The naval chronicle the contemporary record of the Royal Navy at war; war reports, commanding officers' Gazette letters of naval actions, narratives taken from foreign sources, intelligence reports on the fleets of Europe and of the American Republic, letters from serving officers on naval strategy, tactics, gunnery, ship design, and professional concerns, and with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects Vol. 1 1793 - 1798 : ... containing a general and biographical history of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom from the occupation of Toulon to the battle of the Nile