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The 36-gun frigate H.M.S. Emerald passing a '74' at sea, by Derek G.M. Gardner (1914-2007)

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Light cruiser HMS Emerald at anchor at Portsmouth.

While she did not share the dual gun turret that her sister Enterprise had, she benefited from the strongest torpedo armament of any British cruiser, with a whopping 16 tubes in four groups of four.  

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The 36-gun frigate HMS Emerald passing a '74' at sea, by Derek G.M. Gardner

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The 36-gun frigate H.M.S. Emerald passing a '74' at sea, by Derek G.M. Gardner (1914-2007)

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Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives - #Memoir - Life on the Ocean Wave - Chapter Two - Royal Navy Training -1936 and two encounters with the King and HMS Nelson by Eric Coleman

Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives – #Memoir – Life on the Ocean Wave – Chapter Two – Royal Navy Training -1936 and two encounters with the King and HMS Nelson by Eric Coleman

Following on from the memoirs by my father-in-law Geoff Cronin, The Colour of Life, and Milestones Along the Way, I thought I would end the year with part of my own father’s memoir about the family and in particular his life at sea from 1937 until he retired in 1971. In part one my father talks about his upbringing and apprenticeship that led to his decision to join the navy in 1937: 1916-1936…

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Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives - #Memoir - Life on the Ocean Wave - Chapter Two - Royal Navy Training -1936 and two encounters with the King and HMS Nelson by Eric Coleman

Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives – #Memoir – Life on the Ocean Wave – Chapter Two – Royal Navy Training -1936 and two encounters with the King and HMS Nelson by Eric Coleman

Following on from the memoirs by my father-in-law Geoff Cronin, The Colour of Life, and Milestones Along the Way, I thought I would end the year with part of my own father’s memoir about the family and in particular his life at sea from 1937 until he retired in 1971. In part one my father talks about his upbringing and apprenticeship that led to his decision to join the navy in 1937: 1916-1936…

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The 36-gun frigate H.M.S. Emerald passing a '74' at sea, by Derek G.M. Gardner

One of the four successful 'Amazon' class frigates designed by Sir William Rule in 1794, Emerald was built by Thomas Pitcher at Northfleet and launched on 31st July 1795. Completed at Woolwich that October, she was first commissioned under Captain Berkeley and sent to the Mediterranean in January 1797 where she enjoyed a remarkably active career, seeing action against both French and Spanish ships-of-war on many occasions.

Ordered to the West Indies early in 1801, she was soon in action off St. Lucia and later took part in the capture of that island, Tobago, the Dutch West Indies and finally Surinam.  Sent home for repairs in 1806, she then returned to the Mediterranean where she saw further action before a brief cruise to Guadeloupe where she captured the French 16-gun Fanfaron in November 1809. Laid up after her final action – the capture of the 18-gun French privateer Augusta in the English Channel on 6th April 1811 – she became a receiving ship at Portsmouth in 1822 until broken up there in 1836.

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Footprints in the Sea :: Augustus Agar

Footprints in the Sea :: Augustus Agar

Footprints in the Sea :: Augustus Agar soon to be presented for sale on the exceptional BookLovers of Bath web site! London: Evans Brothers, 1961, Hardback in dust wrapper. Includes: Black & white photographs; Maps (1); Frontispiece portrait; From the cover: The author joined the Royal Navy in 1905 at the age of fourteen and swallowed the anchor nearly forty years later after as gallant and…

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