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In the Hour of Victory

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by Sam Willis


  Great Belt, the, 215, 219–21

  Green, William Pringle, 280

  Greenwich hospital, 222

  Grey, Captain George, 106

  Grindall, Captain Richard, 278

  Groix, Battle of, 9, 12–13, 15, 26

  Guadeloupe, 302

  guard ships, 153

  guillotine, 31, 33, 37

  gunlocks, 266

  gunners, 33, 163, 266, 335

  gunnery, 33, 110, 136, 182, 266, 318, 334

  gunports, 59, 68, 194

  gunpowder, quality of, 76

  gunsmoke, 12, 75, 270

  Gut of Gibraltar, 247

  Haiti, 242, 302–3

  Hallowell, Captain Benjamin, 97, 189, 194

  Hamilton, Emma, 170, 211, 220, 250

  Hamilton, Sir William, 170, 176

  hammocks, 149–50, 326

  Hampton Court, 119

  handwriting, 14–15

  Hardy, Captain Thomas, 97, 241, 273

  Harfleur, siege of, 207

  Harvey, Captain John, 67–8, 267

  Harwich, 119

  Havana, 110, 249

  Hawke, Admiral Edward, 306

  Haydn, Joseph, 173

  Hellespont, 172

  Hemans, Felicia, 183

  Henry IV, King, 207

  Henry VI, King, 207

  Henry VII, King, 208

  Henry VIII, King, 6, 208

  Heracleion, 169

  Hervey, Captain John, 35

  Hewen, Walter, 338

  Hispaniola, invasion of, 297

  Hoche, General Lazare, 121, 162

  Holland, John de, Earl of Huntingdon, 207

  Holy Roman Empire, 297

  Hood, Admiral Alexander, 9, 14

  Hood, Admiral Samuel, 32, 36, 136, 214

  and Battle of St Kitts, 162, 190

  and Battle of the Nile, 177, 189, 196

  Hopping, Edward, 107

  hospital ships, 148, 153

  hospitals, 18, 148

  Hoste, William, 173–4

  Hotham, Admiral William, 10, 137, 214

  Howard, Sir Edward, 93

  Howard, Katherine, 208

  Howard, Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, 208

  Howe, Admiral Richard

  age, 165

  allows French escape, 9, 47, 101, 110

  collapse after battle, 7

  dispatch technique, 39–40

  his dispatches, 14, 47–55, 71–5

  fear of typhus, 72

  and French convoy, 38–9

  naval career, 34–6

  and officers’ conduct, 13, 37, 51–2, 100–1, 251

  personality and portraits, 35

  political reputation, 34

  reputation, 154

  and Révolutionnaire escape, 47, 51, 64

  and sailors’ loyalty, 35

  signalling system, 57

  tactics, 57–9, 91

  work ethic, 40

  writing style, 15, 47

  see also Glorious First of June, Battle of the

  Hughes, Edward, 36

  hulks, 153, 287

  Hutt, Captain John, 68

  income tax, 242

  India, 154, 162, 172

  Inglis, Captain John, 132

  invasion threat, 89–90, 112–13, 121, 153, 210, 248, 250, 252

  Ipswich, 6

  Ireland, 89, 166

  iron-clad battleships, 8

  Italy, 161–2, 171, 209, 273

  Jacobins, 30–2, 79, 119, 161–2, 172

  Jamaica House of Assembly, 328

  Jamaica station, 306

  Jeanbon Saint André, 33–4

  Jeanette (French crew member), 291

  Jervis, Admiral John (Earl of St Vincent)

