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Sailors, Ships, and Sea Fights: Proceedings of the 2022 ‘From Reason to Revolution 1721–1815’ Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail Conference by Nicholas James Kaizer

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


The late 17th century to the 19th was a time of science, reason, and understanding. This Age of Enlightenment inevitably led to the Age of Revolution. In both spheres, the world’s navies played a role, and this book examines naval history during this period from the points of view of Britain, France, Italy, and Spain. The essays examine operations in Europe and North America, naval administration, and naval social history and biography. The subjects on which the thirteen contributors write are often aspects rarely elaborated upon in volumes that study naval history in greater depth.

Venetian and ‘Auxiliary’ Vessels in the Second Morean War: Failures and Successes of a Mediterranean Navy in the Age of Sail (1714-1718) by Mauro Difrancesco

Spanish Use of Sea Power, 1731-1748 by Albert C.E. Parker

From Ferrol and Flanders: Bourbon Seaborne Support for the 1745 Jacobite Rising by Albert C. E. Parker

An Unsung Success: The French Flying Squadron in the Atlantic, 1793-1795 by Olivier Aranda

The Royal Navy in American, 1767-1771: Trade, Public Order, and the Halifax Naval Yard by R. N. W. Thomas

The Nile That Wasn’t: D’Estaing, Barrington, and the Battle of St. Lucia, 1778 by Thomas Golding-Lee

Unprepared and Unaccountable? The Historical Significance of the Loss of His Majesty’s Sloops Peacock, Boxer, and Epervier, 1813-1814 by Nicholas James Katzer

Antwerp: Britain’s Achilles Heel by Paul Leyland

Anson’s Legacy: The Man Who Built a Navy, 1751-1762 by Andrew Young

‘Ships wanting in the whole’: Navy Dysfunctions at the Beginning of the Seven Years War by Joseph Krulder

War and Peace: Trends in Royal Navy Courts Martial, 1812-1818 by Andrew Johnson

Seamen, Safe Houses, and Secret Service: A British Counsel’s Recruiting for the Navy, 1795-1808 by Jim Tildesley

‘Discovered Going to the 74 in a Small Boat’: Black Pilots and Maritime Opportunity Aboard HMS Poictiers, 1812-1813 by Andrew J. Lyter

‘Safe Moored’: Greenwich Pensioners in Perception and Reality by Callum Easton

Sailors, Ships and Sea Fights is the 121st title in the From Reason to Revolution series. The book is divided into four parts, each concentrating on different aspects of naval history. Scattered throughout are illustrations, maps, tables, and figures. Each chapter includes footnotes and a selected bibliography. The book is indexed generally and according to ships mentioned by the authors. There is also a brief Comparison of Ranks that covers the British Royal Navy, France’s Marine du Roi and later Marine Nationale, Spain’s Real Armada, as well as the Republic of Venice.

Although of primary interest to readers of naval history, readers seeking information on less-covered aspects will enjoy these informative and interesting contributions.


(This review first appeared at Pirates and Privateers: http://www.cindyvallar.com/adultpirat...)




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