SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL,

Rear Admiral of England.

Engraved by I. Wedgwood from the Original in the Hampton Court Collection.

OF THE

BRITISH ADMIRALS:

CONTAINING AN ACCURATE

NAVAL HISTORY

FROM THE

EARLIEST PERIODS.

BY DR. JOHN CAMPBELL.

THE NAVAL HISTORY CONTINUED TO THE YEAR 1779,

BY

DR. BERKENHOUT.

A NEW EDITION,

REVISED, CORRECTED,

And the Historical Part further continued to the Year 1780,

BY THE LATE

HENRY REDHEAD YORKE, Esq.

And further continued to

THE LAST EXPEDITION AGAINST ALGIERS IN 1816,

WITH

THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT NAVAL COMMANDERS
From the Time of Dr. Campbell to the above Period,

BY

WILLIAM STEVENSON, Esq.

IN EIGHT VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR C. J. BARRINGTON, STRAND, AND J. HARRIS,
CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.

CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME SECOND.

LIVES OF THE PRINCIPAL NAVAL HEROES WHO FLOURISHED IN THE

REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.

Memoirs of Charles Howard, Baron of Effingham, afterwards

Earl of Nottingham, Knight of the Garter, and

Lord High Admiral of England

PAGE

1

Sir Humphry Gilbert, Knight, an eminent Seaman,

and great Discoverer

14.

Sir John Hawkins, a famous Admiral, and one who

performed many great Services against the Spa-

niards

23

......

Sir Francis Drake, a most skilful Seaman, the first

who made a Voyage round the World, and Vice-

admiral of the English Fleet in 1588

.....

.....

Sir Martin Frobisher, an able Seaman, and Navi-
gator
Sir Thomas Cavendish, a Circumnavigator, and suc-
cessful Commander against the Spaniards

Edward Fenton, a gallant Officer and Navigator 59

George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, Knight of the

......

57

63

Sir Robert Dudley, Son of the Earl of Leicester ibid.

Sir Richard Hawkins, son of the famous Sir John

The Naval History of Great Britain, under the Reign of King

James I. including also an Account of the Progress of our

Trade, and the Growth of our Plantations; together with

Memoirs of the most eminent Seamen who flourished in that

Time

....

Memoirs of Sir Walter Raleigh...

CONTENTS.

CHAP. II.

The Naval History of Great Britain under the Reign of Charles I.

comprehending an Account of our Naval Expeditions against

the French and Spaniards; our Difference with the Dutch

about the Right of Fishing, and our Dominion over the

British Sea; the Progress of Navigation and Commerce;

settling Colonies; and other Maritime Transactions; together

with an Account of the eminent Seamen who flourished within

that Period.....

Memoirs of Sir Robert Mansel

Sir William Monson

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164

205

218

CHAP. III.

The Naval History of Great Britain, from the breaking out of

the Civil War to the Restoration of King Charles II.; compre-

hending an Account of all the Struggles between the King

and his Parliament for the command of the Fleet; the revolt

of part of it to the Prince of Wales; the Dutch War; the

Disputes with France; the War with Spain; and the Memoirs

of such famous Seamen as flourished within this period of time 225

Memoirs of Admiral Blake

298

CHAP. IV.

The Naval History of Great Britain, during the Reign of King

Charles II. from the time of his Restoration; containing a

distinct Account of the several Expeditions against the Al-

gerines; the two Dutch Wars, and other Naval Transactions;

the state of our Foreign Trade and Plantations; with Memoirs

of all the eminent Seamen who flourished in his Reign...... 321

Memoirs of General Monk.................

Admiral Montague, afterwards Earl of Sandwich,

434

Sir John Lawson, Vice-admiral of the Red Squadron 528

Sir John Kempthorne....

.....

540

Sir George Ayscough, or, as generally written

Ayscue, Admiral of the White

544