PREFATORY.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
FIFTY-TWO STORIES OF THE BRITISH NAVY.
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE BRITISH NAVY.
THE STORY OF THE CINQUE PORTS.
THE STORY OF SIR EDWARD HOWARD.
THE STORY OF SIR THOMAS HOWARD AND SIR ANDREW BARTON.
THE STORY OF SIR JOHN HAWKINS
THE WORTHY ENTERPRISE OF JOHN FOX,
THE STORY OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE.
THE VOYAGE MADE TO TRIPOLIS IN BARBARY,
A TRUE REPORT OF A WORTHY FIGHT,
THE STORY OF THE SPANISH ARMADA.
THE STORY OF THE REVENGE .
THE STORY OF ADMIRAL BLAKE.
THE STORY OF THE FIRST DUTCH WAR.
STORIES OF THE SECOND DUTCH WAR.
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ALGERINE NAVY.
THE STORY OF SIR JOHN BERRY.
THE STORY OF THE THIRD DUTCH WAR.
THE BATTLE OF BEACHY HEAD.
THE VICTORY OF LA HOGUE.
THE STORY OF SIR GEORGE ROOKE.
OFF GIBRALTAR.
THE STORY OF ADMIRAL BENBOW.
DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH FLEET IN THE FARO OFF MESSINA.
THE STORY OF CAPTAIN HORNBY AND THE FRENCH PRIVATEER.
OFF CAPE FINISTERRE.
THE LOSS OF H.M.S. NAMUR .
THE LOSS OF H.M.S. PEMBROKE .
THE STORY OF ADMIRAL THE HONOURABLE JOHN BYNG.
IN INDIAN SEAS. 1758-9.
THE STORY OF THE "GLORIOUS FIFTY-NINE" AND THE BATTLE OF QUIBERON BAY.
THE STORY OF LORD RODNEY.
THE LOSS OF THE RAMILIES .
THE LOSS OF H.M.S. CENTAUR .
THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE .
THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY .
THE STORY OF LORD EXMOUTH
THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE.
TRIUMPH IN RETREAT.
THE MUTINY OF 1797.
THE BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN.
THE LOSS OF H.M.S. REPULSE .
THE STORY OF NELSON'S BOYHOOD.
FIRST STEPS UP THE LADDER. A CHAPTER FROM NELSON'S CAREER.
ON BOARD THE AGAMEMNON .
THE EVACUATION OF CORSICA AND THE BATTLE OF CAPE ST. VINCENT.
THE STORY OF SANTA CRUZ.
THE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF THE NILE.
THE BOMBARDMENT OF COPENHAGEN.
THE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR.
NELSON RECEIVING SWORDS
NELSON RECEIVING THE SWORDS OF THE SPANISH OFFICERS ON BOARD THE "SAN JOSEPH."
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FIFTY-TWO STORIES
OF
THE BRITISH NAVY,
FROM DAMME TO TRAFALGAR.
EDITED BY
ALFRED H. MILES.
SEVENTH THOUSAND.
LONDON:
HUTCHINSON & CO.,
34, PATERNOSTER ROW.
PRINTED BY
HAZELL, WATSON, AND VINEY, LD.,
LONDON AND AYLESBURY.
