Pepys's Navy : Ships, Men and Warfare 1649-89

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, J. D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.

Pepys, Samuel.

Great Britain. Royal Navy--History--17th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History, Naval--Stuarts, 1603-1714.

Local Subjects:

Great Britain--History, Naval--Stuarts, 1603-1714.

Great Britain. Royal Navy--History--17th century.

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1015 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Seaforth Publishing, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new reference book describes every aspect the English navy in the second half of the seventeenth century, from the time when the Fleet Royal was taken into Parliamentary control after the defeat of Charles I, until the accession of William and Mary in 1689 when the long period of war with the Dutch came to an end. This is a crucial era which witnessed the creation of a permanent naval service, in essence the birth of the Royal Navy.Every aspect of the navy is covered - naval administration, ship types and shipbuilding, naval recruitment and crews, seamanship and gunnery, shipboard life, d

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Key Dates; Part One: The Navy in Peace, War and Revolutions; Chapter 1: The End of the First Royal Navy, c.1588-1649; Chapter 2: Republic, Restoration and the Wars with the Dutch; Chapter 3: Naval Administration; Chapter 4: The Navy, Naval Warfare and the British People; Part Two: Types of Ship; Chapter 5: The Principles of Ship Design; Chapter 6: First to Third Rates; Chapter 7: Fourth to Sixth Rates; Chapter 8: Unrated Ships and Vessels; Part Three: Shipbuilding; Chapter 9: Ship Construction; Chapter 10: Fitting of Ships

Chapter 11: Masts, Sails and RiggingChapter 12: Armament; Part Four: Officers; Chapter 13: Sea-Officers: Commissioned Officers; Chapter 14: The Commissioned Officers: 'Gentlemen' and 'Tarpaulins'; Chapter 15: Warrant Officers; Chapter 16: Pay, Prize Money and 'Good Voyages'; Part Five: The Methods of, and Obstacles to, Naval Recruitment; Chapter 17: The Problem of Naval Recruitment; Chapter 18: Other Methods of Naval Recruitment; Chapter 19: The Merchant Service; Chapter 20: Privateers; Part Six: Naval Crews; Chapter 21: Seamen's Condition of Service

Chapter 22: Seamen, Petty Officers and OthersChapter 23: Soldiers, Marines and Volunteers; Chapter 24: Prisoners of War; Part Seven: The Work of the Ship; Chapter 25: Organisation and the Ship's Day; Chapter 26: Seamanship; Chapter 27: Gunnery and Fighting; Chapter 28: Navigation; Part Eight: Shipboard Life; Chapter 29: The Necessities of Life; Chapter 30: Rewards and Pleasures; Chapter 31: Discipline; Chapter 32: Mutiny and Desertion; Chapter 33: Medicine and Health; Chapter 34: Disasters; Chapter 35: Religion; Part Nine: Dockyards, Bases and Victualling

Chapter 36: The Work and Facilities of the DockyardsChapter 37: Dockyard Officers and Workforce; Chapter 38: Anchorages and Naval Bases; Chapter 39: Overseas Facilities; Chapter 40: The Victualling Organisation; Part Ten: Foreign Navies; Chapter 41: The Dutch Navy; Chapter 42: The French Navy; Chapter 43: The Barbary Corsairs; Chapter 44: Other Foreign Naval Forces; Part Eleven: Strategy and Deployment; Chapter 45: Strategy in the Anglo-Dutch Wars; Chapter 46: The Main Fleet; Chapter 47: The Mediterranean and Global Operations; Chapter 48: Convoys, Cruisers and 'Station Ships'

Part Twelve: Tactics and BattleChapter 49: Fighting Tactics: The Evolution and Development of the Line of Battle; Chapter 50: The Battle of Scheveningen; Chapter 51: The Battle of Lowestoft; Chapter 52: The Battle of the Texel; Part Thirteen: Aftermath; Chapter 53: The 'Glorious Revolution' and the Beginning of the French War; Chapter 54: The Nine Years War and Beyond; Chapter 55: Legacies; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Appendix; Further Reading

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ISBN:

9781783465569

1783465565

9781783830220

1783830220

OCLC:

881887780