APPENDIX
This book is necessarily condensed. It indicates, very briefly, some of the aspects of sea life in the Royal Navy during the latter years of Nelson’s career. Any reader desiring to learn more of that way of life will find the following authorities of service to him; they are some of the books from which the present writer has extracted his information:—
| Admiralty Regulations and Instructions, 1734 | |
| Admiralty Regulations and Instructions, 1766 | |
| Admiralty Regulations and Instructions, 1790 | |
| Admiralty Regulations and Instructions, 1808 | |
| Admiralty Regulations for the Exercise of Great Guns in H.M. Ships, 1764 | |
| Barker, M. H. | Greenwich Hospital |
| Barker, M. H. | The “Victory” |
| Barker, M. H. | The Naval Club |
| Blane, J. | Diseases of Seamen, 1785 |
| Brenton, E. P. | Life of Earl St Vincent |
| Broadhead, A. G. | The Navy as It is |
| Captain in the Navy | Observations |
| Charnock, W. | Marine Architecture |
| Clowes, Sir W. Laird | History of the Royal Navy |
| Cochrane, T. | Autobiography |
| Cochrane, T. | Observations on Naval Affairs |
| Coke, Hon. Henry | Tracks of a Rolling Stone |
| Collingwood, G. L. N. | Life and Letters of Lord Collingwood |
| Congreve, Sir W. | The Mounting of Naval Ordnance |
| Davis, Joshua | Narrative |
| Derrick, C. | Memoirs of the Royal Navy |
| Douglas, Sir H. | Naval Gunnery |
| Dundas, Lord | A Fair Statement |
| Edye, L. | Records of the Royal Marines |
| Falconer, R. | Dictionary of the Marine, 1789 |
| Falconer, R. | Dictionary of the Marine, Burney’s edition, 1815 |
| Glascock, W. N. | Naval Service |
| Glascock, W. N. | Naval Sketch Book |
| Glascock, W. N. | Tales of a Tar |
| Glascock, W. N. | The Night Watch |
| Glascock, W. N. | Land Sharks and Sea Gulls |
| Greener, W. | The Gun |
| Griffiths, A. L. | Observations on Seamanship |
| Hall, B., Capt. | The Midshipman |
| Hall, B., Capt. | The Lieutenant and Commander |
| Hamilton, Sir E. | Story of the “Hermione” |
| James, W. | Naval History |
| Leech, Samuel | Thirty Years from Home |
| Leslie, R. C. | Old Sea Wings, Ways, and Words |
| Liddel, R. | Seaman’s Vade Mecum |
| Lind, J. | Essay on the Health of Seamen |
| Long, W. H. | Naval Yarns |
| Marks, E. C. R. | Evolution of Modern Small Arms |
| Marryat, F. | Impressment in the Royal Navy |
| Maydman, H. | Naval Speculations |
| Melville, Herman | White Jacket |
| Miles, E. | Epitome of the Royal Navy |
| Mitford, Jack | Johnny Newcome in the Navy |
| Moyle, Jasper | Chirurgus Marinus |
| Nasty-Face, Jack | Nautical Economy |
| Naval Chronicle, 1799-1805 | |
| Naval Exhibition Catalogue, 1891 | |
| Naval Orders and Statutes | |
| Navy at Home, The | |
| Neale, W. J. | History of the Mutiny at Spithead |
| O’Brien, D. H. | My Adventures |
| Officer in Royal Navy | An Address, 1787 |
| Old Naval Surgeon | An Address to Officers |
| Old Seaman | Impressment |
| Orders in Council for H.M. Navy | |
| Ricketts, Captain | Popularity of the Royal Navy |
| Robinson, Commander C. N. | The British Fleet |
| Schomberg, J. | Naval Chronology |
| Scott, Michael | Cruise of the “Midge” |
| Sinclair, A. | Reminiscences |
| Smollett, T. | Works, edition 1797 |
| Somerville, A. | Autobiography |
| Statutes relating to H.M. Navy | |
| Steel, T. | Seamanship |
| Thompson, E. | Sailor’s Letters |
| Urquhart, T. | Evils of Impressment |
| Ward, E. | Wooden World dissected |
To this list may be added the nautical novels of Captains Marryat and Chamier; a number of manuscripts in the British Museum and Public Record Office; the works of Garneray and De la Gravière; one or two obscure books of seamanship, and articles in Blackwood, The Nautical Magazine, The English Historical Review, The Fortnightly, and other reviews. I have also consulted the models at Greenwich, the Trinity House, and the United Service Institution, and the nautical prints at the British Museum.
For the costumes worn by the officers and men I have consulted many pictures, drawings, and old prints, particularly the set of colour prints by Rowlandson (1797), now at Greenwich Hospital, and the drawings and pictures of De Loutherbourg.
Some of the drawings reproduced as illustrations to my text are of a slightly later date than the battle of Trafalgar. I have included the three drawings by Captain Marryat (which date, I suppose, between 1809 and 1820), because they are vivid and spirited. They are true to the life, if something out of drawing, and there are not many drawings extant which represent the sea life so accurately, and with so much humour.