Dewey Lambdin (1945-2021), a self-described navy brat, started sailing in 1976, with a special taste for cruising the Gulf of Mexico in his sloop. A Retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander and a member of the Naval Institute, he made his home in Nashville, Tennessee.
He wrote a series of books about Alan Lewrie, which starts in 1780 when Lewrie, who is a Rake, is sent to sea to get him out of the way
Age of Sail: Fiction
AOS Naval Fiction
Series: Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures
The King’s Coat : 1780: At the height of the American Revolution Alan Lewrie is sent to sea as a Midshipman to get him out of the way
The French Admiral : 1781: As Lewrie’s career advances, he finds the life of a naval officer suits him
The King’s Commission : 1782: Lewrie is commissioned as a First Officer
The King’s Privateer : 1783: With the war over Lewrie heads for Calcutta as 4th Lieutenant on an Indiaman
The Gun Ketch ; 1786: Lewrie has his own ship at last, the Alacrity.
HMS Cockerel : 1793: First Officer Lewrie takes command and becomes involved in the siege of Toulon
A King’s Commander : 1794: Lewrie is at The Glorious First of June battle
Jester’s Fortune : 1796: Lewrie, in command of HMS Jester is in the Adriatic
King’s Captain : 1797: Lewrie is promoted while mutiny rages through the fleet
Sea of Grey : 1797: Lewrie takes part in a British intervention on the French colony of Saint Domingue
Havoc's Sword : 1798: Can Lewrie be a diplomat as he deals with the US Navy
The Captain’s Vengeance : 1799: Lewrie is forced to relinquish his command
A King’s Trade : 1799: Lewrie heads for Cape Town and India
Troubled Waters : 1800: Lewrie has been sentenced him to hang for the theft of a dozen Black slaves
The Baltic Gambit : 1801: Lewrie is given command of the frigate Thermopylae and is present at the Battle of Copenhagen
King, Ship and Sword : 1803: With the peace over Lewrie makes a dangerous departure from Paris and soon has the chance to seek revenge.
The Invasion Year : Lewrie finds himself back in London to receive honors from the King and to defend the country from inavsion.
Reefs and Shoals : Lewrie is ordered to the Bahamas where he will hoist his broad pendant
Lewrie and the Hogsheads : Capt. Lewrie of the HMS Reliant has been stuck in Nassau Harbor (Short Story)
Hostile Shores : 1805: Lewrie's HMS Reliant joins the voyage that will culminate in the Battle of Cape Town
The King's Marauder : 1807: Lewrie has a new commission to a clumsy, slow two-decker Fourth Rate 50
Kings and Emperors : Lewrie is in Gibraltar commanding a clutch of harbor defense gunboats
A Hard, Cruel Shore : 1809: Lewrie is appointed Commodore of a small squadron assigned to prey upon French off Spain
A Fine Retribution : 1809: Lewrie is assigned to lead a raid
An Onshore Storm : Lewrie takes on his roughest adventure yet: maritime life beyond the Royal Navy
Much Ado About Lewrie : Lewrie loses his ship and his command when he receives news that Vigilance must return to England
Omnibus editions
For King and Country : The King’s Commission, The King’s Privateer, The Gun Ketch