David Syrett

Biographic Data

ID297048
NAMEDavid Syrett
GIVEN NAMESDavid
FAMILY NAMESyrett
SIGNATURESYRETT D
AFFILIATIONSQueens College, CUNY
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS33
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT33
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1964
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
H-INDEX0

  • The Navy Board and Transports for Cartagena, 1740

    Open AccessDavid SyrettARTICLEWar in History2002

    The movement of British troops across the Atlantic to attack Cartagena during the War of Jenkins’s Ear was the first large British transatlantic troop movement in history. To carry these troops to Cartagena, the British government had to charter merchant ships to serve as transports. It was the responsibility of the navy board, an agency of the civil administration of the Royal Navy, to hire the required number of ships and to establish procedure…

  • Merchant Shipping in the Service of the Navy Board

    Open AccessDavid SyrettARTICLEThe Journal of Transport History2001

    The War of Austrian Succession marked the first time a large number of British warships served in the Mediterranean and West Indies. To supply them, the Royal Navy used merchant ships to carry naval stores. The vessels were hired on short-term space charters. These agreements stipulated that the ships would be inspected by government officials, that they would sail in convoy, and that demurrage would be paid in the event of delay. Shipowners foun…

  • Planned Invasion of Japan, 1945

    David SyrettARTICLEIsis2001

  • This penurious old reptile

    Open AccessDavid SyrettARTICLEHistorical Research2001

    This article is an account of Rear-Admiral James Gambier when he commanded the Royal Navy at New York during the American Revolutionary War

  • Neptune's Militia

    David Syrett, James A LewisARTICLEJournal of American History2000

    Journal Article Neptune's Militia: The Frigate South Carolina during the American Revolution. By James A. Lewis. (Kent: Kent State University Press, 1999. x, 235 pp. $39.00, ISBN 0-87338-632-9.) Get access David Syrett David Syrett London, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 2, September 2000, Pages 652–653, https://doi.org/10.2307/2568803 Published: 01 Sep…

  • The Raising of American Troops for Service in the West Indies during the War of Austrian Succession, 1740-1

    Open AccessDavid SyrettARTICLEHistorical Research2000

    This article is an account of the raising and dispatch to the West Indies of a regiment of troops recruited in the American colonies for the Vernon-Cathcart expedition to Cartagena on the Spanish Main

  • Pen & Ink Sailor

    David Syrett, John E TalbottARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1999

  • The British Armed Forces in the American Revolutionary War

    David SyrettARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1999

  • The Royal Navy in European Waters during the American Revolutionary War

    Daniel A Baugh, David SyrettARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1999

  • The Royal Navy in European Waters during the American Revolutionary War

    Richard Buel, Richard Buel Jr et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1999

    Journal Article The Royal Navy in European Waters during the American Revolutionary War. By David Syrett. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1998. xiv, 213 pp. $24.95, ISBN 1-57003-238-6.) Get access Richard Buel, Jr. Richard Buel, Jr. Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 86, Issue 2, September 1999, Page 756, https://do…

  • The Defeat of the German U-Boats

    Timothy P Mulligan, David Syrett et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1997

  • The Victualling Board Charters Shipping, 1739–1748

    Open AccessDavid SyrettARTICLEInternational Journal of Maritime…1997

  • Prelude to Victory

    Open AccessDavid SyrettARTICLEHistorical Research1997

    This article describes and analyses a critical convoy battle at the darkest period of the Battle of the Atlantic

  • The Papers of George Washington

    David Syrett, W W Abbot et al.ARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1997

  • Christopher Atkinson and the Victualling Board, 1775-82

    Open AccessDavid SyrettARTICLEHistorical Research1996

    This article is a study of a grain merchant in the City of London and corrupt contracting with the Victualling Board during the American War, 1775-82

  • The Defeat of the German U-Boats

    Dennis E Showalter, David Syrett et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1995

    Journal Article The Defeat of the German U-Boats: The Battle of the Atlantic. By David Syrett. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1994. xvi, 344 pp. $39.95, ISBN and To Die Gallantly: The Battle of the Atlantic. Ed. by Timothy J. Runyan and Jan M. Copes. Boulder: Westview, 1994. xxvi, 347 pp. Cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-8133-8815-5. Paper, $17.85, Get access D. E. Showalter D. E. Showalter Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado Search …

  • The Victualling Board Charters Shipping, 1775-82

    Open AccessDavid SyrettARTICLEHistorical Research1995References: 1

  • Lone Wolf

    David Syrett, Timothy P MulliganARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1994

  • Operation Drumbeat

    David Syrett, Michael Gannon et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1991

  • The Royal Navy in American Waters, 1775-1783

    Mary B Wickwire, Mary Wickwire et al.ARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1991

  • Naval Documents of the American Revolution

    David Syrett, William Bell Clark et al.ARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1988

  • The Secret War and the Historians

    Open AccessDavid SyrettARTICLEArmed Forces & Society1983

  • The American Revolution

    Open AccessDavid SyrettARTICLEArmed Forces & Society1979

  • The Lost War

    Clyde R Ferguson, Marion Balderston et al.ARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1977

  • The Lost War

    Paul D Nelson, Marion Balderston et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1976

    Journal Article The Lost War: Letters from British Officers during the American Revolution. Ed. by Marion Balderston and David Syrett. (New York: Horizon, 1975. xi + 237 pp. Notes and index. $11.95.) Get access Paul David Nelson Paul David Nelson Berea College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 63, Issue 2, September 1976, Pages 396–397, https://doi.org/10.2307/1899668 Publ…