Blue Jackets

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Author

Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880

Title

Blue Jackets : or, Chips of the old block

Original Publication

London: Grant and Griffith, 1854.

Credits

Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century

Category

Text

eBook-No.

79475

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79475

Release Date

August 30, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BLUE JACKETS;
2. 2.CAPTURE OF ADEN,
3. 3.THE WAR IN SYRIA, 1840. — OPERATIONS OF THE BRITISH FLEET BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES. — BOMBARDMENT OF BEYROUT. — CAPTAIN MARTIN'S ATTACK ON THE CASTLE OF D'JEBEL. — SKIRMISH ON THE KELBSON (DOG RIVER). — CAPTURE OF SIDON. — BATTLE OF BOHARSOF. — CAPTURE OF CAIFFA BY CAPTAIN COLLIER, — CAPTURE OF TYRE, — ATTACK ON TORTOSA, — BOMBARDMENT AND CAPTURE OF ACRE,
4. 4.WAR IN CHINA. — COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR. ACTION BETWEEN H.M.S. 'VOLAGE' AND 'HYACINTH,' AND A SQUADRON OF CHINESE WAR-JUNKS, — ARRIVAL OF BRITISH SQUADRON AND TRANSPORTS. — PROCEEDINGS OF H.M.S. 'BLONDE' OFF AMOY, — CAPTURE OF CHUSAN. — CAPTAIN SMITH DEFEATS CHINESE AT THE MACAO BARRIER, — CAPTURE OF THE BOGUE FORTS, CHUENPEE AND TYCOCKTOW, — DESTRUCTION OF WAR JUNKS IN ANSON'S BAY,* — BOCA TIGRIS FORTS TAKEN BY SIR GORDON BREMER, — DESCRIPTION OF ANUNGHOY AND WANTONG. — DESTRUCTION OF WAR-JUNKS IN WHAMPOA REACH, — CAPTURE OF MASKED BATTERY BY LIEUT. SYMONDS, R.N., COMMANDER BELCHER, H.M.S. 'SULPHUR,' COMMANDING, — FURTHER ADVANCE OF SQUADRON, AND CAPTURE OF HOWQUA'S FORT, — CAPTURE OF MACAO FORT, — BROADWAY PASSAGE FROM MACAO TO WHAMPOA FORCED, — CAPTURE OF FORTS OF CANTON AND CHINESE FLOTILLA, — CHINESE ATTEMPT TO DESTROY BRITISH SHIPS WITH FIRE RAFTS, — CAPTURE OF CANTON, — DASHING EXPLOIT IN BOATS UNDER CAPTAIN BELCHER. — CAPTURE OF AMOY, — RECAPTURE OF CHUSAN. — EXPLOITS OF THE 'NEMESIS.' — CAPTURE OF CHINGHAE, — OCCUPATION OF NINGPO, — CAPTURE OF CHAPOO. — CAPTURE OF WOOSUNG AND SHANGHAI. — CAPTURE OF CHIN-KEANG-FOO, AND ENTRY OF SIR H. POTTINGER INTO NANKIN; WITH CONCLUDING REMARKS, — GALLANTRY OF MR. H. F. M'KILLOP, MIDSHIPMAN OF H.M.S. 'BELLEISLE,' — COURAGE OF MR. TURNER, MATE OF H.M.S. 'SERPENT,' — SEAMAN'S LIFE SAVED BY LIEUTENANT R. C. WHYTE, — LIEUTS. CALDWELL AND VANSITTART, R.N., HONG KONG, — THE LIFE OF THE HON. FREDERICK WILLIAM WALPOLE SAVED BY MR. R. DEW, MATE OF H.M.S. 'COLLINGWOOD,' AT CALLAO,
5. 5.CAPTURE OF THE CARTHAGENIAN FLEET,
