Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Ship Ashore! Lost, but Not Forgotten
Chapter 2. Hazard, Landmark, Food: A Hidden Mountain
Chapter 3. L’Inconstante: A Place in the Navy
Chapter 4. France’s Saint-Domingue Campaign: The Best and the Worst of Times
Chapter 5. The Prize: A Ship by Another Name
Chapter 6. Great Britain’s Convert Convoy: Duty versus Profit
Chapter 7. The Wreck of the Ten Sail: Breakers Ahead, Close to Us!
Chapter 8. What Remains: Links to the Past
Conclusion
Appendix A. Inventory of L’Inconstante
Appendix B. Condemnation of L’Inconstante
Appendix C. Biographical Sketch of John Lawford
Appendix D. Data from the Muster Table of HMS Convert
Appendix E. Ships in the Convert Convoy, 1794
Appendix F. Salvage Account of HMS Convert
Notes
Bibliography
Index