_Aeolus_ Oily
_Anson_ Handsome
_Agamemnon_ Aggie, _also_ Mother Weston
_Alexandra_ Alex
_Ajax_ Queen of Hearts
_Andromache_ Andrew Mark
_Apollo_ Pollie
_Ariadne_ Harry Agony, _also_ Hairy Annie
_Bacchante_ Boozer, _also_ Black Shanty
_Belleisle_ Belle-isle
_Bellerophon_ Bellyfull
_Black Prince_ British Public
_Brilliant_ Hair Wash
_Caesar_ Gripes
_Calliope_ Cally-ope
_Cambrian_ Taffy
_Camperdown_ Scamperdown
_Circe_ Sirse
_Collingwood_ Collywobbles
_Colossus_ Costly
_Conqueror_ Corncurer
_Cornwallis_ Colliwobbles
_Cumberland_ Cumbersome
_Curacoa_ Cocoa
_Curlew_ Curly
_Cyclops_ Sickly
_Daphne_ Duffer
_Devastation_ Devy
_Diana_ Die Anyhow
_Dido_ Diddler
_Donegal_ Don’t Again
_Duke of Wellington_ The Dook
_Dreadnought_ Fearnought
_Endymion_ Andy Man
_Fantome_ Ghost
_Galatea_ Gal to Tea
_Gibraltar_ Gib
_Glory_ Ruddigore
_Gorgon_ Guzzler
_Grasshopper_ Grass Bug
_Hannibal_ Annie Bell
_Hawke_ Awkward
_Hecate_ Tom Cat
_Hercules_ Her-cules
_Hermione_ Hermy-one
_Highflyer_ Aeroplane
_Hindustan_ Dusty One
_Hogue_ Road Hog
_Howe_ Anyhow
_Illustrious_ Lusty
_Immortalité_ Immortal Light, _also_ Immorality
_Imperieuse_ Impy
_Indefatigable_ Antipon
_Iphigenia_ Silly Jane
_Isis_ Icy
_Jupiter_ Jupes
_King Alfred_ Alfie
_King Edward_ Neddie, _also_ King Ned
_Lancaster_ Lanky
_Leda_ Bleeder
_Lion_ Liar, _also_ Lie On
_Magnificent_ Maggie
_Melpomene_ Melpo-mean
_Montagu_ Montie
_Narcissus_ Nasty Sister
_Niger_ Nigger
_Nile_ Jew
_Northampton_ Northo’, _also_ Bradlaugh
_Northumberland_ Northo’
_Onyx_ Only One
_Pandora_ Paddler
_Penelope_ Penny Lope
_Perseus_ Percy
_Philomel_ Filly
_Polyphemus_ Polly
_Prince George_ P.G.
_Psyche_ Sue, _or_ Sukey, _also_ Sickly
_Queen Elizabeth_ Black Bess, _also_ Bessie, _also_ Lizzie
_Ramillies_ Mutton Chop
_Rattlesnake_ Ratto
_Repulse_ Beecham
_Resolution_ Reso
_Royal Sovereign_ Royal Quid
_Salamander_ Sally and her Ma
_Sanspareil_ San Pan
_Scylla_ Silly
_Seagull_ Gull
_Sheldrake_ Shell Out
_St. Vincent_ Saint
_Sutlej_ Suble J.
_Tartar_ Emetic
_Téméraire_ Temmy
_Terrible_ Orrible
_Undaunted_ Dauntless
_Yarmouth_ Lunatic
_Warspite_ War Spider
_Note._--From time to time Nicknames vary, as occasionally they are
bestowed by other ships. This list is not quite complete on that
account.
FOOTNOTES
[1] Most of the criticism past and present of the Barnaby era is
rendered worthless by an ignoring of this report.
[2] This is instanced by the increasing ahead fire given to the
broadside ironclads.
[3] _Our Ironclad Ships._
[4] In this connection see _Imperieuse_ and _Warspite_ later on.
[5] _Naval Developments of the Century_, by Sir N. Barnaby, pp. 163–164.
[6] Re-designed to give extra protection.
[7] _See_ Reed Era.
[8] In the Chili-Peruvian War--as late as 1879–81--a torpedo fired from
the _Huascar_ did this.
[9] The full report is to be found in Part IV of _Brassey’s Naval
Annual_, 1888–9.
