About This Book
A naval officer recounts his career from a boy midshipman through service during the wars of the early nineteenth century, providing a mix of memoir, shipboard routine, and combat recollection. The account moves between daily life aboard ships—discipline, camaraderie, pranks, and duties—and episodes of cruising, boat expeditions, and naval actions, supplemented by personal anecdotes about commanders and shipmates and reflections on the hardships and small incidents that shaped life at sea between 1799 and 1815.
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