Cole, Richard, midshipman, 94
Collier, John, midshipman, pious when drunk, 149;
practical jokes on, 149, 153
Collins, Augustus, midshipman, son of Sir John, 153
Collins, Darby, drunken Irishman, his ingenious dog, 47;
fights eleven men, 51
Collins, Sir John, captain of the Berwick, 121, 126, 130–1, 133, 139;
dies, 144;
respect shown by the seamen, 144;
his knighthood, 151
Colomb, admiral, his account of the French expedition to Bantry Bay,
188 _n._
Colours, wrong, hoisted, 189, 198
Colpoys, Sir John, vice-admiral, his flag struck by the mutineers, 192
Colquhoun, steward, sewn up in a bullock’s hide, 135
Connell, Thomas, lieutenant, 39
Conolly, John Bull, midshipman, 93, 118
Constable, Love, lieutenant, ‘a devil of a tyrant,’ 122, 124
Content, John, midshipman, 249
Cook, Hugh, midshipman, 95
Cooper, Robert, purser, 248
Cornwallis, the Hon. William, admiral, 226, 233–4
Correy, surgeon, 8
Cosby, P., vice-admiral, 155, 160
Courage, James, assistant surgeon, 171
Court, contempt of, 199 _n._
Cowdray, John, carpenter, 7
Crisp, writer, 55
Crombey, assistant surgeon, 96
Cromwell, Oliver, 245
Crosbie, Robert, midshipman, 95
Crugal, Spirit of, 78 and _n_.
Crump, Mr., 162
Crump, William, signalman, believes in witchcraft, 256–7
Culmer, Billy, the oldest midshipman in the navy, 102;
description of, 102;
anecdotes of, 102–7, 115
Culverhouse, John, signal lieutenant, 66 and _n._;
as Diomede, 84;
his song, _ib._;
captain, drowned, 91
Cumberland, the Duke of, admiral, visits the Barfleur, 98
Cunningham, Charles, captain, 131 and _n._
Curry, Richard, midshipman, 119
Curtis, Sir Roger, anecdote of, 61
Daddi, Nardo, fresco by, 141 _n._
Dalgleish, James, mate, 118
Dalston, Sir John, captain of marines, 13
Daniel, Robert Savage, lieutenant, killed at the battle of the Nile,
113, 115
Danton, Richard, midshipman, pilot, 39
Darby, H. D’E., captain, 228
Davis, John, quartermaster, afterwards midshipman, 125
Davis, mate, 93
Dawe, Harry, lieutenant, 91
Dawes, Richard, lieutenant, killed 1st June, 124
Dawson, George, captain, court martial on, 73–4
Dawson, Thomas, boatswain, 39
Deacon, Henry, lieutenant, 45–6, 52
Delafons, John, purser, 115
Delafons, John, midshipman, 119
Delafons, Thomas, midshipman, 119
Dempster, Walter, midshipman, 153
Derby, John, lieutenant, a droll fellow, 219–21, 224
Derby, John, cook, 219
Deserters attacked by wolves, 50
Dickinson, Francis, midshipman, 125
Dickinson, William, midshipman, 125
Dickson, Archibald, admiral, 226
Dixon, John W. T., midshipman, 117;
captain, lost in the Apollo, 117
Dixon, Manley, captain, 56;
his character, 60;
commanded the Lion at the capture of the William Tell, 62
Dobbie, William Hugh, midshipman, 95
Dobree, Daniel, lieutenant, 114;
captain, 203, 206, 209–12, 223–4
Dobree, Daniel, midshipman, 225
Dodgson, John, surgeon, 152
Dodwell, Brown, master’s mate, 53
Dogs, seventy-five, in the Salisbury, 42;
anecdotes of, 47;
dog thrown overboard, 241–2
Dolling, John, lieutenant, 98, 113
Doncaster, Charles, midshipman, died of yellow fever at Jamaica, 225
Dorrel, Richard, lieutenant, 38
Douglas, carpenter, 96
Douglas, the Hon. Dunbar, midshipman, wonderful escape of, 117
Douglas, J., captain, 22
Dowdall, Edward, gunner, 53
Downman, Hugh, midshipman, 94
Dowsing, Jackson, lieutenant, 114
Drake, Sir Francis, taught the people of Plymouth, 7
Drake, Sir Francis Samuel, 38 _n._
Drake, Sir Francis William, vice-admiral, 22, 38 and _n._
Dubosc, French emigrant captain, 168
Ducker, John, boatswain, 164–5, 171
Ducks, attack on, 110–11