  age, 165

  allows Santissima Trinidad escape, 110

  appointed First Lord, 248

  and attack on mercury ships, 89–90

  and Battle of the Nile, 169–74, 177, 181, 197

  behaviour in the Caribbean, 86–7

  blockade of Spanish fleet, 112

  congratulates Nelson, 94, 100

  his dispatch, 14, 90–1, 94–7, 99–104

  and Duckworth, 305, 329

  ennobled, 111

  naval career, 86–8

  and Nelson’s promotion, 165, 169, 173, 177

  and Nelson’s squadron, 165

  and officers’ conduct, 13, 96–7, 99

  opposition to Howe, 34

  orange anecdote, 106

  political career, 86–8

  reputation, 87, 154

  and size of Spanish fleet, 102–4, 108

  and state of Spanish fleet, 85

  tactics, 91–3, 103–4

  his telescope, 90

  and Thompson’s conduct, 13, 92–3

  writing style, 15, 99

  see also St Vincent, Battle of

  Junot, Jean-Andoche, 163

  Jutland, Battle of, 338

  Karlskrona, 219

  Kattegat, 215, 218

  Keats, Captain Richard, 13, 307, 316, 325

  kedging, 213

  Kelson, William, 338

  Kempenfelt, Admiral Richard, 16, 36

  Keppel, Admiral Augustus, 16

  King’s Naval Gold Medal, 281

  Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 172

  Knight, Captain John, 136

  Knights of St John, 166, 209

  Knowles, Captain Charles, 13

  Kronborg fortress, 217–18, 226, 228–9, 237

  Kronstadt, 214, 217, 219

  Kupang, 137

  La Granja de San Ildefonso, 83

  Lagos, Battle of, 10, 37, 306

  Lancet, The, 146

  Lannes, Jean, 163

  Lapenotiere, Lieutenant John, 22, 290–3

  le Roy, Jean-Baptiste, 160

  League of Armed Neutrality (Baltic League), 210–2, 215, 217, 228, 234–5

  Leeward Islands, 11, 302, 309

  Leissègues, Admiral Corentin de, 17, 20, 303, 309

  Liberty, figure of, 118

  lifebuoys, 239

  lightning conductors, 159–61, 169, 250

  lightning strikes, 159–60

  Lisbon, 89, 108

  livestock, 148

  Lloyds Coffee House, 6

  L’Orient dockyard, 9, 181, 249

  Louis XIV, King, 83, 307

  Louis XVI, execution of, 30–2, 83–4

  Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 153

  Louis, Admiral Thomas, 307–8, 314, 316–17, 328

  Loutherbourg, Philippe de, 8

  L’Ouverture, Toussaint, 302

  MacDonnell, Don Henriquez, 285

  Mack von Leiberich, General Karl, 170–1, 297

  Madeira, 308

  Madrid, 83, 252

  Malaga, 90

  malaria, 123, 164, 242

  Malaspina, Alessandro, 285

  Malcolm, Captain Pulteney, 308

  Malta, 166, 171, 209

  Mansel, Thomas, 107

  Marengo, Battle of, 208

  Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples, 170

  marines, 19, 36, 106, 338

  Maritime Penitent Young Women’s Refuge, 240

  Marmont, Auguste de, 163

  Marsden, William, 22–4, 292, 345–6

  Martin, Captain George, 93

  Martínez, Pedro, 338

  Martinique, 302

  Martinique, Battle of, 136

  Mary Tudor, 208

  Matilda, Princess, 226

  Mediterranean fleet, 17, 85, 87–8, 124–5, 165, 169

  Mediterranean station, 16–17

  Medway, River, 122

  mercury, 17, 89–90, 102

  Merton Place, 159, 161, 250, 252

  Meures, Admiral, 129

  Millard, William, 237

  Miller, Captain Ralph, 98, 100–1, 107

  miners’ safety light, 239

  Minorca, 305

  Mission to Seafarers, 240

  Molloy, Captain Anthony, 13, 51, 59, 64, 72, 178

  Montagu, A
dmiral George, 38–41, 46

  Moonlight Battle, 10, 37, 123, 307

  Mosse, Captain, 221, 233

  Murat, Joachim, 163

  Murray, Captain George, 214, 233

  Naples, 170–1, 173, 182, 215, 252, 273, 288

  Naples, King of, 181, 211

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  abandons invasion plans, 252

