A mission of honour : the Royal Navy in the Pacific, 1769-1997 /
McLean, John(John Neil),author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-491) and index.
Captain Cook -- Captain George Vancouver -- Captain Bligh and the HMS Bounty -- Captain Phillip and the First Fleet to Australia -- Surveying and charting -- The search for spars -- HMS Alligator to the rescue -- The Opium Wars -- Recruitment -- Australia's northern outposts -- Island depots -- Petropavlovsk and the Crimean War -- The wreck of HMS Orpheus -- The River War in New Zealand -- The Battle of Gate Pa -- Gunnery -- Pomp and circumstance -- Wives and sweethearts -- Raising the flag -- Missionaries, cannibals and blackbirders -- The death of Commodore Goodenough -- Skullduggery in Samoa -- The Apia Hurricane -- Getting there and back -- Carpenters and sailmakers -- From sail to steam -- Rowing -- Feeding the fleet -- Colecting curios -- Diverse tasks -- Jack ashore -- Runaway sailors -- The pursuit of pirates -- Esquimalt -- Port hamilton -- Wei Hai Wei -- The Battle of Coronel -- Accidents at sea -- The fall of Hong Kong -- The Prince of Wales and the Repulse -- The rise and fall of the Singapore Naval Base -- The Battle of the Java Sea -- Kamikazes at Okinawa -- A daring submarine attack -- The Navy is back -- HMS Amethyst on the Yangtse -- The Korean War -- The handover of Hong Kong -- Epilogue.
Great Britain. Royal Navy
Great Britain. Royal Navy.
Sea-power
Military missions.
Military missions.
Sea-power.