Duckworth, Sir John Thomas, rear-admiral, 228, 230–1, 237
Duff, Andrew, midshipman, 55
Duff, captain, 229
Duncan, Charles, master, 151–2
Duncan, Lord, 71
Dundas, captain, 229
Dundas, general, at Bastia, 148
Dunham, Robert, lieutenant, broke and reinstated, 202
Dunn, Richard D., captain, 228
Durban, William, midshipman, 118
Durham, Philip Charles, lieutenant, 25 _n._, 114
Dusautoy, lieutenant of marines, 62
Dutchman, cargo of runaway, 208
Eastwood, N. H., captain, chased by Billy Culmer, 102–3
Eaton, Jack, mate, 117;
cheers up Gardner at his examination, 173;
captain of Marlborough, 117;
committed suicide, 117;
captain of Medusa, 191
Edgar, Alexander, captain, 41
Edgar, Thomas, lieutenant, in charge of a merchantman, 159–60;
had sailed round the world with Cook, 163, 167–70
Edgeworth, Henry, mate, 248
Edmonds, Tom, midshipman, a delightful flute-player, 92
Elliot, John, vice-admiral, 99;
his able services, 112
Elliot, Robert, midshipman, 93
Elliot, William, midshipman, 55;
lieutenant, 114
Elliot, William, midshipman, 248
Esperanto, early example of, 128
Essington, captain, 227–8
Everitt, afterwards Calmady, Charles Holmes, lieutenant, 8
Eyles, C., captain, 228
Fairlight, signal station, 109, 251–63;
duties at, 253;
severe gales, 254;
cockney’s visit to, 255–6;
smugglers, 258–9;
Gardner’s friends there, 259 _seq._;
paid off, 263
Fanshawe, Robert, commissioner at Plymouth, 197–8
Faulknor, Jonathan, rear-admiral, 100;
most able officer, 113
Faulknor, Jonathan, jun., captain, 41, 188
Faulknor, Samuel, captain, note on, 100
Feary, Frank, midshipman, 92
Fegan, sent on board the Conquistador by the Bow Street magistrate,
112, 214;
song by 214–15
Field, Augustus John, lieutenant of marines, draws a long bow, 244;
dines off rat pie, 245, 248
Fielding, Henry, novelist, 215 _n._
Fielding, Sir John, the blind magistrate, 214–15 _n._
Finch, the Hon. Seymour, captain, 22
Fireworks, manufacture of, in front of a fire, 198
Flag, insult to the English, 131
Flanagan, clerk (afterwards purser), 40
Flemming, boatswain, broke by court martial, 202
Flinders, mate, well acquainted with ancient history, 123
Flood, Patrick, midshipman, reads the Bible, 75;
draws caricatures, 79;
is ruined by Molloy, 80;
verse by, 88, 92
Floyd, Thomas, lieutenant, 13
Flying Dutchman has a roving commission, 199
Foley, T., captain, 229
Follie, John, boatswain, 248
Foote, John Stode, chaplain, 14
Foote, Samuel, actor, 34 _n._
Forrester, Ben, captain of marines, 30, 31, 38
Forster, Edward, midshipman, a Hercules, 39
Forton prison, Frenchmen sent to, 16
Foularton, Henry, midshipman, his keg of gin, 94
Foularton, John, midshipman, court martial on, 32, 39
Fraser, Alexander, lieutenant (afterwards admiral), 31, 38
Fraser, James, gunner, 39
Frederick, T. L., captain, 131
Freeburn, Archibald, gunner, 202
Fremantle, captain, 227, 229
French officers, prisoners on board La Favorite, 200;
claim their rank in the navy, _ib._;
claim refused, _ib._;
sent to Mill Prison, _ib._;
Gardner’s generosity to, 201
French prisoners, threatened rising of, 159;
left at Gibraltar, 170
French Royalists on board Gorgon, 170
French seamanship, an instance of good, 186
Frost, ‘Hard Frost,’ midshipman, is ‘laid out,’ 87;
a ‘transcendent blackguard,’ 88, 94
Fuller, William, surgeon, 243, 248
Gale, legendary commodore, 69, 87
Galloway, James, midshipman, 153
Galton, midshipman, 116
Gardner, Alan, rear-admiral, 121;
his service, 123
Gardner, the Hon. A. H., captain, 229
Gardner, wrote in the office: no relation of the author, 96