[10] It is worthy of note that these ships were abnormally
“over-gunned” according to the ideas which were then in official
favour, and which, later on, came more into favour still. The same
applies to the _Arethusa_ class.
[11] It is interesting to note that the Laird firm, who built the
_Rattlesnake_, which was easily the fastest of her class, made her
engines considerably heavier than Admiralty specifications. For this
they were fined £1,000, which sum, however, was remitted after the
brilliant success of the ship in the manœuvres above referred to.
[12] Mr. W. T. Stead, who edited the _Pall Matt Gazette_ at that time,
intimated some twenty years later that Lord Fisher was behind him in
commencing the agitation. Lord Charles Beresford, then in political
life, brought the Bill forward.
[13] In 1899 the _Blake_ was re-boilered. The ships remained upon the
effective list till 1906, when they were converted into sea-going depot
ships for destroyers, most of their guns being removed. They now carry
each 670 tons of coal of their own, and 470 tons stowed in one cwt.
bags for use by destroyers.
[14] This ship very greatly exceeded her nominal displacement of 14,200
tons. She was actually 15,400 tons. The essentially White ships were,
on the other hand, of about their nominal displacement. Of the _Hood_
it may further be added that she was greatly inferior to the others as
a sea-boat--a serious set-off against her superior big gun protection.
[15] 4 _Astræas_ = 8--6in., 16--4.7. 5 _Apollos_ = 10--6in., 15--4.7
[16] The _Lynch_ and _Condell_ (launched 1890) sank the Chilian _Blanco
Encalada_ in 1891; the _G. Sampaio_ (1893) the Brazilian _Aquidaban_ in
1894.
[17] In 1894 the _Thunderer_ had her upper works painted in black and
white chequers, like the old three-deckers of the Nelson era. Ships
with the top of their upper works yellow were also not uncommon.
[18] About 1902–3 four additional casemates for 6-inch guns were added
on top of the four amidship casemates.
[19] The large tube Yarrow, now so general, did not appear till at a
later date.
[20] Comparatively recently a ship--best left unnamed--made wonderful
speed. With a new Engineer Commander she suddenly lost 25 per cent. of
her horse-power. The newcomer was rather inexperienced in the type, and
closely followed Admiralty regulations. Presently the ship recovered
her power--he had given up following the book! It is only fair to
say that the restrictive regulations of the Admiralty were mostly
forced upon them by people ashore, who probably had not even a nodding
acquaintance with the engine-room of a warship, or warship requirements.
[21] This idea was borrowed from the Continent. Germany had long
adopted batteries, and nearly every other nation had followed suit.
[22] Also under Naval Defence Act an additional sum of £10,000,000,
spread over seven years.
[23] The _Nelsons_ were delayed in completion, as the 12-inch guns made
for them were appropriated for the _Dreadnought_, in order to ensure
rapid completion of that ship.
[24] To some extent this is probably true of slower firing of larger
guns. The only warships with single 12-inch--the Italian _Victor
Emanuele_ class--have generally achieved almost as many hits at target
practice as the _Brine_, with two pairs of 12-inch. Improved mountings
have since appeared, but certain advantages still seem inevitable to
the single gun. Its disadvantage lies, of course, in much extra weight,
and to-day in the space question also.
[25] Armament recently altered to 9--4 inch.
[26] They had a bow tube besides broadside tubes. This bow tube was
soon done away with and a couple of 6-pounders substituted.
[27] The vessels of the _Amalfi_ class designed by Col. Cuniberti in
1899 were of 8,000 tons displacement; they were to have been armed with
twelve 203-m/m (8-inch), twelve 76-m/m (12-pounders), and twelve 47-m/m
(3-pounders). The armour belt was 152-m/m (6-inches) thick, as also was
the armour of the battery and of the turrets. The engines were to be
19,000 H.P., and the speed with 15,000 H.P. was to be 22 knots.
[28] The _Vittorio Emanuele_ proved a most successful ship, answering
all expectations of her. One of her chief novelties was the employment
of a special girder construction, and the scientific reduction of
all superfluous weights upon a scale never before attempted. Though
apparently lightly built the ship was found to be abnormally strong.
