The Autobiography of a Seaman - Volume 1

About this eBook

Author

Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of, 1775-1860

Title

The autobiography of a seaman (volume 1 of 2)

Original Publication

London: Richard Bentley, 1859, copyright 1861.

Credits

MWS, KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) // first edit: 9/5/2025

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

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

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77060

Release Date

October 15, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SEAMAN. VOL. I.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
4. 4.INTRODUCTORY. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE DUNDONALD FAMILY.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. MY BOYHOOD, AND ENTRANCE INTO THE NAVY.
6. 6.CHAP. II. CRUISE OF THE HIND .
7. 7.CHAP. III. THE VOYAGE OF THE THETIS .
8. 8.CHAP. IV. SERVICES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
9. 9.CHAP. V. CRUISE OF THE SPEEDY .
10. 10.CHAP. VI. CRUISE OF THE SPEEDY CONTINUED.
11. 11.CHAP. VII. ADMIRALTY RELUCTANCE TO PROMOTE ME.
12. 12.CHAP. VIII. NAVAL ADMINISTRATION SIXTY YEARS AGO.
13. 13.CHAP. IX. EMPLOYMENT IN THE ARAB .
14. 14.CHAP. X. CRUISE OF THE PALLAS .
15. 15.CHAP. XI. SERVICES IN THE PALLAS CONTINUED.
16. 16.CHAP. XII. MY ENTRANCE INTO PARLIAMENT.
17. 17.CHAP. XIII. DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.
18. 18.CHAP. XIV. CRUISE OF THE IMPÉRIEUSE .
19. 19.CHAP. XV. CRUISE OF THE IMPÉRIEUSE CONTINUED.
20. 20.CHAP. XVI. CRUISE OF THE IMPÉRIEUSE —CONTINUED.
21. 21.CHAP. XVII. CRUISE OF THE IMPÉRIEUSE CONTINUED.
22. 22.CHAP. XVIII. CRUISE OF THE IMPÉRIEUSE CONTINUED.
23. 23.CHAP. XIX. APPOINTMENT TO COMMAND FIRE-SHIPS IN BASQUE
24. 24.CHAP. XX.
25. 25.CHAP. XXI.
26. 26.CHAP. XXII. ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND.
27. 27.CHAP. XXIII. LORD GAMBIER’S DESPATCH.

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