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Adkins, Roy & Adkins, Lesley. The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo. London: Little Brown; New York: Viking; London: Abacus, 2006, 2007, xxvi, 534 pp. Social history approach, incorporating songs, poems, pamphlets; conclusion: "ultimately the war against Napoleon was won by the officers and men of the British Navy."
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Admiralty; age of sail; Anglo-French; battles; Napoleon; Nelson, Horatio; officer; Royal Navy; sea power; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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age of sail, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-French, France , battles, Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, officer, quarterdeck, leader , sea power
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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. Admiralty Manual of Seamanship. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1908, 1909, 1954, `964, 1967, 1972, 1979, 1982, 1983, xxviii, 1684 pp.. Basic textbook of seamanship; I: basics, II: for promotion, III: advancement; various editions per volume.
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Admiralty; age of sail; naval guide; navigation; officer; seamanship;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, officer, quarterdeck, leader , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. In Which We Serve: A Book about the Navy, Addressed Primarily to the Officers, Men and Women of the Naval Service. London: Admiralty, 1956, 61 pp.
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Admiralty; condition; discipline; naval guide; officer; Royal Marine; Royal Navy; seaman; woman;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Marine, commando , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , woman, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. The Admiralty List Books. A month by month track of every ship in commission, its commanding officer, lieutenants, complement, station; up to 1813.
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Admiralty; age of sail; naval guide; officer; Royal Navy; ship; ship of the line;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, officer, quarterdeck, leader , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate
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Agawa, Hiroyuki. The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy. Tokyo: Kodansha; New York: Harper; New York: Hill & Wang, 1965, 1979, 1992, 397 pp. Trans: John Bester; Yamamoto, 1884-1943, early service in the U.S. & Britain; the most authoritative Japanese biography.
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Anglo-Japanese; Far East; interwar; officer; personality; Royal Navy; United States Navy; World War II;
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Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Royal Navy, Britain, England, officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person , united states navy, US navy, world war 2, second world war, interwar
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Albert, Marvin H. Broadsides and Boarders: An Account of the Great Captains Who Fought with Cannon under Sail, and of Their Battles. London: Harrap; New York: Appleton-Century, 1957, 1958, x, 360 pp. 300 years of sailing ship warfare; Nelson as greatest commander; others Sea Beggars, Sea Dogs, Generals-at-Sea, Hawke, Suffren & Decatur.
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Admiralty; age of sail; battles; gunnery; Nelson, Horatio; officer; personality;
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age of sail, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, battles, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , Nelson, Horatio, personality, prominent leader, noted person , gunnery, gun, weapon , officer, quarterdeck, leader
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Allaway, Jim, comp. More Navy in the News, 1954-1994. London: HMSO, 1994, x, 119 pp. Folio.
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England, cold war
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Allaway, Jim, comp. The Navy in the News, 1954-1991. London: HMSO, 1993, xvi, 107 pp. Folio.
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, cold war, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Allaway, Jim. Hero of the Upholder: The Story of Lt. Cdr. M.D. Wanklyn, VC, DSO, the Royal Navy's Top Submarine Ace. Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1991, 191 pp. Memoir, naval operations, 2nd World War.
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Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England, submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, world war 2, second world war
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Allen, Craig H. Farwell's Rules of the Nautical Road. Annapolis: NIP, 2005, xii, 719 pp. 8th edition; comprehensive American primer; Raymond F Farwell.
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education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , officer, quarterdeck, leader
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Allen, D.W. "The British Navy Rules: Monitoring and Incompatible Incentives in the Age of Fighting Sail." Explorations in Economic History, 39 (2002): 204-31.
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Admiralty; age of sail; impressment; officer; recruitment; Royal Navy;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, impressment, recruitment, recruit, recruiting, conscription, conscript, draft, mandatory service, Royal Navy, Britain, England, officer, quarterdeck, leader
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Allen, Derek & Hore, Peter. News of Nelson: John Lapenotiere's Race from Trafalgar to London. Brussels: SEFF, 2005, 103 pp. Allen died in 2004, Hore completed book; "we have won a great victory but we have lost Lord Nelson" was the message Lapenotiere reported at the Admiralty on 6 November 1805.
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Admiralty; battles; communication; officer; personality; Royal Navy; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, battles, communication, communicate, telegraph, radio, underwater cable , Royal Navy, Britain, England, officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Trafalgar, battle, campaign
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Allen, Jerry. The Sea Years of Joseph Conrad. New York: Doubleday; London: Methuen, 1965, 1967, xvi, 368 pp.
