Julian Stockwin
Julian Stockwin joined the Royal Navy when he was fourteen and went on to serve for eight years with the Royal Australian Navy, seeing active service with a carrier task force. He was one of the survivors of the collision between the aircraft Melbourne and the destroyer Voyager, which sank taking the lives of eighty-two men. Julian retired a Lieutenant Commander and now lives in Devon with his wife Kathy, writing and travelling the world on location research.
He is writing a series of books about Thomas Kydd and his friend Nicholas Renzi. It starts in 1793 when Kydd, a wigmaker from Guilford, has been taken by a press gang.
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Series: Thomas Kydd |
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Year |
Book | Comment |
| 1793 | Kydd |
As a newly pressed landsman Kydd serves aboard HMS Duke William |
| 1794 | Artemis | Kydd travels to China and across the Pacific aboard Artemis rising to become acting Quartermaster |
| Seaflower | Kydd is sent to the Caribbean where he is eventually promoted to masters mate | |
| 1797 | Mutiny | Kydd is involved in the Nore mutiny and the Battle of Camperdown following which he is promoted to Lieutenant |
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1798 |
Quarterdeck |
Kydd is a junior Lieutenant aboard Tenacious serving in Canada and becoming involved in the formation of the United States Navy |
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1798 |
Tenacious |
Kydd takes part in the Battle of the Nile |
| Command | Kydd is promoted to Commander of Teazer serving in Malta | |
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1803 |
Kydd, back in command of Teazer as war breaks out again, shows interest in the Admiral's daughter. | |
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A Privateer's Revenge |
Kydd must leave the Navy in disgrace, but he is offered the command of a privateer. | |
| Invasion |
Restored to duty Kydd becomes involved with inventor Robert Fulton |
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| 1805 | Victory |
Kydd is present at the Battle of Trafalgar |
| Conquest | Kydd joins an expedition to take Dutch-held Cape Town | |
| Betrayal | (Not yet published - available June 2012) | |
AOS Other Non Fiction
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Series: n/a |
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Year |
Book | Comment |
| Stockwin's Maritime Miscellany | A Ditty Bag of Wonders from the Golden Age of Sail | |
The author’s official web site is julianstockwin.com
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