Gardner, Francis Geary, captain, 3, 8, 10–13, 19
Gardner, James, captain, 37
Gardner, Mrs. James, death of, 37
Gardner, James Anthony, his early recollections on board the Boreas,
3–7;
and on board the Conqueror, 10–12;
at school, 15–17;
joins the Panther, 19;
his introduction to his mess, 20;
is assisted by the purser, 21;
assists in saving men of the Royal George, 24;
is in the action off Cape Spartel, 30 _seq._;
attends his grandmother’s funeral, 37;
joins the Salisbury, 41;
is mast-headed, 45;
the captain refuses to advance him any money, 49;
joins the Orestes, 56;
unjustly blamed for letting a seaman desert, 58–60;
knocks a messmate down with a Bible, 60;
joins the Edgar, 64;
goes to a concert, 69;
and afterwards to his hammock, _ib._;
his leave is stopped, 70;
gives himself leave and meets the first lieutenant on shore, 71;
stews a beef-steak in a lantern, 72;
fights with Philpot, 74;
fires a musket in a messmate’s face, 83;
gets a severe blow on the nose, 83–4;
sent to answer a signal when improperly dressed, 85;
is sent back with ‘an insolent message,’ 86;
catches the flagship ‘napping,’ 86–7;
joins the Barfleur, 97;
offends the captain, _ib._;
who stops his leave, 98;
but parts with him on good terms, 99;
joins the Queen, 121;
objects to go to the West Indies, _ib._;
and joins the Berwick, 126;
his adventure at Tunis, 132–3;
visits the ruins of Carthage, 134;
visits the arsenal at Porto Farino, 136;
takes part in the carnival at Pisa, 140;
a night’s adventure, 142–3;
refuses Hood’s offer to appoint him to the Victory, 148;
and joins the Gorgon, _ib._, 155;
dines at an ordinary at Lisbon, 163;
dispute between the English and Yankee skippers, _ib._;
joins the Victory, 172;
loses his kit, 173;
passes his examination, 174;
is promoted to be lieutenant, 175;
of the Hind, 176;
joins the Hind, 178;
in deep snow and hard frost, 178–9;
his dinner at King’s Ferry, 179;
walks across the ferry, 180;
sells his share of prize money, 181;
put on board La Favorite as prize master, 188;
gets into Portland Race, 189;
and is in considerable danger, _ib._;
is kindly received by Sir Richard King, 190;
writes to Admiral Bazely, _ib._;
is put on shore from Spithead in the mutiny, 193;
his interview with Commissioner Fanshawe, 197;
his generosity to the French prisoners, 201;
joins the Blonde, 203;
is complimented on her good order, 204–5;
his method of beautifying the ship, 205;
remonstrates with the pilots, 209;
apostrophises them in verse, 211;
is knocked down by a lump of ice falling out of the mizen top, 220;
pleasant time at Waterford, 221;
joins the Brunswick, 226;
does not like the West Indies, 231;
his difficulty in reaching the ship off Brest, 240;
in the transport service, 250;
appointed to Fairlight signal station, 251;
his life there, 252 _seq._
Garlies, Lord, a lord of the admiralty, 251
Garnier, Charles, midshipman, drowned, 54
Garrett, William, midshipman, 54
Geary, Sir Francis, admiral, 3
George III. reviews the fleet, 10
George, Sir Rupert, first commissioner of transports, 250 _n._
Gibbon, Francis, midshipman, 55;
lieutenant, 252
Gibson, Patrick, purser and centenarian, 12, 213;
was at the taking of Quebec, 214;
his songs, 214–16
Gibson, William, lieutenant, broke by court martial, 224
Gilmour, Alexander, midshipman, 63
Glebhoff, Peter, Russian captain, killed at Texel, 207
Glover, captain, death of, 233–4
Goddard, Thomas, midshipman, wounded at Toulon, 116
Goodall, admiral, 148
Gordon, George, assistant surgeon, 96
Gosport, naval academy at, 15
