will be published:
A Dangerous Game - Thomas Cochrane's Life on the Edge by Sunday Times bestselling historian Peter Moore.

even all of the above mentioned books about Cochrane and are curious to learn more about this exceptional and compelling officer there is good news!
In 2026 a new and superbly researched book about Cochrane...

To anyone who wants to read up on Cochrane I recommend the following biographies:
David Cordingly: Cochrane the Dauntless
Ian Grimble: Sea Wolf (revised edition published in 2000)
Donald Thomas: Cochrane -Britannia's Sea Wolf
E.G. Twitchett: Life of a Seaman

For those who already have read one or

been thoroughly looked into are his patents,inventions and his collaboration with Isambard Brunel to develop a tunneling shield to build the first Thames tunnel.Cochrane is also the inventor of the first airlock which was used in an attempt to dig a tunnel underthe Hudson river in 1879.

..,for parliamentary reform and universal suffrage he was, among Sir Francis Burdett and others, one of those politicians who laid the early foundations for the 1832 Reform Act and of the electoral system we nowadays enjoy in democratic societies.
Another part of his life which has not yet..

career,for example,has never been extensively looked into by any biographer.Most of them simply dismiss his involvement in politics as one of his biggest mistakes,a decision he made which certainly turned out to have a terrible impact on his naval career and personal life.Fighting against corruption

widely unknown. There are numerous biographies, most of them still available, but only few are really well researched and even in these well researched books errors can be found!
None of these biographies cover all aspects of his eventful life which would easily fill a 4 volume set. His political...

I will need the permission of the 15th Earl of Dundonald. Most of Cochrane's papers are not (yet) catalogued 😅. I am currently reading the manuscript of a new book which will be published in September 2026. Peter Moore, historian and writer, did a lot of research and unearthed some important bits.

I will probably enjoy a similar view in May. I plan a visit to have a look into Cochrane's papers.

festoons as the masts jerked from side to side. After 15 days they arrived in Port Mahon.
It was a demanding test of Cochrane's seamanship and leadership skills and earned him his promotion of commander of HMS Speedy.

During the 700 mile voyage they ran into bad weather which damaged the poorly repaired 74-gun ship. The rigging had been set up so badly that the shrouds were alternately strained almost to breaking point and then loosely drooping like...

I doubt that Cochrane ever had a manic look in his eyes except in some embellished internet stories about him. 🙂

Most people have only gone down a very shallow Cochrane hole. There is a superbly researched book on Cochrane about to be published next year. In the meantime I suggest to read Cordingly's COCHRANE THE DAUNTLESS for a start.

.... the less was its depth, which is a paradox we cannot solve.

...not find more than five and an half, or a quarter less six fathoms; it was then about half ebb:" (p. 88) and in another part, "I had, only between four and an half, and five "fathoms, nearly at the top of high water" which shews, that the higher the water rose,...