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THE HARWICH NAVAL FORCES
THE HARWICH
NAVAL FORCES
_Their Part in the Great War_
BY
E.F. KNIGHT
AUTHOR OF "WHERE THREE EMPIRES MEET,"
"THE CRUISE OF THE 'FALCON,'" "THE 'FALCON' ON THE BALTIC," ETC.
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON, NEW YORK, TORONTO
MCMXIX
PREFACE
Recent visits that were made to Harwich for the purpose of writing a
series of articles on the Harwich Naval Forces for the _Morning Post_
suggested to me the amplification of these articles and their
reproduction in the form of a little book. This does not profess to be
anything more than a summary of the gallant doings of the Harwich
Forces in the course of the war. The full history, no doubt, will be
written some day. But this, I hope, may serve as a record that will
enable many to realise better what Britain owes to the Navy, and what
a great work was done by the light cruisers, destroyers, submarines,
and auxiliary vessels that had Harwich as their base throughout the
war.
For the purposes of this book I have referred to no official records.
Conversations with those who were eye-witnesses of and participators
in the events that I have here described have served as my sole source
of information.
My thanks are due to the naval officers who so readily assisted me in
my quest while I was in Harwich, and to the _Morning Post_ for the
kind permission which I have received to publish in book form my
articles that appeared in that paper.
E.F.K.
CONTENTS
_Part I_
THE HARWICH FORCE
CHAPTER I
PAGE
THE OPENING OF THE WAR 5
The light cruisers and destroyers--Harwich in war
time--The Harwich Force goes out--The first shots
of the naval war--Sinking of the _Koenigin
Luise_--Loss of the _Amphion_.