"The Naval Pioneers of Australia" by Walter Jeffery, Louis Becke. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Becke Louis. The Naval Pioneers of Australia
The Naval Pioneers of Australia
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY—THE EARLIEST AUSTRALIAN VOYAGERS: THE PORTUGUESE, SPANISH, AND DUTCH
CHAPTER II
DAMPIER: THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN IN AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER III.1755
CAPTAIN COOK, THE DISCOVERER
CHAPTER IV
ARTHUR PHILLIP, FOUNDER AND FIRST GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES
CHAPTER V
GOVERNOR HUNTER
CHAPTER VI
THE MARINES AND THE NEW SOUTH WALES CORPS
CHAPTER VII
GOVERNOR KING
EXTEMPORE ALLEGRO
CHAPTER VIII
BASS AND FLINDERS
CHAPTER IX
THE CAPTIVITY OF FLINDERS
CHAPTER X
BLIGH AND THE MUTINY OF THE "BOUNTY"
CHAPTER XI
BLIGH AS GOVERNOR
CHAPTER XII
OTHER NAVAL PIONEERS, AND THE PRESENT MARITIME STATE OF AUSTRALIA—CONCLUSION
INDEX
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Walter Jeffery, Louis Becke
Published by Good Press, 2019
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In 1677, according to James' History, the smallest fifth-rate then afloat corresponds nearest to the Roebuck, and, no doubt, by Dampier's time this vessel had been reduced in her rating. The vessel of 1677 is described as being of 265 tons and 28 guns, "sakers and minions," with a complement of about 100 men. The largest sixth-rate was 199 tons, 18 guns, and 85 men. So from these particulars we can take it as correct that the Roebuck in 1699 was a sixth-rate. It is worth remembering that in Cavendish's second expedition to the South Sea, in 1591, there was a ship called the Roebuck, commanded by John Davis, and likely enough the sixth-rate in which Dampier sailed was named after her, those who gave her the name little thinking at the time of her christening (she was built before Dampier's voyage, and was certainly not the Roebuck of Cavendish's fleet) how appropriately they were naming her for her future service.
Her armament is a matter of interest, for just about her time—that is, between the years 1685 and 1716—the naming of guns after beasts and birds of prey went out of fashion, and they were distinguished by the weight of the shot fired. James, quoting from Sir William Monson's Naval Tracts, supplies the following table on the subject of sea guns; and, as they were probably still in use in Dampier's time, we print it here:—