[29] The false impression that a British battleship could be built in
about a third of the time that German ships take to construct had far
more to do with subsequent shipbuilding reductions than any deliberate
ignoring of naval needs, such as those responsible were accused of.
[30] They first appeared, as already recorded, in British cruisers
of the _Minotaur_ class. Their safety record is to be found in the
survival of the _Pallada_ at Port Arthur; their inconvenience in the
fact that in the _Neptune_ they were abandoned.
[31] These were announced as intended to carry four 12-inch and eight
10-inch, besides smaller guns. The 10-inch proved later on to be
mythical.
[32] American scientific gunnery rather post-dates the _South Carolina_
design.
[33] It should be remembered that alterations were made in the
_Invincible_ class in the course of construction, and this probably
helped to swell the cost.
[34] In the Chinese ships _Ting Yuen_ and _Chen Yuen_, built in Germany
in 1882 with big guns _en échelon_, the former had the port big guns
foremost, the latter the starboard ones--presumably an appreciation
of and an attempt to overcome the inherent defect of the échelon
system--the two ships being intended to fight in company, and so have
one of the two always in the best fighting position were the enemy
anywhere on the beam or quarter.
[35] The torpedo, for example, may possibly bring about something
of the sort by a state of speed and accuracy which leads to heavy
or anticipated heavy long-range losses from it in fleet actions. To
offer only one-fifth or so of the target would then be a serious
consideration.
[36] This is rumoured to have been abandoned for oil fuel.
[37] Something of the same kind was also observed about 1870 or
earlier, when a Whitworth gun punched through a 6-inch iron plate!
[38] Since these words were written the _Lusitania_ has been torpedoed.
I see no reason whatever to alter the original thesis.
[39] Dean Swift in “Gulliver’s Travels” described almost exactly the
moons of Mars long before their existence was ever suspected.
[40] Of these, the third in either case was built or put together in
Australia.
[41] Now renamed _Zelandia_.
[42] In May, 1912, the _New Zealand_ was definitely handed over to the
British Navy. The _Australia_ still remains a Commonwealth ship.
[43] See Vol. I., Chap. III. No less a man than Sir Francis Drake
appears to have invented “spit and polish.”
[44] See Vol. I., page 194.
[45] The minimum is given in each case.
Index.
Aboukir, Battle of, 152, v. i
Abuses, Naval, 65, v. i
Acquitaine, 11, v. i
Admiral Bacon’s Theory, 204, v. ii
Admiral Hopkins--Earliest Advocate of Centre-Line in England, 179, v.
ii
Aerial Bombs First Provided Against, 173, v. ii
Aerial Dreadnoughts, 171, v. ii
Aerial Experiments in Austria, 228, v. ii
Aerial Guns, 226, v. ii
Aeroplanes for Naval Purposes, 226, v. ii
Agreement with the Colonies, Naval, 237, v. ii
Aircraft, Possibilities of, 95, v. i
Aircraft, Potentialities in, 228, v. i
Alexander, 162, v. i
Alexandria, 163, v. i
Alfred the Great, 1, 14, v. i
Alfred, King, 60, 73, v. i
Algiers, 59, v. i
All-Big-Gun Ship Arguments, 143, v. ii
Alterations to “Lion,” 185, v. ii
Alternative “Dreadnought” Ideal, 165, v. ii
Alva, Duke of, 48, v. i
American Colonies Revolution, 124, v. i
American Frigates, 189, v. i
Americanising of British Naval Designs, 176, v. ii
American Monitors and Conning Towers, 272, v. i
