Chapter I: Appendix: 219

INDEX 223

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A FRIGATE UNDER SAIL _Frontispiece_

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A FIRST-RATE SHIP OF WAR, _circa_ 1760 9

SECTION OF A FIRST-RATE SHIP OF WAR, LATE
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 25

THE GUNS IN USE IN THE NAVY 35

A THREE-DECKER 50

A MIDSHIPMAN’S FIRST INTRODUCTION TO THE BERTH 75

A FRIGATE IN CHASE—GOING FREE 100

THE HEAD OF A 74-GUN SHIP, WITH DRAWING OF
SPRITSAIL YARD 112

TWO OF NELSON’S SAILORS 120

TWO OF NELSON’S SAILORS 126

A HORSE MARINE 138

A FRIGATE IN CHASE, BEFORE THE WIND 140

THE LEE ROLL 150

A FLOGGING AT THE GANGWAY 160

LIEUTENANT BLOCKHEAD KEEPING THE MORNING
WATCH 186

H.M.S. “VENERABLE” AT ANCHOR 200

SEA LIFE IN NELSON’S TIME