The Naval Chronicle - Volume 16

Volume 16 of the Naval Chronicle (1806) includes biographies, naval news, and technical reports on shipbuilding and signalling.

Résumé
The Naval Chronicle, published in 40 volumes between 1799 and 1818, is a key source for British maritime and military history. Volume 16 (1806) includes technical papers on shipbuilding and signalling, news of the unsuccessful British attack on Buenos Aires, and the codicil to Nelson's will regarding Lady Hamilton.

Contenu

Preface; Biographical memoirs; Naval anecdotes, commercial hints, recollections etc.; Correspondence; Naval poetry; Naval history of the present year, 1806; Shipwrecks; Report of the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry; Philosophical papers; Naval literature; Index.