  and Battle of the Nile, 196, 302

  and Battle of Trafalgar, 273, 297–8

  crowned Emperor, 249, 310

  death in exile, 7

  and Dutch republic, 153

  escape from Toulon, 20

  growing political influence, 154–5

  invasion of Egypt, 154–5, 161–3, 166–8, 171–2, 180, 202–3, 332

  invasion of Spain, 288, 335

  and peace negotiations, 242, 248

  promotes naval expansion, 329

  retreat from Portugal, 11

  and Saint Domingue, 302–3

  seizes power, 202–3, 208–9

  and Villeneuve, 252, 186

  National Historic Ships, 340

  National Maritime Museum, 29, 90, 118, 159, 246, 295, 301

  Naval Chronicle, 161

  naval discipline, 87, 248, 263, 275

  Naval General Service Medal, 338

  naval warfare

  attacks on enemy rear, 308–9

  and historiography, 331–2

  ineffectiveness of, 331

  and numerical superiority, 84, 182

  and ships at anchor, 162, 168, 182, 190

  unpredictability of, 334

  Nelson, Frances, 108, 154, 197

  Nelson, Rear-Admiral Horatio

  admiration for Duncan, 154

  admiration for Howe, 47

  admiration for Jervis, 88

  affair with Emma Hamilton, 170–1, 211, 215, 250

  arm amputated, 154

  and Baltic command, 241–2, 250

  and ‘Band of Brothers’ myth, 13, 177–8, 253

  and Battle of Copenhagen, 9, 211, 215, 217–22, 225, 228–34, 237–8, 241–2

  and Battle of St Vincent, 90, 93–4, 96–102, 105, 107–9, 111, 164, 169

  career revived, 250–2

  his coffin, 246

  his death, 239, 254, 263, 292

  description of Battle of Copenhagen, 228–34

  description of Napoleon, 203

  his epitaph, 305

  his funeral, 286

  handwriting, 172, 228

  ignores signal, 225, 233

  leads boarding party, 93–4, 97–8

  London Gazette report, 97–9

  naval memorabilia, 159–61

  Nile dispatch, 172–9, 257, 278

  and officers’ conduct, 13, 177–8

  physical frailty and mental courage, 164

  his pigtail, 246

  his portrait, 325

  preparation for Trafalgar, 253–4, 261

  promotion, 164–5, 169, 173, 176–7, 178, 215

  relationship with Berry, 278

  relationship with Collingwood, 251

  relationship with Gould, 13, 178

  relationship with Keats, 307

  relationship with Louis, 307–8

  relationship with Parker, 215

  relationship with Saumarez, 13, 110, 177

  religious faith, 175–6

  reputation and fame, 99, 101, 111, 233, 250

  and siege of Bastia, 108, 137

  his signal at Trafalgar, 12, 254

  statues of, 111, 164

  style of command, 251

  tactics, 177, 253–5, 264–6, 268

  Turner’s painting, (‘The Battle of Trafalgar, 21

  October 1805’ by J.M.W. Turner, 1823–4), 8

  ultimatum at Copenhagen, 233–4

  his uniform, 111, 246

  wounded at the Nile, 7, 176

  wounded at St Vincent, 107–8, 164

  wounds, 7, 107–8, 164, 176, 250–1

  writing style, 15, 26, 97, 99, 172, 176

  relations with Saumarez, 13, 110, 177

  see also Nile, Battle of the; Trafalgar, Battle of

  Nelson, William, 175–6

  Nepean, Evan, 22–4, 94, 112, 169, 343–5

  neutral trading rights, 209–12, 241

  New York, 35, 214

  Newfoundland, 35

  newspapers, French, 180

  Nieuwe Maas River, 117

  Nile, Battle of the, 157–203

  and ‘Band of Brothers’ myth, 13, 177–8, 253

  British casualties, 146, 178–9

  British squadron, 17, 165, 180–2

  French account, 182–9

  French casualties, 179, 249

  French correspondence, 196–7, 202

  French fleet, 165, 181–2

  French losses, 9, 183

  French prisoners, 179–80

  French ships escape, 177, 196

  L’Orient explosion, 183, 194, 196

  maps, 189–96

  Mediterranean storm, 165–6

  Nelson’s dispatch, 169–70, 172–9

  Nelson’s hunt for French, 166–8, 304

  Nelson wounded, 7, 176

  Poussielgue’s letter, 196–201

  strategic importance of, 332

  use of combustible ammunition, 194

  Nile Medal, 337–8

  Nine Years War, 336

  Nizao, 314

  Noble, Lieutenant James, 97

  Nore mutiny, 87, 112, 121–2, 137

  Norris, Admiral John, 188

  North River attack, 214

  North Sea fleet, 17, 87, 122, 124–5, 134

  captains, 136–8

  Northesk, Rear-Admiral William Carnegie, Earl of, 13, 262, 269, 278, 280, 306

  Northwest Passage, 240

