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Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society, volume 2: Gibraltar as a Naval Base and Dockyard

Index

References to illustrations are in italics.

A Admiralty Labour Section 74, 75

Adventure, HMS 23, 24

Aetna (bomb), HMS 83

Agamemnon (64), HMS 83

agents victualler and victualling agents

instructions for 56

responsibilities of 56–7

salary of 60

victuallers to the fleet 63

Victualling Board, see Victualling Board

see also Bolton, Thomas; Brown, Nicholas; Cutforth, James; Ford, Richard; Heatley, David; St

Michel, Balthazar; Vaughan, ?; Wilkie, Patrick; Wills, William; Yeo, James

Alexandria Dockyard 73

working party of final year apprentices (1941) 74

Algeçiras, Bay of 10

British attack on (1727) 36

hospitals at (1726) 32

magazine at (1726) 32

Algiers: Barbary regency 11, 12

Allin, Sir Thomas 23

Ann transport (1800) 62

Antigua: water collection at 84

Aranjuez, Convention of 52

army, British

—regiments

Bissett’s regiment 32

25th Foot 42

2

29th Foot 42

72nd Foot 39

73rd Foot 38

—battalions

Clayton’s 35

Guards 35

Artois, Charles Philippe, Comte d’ 41

Assistance transport (1800) 61

Atkins, Samuel 27

describes Gibraltar (1682) 23

Ayde, General Sir John 67

Aylmer, Matthew 20

B Bacon, Admiral Sir Reginald 67

Baden-Powell, George 67

Baker, John, commands Sallee squadron 13

Baltimore (Co. Cork): attacked by Barbary corsairs 9

Barbary Coast: relations with Britain after the Treaty of Utrecht 32

Barlow, Robert 59

Beckman, Martin, Tangier Master Engineer: on the advantages of Gibraltar 24

Belleisle (74), HMS 83

Bellerophon (74), HMS 83

Bellona (74), HMS 59

Bentham, Samuel 86

Berwick (70), HMS 34

Beverley, John

master attendant at Gibraltar 24

master attendant at Tangier 21, 22

Bideford: attacked by Barbary corsairs 9

Bideford, HMS 13, 15

bills of exchange 56

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Black, John, ‘The Background to the Establishment of a Naval Dockyard at Gibraltar Following the

Naval Defence Act of 1889’ 65–71

Blake, Sir Robert, General-at-Sea 19

Bolton, Thomas 59

Bombay Dockyard 66, 67, 69

Boreas transport (1800) 62

Borthwick, Captain Richard 21, 22

Boscawen, Admiral Edward 16

Bo(r)schetti, GIan (or Juan) Maria 57, 58, 84, 86

Bourbon, Louis Henri, Duc de 41

Bowles, Phineas: storekeeper and muster master at Tangier 24, 26, 27

Brassey, Thomas, 1st Earl 67

Breen, Kenneth, ‘Gibraltar: Pivot of Naval Strategy in 1781’ 47–54

Brest 49, 50

Brilliant (28), HMS 39, 41

Brisbane, John: secretary of the Admiralty 22, 23, 24

Bristol, HMS 22, 23

Broderick, Vice Admiral Thomas 16

Brown, Nicholas: agent victualler to the fleet 56, 63

Bruce, Captain James A. T. 70

Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st Duke of: Anglo-Spanish War 10

