A History of the Royal Navy. The Napoleonic Wars/История Королевского военно-морского флота. Наполеоновские войны

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The book examines the history of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1793 to 1815. It explores British naval strategy, fleet operations, blockades, amphibious campaigns, logistics, trade protection and the relationship between maritime power and the growth of the British Empire. The study covers major events including the battles of the Nile, Trafalgar and Copenhagen, while analysing how naval strength enabled Britain to defeat its enemies and achieve global supremacy.

Contents
List of Tables, Figures and Maps
List of Colour Plates
Series Foreword
Acknowledgements
Preface: ‘The ever to be lamented death of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson'
Introduction: ‘Wherever there is water to float a ship, we are sure to find you in our way’
1. ‘Never was a more hard fought action in the Seas’: Home Waters, 1793-1802
2. ‘Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates’: The Mediterranean, 1793 - 1802
3. ‘The first point to make perfectly certain’: The Global War, 1793-1802
4. ‘I do not say they cannot come, I merely say they cannot come by sea’: The Invasion Threat, 1802-05
5. ‘Engage the Enemy more closely’: The Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
6. ‘I cannot too much lament not to have arrived a few days sooner’: Home Waters and the Baltic, 1805-15
7. ‘Our maritime superiority’: The Mediterranean and the Peninsular War, 1805-15
8. ‘The carrier of the commerce of the continent of Europe’: Economic Warfare, 1805-15
9. ‘A complete stop to all trade and intercourse by Sea’: The War of 1812
Epilogue: ‘That will do [...] Fire, my fine fellows’: Algiers, 1816
Conclusion: ‘Lords of the sea’
Veres
Bibliography
Index