Search Results for: Patronage And The British Navy 1775 1815

Argues that patronage served a very useful function and should not be seen as a form of corruption. This book, based on extensive original research, examines th

Who were the men who officered the Royal Navy in Nelson's day?

During the American Revolutionary War, Great Britain's Royal Navy faced foes that included, in addition to American forces, the navies of France, Spain and the

Overturns the generally held view that the press gang was the main means of recruiting seamen by the British navy in the late eighteenth century. SHORTLISTED fo

The story of the war at sea in the reign of Edward III, including the important sea battles, and an analysis of the development of the English navy in the perio