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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE SIXTEENTH VOLUME
- PLATES IN VOLUME XVI. From Original Designs
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE CAPTAIN ROBERT FAULKNOR, TO WHOSE MEMORY HIS COUNTRY HAS VOTED A MONUMENT IN ST. PAUL'S. Preceded by an Account of his Naval Ancestors, from the year 1695
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE SIR ANDREW MITCHELL, K.B. ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF SIR THOMAS LOUIS, BART. K.M.T. AND K.S.F. REAR-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE SQUADRON
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF SIR HOME RIGGS POPHAM, K.M, AND F.R.S. COMMODORE OF HIS MAJESTY'S SQUADRON AT THE CAPTURE OF BUENOS AYRES, &C
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE SIR JOHN LEAKE, KNT. ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET, &C
- INDEX
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE SIR ANDREW MITCHELL, K.B. ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE SIXTEENTH VOLUME
- PLATES IN VOLUME XVI. From Original Designs
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE CAPTAIN ROBERT FAULKNOR, TO WHOSE MEMORY HIS COUNTRY HAS VOTED A MONUMENT IN ST. PAUL'S. Preceded by an Account of his Naval Ancestors, from the year 1695
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE SIR ANDREW MITCHELL, K.B. ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF SIR THOMAS LOUIS, BART. K.M.T. AND K.S.F. REAR-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE SQUADRON
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF SIR HOME RIGGS POPHAM, K.M, AND F.R.S. COMMODORE OF HIS MAJESTY'S SQUADRON AT THE CAPTURE OF BUENOS AYRES, &C
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE SIR JOHN LEAKE, KNT. ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET, &C
- INDEX
Summary
“———Perchance, Thy Soul Deriv'd One Ray
Of Joy, Of Comfort, From “Trafalgar's Day;”
And, By The King Of Terrors Undismay'd,
Prepar'd To Join Heroic Nelson's Shade!”
AnonFrom the remotest period, since Britain has been celebrated as a naval power, never has her superiority appeared more eminently conspicuous than at the present moment. The future historian will record, with admiration, that, within five months, not to mention Sir Robert Calder's action, nor the capture of the Marengo and Belle Poule, by Sir John Borlase Warren–three decisive victories crowned our efforts. The heights of Trafalgar, associated with the revered name of Nelson, will live for ages in the memory of our seamen; the achievement of Sir R. J. Strachan, subsequently to that day of glory, on which the nation's first Hero was numbered with the slain, will be legibly inscribed in our annals; nor will the destruction of the French squadron in the West Indies, by Admiral Duckworth, be forgotten, although, eclipsed by greater glories, it appears to have been, for the moment, too slightly estimated by the public. At a time when the greater part of Europe has been overrun and revolutionized by the predatory armies of France, Britain, secure beneath the protecting wing of her Navy, has smiled at the reiterated menaces of invasion, and has enjoyed a comparatively undisturbed repose.
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- The Naval ChronicleContaining a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects, pp. 89 - 176Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1806