Burford (70), HMS 34

Byng, George

deficiencies of Gibraltar (1709) 12

Mediterranean experience 11, 28

Byng, Pattee 13

C Cadiz

alternative to Tangier for the English Mediterranean fleet 21, 22

English attack on (1625) 10

Spanish expedition 14

4

Cadiz fleet (Spanish) 14

Cadiz squadron (French) 16

Cadiz squadron (Spanish) 36

Calvi, Giovanni Battista: constructs Charles V Wall (16th century) 7

Calypso transport (1801) 61

Campbell, Lt Colin 41

Canterbury, HMS 34

Cape Clear 50

Cape Espartel 52

Cape Palos 39

Cape Passaro, Battle of (1718) 12

Cape St Mary 35, 52

Cape St Vincent 52

Cape Spartel 14, 15, 35

Cape Trafalgar 15

Cape Velez Malaga, Battle of (1704) 19

careening

at Gibraltar (1680–82) 10

at Tangier 10

Careening Bay, Gibraltar 68

Carpenter, George, 1st Baron: Governor of Minorca 35

Carrier transport (1800) 61

Caruana, Peter: and the Rosia Water Tanks 81, 83, 86

Catherine of Braganza 10, 20

Cavendish, Admiral Philip: commands Sallee squadron 13

Ceuta 15

Spanish garrison 32

Channel Squadron, English/British

Gibraltar as shelter for 66

ironclads for 65

Charles, Archduke (Charles VI) 9

5

Charles II, King: Mediterranean strategy 11

Charlotte sloop 35

Chatham Royal Dockyard 68

Chesapeake, Battle of 49–50, 51

Chichester, Rear Admiral Sir Edward 70

Clayton, Colonel Jasper: Lieutenant Governor of Gibraltar 34

clerks, at Gibraltar victualling yard 60

Coats, Ann, ‘Rosia Water Tanks, Gibraltar’ 81–7

Colchester (50), HMS 34, 35

Collins, Grenville 23

Colombo: dockyard proposed (1942) 78

Colossus (74), HMS 83

coopers, at Gibraltar victualling yard 60, 61

Cordon-Cadence, Luis Lopez 75

Córdova y Córdova, Admiral Luis de 52, 53

Cornwall, Rear Admiral Charles: commands Sallee squadron 12, 13, 15

Cornwall, Admiral Wolfran 28

Crillon, Louis, Duc de 42

Cromwell, Oliver 10, 19

Crown merchantman 23

Cruiser, HMS 34

Cuba 9

Culatto, Lionel 83, 84, 86

Curtis, Captain Sir Roger 39, 41

Franco-Spanish attack on Gibraltar (1782) 42

Cutforth, James: agent victualler 59, 60

D Darby, Vice Admiral George 44

commands Western Squadron 50

at Cork (1781) 51–2

relieves Gibraltar (1781) 17, 39, 47, 48, 49, 51, 53

6

Darwin: operational repair base proposed (1942) 78

Davies, J. David: ‘Gibraltar in Naval Strategy c. 1600–1783’ 8–18

de Castries, Charles, Minister of the Marine 50–51

de Grasse, Admiral François

commands fleet in Brest (1781) 49

sails for the West Indies (1781) 50

de Repalda, Don Lorenzo, Governor of Gibraltar 27

d’Estaing, Admiral Charles Hector, Comte, see Estaing, Admiral Charles Hector, Comte d’

Denis, Vice Admiral Sir Peter: commands Sallee squadron 13

Devonport Dockyard 66, 69

Diana transport (1800) 61

Dockyard Mobile Squad

created (1941) 75

disbanded (1943) 77

at Freetown, Sierra Leone 77

at Gibraltar (1942–43) 76–7

recruitment from home yard workers 75–6

Doncaster transport (1800) 62

Dreadnought, HMS 70

Drinkwater, Captain John 39

on the scarcity of supplies (1781) 48

on Spanish strength (1781) 48

Duff, Vice Admiral Robert: commands squadron at Gibraltar 37

Durban

dockyard 74

operational repair base proposed (1942) 78

Dursley Galley (20), HMS 34, 35

E Eastern Beach 83

Edgcumbe, Commodore George: commands Sallee squadron 13

Edward, Prince, Duke of Kent: Governor of Gibraltar 83

7

Elba: bread ovens supply the British fleet (1800–01) 63

Elliott, Lieutenant General William Augustus: Governor of Gibraltar 37, 38, 41, 43

