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Age of Sail, Book Reviews, Equipment Capability, First World War, Geopolitics, Military History, Napoleonic Wars, Naval History, Second World War, Ukraine
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Book Reviews, 3 March
03 Mar 23
The latest book reviews have been published, covering a history of those ships named HMS London, a two-volume look at the […]
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Naval History, Age of Sail, American Revolution, Black History, Caribbean, Learning From The Past, Napoleonic Wars, Naval Tactics, Trade Interdiction and Protection
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John Perkins: A Black Commander on the Jamaica Station
By DAVID CHILDS,
23 Feb 23
Ed. The author surveys the naval career of John Perkins, a black Jamaican and contemporary of Nelson, whose buccaneering career in the Caribbean met with considerable success and embodied the Royal Navy’s trade interdiction mission in those waters. A 15 minute read.
