Harry Collingwood is the pseudonym of William Joseph Cosens Lancaster (1851-1922), the son of a Royal Navy captain and educated at the Naval College, Greenwich. He was at sea from the age of 15 but had to abandon his Royal Navy career because of severe myopia. Between 1886 and 1913, whilst working as a marine engineer specializing in harbor design, he wrote 23 nautically based novels as "Harry Collingwood" which honoured his hero Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, Nelson's second in command at Trafalgar.
Many of his novels are not copyright in many countries and some are available as free eBooks.
Age of Sail: Fiction
AOS Naval Fiction
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A Pirate of the Caribbees : The efforts of a young officer, Courtenay
AOS Privateer Fiction
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The Log of a Privateersman : 1804: George Bowen completes his apprenticeship & becomes 2nd mate of a privateer
AOS Pirate Fiction
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The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer : George Saint Leger takes Nonsuch for a quick pirate strike into the Spanish-owned West Indies.
The Pirate Island : The few survivors of the wrecked ship have adventures ahead of them
AOS Other Nautical Fiction
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Two Gallant Sons of Devon: A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess : Two boys adrift are picked up by a privateer
Turned Adrift : The tale of what happened after a mutiny aboard the clipper barque Zenobia
The Castaways : Charles Conyers, R.N. joins the clipper ship City of Cawnpore as a passenger
Across the Spanish Main : Two boys from Devon set off to chase and capture Spanish treasure ships.
The Missing Merchantman : A struggle between mutineers and the ships passengers and crew
The Cruise of the "Esmeralda” : Captain Saint Leger sets out to find treasure.
For Treasure Bound : Harry and boyhood friend Bob Trunnion embark on a quest with a treasure-map