6. 6.SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY IN BORNEO AND THE EASTERN AECHIPELAGO. — SKETCH OF RAJAH BROOKE. — CAPTURE OF PIRATICAL PRAHUS BY BOATS OF 'DIDO,' UNDER LIEUT. HORTON, — ATTACK ON THE JOLLY BACHELOR. — ATTACK ON SAREBUS PIRATES BY BOATS OF H.M.S. 'DIDO.' — ATTACK ON THE SAKARRAN PIRATES, — MEMOIR OF LIEUTENANT WADE.* — MEMOIR OF MR. GEORGE STEWARD. — DESTRUCTION OF MALLUDU, — ROYAL MARINES EMPLOYED. — CAPTURE OF BRUNÈ, — PURSUIT OF THE SULTAN OF BRUNÈ. — CAPTURE OF PIRATE PRAHUS, AND DESTRUCTION OF PIRATE STRONGHOLDS. — DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE MADE BY A PIRATE CREW. — CONCLUDING REMARKS ON BORNEO.
7. 7.EXPEDITION UP THE NIGER, — OBJECTS OF THE EXPEDITION. — COMMENCEMENT OF THE VOYAGE. — SHIPS ENTER THE NIGER. — EXPEDITION COMPELLED TO RETURN. — SECOND ATTEMPT TO ASCEND THE NIGER.
8. 8.WARFARE ON THE RIVERS LA PLATA AND PARANA. — BATTLE OF THE PARANA, — DESTRUCTION OF THE 'CHACABUCO.' — ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE BATTERIES OF SAN LORENZO. — GALLANT EXPLOIT OF LIEUT. MACKINNON WITH HIS ROCKET BATTERY AGAINST THE FORTS OF SAN LORENZO.
9. 9.EXPEDITION TO THE ANTARCTIC POLE, — UNDER CAPTAIN JAMES ROSS AND CAPTAIN CROZIER, — EREBUS. — TERROR. — FIRST YEAR. — SECOND YEAR. — THIRD YEAR.
10. 10.WAR IN NEW ZEALAND,
11. 11.ACTION BETWEEN H.M.S. 'NEMESIS,' 'COLUMBINE'S' BOAT, AND BORNEO PIRATES,
12. 12.EXPEDITION TO SAN JUAN DE NICARAGUA, — CAPTURE OF FORT SERAPAQUI,
13. 13.RECAPTURE OF THE BRIG "THREE SISTERS" FROM THE RIFF PIRATES,
14. 14.ACTION WITH THE RIFF PIRATES,
15. 15.DESTRUCTION OF PIRATE FLEET,
16. 16.THE DESTRUCTION OF LAGOS, — DESCRIPTION OF LAGOS. — FIRST EXPEDITION TO LAGOS, AND ATTACK ON THE 'BLOODHOUND' AND BOATS OF THE SQUADRON BY THE FOLLOWERS OF KOSOKO. — SECOND ATTACK ON AND DESTRUCTION OF LAGOS,
17. 17.THE WAR WITH BURMAH, — CAUSES OF THE WAR. — COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES. — CAPTURE OF MARTABAN. — CAPTURE OF RANGOON. — CAPTURE OF BASSEIN, — MARTABAN ATTACKED BY THE BURMESE, — CAPTURE OF PEGU, — EXPEDITION UP THE IRRAWADDY, UNDER. CAPT. TARLETON, R.N., AND CAPTURE OF PROME, — SECOND CAPTURE AND OCCUPATION OF PROME. — CAPTURE OF PEGU, — OPERATIONS ON THE IRRAWADDY. — ATTACKS ON MYA TOON, THE ROBBER CHIEFTAIN. — CAREER OF THE LATE CAPTAIN LOCH, R.N.
18. 18.SPIRITED AND GALLANT EXPLOITS. — HEROISM OF LIEUT. CHRISTOPHER, AND PRESENCE OF MIND OF JAMES MILES. — DEVOTED HEROISM AND COURAGE OF MESSRS. SMITH AND PALMES OF H.M.S. 'SERINGAPATAM.' — A SECOND ACT OF GALLANTRY RECORDED OF MR. W. R. SMITH. — ACCOUNT OF RESCUE OF BOAT'S CREW OF H.M.S. 