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| 1 | Six naval occasions | 1 |
| 2 | The French Wars, the French Navy, and Edward Pellew | 5 |
| 3 | The evolution of the frigate | 24 |
| 4 | In which Edward Pellew becomes a successful frigate captain | 34 |
| 5 | The Indefatigable versus the Droits de l'Homme | 48 |
| 6 | In which the British fleet goes on strike | 60 |
| 7 | The Hermione mutiny | 72 |
| 8 | In which lack of frigates blinds Admiral Nelson, but Captain Hamilton avenges the Hermione and Lieutenant Lord Cochrane 'makes post' | 88 |
| 9 | Captain Cochrane and the flying Pallas | 106 |
| 10 | The rise and fall of the captain of the Imperieuse | 122 |
| 11 | Adventures in Spanish America | 144 |
| 12 | Convoys and clergymen's sons | 168 |
| 13 | From the Agamemnon to the Amphion: the making of a frigate captain | 183 |
| 14 | The war in the Adriatic; and, among other matters, how Midshipman O'Brien reported back to the Amphion | 198 |
| 15 | The battles of Grand Port and Lissa | 214 |
| 16 | Joshua Humphreys and the United States Navy | 230 |
| 17 | In which Captain Broke challenges Captain Lawrence to a duel | 250 |
| 18 | The final years of frigate warfare | 265 |
| 19 | The Eyes of the Fleet | 279 |
| Author's note | 283 | |
| Index | 286 |
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Dana Cunningham
reviewed Eyes of the Fleet: A Popular History of Frigates and Frigate Captains 1793-1815 on January 27, 2009
Eyes of the Fleet
Exceedingly diverting and eminently readable - with both leadership lessons and insights into the notion of "power projection" relevant today.
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Add Eyes of the Fleet: A Popular History of Frigates and Frigate Captains 1793-1815, Frigates were the fastest warships in the British fleet in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the key to Britain's long dominance over the world's other navies. These scouting cruisers were, according to Nelson, the eyes of the Fleet. B, Eyes of the Fleet: A Popular History of Frigates and Frigate Captains 1793-1815 to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add Eyes of the Fleet: A Popular History of Frigates and Frigate Captains 1793-1815, Frigates were the fastest warships in the British fleet in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the key to Britain's long dominance over the world's other navies. These scouting cruisers were, according to Nelson, the eyes of the Fleet. B, Eyes of the Fleet: A Popular History of Frigates and Frigate Captains 1793-1815 to your collection on WonderClub |
