by Dean King
Emmet, Tom, 8
Endeavour, HMS, 110, 116, 117, 118
Endymion, HMS, 234, 252
Engageant (French ship), 10
Eole, L’ (French ship), 30
Esperance, L’(schooner), 93, 94
Essel, Sub-Lieut. John, 278n
Essex, USS, 316, 344-66, 368, 388, 398n
action with Phoebe, xxv, 368-80, 383-91
Essex Junior, USS, 367, 368, 372, 373, 375, 380, 382, 383, 384, 388, 389, 392, 393, 394
Etna, HMS, 225, 226, 230
Euryalus, HMS, 169, 170
Evans, Dr. Evan, 258
Evans, Jack, 335
Excellent, HMS, 73, 76, 77
Falconer, Major, 188
Fane, Captain E W., 275-76, 289
Farragut, Adm. David, 345, 388
Finch, Lieutenant, 380
Fitzpatrick, Boatswain, 27
Flora, HMS, 9
Flying Squadron, Howe’s, 13n, 15
Forte, La (French frigate), 107, 108, 117n
action with La Sybille, xxv, xxvi, 111-19
“For the Good of My Own Soul” (Nagle), 45-53
“Fortune of War, The” (Eastwick), 108-19
Fougueux, La (French ship), 173
Foxhound, HMS, 224
Fragments of Voyages and Travels (Hall), 254
France
behind enemy lines in, 259-89
Britain declares war on, 1803, 156
peace with Spain in 1795, 44
Franco-Prussian War of 1870, 278n
Fraser, General, 235, 247
Frederick, Captain, 73
French Fleet, 86, 169
and Battle of Trafalgar, 162, 165-66
Brest Fleet, 63
Brest Fleet, and Basque Roads, 218-23
and Glorious First of June, 15-22, 23
and Revolutionary War, 11, 13, 14-15
French National Convention, 15, 31n
French prisons, xxvi, 268-73
at Bitch, 276-81
escapes, 273-76, 278-79, 281-82
French privateers in Bay of Bengal, 108
in Mediterranean, 123-26
off Spain and Portugal, 91-92, 103-4
French Revolutionary War (1793-1802), xxiv, xxvii, 9-11, 34n
Fugleman, 5, 28, 28n
Furieuse (French ship), 221
Gallipagos Islands, 356, 359, 360-61, 363-64, 366
Gambier, Captain (later Admiral Lord), 12, 17-18, 20, 21, 27-30, 185, 186, 190-92, 193, 197, 203, 212, 213, 218, 220, 222, 223, 230, 233
Gambier, Lady, 190, 191
Gamble, Lieutenant, 361, 382
Gamo, El (Spanish ship), 120, 128, 134-36
Gardner, Captain, 345, 346, 349
Gardner, James Anthony, xxv, xxvi, 33-44
Gardner, Midshipman, 32
Gardner, Sir Alan (later Baron), 18, 18n
Garlies, George, Viscount, 69, 80, 80n, 81, 86
Geers, Benjamin, 383
Généreaux (French ship), 119, 120, 121, 139
Genoa, Italy, 122
George, Capt. Sir Rupert, 187, 187n, 188
George III, King of England, 83, 303
George Washington (American privateer), 322
Georgiana (British whale-ship), 361, 362, 364, 365, 381
Gibraltar, 64, 66
Gibraltar, HMS, 214
Gill, Mr., 101
Gilman, Andrew, 214
Glorious First of June (1794), xxiv, xxvi, xxvii, 11-32
map, 23
Glory (French ship), 18
Goliah, HMS, 76
Goodall, Mr., 45, 48, 49-51, 52
Gordon, Midshipman, 271, 272-74
Gorgon, HMS, 32, 33, 38, 41-43, 48, 50, 52, 52n, 53, 88
Graeffer, Mrs., 190
Granville, France, 264-65
Gratuities to the Relations of Officers and Others Killed in Action, xxxvii
Graves, Adm. Thomas, 12, 12n
Gray, Alexander, 46n, 53n
Gray, Lieutenant, 109n
Green, John, 256, 256n
Greenwich (British whale-ship), 381-82
Grey, Dr., 188-89
Grimes, William, 101
Groce, Samuel, 383
Growler, HMS, 225
Guerrier, HMS, 318, 332
Guns, 18
filling with powder, 14
loading, 22, 22n, 26
Guthrie, Dr., 134
Guyaquil, Peru, 358-59
Hacker, Jerry, 39-40
Haddaway, Midshipman, 365
Halifax, Canada, 140
Hall, Basil, xxv, xxvii, 139-56, 233, 234-54
Hamilton, Captain Sir C, 38