'WOLVERINE' BY LIEUT. ARTHUR BURRARD KINGSTON, R.N. — BOY'S LIFE SAVED BY LIEUT. A. B. KINGSTON. — Captain Tucker's certificate of Lieut. A. B. Kingston's conduct. — RESCUE OF CREW OF 'MINERVA' BY MR. SLATER, SECOND MASTER OF H.M. MAIL-PACKET 'WIDGEON,' OFF CALAIS, — MR. HENRY SHEA, ASSISTANT-SURGEON, R.N., MEDITERRANEAN, — LIEUT. F. H. STEVENS, R.N., MEDITERRANEAN, — LIEUT. JOHN STEPHENS, R.N., LISBON, — WILLIAM JENNINGS, COAST-GUARD BOATMAN, — HENRY JOHNSON, SEAMAN, ENGLAND, — INSTANCE OF COURAGE AND HUMANITY. — ARTHUR HASSETT, BOATMAN, COAST-GUARD, COVE OF CORK, — COMMANDER ALDRIDGE, R.N., VASIKA BAY, — MR. RICHARDS, R.N., OFF BRIGHTON, — ABRAHAM HART YOUNGS, CHIEF BOATMAN OF FISHERGATE STATION, — JAMES DORAN, SEAMAN, — MR. THOMAS DAVIS, MATE, R.N., AND JOSEPH BRATHWAITE, SEAMAN, R.N., BANTRY BAY, — MR. W. C. GEARY, MATE, R.N., GULF OF EGINA, — LIEUT. F. P. WARREN, R.N., IN MADRAS ROADS, — LIEUT. WILLIAM E. FISHER, R.N., COVE OF CORK, — LIEUT. HENRY W. HIRE, R.N., MEDITERRANEAN, — COMMANDER WOOLDRIDGE AND MR. BIRTWHISTLE, MATE, R.N., SHEERNESS, — LIEUT. NEWMAN, R.N., AND BOAT'S CREW, COAST-GUARD, DUNGENESS, — MR. F. S. GIBSON, R.N., GRAND BASSA, AFRICA, — LIEUT. TATHAM, R.N., CHATHAM, — COMMANDER J. W. FINCH, R.N., PORTSMOUTH, — MR. CHARLES E. H. FARRANT, MASTER'S ASSISTANT, R.N., VALPARAISO, — LIEUTENANT SHERARD OSBORNE, R.N., PORTSMOUTH, — HENRY LAUGHRIN, BOATSWAIN'S MATE, H.M.S. 'CALLIOPE,' RIO DE JANEIRO, — JOHN HUGGINS, QUARTER-MASTER OF H.M.S. 'SCOURGE,' TRINIDAD, ETC., — COMMANDER J. W. TARLETON, R.N., GENOA, — COMMANDER OLIVER JONES, R.N., COVE OF CORK, — LIEUT. C. S. STANHOPE, R.N., H.M.S. 'ASIA,' AT SEA, — MR. T. H. JULIAN, SECOND-MASTER, R.N., PLYMOUTH, — LIEUT. SAUMAREZ, R.N., H.M.S. 'VOLCANO,' OFF SIERRA LEONE, AFRICA, — CHARLES LOXTON, SAILMAKER's MATE, H.M.S. 'ROLLA,' DOVER, — MR. SKEAD, SECOND-MASTER, AND MR. LAMBE, MIDSHIPMAN, R.N., OF H.M.S. 'TRAFALGAR,' OFF MALTA, — MR. WARD, BOATSWAIN, R.N., H.M.S. 'GLADIATOR,' AFRICA, — COMMANDER ALAN H. GARDNER, H.M.S. 'WATERWITCH,' AFRICA, — LIEUT. PYNE, R.N., H.M.S. 'PRINCE REGENT,' LISBON, — MR. SULLIVAN, MIDSHIPMAN OF H.M.S. 'MEGÆRA,' AT SEA, — COMMANDER TARLETON, H.M.S. 'FOX,' RANGOON,
19. 19.ENGAGEMENTS WITH PIRATES AND SLAVERS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD. — ATTACK ON TAMATAVE, MADAGASCAR, — LIEUT. F. J. D'AGUILAR DEFEATS AN ATTEMPT TO RETAKE A PRIZE CAPTURED BY H.M.S. 'GRECIAN,' BRAZIL, — DESTRUCTION OF A CHINESE PIRATE FLEET BY H.M.S. 'COLUMBINE' AND 'FURY,' AND STEAMER 'CANTON,' CHINA, — DESTRUCTION OF PIRATES BY H.M.S. 'MEDEA,' CHINA, — COMMANDER HAY DESTROYS PIRATE FLEET, CHINA, — DESTRUCTION OF A SLAVE ESTABLISHMENT IN THE MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL, BY H.M.S. 'CASTOR' AND 'DEE,' MOZAMBIQUE, — CAPTURE OF THE BRAZILIAN STEAM-BRIG 'PAQUETE DE SANTOS,' LATE 'PROVIDENCIA,' BY H.M.S. 'RIFLEMAN,' LIEUT. COMMANDER CROFTON, BRAZIL, — CAPTURE OF FOUR NOTED SLAVERS BY H.M.S. 'CORMORANT,' COMMANDER HERBERT SCHOMBERG, ON THE COAST OF BRAZIL, AMERICA, — CAPTURE OF 'VENUS' SLAVER, OFF THE HAVANNAH, BY H.M.S. 'VESTAL,' CAPTAIN HAMILTON, — CAPTURE OF THE 'POLKA' SLAVER, BY H.M.S. 'SHARPSHOOTER,' LIEUT.-COMMANDER BAILEY, ON THE COAST OF BRAZIL.
