ABSTRACT
Naval histories often stop short at the death of Nelson. This book succinctly fills the gap by covering the golden age of British sea power – the period which saw the defeat of Napoleon, the American War, the expansion of the empire, the introduction of the steamship and the defeat of the first German menace. Not only a galaxy of heroic episodes, this book also highlights the relationship between the Navy in war and peace to the nation as a whole.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |9 pages
The Blockade and the Continental System
chapter |13 pages
Lord Cochrane
chapter |7 pages
The American War, 1812–15
chapter |13 pages
The Navy in the Mediterranean
chapter |11 pages
The Navy and the Empire
chapter |11 pages
The Naval Revolution
chapter |6 pages
The Outbreak of the War of 1914–18
chapter |8 pages
The Battle Cruiser Actions in the North Sea
Heligoland Bight—The Scarborough Raid—The Dogger Bank