Hamilton, Lady, 169, 175, 177-79, 190, 190n, 192
Hannibal, HMS, 278-79n
Hanoverian London (Rude), 52n
Hardy, Captain, 169, 171-78, 180, 181-82
Hardy, Lieutenant, 64, 65-66, 68, 69
Hardyman, Lieutenant, 116-17, 119
Harvey, Rear-Adm. Sir Eliab, 223
Havre-de-Grace, Le (Haverdegrass), 89-91
Hawtayne, Mr., 27
Hazard, HMS, 46n
Hazzard, Captain J., 320
Hector, HMS, 381, 390
Helicon, HMS, 395
Hills, Lieutenant, 178
Hillyar, Capt. James, 367, 368-79, 382, 383, 384, 388-93
Hind, HMS, 120
“HMS Macedonian vs. USS United States” (Leech), 303-19
Hoche, General, 63
Hoffman, Richard K., 379
Holmes, Gun Captain, 24
Holmes, Levi, 383
Hood, Adm. Sir Alexander, Baron Bridport, 18, 18n, 118
Hood, Sir Samuel, 94n, 234, 235, 251
Hope, Capt. Sir George Johnstone, 202
Hope, Lieut. David, 308, 311, 312
Hope, Sir John, 240, 246, 247
Hornet (American sloop), 344, 380
Horse Island, 292
Hotham, Adm. Sir Henry, 53, 54, 215, 220, 221, 399
Hound, HMS, 231
Howe, Admiral Lord, 11-13, 13n, 15, 16-17, 19-20, 21, 28, 29, 29n, 32
Illustrious, HMS, 222
Impérieuse, HMS, 223, 225, 226
Impressment, xxvi, 7, 10
of American sailors by Britain, 289-99
in England, 3, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48-52
Inconstant, HMS, 108
Indefatigable, HMS, 216, 220, 224
Indiana (French ship), 230, 231
Indian Ocean, 107
Indomptable, L’ (French ship), 17, 19
Inflexible, HMS, 257
Ingraham, Lieutenant, 378, 379, 382
Innes, Capt. Thomas, 193, 195, 196
Insolent, HMS, 225
“In the King’s Service” (Richardson), 3-22
Intrepide (French privateer), 121
Intrepid, HMS, 9
Invincible, HMS, 29, 41
Irish invasion attempt (1796), 63
Irresistible, HMS, 71, 73, 77, 78, 82
Isaacs, George W., 361, 379, 388
Italien (French ship), 220, 221
Jackson, George Vernon, 254, 255-89
Jackson, President Andrew, 394
Java, HMS (formerly Renomée), 289, 318, 343, 344, 352, 380, 398n
Jean Bart (French ship), 219-20, 221
Jennings, Midshipman, 35
Jervis, Adm. Sir John, Earl St. Vincent, 54, 55, 56, 62, 66-77, 82-85, 82n, 84n-85n, 87, 94n
John Adams, USS, 290, 398
Johnson, Captain, 118
Johnson, Samuel B., 388
Jones, Lieutenant, 223, 224, 229
Jones, Rev. Mr., 217, 231
Junon, HMS, 255-57, 289
Keith, Admiral Lord, 119, 120, 122-23, 126, 187-88
Ker (Car), Captain, 219
King, Lieutenant, 174
King, Lieut. Sir Richard, 3, 4, 213
King George, HMS, 222, 224
Kingsbury, Boatswain, 365
Kivell Nan, 308, 309
Knight, Mr., 196
Lacaille, Captain, 231
Laforey, Captain R, 13n
Lagos Bay, 84, 84n, 85
Langhorn, Captain, 397
Leander, HMS, 139-40, 145, 146, 147, 155, 234
Lebozec, Captain, 222
Le Cam, French pilot, 217
Lee, Admiral, 255
Lee, John, 24
Leech, Samuel, xxvii, 303-19
Légère, La (French cutter), 100
Leghorn Roads (Livorno), 56, 129n
Le Neve, A. W. H., 206
L’Estrange, Lieutenant, 278, 278n-79n, 281-85
Leviathan, HMS, 171
Leworthy, H., 280, 282
Lightroom, 14, 14n
Lindsay, Captain, 71
Linois, Admiral, 136
Linscott, Mr., 385
Lisbon, Portugal, 36-38, 99, 106
Little, George, xxv, xxvi, 320-44
Lively, HMS, 64, 69-72, 77, 80n, 81, 83, 84, 85-86
Liza, La (Spanish ship), 127
Lloyd, Christopher, xxvi, 183-84
Lobos islands, 357, 358
Logholm, Mr., 314
Loire (French ship), 256, 257
Longford, Lord, 30
Lord Cochrane (Lloyd), 183-84
Lossing, 297n
Lougen (Lugum, Danish brig), 206-8, 206n, 212
