Page I-203: But they ‘(the French)’ having covered ...: as printed in the source document; possibly an error for But they” (the French) “having covered ....

Page I-237, ... than deserving gentlemen sent out by the Admiralty.”: either the closing quote mark is redundant, or the opening quote mark is missing.

Page I-358, “Villeneuve, like others, ...: the closing quote mark is missing.

Page II-62, “It was also asserted that the Guerrière’s powder was bad; ...: the closing quote mark is missing.

Page II-251, “The Richmond waved to me ...: the closing quote mark is missing.

Page II-397, Abbreviations: the abbreviations referring to the engines do not occur in the table(s).

Page II-429, ... “though he must have been aware ...: the closing quote mark is missing.

Changes

Illustrations have been moved out of text paragraphs.

Some obvious minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected silently.