England, attempted Franco-Spanish invasion of 16–17

English Harbour, Antigua: water collection at 84

Enterprise (28), HMS 39, 41

Erin, HMS 75

Estaing, Admiral Charles Hector, Comte d’

commands Brest fleet (1781) 50–51

commands Toulon squadron (1778) 16

Europa Point 83

F Fanny transport (1800) 62

Faro: careening at 12

Ferret, HMS 13

Fides transport (1801) 61

Figueras, Martin 86

floating docks 73

Flora transport (1801) 61

Forbes, Captain George, Baron 36

Ford, Richard, agent victualler 56

opens a victualling yard at Palermo (1805–08) 63

uses Madalena Islands as a rendezvous (1803–05) 63

Fortune, HMS 43

Fowler, Thomas 27

Fox, Henry Edward 83

Freetown, Sierra Leone

floating dock and crane 77

Mobile Dockyard Squad 77

naval dry dock 66

G Garden Island naval base 78

8

Gauden, Jonathan

English agent at Gibraltar (1686–90) 11, 12

storekeeper and muster master at Gibraltar (1684–90) 27, 28

Geddes, James 59

GIBRALTAR, ENGLISH THEN BRITISH BASE AT (from 1686)

abandoned (1735–37) 14

advantages of 19, 23, 24

agent at 11

arsenal (1905–06) 68

barracks 37

breakwater proposed (1759) 37

Buena Vista Barracks 83

captured by England (1704) 7, 9, 11, 19

careening at 10

fourth and fifth rate ships 12

Gloucester hulk 24

in the siege of 1727 34, 35

casemates 37

coaling station 66, 68

convict colony (to 1875) 68

Cumberland Buildings 76

deficiencies of 12, 14, 24–5

dockyard

construction of 68

dry docks

1905–06 67–68, 68, 69

1941 74

established (1894) 65

Dockyard Mobile Squad 7, 75–6

Europa Point

9

affordable housing 82

battery 41

proposed new barracks (1725) 32

for the Mediterranean fleet

1680 22, 23, 24

1739 14

for the Sallee squadron 7, 11, 12

forge built (1680/1) 25

garrison hospital 32, 34

Grand Arsenal 81

hutments (1940) 75, 76

hospital (1746) 15, 31, 37

Jewish community 32

King’s Bastion 37, 42

maps of 10, 33, 40, 75

mast house and pond (1756) 15

naval commissioner appointed (1756) 15

naval garrison (1905–06) 68

naval hospital (1905–06) 68, 81

New Mole at

boom for (1780) 39

extended (19th century) 67, 68, 69, 70,

floating batteries 41

Spanish fireship attack (1780) 38–9

Old Mole at

bastion proposed (1759) 37

battery erected (1727) 35, 36

built by Spain (1615–70) 10

described by Samuel Atkins (1682) 23

permission to use granted to France (1687) 27

surveyed (1680) 22

10

Parson’s (Lodge) Battery 81, 83

Prince’s Lines 37

proposed capture by England (1656) 10

Ragged Staff, wells at 84

Rosia Water Tanks, see Rosia Water Tanks

Royal Yacht Squadron 67

sieges of

Franco-Spanish (1704–05) 11, 31

Great Siege (1779–83) 7, 9, 16, 31

map 40

Franco-Spanish attack (1782) 42

scarcity of food and supplies 48

siege of 1726–27 7, 34–7

British casualties 36

Spanish crown property 7, 24

stores and storehouses 44

Algerine prizes used for (1681) 27

Spanish bombardment (1780–81) 41

store sheds built (after 1727) 37

storehouses built by Gauden (1686) 27

storehouses built by Herbert (1680/1) 25

storehouses built on the New Mole (1720s) 31, 38

storehouses completed (1746) 12

Unity tender (1727) 35

victualling stores (1813) 58–9, 81

Waterport 57

White Convent 57

strategic role 12, 31, 53

supplies for 32

topography and natural defences 32

trade at 24, 66

11

victualling agents, see agents victualler

victualling wharf

built (1736) 12

inadequate after the loss of Minorca (1756) 15–16

victualling yard (1812) 57, 86

cholera epidemic (1804) 59

coal store, fire in (1807) 59

pay at 61

purpose and function 64

staff at 60

water supply at 57, 84, 85, see also Rosia Water Tanks