Lovedon, Mr., 187
Lyman, James R., 388, 390
Lynes, Mr., 101
Lyra, HMS, 225
McBride, Rear-Admiral, 13
Macedonian, HMS, 343, 344
action with USS United States (1812), xxiv, 303-19
McGuire, Lieutenant, 30
Macguire, Pat, 61-62
Mackerel, Mr., 110, 111, 115
M’Knight, Lieutenant, 347, 361, 387, 388, 390
McLeay, Mr., 186
M’Nicholl, Gunner, 199-200
“Mad Dickey’s Amusement” (Nagle), 88-107
Madison’s island (Nooaheevah), 382
Mahan, 31n
Mahan, Andrew, 383
Major, Mr., 116
Malabar coast, 6
Malta, 129-30
Manby, Captain, 190
Manerva (French-built ship), 93
Manly, Captain, 46n
Manners, Captain, 397, 397n
Mantua, siege of, 56
Margretta, HMS, 46n
Marlborough, HMS, 28
Marlborough, John, Duke of, 58, 58n
Martin, Abbé, 265-66
Martin, Capt. Byam, 38
Martin, Captain G., 78, 82
Martinico, 294
Massena, 122-23
Mauritius Islands, 4-5
Mediator, HMS, 222, 223, 225
Mediterranean
British control of, 184
cruise of 1801, xxv
Medusa, HMS, 231
Melampus, HMS, 9
Meleager, HMS, 56
Melville, Mr., 280
Menzies, Archibald, 57-58, 59
Merchant ships
effects of wars on, xxv, 344
and French Revolutionary War, 13-14
smuggling by, 35-36
Miller, Captain R. W., 77, 81
Miller, Doctor, 355, 360, 365-66
Miller, Dr. Robert, 383
Miller, Gunner, 365
Minerva, HMS, 3-7, 9, 10, 11
Minerve, HMS, 64-69, 71, 76, 78, 79
Minotaur, HMS, 126
Mitchell, Sir Andrew, 139, 156
Módeste, HMS, 33, 38
Montagu, Rear Adm. George, 13, 13n, 15n
Montague, HMS, 380
Montezuma (British whale-ship), 361, 364, 381
Montgomery, Dr. Alexander, 379, 388
Moore, Captain, 118
Moore, Gen. Sir John, 233, 234-35, 236-37, 245
Moorsom, Capt. Robert, 159, 192
Morard de Galles, Vice-Admiral, 63
Morgan, Mr., 288
Momington, HMS, 110, 116, 118
Mornington, Lord, 112, 117, 118
Mottley, Lieut. Samuel, 312
Mulgrave, Lord, 186, 187, 191-93, 204
Murray, Captain, 76
Mutine, HMS, 126, 288
Nagle, Jacob, xxv, xxvi, xxvii, 44, 45-53, 87, 88-107
Nagle, Mrs. Jacob, 49-51, 52
Naiad, HMS, 169, 216, 218, 220, 231
Namur, HMS, 76, 79, 198
Napier, Gen. Sir William Francis Patrick, xxv, 235n, 236, 237, 241, 247
Napoleon Bonaparte, 47, 54, 55, 156, 183, 184, 222, 231, 234, 236, 265, 399
Napoleonic War (1803–1815), xxiv-xxv, 156
Narcissus, HMS, 290-91, 294, 295, 297, 298
Nash, Captain, 393
Nastyface, Jack. See William Robinson
National Bank of England, 86
Nautical Economy (Robinson/Nastyface), 168
Naval Chronicle (1799), xxxvii
Naval Chronologist of the War (Steel), 87
Navy Record Society, British, xxvi
Nelson, Adm. Lord Horatio (formerly Captain), xxv, 123, 139, 156, 190
and Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 65-69, 71, 73, 77, 78, 81, 82, 82n, 87
and Battle of Trafalgar, xxiii, 159, 160, 161
Bethune on, 64
death of, at Trafalgar, 162, 169-84
distinctions and honors, 55, 83-84, 87
and evacuation of Bastia, Corsica, 54-60, 63
made Colonel of Marines, 55
and Malta, 119
motto of, 307
and ordinary seamen, xxiii-xxiv
and rebellion of Blanche, 53
Nelson, Horatia (adopted daughter), 175, 179, 190n
Nelson, Lady, 87
Nepean, Evan, 90n
Néréie (French ship), 289
Nereyda (Peruvian privateer), 346-49, 353
Netley, HMS, 87, 88, 88n, 93, 95, 97, 98, 100-105, 106
New Orleans, United States, 332
New Zealand (British ship), 365, 381
Nicholson, Lieutenant, 313
Nielly, Rear-Admiral, 15n
Niger, HMS, 71, 79