20. 20.THE AFRICAN COAST BLOCKADE. — NATURE OF THE SERVICE. — DESCRIPTION OF SLAVE BARRACOONS. — DESCRIPTION OF AN EMPTY SLAVER. — DESCRIPTION OF A SLAVER WITH CARGO ON BOARD. — CHASES AND CAPTURES OF SLAVERS BY H.M.S. 'BONETTA,' ON THE AFRICAN COAST. — SLAVE-SCHOONER RUN DOWN. — BRAZILIAN SLAVE-BRIG CAPTURED. — BRAZILIAN SLAVER DESTROYED — SLAVE SCHOONER CAPTURED. — CAPTURE OF THE 'CATHERINE' SLAVER, BY H.M.S. 'DOLPHIN,' CAPTAIN R. H. DUNDAS, — CAPTURE OF BRAZILIAN SLAVER 'FIRME,' BY THE BOATS OF H.M.S. 'DOLPHIN,' LIEUT. LITTLEHALES, ACTING-COMMANDER; UNDER THE COMMAND OF MR. AUGUSTUS CHARLES MURRAY, MATE, AND MR. JOHN F. REES, SECOND MASTER, — VOYAGE OF THE 'DORES,' A SLAVER, CAPTURED BY H.M.S. 'DOLPHIN,' FROM ACCRA TO SIERRA LEONE, UNDER COMMAND OF LIEUT. AUGUSTUS C. MURRAY, — CAPTURE OF THE 'JOSEPHINE' SLAVER. — CAPTURE OF AN ARMED SLAVER, BY A FOUR-OARED GIG, UNDER COMMAND OF MR. TOTTENHAM, MATE, — LIEUT. LODWICK's (IN THE 'GROWLER'S' PINNACE) GALLANT ATTACK ON A SLAVER, — CAPTURE OF THE 'FELICIDADE' AND 'ECHO' SLAVERS, BY H.M.S. 'WASP,' AND RECAPTURE OF 'FELICIDADE,' BY H.M.S. 'STAR,' — CAPTURE OF A SLAVER BY H.M.S. 'PANTALOON,' — LIEUT. MANSFIELD AND PRIZE CREW—DEFENCE OF THE 'ROMEO PRIMERO,' AGAINST AN ATTEMPT AT RECAPTURE, — RESCUE OF SLAVES IN THE RIVER PONGOS, BY COMMANDER H. DUNLOP, H.M.S. 'ALERT,' — CAPTURE OF A SLAVER BY H.M.S. 'PH[OE]NIX,' COMMANDER WODEHOUSE, — CAPTURE OF THE SLAVER 'ANNE D. RICHARDSON,' BY H.M. STEAM-FRIGATE 'PLUTO,' COMMANDER JOLIFFE, — ENCOUNTER WITH BLACK PIRATES, — SKIRMISH ON THE CONGO RIVER, — ATTACK ON MEDINA, SIERRA LEONE RIVER, BY H.M.S. 'TEAZER,' LIEUT. RICH, AND 'LINNET'S' BOATS, — CAPTURE OF SLAVERS IN THE RIO PONGOS, BY THE BOATS OF H.M.S. 'LINNET,' COMMANDER H. NEED. — DESTRUCTION OF BARRACOONS, BY COMMANDER J. STRANGE, AFRICA, — MEMOIR OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM TUCKER, R.N., — LOSS OF H.M.S. 'AVENGER.' — MEMOIR OF CAPTAIN NAPIER. — WRECK OF A MAN-OF-WAR'S BOAT, CHINA, — WRECK OF A BOAT OF H.M.S. 'GANGES'—DEATH OF LIEUT. BREEN, MEDITERRANEAN, — NORTH POLAR EXPEDITIONS. — 'EREBUS.' — 'TERROR' — 'ENTERPRISE,' 540 tons. — 'INVESTIGATOR,' 480 tons. — 'RESOLUTE.' — 'ASSISTANCE.' — 'PIONEER' (Screw-steamer). — 'INTREPID' (Screw-steamer).

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