Waterport victualling storehouse 57

White Convent victualling storehouse 57

Willis’s Battery 35, 36, 37, 38, 42, 43

workers in

Gibraltarian 74

Spanish 69, 74–5

Gibraltar, Straits of 10, 15

Gibraltar Royal Dockyard, see Gibraltar English then British base at

Gibson, Captain John 41

Glen Rocky Distillery 85

Gloucester, HMS

careening hulk at Gibraltar (1680) 24

careening hulk at Tangier (1680) 21–2

Godfrey, Sir Edmondberry 23

Godolphin, Francis: English ambassador to Spain 27

Godolphin, Sidney, 1st Earl 9

Gonzales, Juan 61

Goodricke, Sir Henry: English ambassador to Spain 24

Grantham, Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron 9

12

Graves, Admiral Thomas: Battle of the Chesapeake 49–50

Great Britain: Mediterranean strategy 9, 11, 12, 13, 17

Green, Colonel William 37

Greenock 76

Guerrier (ex-Guerrière) storage ship (1800) 62, 63

H Haddock, Admiral Nicholas: commands Mediterranean fleet (1738) 14

Haijo, HMS 75

Hamilton, Lord George, First Civil Lord

appoints Topham, Jones and Railton to extend the Gibraltar mole 68

argues for a dock at Gibraltar 66, 71

Happy Return merchantman 27

Harding, Richard, ‘Gibraltar: a tale of two sieges 1726–7 and 1779–1783’ 31–45

Hardy, Sir Charles 17

Harrison, Steven 85

Harvey, Captain Augustus 12, 15, 38, 39

Hawk, HMS 34

Hawke, Admiral Edward

commands Mediterranean fleet 16

on the limitations of Gibraltar (1756) 12

Heatley, David

agent victualler at Lisbon 56

victualler to the fleet 63

heavy repair ships 73

Henley & Sons 59

Herbert, Admiral Arthur 10, 11, 20

builds a forge and storehouse at Gibraltar (1680/1) 25

considers Cadiz as a base for the Mediterranean fleet 22

judges Gibraltar the finest port (1680) 23

Mediterranean experience 23

protégés 11

13

uses Gibraltar not Tangiers as a base for the Mediterranean fleet 22, 25

Hewer, William 27

Hillsborough, Wills Hill, Earl of 39

Hobart: operational repair base proposed (1942) 78

Hong Kong Dockyard 66, 67, 69

Chinese labour force at (1941) 77–8

Hood, Rear Admiral Samuel

at the Chesapeake 50

in the West Indies 49, 53

Hopson, Admiral Edward 13, 34

on the limitations of Gibraltar (1727) 12

ordered to the West Indies 34

Hosier, Vice Admiral Francis: second in command in the West Indies 34

Howe, Admiral Richard 44

defeats the Toulon squadron off Sandy Hook 16

relieves Gibraltar (1782) 17, 42

I Inflexible, HMS 79n

Inglefield, Commissioner John Nicholson 57

Ironside, General Sir Edmund: Governor of Gibraltar 74–5

Isabella transport (1801) 61

J Jamaica

British conquest of 17

Royal Navy station 49, 53

James II, King

and Sallee squadron at Gibraltar 11

and storehouses at Gibraltar 28

James Galley, HMS 23

Jennings, Admiral Sir John 34, 36

Jervis, Sir John, see St Vincent, Earl

14

Jowell, Tessa 87

K Kane, Colonel Richard, deputy governor of Minorca

report on Gibraltar’s defences (1725) 32–3, 37

Keith, George, ninth Earl Marischal 14

Kempthorne, John 23

Kent (70), HMS 34

Keppel, Commodore Augustus: commands Sallee squadron 13

Kilindini: dockyard proposed (1943) 78

Killigrew, Sir Henry: commands an English squadron 27

King, Dennis 83

Knowles, Captain Sir Charles Henry 39, 41, 43

senior naval officer at Gibraltar (1782) 42

Kowloon Dockyard 66, 67, 69

L Lagos: British watering point 14, 35

Lagos Bay, battle of 16

Landsdowne, George Granville, 1st Baron 27

Lawson, Admiral Sir John

on the advantages of Tangier 20

shelters in Gibraltar bay (1664) 23

Le Fevre, Peter, ‘Gibraltar, Tangier and the English Mediterranean Fleet 1680–1690’ 19–30