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nautical fiction, sea fiction , merchant marine, officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Allen, Jerry. The Thunder and the Sunshine: A Biography of Joseph Conrad. New York: Putnam, 1958, 256 pp.
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merchant marine, nautical fiction, sea fiction , officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Allen, John Joseph, ed. Voices from the Bridge. In 2009, noted as in preparation; oral history, Master Mariners, 1938-1982.
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20th century, twentieth, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , merchant marine, officer, quarterdeck, leader
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Allen, Kenneth S. "That Bounty Bastard": The True Story of Captain William Bligh. London: Hale; New York: St. Martin, 1976, 1977, 224 pp. Bligh, 1754-1817; on tombstone: "fought battles and died, beloved, respected, and lamented"; despite title, sympathetic toward Bligh; described outbursts & cursings.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; Banks, Joseph; Bligh, William; condition; discipline; exploration; imperialism; law; mutiny; officer; Royal Navy;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , banks, joseph, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , law, Royal Navy, Britain, England, mutiny, insurrection, Bounty , officer, quarterdeck, leader , discipline
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Ammundsen, Anne. 'Saving Captain Asgill', History Today Vol. 61 (December, 2011) pp. 38-42
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18th C. (1700-1799); American War of Independence; officer; Royal Navy;
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18th century, eighteenth, american war of independence, American Revolutionary War, revolution, 13 colonies, thirteen colonies, Royal Navy, Britain, England, officer, quarterdeck, leader
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Amory, Thomas Coffin. The Life of Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, Baronet: His English and American Ancestors. Boston: Cupples, 1886, 141 pp.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; memoir; officer; personality; Royal Navy;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, 19th century, nineteenth, officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
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Anderson, Roger Charles, comp. List of English Naval Captains, 1642-1660. Society for Nautical Researh Occasional Publication Series, # 8. London: SNR, 1964, 44 pp.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Admiralty; naval guide; officer; personality; Royal Navy;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Anderson, Roger Charles, ed. The Journal of Edward Mountagu, First Earl of Sandwich, Admiral and General at Sea, 1659-1665. Publications of the Navy Records Society, vol. 64. London: NRS, 1929, 329 pp.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Admiralty; First Lord; Navy Records Society publication; neutrality; officer;
Keywords:
17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Navy Records Society publication, neutrality, neutral, treaty , officer, quarterdeck, leader
| Abbreviations | |
| AHR | American Historical Review |
| Alb | Albion |
| alt | alternate |
| Am Nep | American Neptune |
| AQ & DJ | Army Quarterly and Defence Journal |
| ASLIB | Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses) |
| BIHR | Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research |
| Can His Rev | Canadian Historical Review |
| Can J His | Canadian Journal of History |
| comp | Compiled by |
| DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| EcHR | Economic History Review |
| ed | editor or edited by |
| EnHR | English Historical Review |
| HisAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review |
| HJ | Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal) |
| His Res | Historical Research |
| His Tod | History Today |
| Intell & Nat Sec | Intelligence and National Security |
| IJ Mar His | International Journal of Maritime History |
| IJ Nau Arch | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
| IHR | International History Review |
| intro | introduction |
| J Am His | Journal of American History |
| J Asian His | Journal of Asian History |
| JBS | Journal of British Studies |
| J Cont His | Journal of Contemporary History |
| J Econ His | Journal of Economic History |
| JI & CH | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
| J Mar Res | Journal for Maritime Research |
| J Mil His | Journal of Military History |
| J Mod His | Journal of Modern History |
| JRUSI | Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute |
| J Soc His | Journal of Social History |
| JSAHR | Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |
| J Stra Stu | Journal of Strategic Studies |
| J Trans His | Journal of Transport History |
| J Wor His | Journal of World History |
| MM | Mariner's Mirror |
| Mil Aff | Military Affairs |
| NHS | Naval History Symposium (USNA) |
| NMM | National Maritime Museum |
| Nav Rev | Naval Review |
| NWCR | Naval War College Review (US) |
| Nel Dis | Nelson Dispatch |
| NIP | Naval Institute Press |
| Nor Mar | Northern Mariner |
| Pac His Rev | Pacific Historical Review |
| P & P | Past and Present |
| Traf Chron | Trafalgar Chronicle |
| trans | translated by |
| UP | University Press |
| USNIP | Proceedings of the Naval Institute |
| Vic Stu | Victorian Studies |
| War & Soc | War and Society |
| War in His | War in History |
| W&MQ | William and Mary Quarterly |
| WSS | World Ship Society |