Gosselin, Thomas Le M., captain, 227, 229
Gould, D., captain, 229
Gould, Michael, clerk, 249
Gould, William, lieutenant of marines, 52
Gower, the Hon. John Leveson, rear-admiral, 64;
a ‘tight hand of the watch,’ 65;
used to ‘play hell and turn up Jack,’ _ib._;
to get up early, 65–6;
an able tactician, 67;
had an astonishing memory, _ib._;
hated puppyism, _ib._; 90
Graham, Aaron, admiral’s secretary, 45;
afterwards magistrate at Bow Street, 53
Granger, William, midshipman, 94
Grant, Charles, midshipman, 118
Grant, George, secretary and purser, 124
Grant, Gregory, midshipman, 94
Grasse, Count de, French commander-in-chief, prisoner, 23
Graves, John, midshipman, at Leghorn, 139;
posse of friars, 141;
his afternoon nap disturbed, 149–50, 153
Graves, Lord Thomas, admiral, 10–13
Gray, George, gunner, 96
Greene, Pitt Burnaby, midshipman, 116
Grey, George, gunner, 70
Grey, George, lieutenant, 113
Grindall, Richard, captain, 228
Grouchy, French general, in Bantry Bay, 188
Guichen, Count de, French admiral, 16
Gullet, Christopher, midshipman, 63
Gunter, captain, 180
Hacker, Jerry, the purser, messed by himself, 165;
a miser, 166;
detests midshipmen, 166–7;
curses the peas, 168;
a most unaccountable fellow, 171
Hall, James, boatswain, 53
Hallowell, afterwards Carew, Benjamin, lieutenant, 113
Hamilton, Sir C., captain, 156
Hamilton, Edward, lieutenant, 172–3, 175;
captain, recaptured the Hermione, 176
Hamlin, midshipman, 63
Hamlin, D., midshipman, 63
Hamond, G. E., midshipman, 177
Hancock, Richard Turner, signal midshipman, 116
Hand organs, 20 _n._, 88
Handkerchiefs, black silk, worn by seamen, 130 _n._, 144
Hanwell, lieutenant, 32
Hardy, James, captain, inspects and praises the Blonde, 204–5;
sends her some buckets of paint, 205
Harley, Henry Roland, clerk, 55;
purser, 194–5
Harmood, Harry, captain, 11, 13;
commissioner, 174
Harrison, Mr., private secretary to Lord Spencer, 176
Harrison, John, gunner, 224
Harrison, William, mate, 248
Hartley, Martin Pert, midshipman, 40
Hastings, points of interest near, 254–5
Hawford, Richard, lieutenant, lost in the Rover, 8
Hearle, Benjamin, carpenter, 14
Hell-fire club, 44;
members’ dress, 48–9 and _n._
Hemmings, Mr., master attendant at Plymouth, 191
Henikoff, Russian admiral, 184, 207
Herbert, Richard, midshipman, 53
Hervey, John, midshipman, 117
Hervey, Lady, pelted with sugar plums, 140
Hervey, Lord, ambassador, pelted with sugar plums, 140
Hewlett, Thomas, midshipman, 153
Heycock, Richard, midshipman, 94, 118;
refuses to pay mess fines, 108
Hickey, Frederick, lieutenant, sells his prize money, 181;
put on shore in the mutiny, 193, 201
Hill, John, boatswain, 63
Hinton, John, midshipman, 116
Hinton, Martin, lieutenant, 176
Hodges, John, midshipman, died of yellow fever, 249
Hodgskin, John A., midshipman, 125
Holland, John Wentworth, midshipman, 54
Hollingsworth, John, midshipman, killed in battle, 95 _n._
Holloway, John, rear-admiral, memoir of, criticised, 27–8, 226, 247
Holmes, midshipman, is ‘caught napping,’ 86–7
Holmes, James, lieutenant of marines, 248
Home, Sir George, captain, 22
Hood, Lord, admiral, commands the Russian armament, 99;
sails for the Mediterranean, 126;
Toulon fleet surrenders to, 128;
chases the French fleet into Gourjean Bay, 146;
siege of Bastia, 148, 145 _n._, 172, 176
Hoops, iron, taken on board, 230;
not worth their carriage, 231
Hope, Robert, surgeon, 124
Horsley, Richard, midshipman, 249
Hotham, William (afterwards Lord), vice-admiral, 126, 143;
misses a great opportunity, 145–7;
an able second in command, 147–8