Leake, Sir John: Mediterranean experience 11

Leeward Islands station 49, 53

Leghorn: English base against the Barbary regencies 11

Lennox (70), HMS 34

Leslie, Captain Patrick 39

Liberty transport (1800) 62

Lisbon

agent victualler (David Heatley) at 56

careening at 12

15

Sallee squadron 11, 27

support in the Gibraltar siege of 1727 43

victualling yard at 57, 60

Llanstephan Castle (troopship) 76

Lloyd, David 23

Lloyd, Rodney M.: Admiral Superintendent at Malta 70

Lord Hood transport (1801) 61

Lord Nelson transport (1800) 62

Lowestoft, HMS: careens at Faro 12

Lurting, Robert 25

Lyme (20), HMS 34, 35

Lyon pink 34

M Macdonald, Janet, ‘The Victualling Yard at Gibraltar and its role in feeding the Royal Navy in the

Mediterranean during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars’ 55–64

MacDougall, Philip, ‘Disuniting the Workforce: Intensifying the Dockyard Labour Crisis of 1941’ 73–9

Madalena Islands: British rendezvous (1803–1805) 63

Mahon, Minorca, see Port Mahon, Minorca

Major transport (1800) 61

Malta

Dockyard 73

English base against the Barbary regencies 11

victualling yard at Valetta 63, 64

Man, Vice Admiral Robert: commands Sallee squadron 13

Manchester Ship Canal Company 68

Mansell, Sir Robert: Algiers expedition (1620) 9–10

Mareno, Manuel 61

Marigold, HMS: wrecked at Tangier 20

Martinique 49

Mary Ann transport (1800) 61

Matto, Robert 84

16

Maynard, John, English consul at Lisbon: on the advantages of Tangier 20

Mayne, Rear Admiral Robert 67

Mediterranean fleet

based at Gibraltar (from 1684) 27

based at Port Mahon 14

cruising stations 14, 15, 16

Nicholas Haddock commands (1738) 14

Edward Hawke commands 16

Henry Medley commands 15

Sir Chaloner Ogle commands 15

Henry Osborn commands 16

William Rowley commands 15

Medley, Vice Admiral Henry

commands Mediterranean fleet 15

Italian mistress an enemy agent 15

Millbank Prison 68

Minorca

British gain (1708) 31

British loss (1756) 9, 15

British loss (1782) 41

British recovery (1763) 16

Montagu, Edward, General-at-Sea 10, 19

on the possible capture of Gibraltar (1656) 19–20

Morley, Thomas 21

Morocco, Emperor of 37

Muckle, Lt George 41

Mulgrave, Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron 39

Muñoz, Jose Martinez 75

N Napoleon: and Ottoman Empire 63

Narborough, Sir John 21

17

favours Livorno and Minorca over Tangier 22

Naval Defence Act (1889) 7, 65, 66, 67

Navy Board: and storehouses at Gibraltar 25, 26

Navy League 67

Nelly transport (1801) 61

Nelson, Vice Admiral Horatio 59, 83

victualling (1803–1805) 63

Niger (32), HMS 83

Nonsuch (or Nonesuch), HMS 23, 24

Norfolk transport (1800) 61

Norris, Admiral Sir John 12

Mediterranean experience 28

squadron operates from Lisbon 14

at Tangier (1680) 22

O OEM 82

Ogle, Rear Admiral Sir Chaloner: commands Mediterranean fleet 15

Oran 9

Ordnance Board 26, 57

Osborn, Vice-Admiral Henry: commands Mediterranean fleet 16

