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Wood, William (William Charles Henry), 1864-1947

"Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas"


LA HOGUE, 1692.
H.M.S. _Centurion_ engaged and took the Spanish Galleon _Nuestra
Senhora de Capadongo_, from Acapulco bound to Manila, off Cape Espiritu
Santo, Philippine Islands, June 20, 1743.
The _ROYAL GEORGE_
NELSON
FIGHTING THE GUNS ON THE MAIN DECK, 1782.
THE BLOWING UP OF _L'ORIENT_ DURING THE BATTLE OF THE NILE.
THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN, APRIL 2nd, 1801. (Note the British line
ahead.)
The _VICTORY_. Nelson's Flagship at Trafalgar, launched in 1765, and
still used as the flagship in Portsmouth Harbour.
TRAFALGAR. 21st October, 1805.
MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR. (Reproduced by permission from the
model at the Royal United Service Institution.)
THE _SHANNON_ AND THE _CHESAPEAKE_.
THE _ROYAL WILLIAM_. Canadian built; the first boat to cross any ocean
steaming the whole way (1833), the first steamer in the world to fire a
shot in action (May 5, 1836).
BATTLESHIP.
Seaplane Returning after flight.
DESTROYER.
A PARTING SHOT FROM THE TURKS AT GALLIPOLI.
JELLICOE.
BEATTY.
LIGHT CRUISER.


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