Champions of the Fleet

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Edward Fraser. Champions of the Fleet

Champions of the Fleet

Table of Contents

PREFACE

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAMPIONS. OF THE FLEET

I. OUR DREADNOUGHTS:— THEIR NAME AND BATTLE RECORD

II “KENT CLAIMS THE FIRST BLOW!”

III. THE AVENGERS OF THE BLACK HOLE:— WHAT THE NAVY DID FOR CLIVE

IV. BOSCAWEN’S BATTLE:— THE TAKING OF THE TÉMÉRAIRE

V. HAWKE’S FINEST PRIZE:— HOW THE FORMIDABLE CHANGED HER FLAG

VI. WHEN THE VICTORY FIRST JOINED THE FLEET

HOW THEY BUILT THE VICTORY AT CHATHAM

VII. ON VALENTINE’S NIGHT IN FRIGATE BAY

VIII. THE PAGEANT OF THE DONEGAL:— A MEMORY OF ’98

IX. ON BOARD OUR FLAGSHIPS AT TRAFALGAR

CAPTAIN HARDY AND THOSE WHO MANNED THE VICTORY

“OLD IRONSIDES” AND THE THIRD IN COMMAND

Footnote

INDEX

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Edward Fraser

Captains and men-of-war and days that helped to make the empire

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This ruined shrine

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