Otway, William Henry: Commissioner of Gibraltar Yard 58, 83–4

P Palermo: victualling yard at (from 1805) 57, 63, 64

Panther (60), HMS 38, 39

Parker, Admiral Sir Peter: commands Jamaica squadron 49, 53

Pasley, Lieutenant General Sir Charles W. 84

patteroes 32

Peace transport (1800) 61

Pepys, Samuel 26

Plymouth merchantman 25

Poggio, Albert 86

18

Porcupine (24), HMS 39, 41, 42, 43

Port Mahon, Minorca

advantages of 12

British base for the Mediterranean fleet (1738–39) 14

British loss of 9, 12, 44

careening at 12

cost of (1747) 12

English base against the Barbary regencies 11

preferable to Tangier 21

supports Gibraltar in the siege of 1727 43

victualling yard at 57, 59, 63, 64

Portland (50), HMS 34

Portland Royal Dockyard 66, 69

Portmore, David Colyear, 1st Earl of 36

Portsmouth Royal Dockyard 66, 67, 69

Postle-thwaite transport (1800) 61

pozzolanic cement: in the Rosia Water Tanks 84–5

Priestman, Henry: commands Sallee squadron 19

Pownall, Edward, deputy commissioner 59

Prince (98), HMS 83

Prince Frederick (70), HMS 35

Prince George transport (1801) 61

Prince Royal, HMS 59

Public Navy Works Loans 69

Puerto Rico 9

Puntal: careening at 21

Puntalles 35

Q Queensway 83

R Repulse, HMS 41, 42, 43

19

Revel, Mr 34

Robert transport (1800) 61

Richards, Sir Francis: Governor of Gibraltar 83, 86

Robinson, Les 76, 77

Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess 54

Rodney, Admiral George 44

Commander-in-Chief West Indies 49, 50, 53

relieves Gibraltar (1780) 17, 38

Rooke, Admiral George

captures Gibraltar (1704) 9, 19

Mediterranean experience 11, 28

Rosia Bay Victualling Yard

destroyed (2006) 7

Rosia Cottages 84

Rosia Distillery 84

Rosia House 83

Rosia Water Tanks 81–7

built (1799–1804) 58, 83

construction materials 84–5

described 84, 86

dimensions 84

destroyed (2006) 83

estimated costs of 58

Ross, Rear Admiral Sir John Lockheart 39, 41

Rotherham, Captain Edward 83

Rowley, Vice Admiral William: commands Mediterranean fleet (1745) 15

Royal Navy, see Mediterranean fleet

Royal Oak (70), HMS 34

Royal Sovereign (100), HMS 83

Royal Yacht Squadron, Gibraltar 67

Rufford transport (1800) 61

20

S St Eustatius 50

St Firmin, HMS 39

St Jeremy’s Bay 15

St Michael (ex-San Miguel), HMS 42, 42–3

St Michel, Balthazar, Agent General of the Victualling

at Gibraltar 24

at Tangier 22

report on storeships at Gibraltar (1681) 26

returns to England (1681) 24, 26

St Vincent, Earl 56, 57, 58

builds Rosia Water Tanks 83

St Vincent House 83

Salé (Sallee), Barbary regency: privateers or corsairs 7, 9

Sallee squadron

John Baker commands 13

based in Gibraltar 11

based in Lisbon 7

Charles Cornwall commands 13

Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, commodore 11

Samaria (liner) 79n

San Juan Nepomuceno (74) (Spanish) 83

San Miguel (72) (Spanish) 42, see also St Michael (ex-San Miguel), HMS

Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th Earl: First Lord of the Admiralty

