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Book Synopsis Midshipmen and Quarterdeck Boys in the British Navy, 1771-1831 by : S. A. Cavell
Download or read book Midshipmen and Quarterdeck Boys in the British Navy, 1771-1831 written by S. A. Cavell and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating study of midshipmen and other "young gentlemen", outlining their social background, career paths and what life was like for them. Officer recruits - "young gentlemen" - entered the Royal Navy with dreams of fame, fortune and glory, but many found promotion difficult, with a large number unable to progress beyond lieutenant. Recent scholarship has argued thatduring the wars of 1793-1815 there was greater social diversity among naval officers, with promotion increasingly related to professional competence. This book, based on extensive original research, examines the social backgroundof around 4,000 "young gentlemen" a term which includes midshipmen and various other categories, including captains' servants, volunteers and masters' mates. It concludes that in fact high birth became an increasingly important factor in the selection of officer candidates, and that as the Admiralty grip on the appointment and management of officer aspirants increased, especially after 1815, aristocratic presence in the ranks of young officers increased significantly as a result of deliberate Admiralty policy. The book also discusses the assertion that the increase in elite sons led to a dramatic increase in cases of indiscipline and insubordination, concluding that although therewas a marked increase in courts martial for insubordination during and after the French Wars there is no evidence that such cases related more to the elites than to young aspirants in general". The book includes many case study examples of midshipmen and other "young gentlemen", illustrating what life was like for them and how they themselves viewed their situation. S.A. CAVELL is a graduate of the Queensland University of Technology and Louisiana State University and completed her doctorate at the University of Exeter.
Book Synopsis Whychotte of St. John's; Or, The Court, the Camp, the Quarterdeck and the Cloister by : Whychcotte
Download or read book Whychotte of St. John's; Or, The Court, the Camp, the Quarterdeck and the Cloister written by Whychcotte and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quarterdeck written by Julian Stockwin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promoted to acting lieutenant at the bloody Battle of Camperdown in October 1797, Thomas Kydd must now sit an examination to confirm his rank—or face an inglorious return before the mast. But this is only the first of many obstacles for a man who was pressed into the King's service and discovered a calling for the sea. Kydd is from humble origins, yet he attains the lofty heights of the quarterdeck as an officer in His Majesty's Navy. If he is to avoid spending the rest of his career as a tarpaulin officer, he must also become a gentleman. Kydd and his enigmatic friend Nicholas Renzi set sail in HMS Tenacious for the North American station. Aboard the old 64-gun ship, Kydd comes to doubt he will ever match up to the high-born gentlemen officers.
Book Synopsis Quarterdeck and Bridge by : James C Bradford
Download or read book Quarterdeck and Bridge written by James C Bradford and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This superb collection of biographical essays tells the story of the U.S. Navy through the lives of the officers who forged its traditions. The essayists are leading naval historians who assess the careers of these men and their impact on the naval service, from the Continental Navy of the American Revolution to the nuclear Navy of the Cold War.
Book Synopsis The Pen and the Quarter-Deck by : P. J. Van Der Voort
Download or read book The Pen and the Quarter-Deck written by P. J. Van Der Voort and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1972 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kydd written by Julian Stockwin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-08-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From internationally bestselling author Julian Stockwell comes a dramatic story closely based on real events following one man’s journey as he becomes a true sailor and defender of Britain. Europe is ablaze with war. The British prime minister is under pressure to intimidate the French and dispatches a Navy squadron to appear off the French coast. To man the ships, ordinary citizens must be press-ganged. Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker from Guildford, is seized and taken across the country to be part of the crew of the ninety-eight-gun line-of-battle ship Duke William. The ship sails immediately and Kydd has to learn the harsh realities of shipboard life fast. Despite all he goes through, amid dangers of tempest and battle, he comes to admire the skills and courage of his fellow seamen, taking up the challenge himself to become a true sailor and defender of Britain at war. Kydd launches a masterly writing talent and is the first installment of a thrilling new series. Based on dramatic real events, it is classic storytelling at its best, rich with action, exceptional characters, and a page-turning narrative.
Book Synopsis Kalmar Nyckel: The Tall Ship of Delaware by : Samuel W. Heed, Esq.
Download or read book Kalmar Nyckel: The Tall Ship of Delaware written by Samuel W. Heed, Esq. and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Launched in Wilmington in 1997, Kalmar Nyckel--The Tall Ship of Delaware--is one of the region's great educational resources, a floating classroom and inspirational platform for a broad array of land-and sea-based programs. An accurate replica of the original Swedish naval vessel that launched the colony of New Sweden in the Delaware Valley in 1638, today's Kalmar Nyckel voyages over 2,000 nautical miles and reaches more than 30,000 students, passengers, and visitors a year. A photographer's dream wherever she goes, Kalmar Nyckel embodies America's maritime heritage and has become one of Delaware's defining treasures. Samuel W. Heed, Esq., is the senior historian and director of education at the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation, where since 2008 he has been developing the programs, exhibits, articles, and documentaries that bring the Kalmar Nyckel story to life and give it meaning. Heed serves on a number of nonprofit boards, including the Council of American Maritime Museums. The Kalmar Nyckel Foundation archives provided the primary resources for this book.
Book Synopsis Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy by : Mark Nelson
Download or read book Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy written by Mark Nelson and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2018-10-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From aback to ZizEX, the second edition of Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy gives readers a chance to fill their boots with the colourful language of Canada’s senior service.
Book Synopsis The Mariner's Mirror by : Leonard George Carr Laughton
Download or read book The Mariner's Mirror written by Leonard George Carr Laughton and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Coronach by : Kimberley Jordan Reeman
Download or read book Coronach written by Kimberley Jordan Reeman and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Excellent and splendidly written [...] the characters fully grown and demanding the reader’s attention and involvement. I wait for more.” – Winston Graham, author of the Poldark novels Let the truth be told... Scotland, July 1746: an army of occupation ravages the Highlands, committing atrocities with consequences that will reverberate across generations. From this bloody cataclysm, the battle-hardened English soldier Mordaunt saves an infant who will become his heiress and his obsession, and on his shattered estate a traumatised Franco-Scottish laird, Ewen Stirling, offers refuge to a boy damaged by unspeakable horror. These lives, bound by fate, unfold against the turbulence of the eighteenth century in a magnificent, uncompromising saga of love and the human cost of war.
Book Synopsis The Army Almanac by : Armed Forces Information School (U.S.)
Download or read book The Army Almanac written by Armed Forces Information School (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Information Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis By Wild Waves Tossed by : Jack Brand
Download or read book By Wild Waves Tossed written by Jack Brand and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Brave Old Salt, Or, Life on the Quarter Deck by : Oliver Optic
Download or read book Brave Old Salt, Or, Life on the Quarter Deck written by Oliver Optic and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Brave Old Salt; or, Life on the Quarter Deck by : Oliver Optic
Download or read book Brave Old Salt; or, Life on the Quarter Deck written by Oliver Optic and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-09-18 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brave Old Salt; or, Life on the Quarter Deck" by Oliver Optic. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Book Synopsis The Quarter Deck by : Charles J. R. Cook
Download or read book The Quarter Deck written by Charles J. R. Cook and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Half hours on the quarter-deck: The Spanish Armada to Sir Cloudesley Shovel 1670 by : Anonymous
Download or read book Half hours on the quarter-deck: The Spanish Armada to Sir Cloudesley Shovel 1670 written by Anonymous and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Half hours on the quarter-deck: The Spanish Armada to Sir Cloudesley Shovel 1670" by Anonymous. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.