American Monitors, limitations of, 292, v. i
American Navy, 189, v. i
American War, 189, v. i
Amiens, Peace of, 163, v. i
Anson, Commodore, 109, v. i
“Answer” British, to frégates blindées, 249, v. i
Antigua, 172, v. i
Antwerp, 183, v. i
Appreciation of Barnaby, 49, v. ii
Arch Duke Charles, 98, v. i
Archers, English, 27, v. i
Armada, Defeat of, 57, v. i
Armada, Delayed, 48, v. i
Armada, Force of, 49, v. i
Armada, Indifferent Gunnery of, 50, v. i
Armada, Real History of, 57, v. i
Armament, Ratio of Size, 95, v. i
Armed Neutrality, The, 161, v. i
Armour, 204, v. ii
Armoured Cruisers Re-appear, 101, v. ii
Armour Experiments at Woolwich, 219, v. i
Armoured Forecastles, 284, v. i
Armoured Scouts, 197, v. ii
Armstrong and Percussion Shell, 227, v. i
“Army of Invasion,” 170, v. i
Articles of War, 11, v. i
Artificial Ventilation, 225, v. i
Armstrong, Guns of, 241, v. i
Artillery, Superior, 229, v. i
Assize of Arms, The, 10, v. i
Athelston, 7, v. i
Australia, Navy of, 233, v. ii
Auxiliary Navies, 231, v. ii
Battle of Trafalgar, 177, v. i
Belle Island Captured, 122, v. i
Berwick Captured by French (1795), 138, v. i
Blockade, Scientific, First Instituted, 120, v. i
Blockade Work, 165, v. i
Bomb Dropping, 226, 228, v. ii
Bombs from Airships, 228, v. ii
Bomb Vessels Introduced, 87, v. i
Bonaparte (see Napoleon), 230, v. i
Bordelais Captured, 158, v. i
Boscawen, 120, v. i
Boswell, Invention of, 107, v. i
Bounty, 200, v. i
Bounty, Given by Henry VII, 36, v. i
Bounty to Seamen, 234, v. i
Bourbon, Isle of, Captured, 185, v. i
Box-Battery Ironclads, 318, v. i
Brading, Battle of, 5, v. i
Breaking the Line, First Attempt at, 128, v. i
Breaking the Line by Rodney, 129, v. i
Breastwork Monitors, 292, 307, 308, v. i
Breech Blocks, Elementary, 320, v. i
Breechloaders, Armstrongs, 320, v. i
Brest, 157, v. i
Brest, Cornwallis off, 172, v. i
Bridport, 139, v. i
Brig Sloop of 18 Guns, 178, v. i
British Battle Fleet, 257, v. i
British Defects in the Crimean War, 234, v. i
British Empire, an English-Speaking Confederation, 241, v. ii
British Flag, 75, v. i
British and French Ideals, 249, v. i
British v. French Ships Discussed in Parliament, 37, v. i
British Guns, 232, v. i
British Merchant Ships Trade with Russia During War, 186, v. i
British Methods of Warfare, 41, v. i
British Navy, Birth of, 34, v. i
British Squadron, Defeat of, 186, v. i
British Tactics, 231, v. i
Broadside Ironclads, 257, v. i
Broke, Captain, 189, v. i
Brown, Samuel, Invents a Propeller (1825), 216, v. i
Bruat, 234, v. i
Brueys, 152, v. i
Bruix, 154, v. i
Buckingham, Duke of, 65, v. i
Bullivant Torpedo Defence, 53, v. ii
Burchett, 92, v. i
Burgoyne, Alan H., 59, v. i
Burgoyne, Captain, 288, v. i
Bushnell, David, and his Submarine, 124, v. i
Busk, Hans, 237, v. i
Busses, 11, v. i
Byng, 99, v. i
Byng, Shot, 116, v. i
Cadiz, 171, v. i
Cadiz, Collingwood off, 175, v. i
Calais, 27, 30, 33, v. i
Colder, 172, v. i
Calcutta, Recapture of (1757), 119, v. i
Calypso, 237, v. ii
Campaign of Trafalgar (Corbett), 170, v. i
Camperdown, Battle of, 150, v. i
Canada Acquired by England, 123, v. i
Canadian Dockyards, 237, v. ii
Canadian Navy, 237, v. ii
Cannon, Early, 38, v. i
Cannon, First use of, 29, v. i
Canute, 8, v. i
Cape St. Vincent, Battle of (1759), 121, v. i
“Capital Ship” Adjusts Itself, 218, v. ii
Capital Ship, Galley Replaced by Galleon, 27, v. i
Cape La Hogue, Battle of, 90, v. i
