Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Plates
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- I The Provision of Ships for Edward I's Campaigns in Scotland, 1300–1306: Barges and Merchantmen
- II Lord Admiral Lisle and the Invasion of Scotland, 1544
- III The Journal of the Voyage of the Marigold to Iceland, 1654
- IV Neutrality, Sovereignty and Jurisdiction: Two Cases in the Admiralty Court, 1798–1805
- V The Supply of Timber for the Royal Navy, c.1803–c.1830
- VI The Journal of Lieutenant George Bedford, 1835–36: Surveying on the West Coast of Africa
- VII The Journal of Lieutenant Charles Knowles in the River Niger, 1864
- VIII The Diary of Signal Bosun Henry Eason: The Naval Brigade in the Zulu War, 1879
- IX The Autobiography of Chief Gunner Alexander Grant: HMS Lion at the Battle of Jutland, 1916
- X Australian Naval Defence: Selections from the Papers and Correspondence of Captain W. H. C. S. Thring, 1913–34
- XI The Relief of Admiral North from Gibraltar in 1940
- XII The Development of an Independent Navy for Australia: Correspondence between the First Naval Member and the First Sea Lord, 1947–59
- Contents of Previous Naval Miscellany Volumes
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2024
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Plates
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- I The Provision of Ships for Edward I's Campaigns in Scotland, 1300–1306: Barges and Merchantmen
- II Lord Admiral Lisle and the Invasion of Scotland, 1544
- III The Journal of the Voyage of the Marigold to Iceland, 1654
- IV Neutrality, Sovereignty and Jurisdiction: Two Cases in the Admiralty Court, 1798–1805
- V The Supply of Timber for the Royal Navy, c.1803–c.1830
- VI The Journal of Lieutenant George Bedford, 1835–36: Surveying on the West Coast of Africa
- VII The Journal of Lieutenant Charles Knowles in the River Niger, 1864
- VIII The Diary of Signal Bosun Henry Eason: The Naval Brigade in the Zulu War, 1879
- IX The Autobiography of Chief Gunner Alexander Grant: HMS Lion at the Battle of Jutland, 1916
- X Australian Naval Defence: Selections from the Papers and Correspondence of Captain W. H. C. S. Thring, 1913–34
- XI The Relief of Admiral North from Gibraltar in 1940
- XII The Development of an Independent Navy for Australia: Correspondence between the First Naval Member and the First Sea Lord, 1947–59
- Contents of Previous Naval Miscellany Volumes
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Summary
Like its immediate predecessor, this seventh Naval Miscellany clearly reveals how wide ranging and varied were the responsibilities of British seamen in the service of the Crown. The period covered extends from the late thirteenth century, when there was nothing in existence which could truly be called a navy, to the second half of the twentieth century when the Royal Navy faced all manner of new challenges, including the possibility of nuclear war.
Contributions dealing with the earliest periods are concerned only with what are now thought of as home waters [I and II both dealing with campaigns against Scotland]. We move on to voyages to Iceland [III], in the Baltic [IV], and thereafter to the high seas in general. Even more than the ever wider geographical spread of Naval activity, the topics covered show how deeply maritime affairs became woven into British life in time of peace as well as war. The ships of the Cinque Ports and the other harbours along the south and east coasts of England which transported Edward I's armies and their victuals and equipment to Scotland [I] were everyday merchantmen, many no larger than a modern yacht. Without their help the King's ambitious campaigns would have foundered. The documents printed also shed light on the shipping of the period, its design and construction and the number of vessels which could be pressed into royal service. Changes by the sixteenth century are made clear by comparing this contribution with that relating to Lord Lisle's expedition of 1544 [II]. The log of the voyage of the Marigold [III] just over a century later says much about contemporary seamanship and the way in which governments by then saw the fisheries as one of their legitimate concerns.
The voyages of the Raven and the Investigator [VI, VII] not only indicate the professionalism of the surveying and chart-making activities of the Hydrographic Office but also the value of those activities for the economic development of the areas concerned. The difficulties of organising such expeditions in areas little known at the time are vividly portrayed. However, the largest group of contributions is concerned with various aspects of the Royal Navy as a fighting force in the defence of the realm.
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- The Naval Miscellany , pp. xi - xivPublisher: Boydell & BrewerFirst published in: 2024