 122, 166

National Maritime Museum 38–9

Nautilus
(ship) 41–2

navigation 81–2, 159

Nelson, Fanny 118

Nelson, Horatio 14, 16, 17, 28, 32–4, 39, 41–3, 48, 62, 87, 95, 102, 112, 115, 123, 127, 129, 143, 147, 153

Neptune 130, 130, 141–2

Neptune
(merchant vessel) 149

Neptune
(warship) 23

Neva
(convict ship) 185

Newbolt, Henry 129

Nicholas, Jemima 17

Nicholas, John 118

Nile, battle of the 16, 48, 95, 118, 157, 186–7, 187

Northumberland
(frigate) 29, 123, 138

Northwest Passage 65–6

Nossa Senhora do Cabo
(ship) 152

Odell, Petty Officer Roger 49

Olivey, Robert 88

Omai 22

O’Malley, Grace 117

‘on the fiddle’ 63

Onyx
(brig) 89

Orion
(ship) 118

Owen, Sir Richard 152

P&O 88

Pallas
(ship) 9, 123

Parker, Hyde 123

Parker, Richard 170, 170

Pascoe, John 88, 107

Patagonian giants 140

Paulet, Harry 23–4

Pearson, Capt 25

Pellew, Admiral Edward 13–14, 123, 174

Pellew, Capt Israel 163

Penn, Vice-Admiral William 120

pensions 105–6

Perceval, Spencer 30

Peter the Great 43–5

pets 9, 43, 88, 88–90, 90, 147

Pickle
(schooner) 41, 42

Pigafetta, Antonio 140, 140

Pigot, Hugh 169

Pique
(frigate) 50

pirates 117, 152–3, 159–60, 173–4, 174

see also
buccaneers

Pirates of the Caribbean
films 137

‘plenty of scope’ 97

Polgrain, Sarah 127, 139

Pollard, Capt George 166–7

Polly
(brig) 172

pollywogs 130

‘pooped’ 161

Popham, Sir Home 61

Port Royal, Jamaica 157, 159–60, 160

Porter’s Lodge, Portsmouth Docks 12

Porto Bello 5, 5, 110, 162

Portsmouth Docks 12, 99–100, 182–3

Portuguese, the 60, 63, 152

press gangs 127, 131, 132

‘press on’ 67

prisons 102

prize money 105, 121–2

prostitutes 119, 159

quarterdeck, saluting 150

Quebec 45

Queen Charlotte
(ship) 31

Quiberon Bay, battle of 24

Quilliam, John 88, 107

Rainer, Peter 123

Ram, Lt William 18

Ranger
(ship) 25

Rebecca
(ship) 4

Redoutable
(ship) 4, 18, 36

Reed, Capt 137–8

reef nuts 97

Regent, Prince (later George IV) 132

Restoration
(frigate) 138

Revenge
(galleon) 11, 12, 142

Reynolds, Joshua 22

Rivers, John 138

rockets 72

Rogers, Capt William 15

Romney
(ship) 158

Rous, Capt Henry 50, 51

Royal Charter
(clipper) 80

Royal Dockyards 99–100

see also
Portsmouth Docks

Royal George
(flagship) 30–1, 183–4

Royal Marines 108–9, 117–18

Royal Navy 3, 23–4, 32, 34, 73–4, 141, 178

admirals 103

alcohol 111, 120–1, 143

boys 115–16, 116

Channel Fleet 49, 119

and Cochrane 8

coloured squadrons 103

and Cook 77

and Dampier 83

death rate 157

devotion to duty 112–13

and Diamond Rock 7–8

disasters 158–9

discipline 93–4

and Drake 78

figureheads 142

and foreigners 91–2

gender of ships 145

and the Great Storm 1703 175–6

and lightening strikes 161

loblolly boys 100–1

and the Loyal Toast 92–3

Mediterranean Fleet 158

and Pellew 14

press gangs 131

and prize money 123

seasickness 102–3

silent service 123, 148–9

and slavery 18–19

and social mobility 87–8, 107

and the War of 1812 20–1

West Africa Squadron 18–19

Royal Transport
(yacht) 44

Rudyerd, John 58

rum 120–1, 143

Rumford, Count 104

‘run the gauntlet’ 95

Russel, Edward 14–15

Russell, Thomas 133

Russian Navy 43–5

sailor recruitment 111–12

St Elmo’s fire 148, 149

St Vincent, battle of 16, 39, 118

St Vincent, Earl
see
Jervis, John, Earl St Vincent

Salisbury
(ship) 88–9

San Josef
(ship) 39

San Nicolas
(ship) 39

Sandwich, Lord 22, 142

Santissima Trinidad
(flagship) 22–3, 90

Saumarez, Capt 118

