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Author McLean, John.

Title A mission of honour : the Royal Navy in the Pacific 1769-1997 / John McLean
Published Derby, UK ; Wellington, N.Z. : Winter Productions, [2010]
©2010

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Description 518 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents 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
Summary Covering more than two centuries, from Captain Cook to the handover of Hong Kong shows how the Royal Navy explored, surveyed and charted, fought in wars, and raised the Union Jack to create new colonies such as Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. Britian's gift to the Pacific has been sea power, peace and security to the world's largest ocean
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History.
Great Britain. Royal Navy. Pacific Station. -- History
Military missions.
Naval history -- Pacific Ocean.
Naval history.
Sea-power -- Great Britain -- History.
Sea-power -- Pacific Ocean.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- History, Naval. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056843
ISBN 1872970230
9781872970233