  Norway, 210, 212

  Norwich, 99

  Ochakov Crisis, 214

  Onslow, Admiral Richard, 128, 132–3, 135–7, 140, 150, 214

  Orange, Princess of, 119

  oranges, 106

  Orfordness, 138

  Ottoman Empire, 155, 162, 166, 171–2

  Ottoman navy, see Turkish navy

  Otway, Captain Robert, 221, 225

  Palmerston, Lord, 8

  Pareja, Don Antonio, 285

  Parker, Admiral Hyde

  age, 165

  and Benhall Manor, 208, 241

  correspondence with Kronborg commander, 226–8

  his dispatches, 217–25

  handwriting, 15, 217

  marriage, 214–15

  naval career, 214–15

  and Ochakov Crisis, 214

  reputation, 13, 208, 233–4, 241

  signals Nelson to withdraw, 225, 233

  writing style, 15, 217

  see also Copenhagen, Battle of

  Parker, Admiral of the Fleet William, 326

  Parker, Captain (later Admiral) William, 40–2, 46, 51, 64, 97, 101

  Pasley, Admiral Thomas, 36, 51, 64–5, 308, 341

  Paul I, Tsar, 123, 171, 208–11, 217

  his death, 234–5, 241, 332

  peace negotiations, 162, 242, 248

  Peace of Amiens, 242, 248, 250

  Pedder, Thomas, 146

  Pellew, Admiral, 296

  Pepys, Samuel, 21–2

  Perriam, Nancy, 107

  Philip II, King of Spain, 83

  Philip V, King of Spain, 83

  Pichegru, General, 119

  Pierson, Lieutenant, 98–9

  Pilford, Lieutenant John, 279

  Pitt, General John, 297

  Pitt, William, 86, 88, 211, 214, 219, 222, 242, 247

  Plymouth, 5, 39–40, 71, 76, 148, 332

  Point Catalan, 314

  Portsmouth, 5, 71, 77, 148, 245, 307, 328

  Portugal, 11, 123, 172, 335

  Poussielgue, E., 196–201

  Pover, Lesley, 164

  prison ships, 72, 153, 180, 287

  prisoners, 18, 60, 72, 130, 163, 179–80, 286–7

  prisons, 18, 72, 180, 28
7

  prostitutes, 240

  Prussia, 210

  Pym, Captain Samuel, 308

  Quebec, capture of, 86

  Quiberon Bay, Battle of, 10, 37, 306

  radio, 336

  raiding squadrons, French, 297–8, 328

  Redmill, Captain Robert, 279

  Renaudin, Captain Jean-Francois, 67

  Rennes, 286

  repairs, 18, 55–6, 76–7, 335

  Reuter, Admiral, 129

  Revel, 214, 217, 219

  Reynier, Jean, 163

  Richard II, King, 207

  Richard III, King, 208

  Richard of York, 207–8

  Riguelme, Don Francisco, 290

  Rio de la Plata, 286

  Riou, Captain Edward, 221–2, 232–3

  Robespierre, Maximilien, 30, 38, 79, 119, 249

  Rochefort, 20, 34, 249, 302–3, 308

  Rodney, Admiral George, 36, 110, 123, 307

  Rome, 171

  Rose, Captain, 232

  Rosily, Admiral Francois, 252

  Rotherham, Captain Edward, 278

  Rotterdam, 117, 119, 139

  Royal Navy

  budget cuts, 248

  command competence, 251

  mutinies, 87, 112, 121–5, 127, 151–2

  and patronage, 176

  promotion system, 164–5, 176

  reduction in size, 330

  reputation, 20–1, 89, 112, 127, 152–3, 261, 280, 332–3

  shipbuilding policy, 310

  size and cost, 25

  undermanning, 36

  and women, 107

  Russia (Russians), 123, 171–2, 208–10, 217, 219, 221, 234–5, 242, 335

  Russian army, 212

  Russian navy, 123, 136, 172, 203, 211, 214, 217, 241, 298, 335

  Russo-Maltese Treaty, 171

  Rutherford, Captain William, 279

  sailors

  causes of death, 12

  personal losses, 148–50

  welfare of, 239–40

  sails, 245–6

  Saint Domingue revolt, 302–3

  St Ives, 94

  St Kitts, 309

  St Kitts, Battle of, 136, 162

  St Lawrence River, 86

  St Lucia, 136, 330

  St Paul’s Cathedral, 222, 305

  St Petersburg, 235

  St Vincent, Battle of, 81–113

  British casualties, 104–6, 109, 146

  British order of battle, 133–4

  description of casualties, 18

  duration, 91

  and mercury ships, 17, 89–90, 102

  Nelson wounded, 107–8, 164

  Santissima Trinidad escape, 110–11

  size of Spanish fleet, 102–4, 108

  Spanish casualties, 109–10, 249

  Spanish flagship, 86

  Spanish losses, 9, 110

  Thompson’s conduct, 13, 92–3

  St Vincent, Earl of, see Jervis, Admiral John

  St. James’s Chronicle, 21

  Saints, Battle of the, 10, 37, 110, 136–7

  Saldanha Bay, Battle of, 11, 120, 125, 153

  San Domingo, Battle of, 299–329

  British casualties, 318–23

 

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