Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, During the Late War
Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, During the Late War

Author: Abraham Crawford

Publisher: General Books

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9781458964045

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAFFER III. Long Reach in the River?Active impressment?Stout resistance by two Indiamen?Downs?Go to sea? ' L'Inabordable' and ' Commerce brig and schooner run ashore off Cape Blancnez, and brought off in company with the ' Cruizer' and ' Jalouse'?Brush with a brig and six luggers in Boulogne Roads?Anecdote of Bonaparte, and an officer of artillery ? Active employment in bombarding the coast from Boulogne to Havre, and frequent engagement with flotilla?Capture at night with the boats, and ' Archer gun brig, a lugger, Schuyt and Dogger?Sent in charge of the Schuyt to the Downs? Blown to sea?Attempts on the flotilla with coffins, or carcasses?The store ships?Captain Owen's plan and preparation to receive the enemy, should he ever attempt a night attack when we were at anchor off Boulogne? Inauguration of the Legion of Honour. The conclusion of the second chapter of our Reminiscences left the ' Immortalite' at Sheer- ness, she having been ordered to proceed thither to complete her crew to the war establishment. This was in February, 1803; but the time she remained there was not long. In March, the rumours, which had been for some time current, of the probable rupture of the treaty of Amiens, were gaining strength daily; and the King's message to the two Houses of Parliament, asking for means to enable him to increase the naval and military strength of the country, assigning as a reason for such a request the vast preparations going forward in the French and Dutch ports, and the unsettled state of the Continent in general, no longer left any doubt on the subject. Nearly about the same time, we were ordered to Long Reach, in the Thames, there to enter or impress a new ship's company as quickly as possible; the old one, which had served in the late war, being promised the...

Sea Stories
Sea Stories

Author: Gary Slaughter

Publisher:

Published: 2016-09-04

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9780974420660

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Sea Stories: Memoir of a Naval Officer (1956-1967) spans Slaughter's naval service during the Cold War. Over 60 vignettes depict the danger of Navy life over the course of his naval career.

REMINISCENCES OF A NAVAL OFFIC
REMINISCENCES OF A NAVAL OFFIC

Author: Abraham 1788-1869 Crawford

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-08-29

Total Pages: 728

ISBN-13: 9781373710871

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