and Commons inquiry of 1782 47, 53

and relief of Gibraltar 48

and the Western Squadron 50

Sandy Hook 16

Sapphire, HMS 23, 24

Scott, Colonel John 22

Serfaty, William 84, 86

21

Sheerness, HMS 13

Sheres, Henry 21

Solebay (bomb), HMS 34

Shovell, Admiral Sir Cloudesley

commands Sallee squadron 19, 27

Mediterranean experience 11, 28

at Tangier (1681) 25

at Gibraltar (1684) 27

Simonstown: naval yard 74

‘Sinbad’, on the dry dock at Gibraltar (1890) 70

Singapore Dockyard: Chinese labour force at (1941) 77–8

Sir William Arrol & Co.: dockyard crane (1958) 76

Smeaton, John 85

Soames, William, vice consul at Gibraltar 24

Spanish navy: fleet at Gibraltar destroyed by Jacob van Heemskerck (1607) 10

Spanish Succession, War of 13, 31

Speedwell, HMS (20) (in 1718) 13

Speedwell, HMS (14) (in 1780) 39

Spencer, John, 5th Earl 67

Spithead 52

Stenhouse, Mr 26

Stephens, Philip, Admiralty secretary 52

Sterling Castle (70), HMS 34

Stuart, Charles Edward 15, 33

Sunbeam (yacht) 67

Success transport (1801) 61

Suez Canal 66

Sunderland, Robert, Earl of 24, 28

Swallow (50), HMS 34

Swiftsure (74), HMS 83

Swinton, Lt Samuel, English agent in Paris 52

22

T Tangier

acquired by England (1661) 10, 20

careening at 10, 20, 21

careening hulk at (1680) 21–2

English garrison 20

English merchants refuse to settle 20

evacuated (1684) 27

harbour at 20

mole at, see Tangier mole

Moors, treaty with (1680) 22

ships’ stores unavailable at 21

storehouses at 21

transports’ agent 21

used by Genoese merchants 20

victualling agent (1678) 22

victualling depot 7, 21

Tangier mole 10, 11

blown up (1684) 27

contract for its construction (1663) 20–21

surveyed by five masters from the Mediterranean fleet (1680) 23

victualling supplies delivered to 21

Tariq: constructs base at Gibraltar (1711) 7

Tartar, HMS 13

Tetuan 60, 63

Thunder (bomb), HMS 34

Thunderer (74), HMS 83

Thurloe, John 19

Topham, Jones and Railton 68

Torbay (70), HMS 35

Torch, Operation 74–5

23

Toulon fleet (French) 14

Toulon squadron (French) 16

Trigge, Sir Thomas, acting Governor of Gibraltar (1803–1804) 83, 84

Trincomalee: operational repair base proposed (1942) 78

Tripoli, Barbary regency 11

Truelove transport (1801) 61

Tucker, Benjamin, agent victualler 59

Tucker, Malcolm 84

Tunis, Barbary regency 11

Tyger (50), HMS 34, 35

Tyler, Colonel 58

U Unity tender: storeship at Gibraltar 35

Utrecht, Treaty of 7, 31

V Valetta

naval dockyard at 66

victualling yard at 57

Valiant, HMS: repaired at Alexandria (1941) 74

van Heemskerck, Jacob: destroys the Spanish fleet at Gibraltar (1607) 10

Vanguard, HMS 41, 42, 43

Vaughan, ?, victualling agent at Gibraltar 15–16

Venice Merchant 27

Venus transport (1800) 62

Victoria, Juan José Navarro, 1st Marquis de la 15

Victory (100), HMS 83

victualling, naval: daily proportion of provisions 55–6

victualling agents, see agents victualler

Victualling Board

costs of stores shipped to Gibraltar (1681) 25

instructions for victualling agents 56

24

provisions shipped to Gibraltar (1800 and 1801) 61

return of victualling stores at Gibraltar (5 April 1800) 62

transports to Gibraltar (1800 and 1801) 61, 62

victualling yards

Gibraltar, see Gibraltar victualling yard

Palermo (1805–08) 63

Rosia Bay (1812) 57

Valetta 63

Viegas, Juaquin 61

W Wager, Vice Admiral Sir Charles 13–14

at Gibraltar (1726/7) 34, 43–4

fails to capture the Flota 35

Weymouth, Thomas Thynne, Viscount 38

Wharton, Philip, 1st Duke of 14

Wilkie, Patrick: agent victualler at Malta 59

William Bruce transport (1800) 61

Wills, William: agent victualler to the fleet 56, 63

Wimbledon, Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount 10, 19

Winchester (50), HMS 34, 35

Windmill Hill 83

Windsor transport (1800) 62

Winooski, HMS 77

Y

Yarmouth (70), HMS 35

Yeo, James: agent victualler 59

York, HMS 34

Yorktown, British surrender at 47, 49