Houghton, Charles, midshipman, 225
Houghton, Daniel, major, the African traveller, 225
Houghton, Frederick, midshipman, drowned, 225
Howe, Lord, admiral, 21, 25;
aspersions on, 28;
action off Cape Spartel, 29–33;
hoists the union flag, 98 _n._, 80 _n._, 99, 100
Huish, Robert, purser, his terror in a boat, 219–20, 224
Humphries, Christopher, boatswain, 202
Hungerford, Emanuel, lieutenant, an amusing fellow, 238;
strikes his former captain, 242;
a very able officer, 243, 247
Hunt, Peter, midshipman, a droll fellow, 125
Hutchins, Henry, purser, 13
Hutchinson, Edward, mate, 152
Hutt, John, captain, 121;
an excellent sailor, 122;
killed on 1st of June, 124
Ince, midshipman, 55
Incledon, Charles, the singer, 182 and _n._
Inglis, Charles, midshipman, 92, 118;
captain, 229
Ireland, rebellion in, 204
Ireland, Thomas, lieutenant, killed on 1st of June, 115
Ireland, William, gunner, 124
Irwin, John, lieutenant, 91 _n._
Irwin, J. S., midshipman, 95, 114
Jacks, Davy, quartermaster, 72
Jackson, midshipman, 118
James, Edwin, lieutenant, 212, 224
James, William, author of the _Naval History_, a Yankee-Doodle, 131
_n._, 147, 152, 155 _n._
Jeffrey, Ben, clerk, 98, 120
Jeffreys, Ninian, master, 115
Jeffries, boatswain, 120
Jennings, Ulick, midshipman, 160, 163;
commander, broke by court martial, 171
Jervis, Sir John, rear-admiral, 98–9;
Earl of St. Vincent, admiral of the fleet, 112, 117
Jeynes, Thomas, lieutenant, a tyrant, a cold-blooded bad fellow, 58–62
Jezard, James, carpenter, 71
Johnstone, George, midshipman, murdered, 119
Johnstone, Jemmy, midshipman, 118
Jones, purser, 232
Jones, George, midshipman, called ‘Dog-head,’ 92, 118
Jones, Paul, captain, U.S.N., 38
Josephine, Empress, 101
Jump, lieutenant, agent of transports, 250
Katon, James, captain, 227–8
Kein, Thomas, assistant surgeon, 91
Kelloch, James, boatswain, 124
Kemble, Joseph, boatswain, 152
Kemp, Nicholas, lieutenant, 114
Kempenfelt, rear-admiral, an able tactician, 16;
lost in the Royal George, 23, 24
Keppel, the Hon. Augustus (afterwards Lord), admiral, 10, 11
Key, John, midshipman, 118;
lieutenant, unfit to be first, 226;
sent to hospital, 239;
refused a passage home, _ib._ and _n._;
his manner of keeping watch, 240, 244, 247
Kiel, John, midshipman, went on shore without leave, 71;
off deck in his watch, 72–3;
‘troubled with St. Anthony’s fire,’ 83;
died mad, 93
King, Sir Richard, port admiral at Plymouth, 190;
approves of Gardner’s conduct, 190
King, Solomon, midshipman, 93, 118
King, William, midshipman, 93
Kinneer, James Jervis, midshipman, sent on shore in the mutiny, 193;
drowned, 202
Kirk, Daniel, midshipman, 116
Kirk, James, surgeon, 115
Kitten, William, 18
Kleber, French general, 261
Knight, captain in the army, killed in battle, 208
Knight, John, captain, 172–3, 175–6
Laforey, Sir Francis, captain, 229, 232–3
Lamb, William, midshipman and mate, 92, 118;
captain, 174
Lambrick, John, midshipman, 154
Lamotte-Picquet, French admiral, 233
Land, Hugh, clerk, 63
Landseer, Thomas, admiral’s servant, 55
Langara, Don Juan de, Spanish admiral, defeat of, 112;
off Minorca, 126;
at Toulon, 128
Laugharne, John, lieutenant, 8
Launder, William, midshipman, killed at the battle of the Nile, 119
Laurie, midshipman, murdered, 119
Laurie, Robert, midshipman (afterwards admiral), 53;
lieutenant, 121;
wounded on 1st June, 124
Lawrence, John, midshipman, 153
Le Bair, Nicholas, midshipman, died in French prison, 153
Lechmere, captain, 41
Le Clerc, Madame, sister of Napoleon, wife of commander-in-chief at St.