Nimrod, HMS, 224, 346, 347, 349, 353
Nocton, HMS, 380
North Rock, Bermuda, 143-44, 147
“Noted Pimp of Lisbon and an Unwanted Promotion in Bull Bay, The” (Gardner), 33-44
Nymph (American brig), 98
Ocean, HMS, 225-26, 231
Odenheimer, William H., 364, 379, 387-88
Ogden, Midshipman, 388
Ogilvie, Mr., 182
Ommanney, Mr., 189, 194
Orion, HMS, 17, 71, 73, 76
Osterley (British ship), 111
Oughton, Mr., 239, 243, 244-45
Pakenham, Capt. Thomas, 29, 29n, 30
Pallas, HMS, 224
Palmer, Mr., 181
Palmerston, Lord, 187
Parker, Lieutenant, 135
Parker, Lieut. Charles, 196
Parker, Rear-Admiral, 73, 87
Parry, Sir William Edward, 140, 147
Pasco, Lieutenant, 172, 176
Pasley, Rear-Admiral, 16
Patriot (French ship), 231
Paul Jones (American privateer), 320, 337-43
Payta, 358, 359
Peace of Amiens (1802), 136, 139
Peake, Lieutenant, 177
Peake, Lieut. Thomas Ladd, 203
Pearl (French ship), 33, 38
Pearson, Lieutenant, 77, 82
Pellew, Sir Edward (Lord Exmouth), 9
Peninsular War, xxv, 257n
Perree, Rear-Admiral, 119
Perrey, Captain, 346
Perseverance (British ship), 365
Peru, coast of, 350-51, 352, 353-54, 356, 381
Phaeton, HMS, 30
Phoebe, HMS, 169, 382
action with USS Essex, xxv, 367, 368-79, 383-86, 389-92
Pierce, William, 388
Pitmans, Mr., 49, 52n
Pitts, Captain, 362
Plane Island, 127
Plymouth, England, 298
Poinsett, Mr. Consul General, 390
Pole, Secretary to the Admiralty, 185-86
Policy (British whale-ship), 361, 362, 364, 365, 381
Poliphemus, HMS, 46n
Pollard, Mr., 182
Polly, John, 22-24
Pomone (French ship), 10
Poplar, England, 47, 47n
Porteau, Captain, 231
Porte Chaussée prison, 276-78
Porter, Capt. David, xxv, 344, 345-94
Porto Port, Portugal, 91-96, 98, 99, 101, 102, 104
Portugal, coast of, 87
privateers off, 91-97
Portuguese, 6
Preneuse, La (French privateer), 108, 109, 109n
Price, Lewis, 383
Prince George, HMS, 71, 73, 196
Pringle, Capt. Thomas, 30, 30n
Privateering, xxv
American, 319, 320-44, 395-96
and Bay of Bengal, 108-11
and coast of Portugal, 91-92, 102-7
English, 102, 105
French, 91-92, 103-4, 108, 123-26
and Mediterranean, 123-26
Spanish, 92, 95-96, 102, 128-36
Prompte, HMS, 10, 11
Prudente, La (French privateer), 108-9, 108n
Queen, HMS, 18, 27, 31
Queen Charlotte, HMS, 16, 28
Quiberon Bay invasion, 44, 47n
Quilliam, Lieutenant, 181
Racoon, HMS, 382, 383, 384
Rainier, Comm. Peter, 13, 13n
Ram, Lieut. William Andrew, 175
Randall, Captain, 353
Recovery (British ship), 117
Redoubtable (French ship), 173, 174, 181-82, 183
Redpole, HMS, 225
Reed (carpenter), 313
Reeves, Lieutenant, 177
Regulus (French ship), 230, 231
Reindeer, HMS, 396, 397, 397n-98n
Renaudin, Captain, 31n
Rendezvous, HMS, 204
Renommée (French ship, later Java), 256-57, 259-60, 289
Resolution (British ship), 111
Revenge, HMS, 159, 219, 226, 230, 231-32
Revolutionnaire (French ship), 16, 16n
Reyna Luisa, La (Spanish packet), 106
Richardson, Capt, Charles, 213, 221
Richardson, William, xxvii, 3-11, 213-33
Rio de La Hache Indians, 327-31
Ritchie, seaman, 26
Rivers, Mr., 177
Robinson, Lieutenant, 4, 7
Robinson, William (Jack Nastyface), xxiv, xxvi, 159-68
Rodd, Captain, 220
Rodgers, Commodore, 368
Rodgers, John, 383
Rodney, Comm. John, 38
Romulus, HMS, 66
Roncière, Captain de la, 231
Rose (British merchant ship), 45-47, 46n, 53n, 365, 381
Rotely, Lieutenant, 182