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Klappentext Volume 13 of the Naval Chronicle reveals a growing fear of invasion and realisation of the importance of the Navy. Zusammenfassung The Naval Chronicle! published in 40 volumes between 1799 and 1818! is a key source for British maritime and military history. Volume 13 (1805) reveals growing tension following Napoleon's coronation as Emperor and the outbreak of war with Spain. With invasion threatening! the Navy's resources were severely stretched. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Biographical memoirs; Naval anecdotes, commercial hints, recollections, etc.; Naval history of the present year, 1805; Shipwrecks; Lloyd's marine list; Naval literature; Correspondence; Report of the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry; Naval poetry; Index.