Domingo, 230
Lee, Francis Geary Gardner, midshipman (afterwards knighted), 202
Lee, Paddy, lieutenant, 113
Lee, Richard, captain of Hind, 178, 180;
speculates in prize money, 181;
a most meritorious officer, 182, 183, 195–6, 201
Leghorn, carnival at, 139;
convivial dinner at, 142
Lemon, John [or Lamond], midshipman, 249
Leonard, midshipman, triced up to the main topmast head, 81
Levy, Titus, purser, died mad, 91
Lewis, captain, 191
Liggatt, John, assistant surgeon, 96
Linzee, Samuel Hood, captain, 229, 233
Linzee, commodore, at Cagliari, 129;
at Tunis, 131
Liquor smuggled on board, 60, 69
Littlehales, R. B., midshipman, 54
Lloyd, Robert, lieutenant, 100, 114
Loring, captain, 229
Loring, Joseph, lieutenant, 52
Lowe, Thomas, lieutenant, 247
Lucas, John, lieutenant, court martial on, 73, 74
Lumsdale, J., captain, 41
Lutwidge, Skeffington, captain, 65
Lyford, Henry J., lieutenant, 224, 232
Lyne, Thomas, lieutenant, 170
McArthur, John, secretary, 148, 176
Macarthy, quartermaster, anecdote of man overboard, 199
Macbride, Andrew, schoolmaster, given to drink, 76;
his extreme ugliness, 76–7;
song on, 77–8;
died at Jamaica, 78;
an excellent mathematician, _ib._;
and writer, 79;
caricature of, _ib._;
splendid abilities, 95
Macbride, John, admiral, 56, 82
McCarthy, a deserter, 58
McCulloch, William, midshipman, 154
McCurdy, John, assistant surgeon, 53
McDonald, John, mate, 119
Macfarland, J. S., midshipman, 54
McInerheny, Mr., master, 12, 13
McInerheny, William, 13
Mackenzie, Alexander, midshipman, a sneak, 153
Mackey, lieutenant, 114
McKinlay, George, captain, 230
McKinnon, Peter, gunner, his sore eyes, 61, 63
Maclean, Hector, lieutenant, 236, 247
Maclean, Lauchlin, clerk, 96
Macredie, John, midshipman, his song, 77–8;
a great deal of service, 80;
an excellent scholar, _ib._;
very absent-minded, 81;
as Ajax Telamon, 84, 93;
his story of the raven, 88;
a most worthy fellow, 95;
in the Barfleur, 118
Malcolm, James, surgeon, 39, 91
Manning, Robert, midshipman, 54
Marr, Jacky, boatswain, 120, 176
Marriott, Mr., assistant secretary, Royal Meteorological Society, note
by, 179
Marsh, assistant surgeon, 96
Marsh, Edward, lieutenant, 114
Marshall, Andrew, assistant surgeon, 249
Marshall, John, lieutenant, author of the _Royal Naval Biography_, 27–9
Marshall, Sir Samuel, deputy comptroller of the navy, 174
Martin, Sir Henry, comptroller of the navy, 97
Martin, Thomas Byam, midshipman, 117;
captain, 156
Mathews, John, lieutenant, 113
Matthews, Robert B., midshipman, 249
Maundrell, midshipman, 63
Meager, Nicholas, midshipman, 123, 125
Mears, Thomas, gunner, 14
Medley, Edward, midshipman, 248
Mends, captain, 229
Merchant, Thomas, midshipman, 54
Merrett, John, surgeon, 17
Mess, ‘Spartan simplicity’ of the, 20;
contrasted with later luxury, 21
Milbanke, Mark, vice-admiral, 33, 38
Miles, Lawford, lieutenant of marines, 176
Millar, midshipman, his ugliness, 76–7;
made a gunner, 94
Miller, John, lieutenant, 124
Milligan, James, surgeon, 224
