The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, Volume 6Chatham Pub., 1996 - 624 pages Sir William Clowes's superb seven-volume study is the preeminent history of the Royal Navy and England's maritime legacy. This remarkable series includes the work of Alfred Thayer Mahan, Theodore Roosevelt, Sir Clements Markham, and H. W. Wilson. Begins with the war with the United States of 1812-15, and ends with the conclusion of the war with Russia in 1856. |
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THE WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES 18121815 | 12 |
CIVIL HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY 18161856 184 | 210 |
CHAPTER XLIV | 222 |
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