CONTENTS.
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[Preface, by the Rev. Dr. Gilly]
The Wreck of the
[Boyne]
[Amphion]
[Tribune]
[Resistance]
[Proserpine]
[Sceptre]
[Queen Charlotte]
[Invincible]
[Grappler]
[Apollo]
[Hindostan]
[Romney]
[Venerable]
[Sheerness]
[Athenienne]
[Nautilus]
[Flora]
[Ajax]
[Anson]
[Boreas]
[Hirondelle]
[Banterer]
[Crescent]
[Minotaur]
[Pallas and Nymph]
[St. George and Defence]
[Hero]
[Dædalus]
[Persian]
[Penelope]
[Alceste]
[Drake]
[Fury]
[Magpie]
[Thetis]
[Firefly]
[Avenger]
[List of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy
between 1793 & 1850]
ADVERTISEMENT.
Some time ago a friend suggested that a selection of the most interesting naval shipwrecks might be made from the official documents of the Admiralty, in illustration of the discipline and heroism displayed by British seamen under the most trying circumstances of danger: permission to search the records was accordingly asked, and most kindly granted by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and the present volume is the result.
The Author is well aware that the task of preparing these materials for publication might have fallen into better hands; and whilst he gratefully acknowledges his obligations to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, for allowing him to have access to their Records, he desires also to express his most cordial thanks for the assistance he has received from those friends, who have kindly revised and improved his pages as they passed through the press. Without such aid, his own literary inexperience would have left the work more defective than it is. He is especially indebted to some naval friends for correcting his errors in the use of nautical terms and descriptions.
A list of all the shipwrecks that have occurred in the Royal Navy since the year 1793 has been appended to this volume, in the hope that it may be useful as a table of reference. The ships are classed, first, under the initial letter of their names; and secondly, they are arranged in chronological order as regards the time of their wreck.
W.O.S.G