Milner, George, midshipman, 122–3, 125
Molloy, A. J. P., captain, his tyranny, 80, 90
Monkeys, crew of an African ship lived on, 42;
monkey soup, 51
Monkton, John, mate, 8
Montagu, lieutenant, 25, 38
Montagu, Robert rear-admiral, 227–8, 237
Moore, Edward, mate, his practical joke, 76;
opposed to tyranny, 81;
court martial on, 82;
his generosity, 83;
highly respected, 92, 118
Moore, James, gunner, 202
Morgan, lieutenant, his ugliness, 76–7
Morgan, Ben, midshipman, victim of bullying, 44;
his extravagance, 49, 54
Morgan, Ross, lieutenant of marines, becomes insane, 243–4, 248
Morgan, William, chaplain, 115
Morris, H. G., midshipman, 125
Morris, James Nicholl, lieutenant, at Trafalgar, 113
Mortella tower, 143–4 and _n._
Morton, lieutenant, 118
Mottley, Samuel, lieutenant, 115
Moulding, Joe, his catechism, 34
Mounsey, William, midshipman, 63
Mulligan, a seaman, flogged for cowardice, 32
Murray, James, lieutenant, 38
Mustapha, suspected of being English, 137
Mutiny at Spithead (1797), 192–3
Myers, Philip, carpenter, 152
Napoleon, his three great errors, 101;
his sister, 230, 261
Nash, John, midshipman, 14
Nash, Richard, midshipman, killed, 14
Nauticus, junior, 28 _n._
Navy Board, letter from, 262 _n._
Nazer, John, mate, 202
Neate, William, midshipman, 39
Nelson, Horatio, captain, 131;
at Tunis, 132 _n._;
his comment on the ‘Resurgam Squadron,’ 145 _n._;
loses his eye, 147
Neve, Robert Jenner, midshipman, 125
New, Thomas, captain, court martial on, 230
Newfoundland, ice field near, 42
Newnham, clerk, said to be the admiral’s cow, 49;
a butt, 55
Newport, Thomas, carpenter, broke by court martial, 224
Nichola, midshipman, insane, 63
Nichols, captain, 41
Nicholson, Richard, midshipman, 18
Nicholson, W. P., midshipman, 18
Noble, Christopher, lieutenant of marines, death from wounds, 201
Noble, George, lieutenant of marines, 38
Norman, James, captain, 182
Nott, John Francis, midshipman, 117
Nowell, William, lieutenant, a good jumper, 87, 90
O’Connor, John, midshipman, 119
Oliver, captain, 229, 233
Oliver, Thomas, mate, 124
Orchard, schoolmaster, his ‘black pudding,’ 15, 17
Osborne, Charles, lieutenant, 13
Otter, Charles, midshipman, taken prisoner, 116
Otway, R. W., captain, 229, 233
Owen, midshipman, 33–35
Palmer, Nisbet, lieutenant, 138;
killed in action, 151–2
Pankhurst, Patty, tells a ghost story, 4
Pardieu [or Purdue, Simon], midshipman, 248
Parker, Hyde, admiral, ‘Old Vinegar,’ 11, 12, 82, 103–4
Parker, Sir Peter, vice-admiral, 23
Parr, Dr., assistant master at Harrow, 259–60 and _n._
Parrots and monkeys, crew of an African ship lived on, 42;
roast parrots, 51
Parry, William, admiral, 3, 174
Paton, George, master, 201
Patterson, George, master, 57, 58, 62
Paulett, Lord H., captain, 229, 233
Peard, S., captain, 229
Pearson, Sir Richard, captain, taken prisoner, 38, 96
Peas in the after-hold, 167–8 and _n._
Peers, captain of the marines, 232
Penn, Sir William, captured Jamaica, 245
Pennants worn by transport officers, 250, 265–6
Penrose, captain, 227–8