Saunders, Admiral 45

Sayes Court 44

Schank, John 74–5

Scott, Revd Alexander 161

scurvy 158, 165–6

sea clocks 82

sea monsters 128, 150–2, 152

seasickness 102–3

Second World War 137

Serapis
(ship) 25

Seven Years’ War 45–6

Shakespeare, William 95, 137

Shannon
(ship) 20–1, 21

ship christenings 132–3

ship-to-shore rescue 71–2, 72

ship’s biscuits 97–8

Shovell, Admiral Sir Cloudesley 81, 158– 9, 176

Shuldham, Capt Molyneaux 74

Skynner, Capt Lancelot 178

‘skyscrapers’ 167

slavery 18–19, 20, 173–4

‘slush fund’ 43

Small, Elisha 170

Smeaton, John 59

Smeaton lighthouse 59

Smith, Capt John 146

Smith, Sir William Sidney 34–5, 35

smuggling 23–4, 24, 60

Smyth, Admiral 144

Snell, Hannah 117–18

Snipe
(ship) 71

social mobility 87–8, 107

Solander, Dr Carl 22

Somers
(brig) 170

Sovereign of the Sea
(ship) 142

Spanish Armada 78, 128, 149

Spanish, the 3–5, 9, 11, 19, 22–3, 78–9, 110, 138, 162, 169, 173

speed, measurement 70, 71

Speedy
(ship) 9

Spencer, Phil 170

‘spin a yarn’ 101

Spratt, Jack 4, 51

Spratt, Revd Devereux 173

‘square meals’ 63

Squirrel
(ship) 65

Stirling Castle
(frigate) 138, 176

Stockholm tar 96

storms 138, 160–1, 172, 175–6, 181

submersibles 75–6

Suckling, Capt 115

Superb
(ship) 112

superstition 127, 135–42, 144, 146–53

Swaffield, Capt 163

Swedish navy 181

Swiftsure
(ship) 186–7

‘swinging the lead’ 30

Sykes, John 42

Symonds, Sir William 50

Syndey Cove
(ship) 184–5

Taeping
(clipper) 6, 6

‘taken aback’ 73

Tasmania 67

Tate, Colonel William 17

tea 5–6

Temeraire
(ship) 36

Tennyson, Alfred 11, 150

Terrible
(ship) 58

Terror
(ship) 66

Thompson, Hugh 184

‘three sheets to the wind’ 114

Tiger
(ship) 110

timber supplies 116–17

‘to the bitter end’ 116

‘toe the line’ 140

toilet arrangements 109–10

‘topping his boom’ 133–4

‘touch and go’ 104

trade winds 83

Trafalgar, battle of 3–4, 11, 16, 18, 22, 26, 32–3, 36, 41, 46, 51, 62, 88, 92, 115–16, 118, 142–3, 143

traitors 13

treasure 9, 123, 152–3, 162, 178

Tremendous
(ship) 118

Trengrouse, Henry 71–2

Tribune
(frigate) 179–80

Tribune Head 180

Truidson, Vice-Admiral Jens 181

Turkish forces 34–5

‘turning a blind eye’ 144

Turtle
(submersible) 75–6, 76

Twain, Mark 177

Tyrie, David 13

umbrellas 33

‘under the weather’ 39

US Navy 20–1, 25, 100–1, 121, 170

Vanderdecken, Capt 136

Vasa
(ship) 171–2

Venerable
(ship) 164, 164

Vergruggen family 104

Vernon, Admiral Edward 5, 120, 121

Victoria, Queen of England 99

Victoria
(ship) 60, 61

Victory
(ship) 10, 18, 22, 32, 32, 36, 41, 46, 87–8, 92, 108–10, 113, 116, 142–3, 147

Vikings 132

Villeneuve, Admiral 8

vinegar 90–1

Visby 181

Voltaire 40

Waghorn, Capt Martin 183

Walker, Matthew 73

Wallis, Provo 107

War of 1812 20–1

water supplies 90

waterspouts 147

weather 138, 147–9, 160–1, 172, 175–6, 181

‘weather eye’ 18

Wellesley, Arthur, Duke of Wellington 35

Westcott, Capt George 95

whaling 166–7, 167

Whipple, Thomas 10

Whist Hunt 128

whistling 148–9

widows 105

William III, King of England 43–4, 58

William IV, King of England 92, 115

‘wind of ball’ 10

‘windfall’ 75

Windsor Castle
(ship) 15

Winstanley, Henry 55–6, 58, 176

witchcraft 149, 149

Wolfe, General 45, 77

Wolverine
(ship) 89

‘women on board’ 102, 117–18, 138, 142, 174–5

world maps 56

yellow admirals 103

yellow fever 162

Yorkshire Jack 139

Young Teazer
(ghost ship) 141

Zheng He ‘Admiral of the Western Seas’ 55, 56–7