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Fifty-two Stories Of The British Navy, edited

Fifty-two Stories Of The British Navy, edited

by Alfred H. Miles

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Author
Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry), 1848-1929
Title
Fifty-two Stories of the British Navy, from Damme to Trafalgar.
Credits
Produced by Charlie Howard, sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
VA: Naval science: Navies: Organization, distribution, naval situation
Subject
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Juvenile literature
Category
Text
eBook-No.
40871
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40871
Release Date
September 26, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FIFTY-TWO STORIES OF THE BRITISH NAVY, FROM DAMME TO TRAFALGAR.
  2. 2.PREFATORY.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5.FIFTY-TWO STORIES OF THE BRITISH NAVY.
  6. 6.THE BEGINNINGS OF THE BRITISH NAVY.
  7. 7.THE STORY OF THE CINQUE PORTS.
  8. 8.THE STORY OF SIR EDWARD HOWARD.
  9. 9.THE STORY OF SIR THOMAS HOWARD AND SIR ANDREW BARTON.
  10. 10.THE STORY OF SIR JOHN HAWKINS
  11. 11.THE WORTHY ENTERPRISE OF JOHN FOX,
  12. 12.THE STORY OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE.
  13. 13.THE VOYAGE MADE TO TRIPOLIS IN BARBARY,
  14. 14.A TRUE REPORT OF A WORTHY FIGHT,
  15. 15.THE STORY OF THE SPANISH ARMADA.
  16. 16.THE STORY OF THE REVENGE .
  17. 17.THE STORY OF ADMIRAL BLAKE.
  18. 18.THE STORY OF THE FIRST DUTCH WAR.
  19. 19.STORIES OF THE SECOND DUTCH WAR. — I. The Defeat of the Dutch Off Harwich. — II. The Capture of Dutch Convoys by the Earl Of Sandwich. — III. The Four Days' Fight in the Channel. — IV. The Defence of the Thames.
  20. 20.THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ALGERINE NAVY.
  21. 21.THE STORY OF SIR JOHN BERRY.
  22. 22.THE STORY OF THE THIRD DUTCH WAR.
  23. 23.THE BATTLE OF BEACHY HEAD.
  24. 24.THE VICTORY OF LA HOGUE.
  25. 25.THE STORY OF SIR GEORGE ROOKE.
  26. 26.OFF GIBRALTAR.
  27. 27.THE STORY OF ADMIRAL BENBOW.
  28. 28.DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH FLEET IN THE FARO OFF MESSINA.
  29. 29.THE STORY OF CAPTAIN HORNBY AND THE FRENCH PRIVATEER.
  30. 30.OFF CAPE FINISTERRE.
  31. 31.THE LOSS OF H.M.S. NAMUR .
  32. 32.THE LOSS OF H.M.S. PEMBROKE .
  33. 33.THE STORY OF ADMIRAL THE HONOURABLE JOHN BYNG.
  34. 34.IN INDIAN SEAS. 1758-9.
  35. 35.THE STORY OF THE "GLORIOUS FIFTY-NINE" AND THE BATTLE OF QUIBERON BAY.
  36. 36.THE STORY OF LORD RODNEY.
  37. 37.THE LOSS OF THE RAMILIES .
  38. 38.THE LOSS OF H.M.S. CENTAUR .
  39. 39.THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE .
  40. 40.THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY .
  41. 41.THE STORY OF LORD EXMOUTH
  42. 42.THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE.
  43. 43.TRIUMPH IN RETREAT.
  44. 44.THE MUTINY OF 1797.
  45. 45.THE BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN.
  46. 46.THE LOSS OF H.M.S. REPULSE .
  47. 47.THE STORY OF NELSON'S BOYHOOD.
  48. 48.FIRST STEPS UP THE LADDER. A CHAPTER FROM NELSON'S CAREER.
  49. 49.ON BOARD THE AGAMEMNON .
  50. 50.THE EVACUATION OF CORSICA AND THE BATTLE OF CAPE ST. VINCENT.
  51. 51.THE STORY OF SANTA CRUZ.
  52. 52.THE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF THE NILE.
  53. 53.THE BOMBARDMENT OF COPENHAGEN.
  54. 54.THE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR. — Transcriber's Notes:

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