Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A mountain of iron: operations 1649-1654
  • Cromwell's hooves: operations 1654-1659
  • A looking-glass of calamity: administration 1649-1660
  • The melody of experienced saints: social history 1649-1660
  • Terrible, obstinate and bloody battle: operations 1660-1668
  • Protestant liberty: operations 1668-1687
  • Amazement and discontent: administration 1660-1688
  • Learning and doing and suffering: social history 1660-1688
  • Mad proceedings: operations 1688-1692
  • Notorious and treacherous mismanagement: operations 1693-1700
  • An additional empire: operations 1701-1714
  • Strive and envy: administration 1689-1714
  • Our mob: social history 1689-1714
  • Great frigates: ships 1649-1714
  • Pride and prejudice: operations 1715-1744
  • A strong squadron in soundings: operations 1744-1748
  • A scandal to the Navy: operations 1749-1758
  • Myths made real: operations 1758-1763
  • The great wheels of commerce and war: administration 1715-1763
  • Disagreeable necessities: social history 1715-1763
  • The battle of the legislature: operations 1763-1779
  • Distant waters: operations 1780-1783
  • The British lion has claws: operations 1784-1792
  • Plans of improvement: administration 1763-1792
  • A golden chain or a wooden leg: social history 1763-1792: officers
  • Dividing and quartering: social history 1763-1792: men and manning
  • Science versus technology: ships 1714-1815
  • Order and anarchy: operations 1793-1979
  • Infinite honour: social history 1783-1802: men and manning
  • The second coalition: operations 1797-1801
  • A great and virtuous character: administration 1793-1815
  • A thinking set of people: social history 1803-1815: men and manning
  • Honour and salt beef: social history 1793-1815: officers
  • Gain and loss: operations 1803-1805
  • A continental system: operations 1806-1811
  • No greater oblgations: operations 1812-1815
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. Chronology
  • Appendix 2. Ships
  • Appendix 3. Fleets
  • Appendix 4. Rates of pay
  • Appendix 5. Admirals and officials
  • Appendix 6. Manpower
  • Appendix 7. Naval finance.