Commander Edward Hamilton Currey (1857-1916), a.k.a. E. Hamilton Currey, served in the Royal Navy.
He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1882. While commanding Bramble, Currey apparently committed an error in judgement about the charge used when firing a salute resulting in the death of a rating. However, shortly afterwards, he captured a Wahidi Chief who was causing problems near Aden. He was placed on the Retired List due to age in 1902 with the rank of Commander. Even so he had courses in Torpedo and Gunnery in 1908 and 1911.
At the start of the First World War Currey was recalled to active service and in 1915 he was appointed for duty with D.N.T.O., Liverpool, where he served until his death in 1916.
In 1910 he published a non-fiction work about Muslin corsairs and during the war wrote his series of books about navalofficer Ian Hardy. Few details of the books are known although I believe they were written for young boys. They may occasionally appear for sale on the internet.
Age of Sail: Fiction
AOS Naval Fiction |
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| Series: Ian Hardy | ||
| Year | Book | Comment |
| Ian Hardy, Naval Cadet | Ian Hardy is taken to sea by his uncle as a cadet | |
| Ian Hardy, Midshipman | (Nothing is known about this novel) | |
| Ian Hardy, Senior Midshipman | HMS Flora in the Mediterranean, Atlantic and off South America | |
| Ian Hardy Fighting the Moors | (Nothing is known about this novel) | |
Non-Fiction
AOS Naval Non-Fiction |
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| Series: n/a | ||
| Year | Book | Comment |
| Flag of the Prophet | The story of the era known as "The Grand Period of the Muslim Corsairs." | |