Charles William De la Poer Beresford, Baron Beresford
History
Book language: English
486 pages
The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Beresford is a first-person naval memoir by a British admiral. It recounts his life and service in the Royal Navy from his entry in 1859 to his retirement in 1909, offering a window into the ships, duties and travels of the era. Listen for a vivid, personal view of a changing navy.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
Charles Beresford, Admiral Charles Beresford, Admiral THE MEMOIRS OF ADMIRAL LORD BERESFORD WITH TWENTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FOURTH EDITION IN ONE VOLUME METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON First Published (2 vols.) . . . . October 6th, 1914
Second Edition . . . . November, 1914
Third Edition . . . . December, 1914
Fourth Edition (1 vol.) . . . . September, 1916
TO
MY BROTHER OFFICERS
OF THE
ROYAL NAVY
PREFACE
This work is a record of my life from the year 1859, when I entered the
Royal Navy, to the year 1909, when I hauled down my flag and came on shore.
For the Introduction and the Notes, which have been written in order to amplify the personal narrative and to connect it with the historical events of the period, Mr. L. Cope Cornford is responsible.
I have dedicated the book to my brother officers of the Royal Navy.
As luck would have it, my career has been of a singularly varied character.
And my hope is that, in reading its story, boys and girls, as well as their elders, may find pleasure.
CHARLES BERESFORD
Admiral
1 GREAT CUMBERLAND PLACE, W.
June 1914
CURRAGHMORE CURRAGHMORE CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY NOTE CHAP. I. I SEE THE FLEET II. THE BEGINNING OF SERVICE III. THE SHIP OF HAPPIEST MEMORY IV. THE SHIP OF UNHAPPY MEMORY V. THE MIDSHIPMAN OF 1864 VI. STRICT SERVICE VII. THE CRUISE OF H.M.S. GALATEA— I. TO THE ANTIPODES VIII. THE CRUISE OF H.M.S. GALATEA (continued)— II. MY TWO FAITHFUL SERVANTS IX. THE CRUISE OF H.M.S. GALATEA (continued)— III. TAHITI AND THE SANDWICH ISLANDS X. THE CRUISE OF H.M.S. GALATEA (continued)— IV. OLD JAPAN. NOTE XI. THE CRUISE OF H.M.S. GALATEA (continued)— V. WITH THE DUKE IN JAPAN XII. THE CRUISE OF H.M.S. GALATEA (continued)— VI. THE HOMEWARD VOYAGE
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