Capraja, “Queen Charlotte” blown up off (1880), 160, v. i
“Captain,” Nelson in, 142, v. i
Carronades, 129, v. i
Carronades, Part of Armament, 201, v. i
Cartagena, Vernon Fails at, 109, v. i
Catapults, 15, 30, 38, v. i
Catherine the Great, 154, v. i
Cayenne Captured, 184, v. i
Cellular Construction, 267, v. i
Central Africa, 232, v. ii
Central Battery Ironclads, 292, v. i
Centre-line, System, 179, v. ii
Cerberus, 232, v. ii
Cette, 103, v. i
Chads, Captain and Gunnery Experiments, 220, v. i
Chads, Captain, 223, v. i
Chagres Bombarded, 109, v. i
Channel Policed, 10, v. i
Channel Protected by Merchants, 33, v. i
Chappel, Captain, 215, v. i
Charles I, 65, v. i
Charles II, 81, v. i
Charles, Prince, 73, v. i
Charring, 107, v. i
Charter of Ethelred, 8, v. i
Chartres, Duke of, 126, v. i
Chateau, Renault, 96, v. i
Chatham, Earl of, 183, v. i
Christian VII, 180, v. i
Cinque Ports, 22, 29, 35, v. i
Cinque Ports Established, 10, v. i
Civil War, 75, v. i
Claxton, Captain, 215, v. i
Clive, 119, v. i
Clothing, 65, v. i
Clydebank, 188, v. ii
Coal, Larger Store of, Affects
Construction, 263, v. i
Coal Stores, 185, v. ii
“Coastals,” 199, v. ii
“Coastal Destroyers,” 199, v. ii
Coast Defence Ironclads, 199, v. ii
Coat of Mail Idea, 249, v. i
Cockpit, Horrors of, 204, v. i
Cochrane, Lord, and Fire Ships, 183, v. i
Cochrane Opposes Vote of Thanks to Lord Gambier, 183, v. i
Code of Naval Discipline, 12, v. i
Colonials and Local Defence, 237, v. ii
Colour Experiments, 89, v. ii
Command of the Sea (First Appearance of), 75, v. i
Commerce Defence, 75, v. i
Commission, Report of (1806), 187, v. i
Compass, 12, v. i
Coles, Captain Cowper, 272, v. i
Coles, Captain, 280, v. i
Coles, 275, v. i
Coles, Captain, 284, v. i
Collingwood Incompetent, 202, v. i
Collingwood, Resignation of, 148, v. i
Colomb, Admiral, Quoted, 53, v. i
Communication Tube, First for
Conning Tower, 318, v. i
Conflict Between Steam and Gas Engines, 201, v. ii
Congreve Rocket, 236, v. i
Conning Towers in American Monitors, 272, v. i
Constantinople Bombarded, 179, v. i
Continuous Service, 251, v. ii
Contractors, Unscrupulous, 65, v. i
Contemporary Art, 195, v. i
Contraband of War, 161, v. i
Contract-Built Ships First Advocated, 280, v. i
Controller of the Navy and Constructor, Disputes Between, 258, v. i
Converted Ironclads, 257, 258, v. i
Convoys, 92, v. i
Cook, Captain, 115, v. i
Copper Bottoms, 123, v. i
Copper Bottoms, Rapid Deterioration of, 129, v. i
Copenhagen, 161, v. i
Cornwall, Captain, 108, v. i
Cornwallis off Brest, 172, v. i
Cornwallis, 139, v. i
Corsairs, 91, 102, v. i
Cost per Gun for Sailing Man-of-War, 238, v. i
Cost per Gun for Steamers, 238, v. i
Cotton, Sir Charles, 184, v. i
Crimean War, British Defects in, 237, v. i
Crimean War, the British Navy in: Little Better than a Paper Force,
228, v. i
Cromwell, 73, v. i
Cronstadt, 226, v. i
Cross Raiding, 75, v. i
Cruisers of the Super-Dreadnought Era, 188, v. ii
Crusaders, 10, v. i
“Conditional” Ships, 174, v. ii
Cost of Oak, 132, v. i
Cost per Gun for Early Ironclads, 238, v. i
Cumberland, Inventor of Stoving, 107, v. i
Cuniberti, 179, v. ii
Cuniberti’s Conception of All Big-Gun ships, 139, v. ii
Curtis, Captain of the Fleet, 136, v. i
Curtiss Aeroplane, 226, v. ii
Curtiss Turbines, 196, v. ii
Cutting Out Expeditions Instituted, 41, v. i
Daedalus, 221, v. ii
“Dandy” Captains, 195, v. i
“Dandy” Sailors, 195, v. i
Danes, 1, v. i
Danish Fleet Surrendered, 162, v. i
Danish Ships Hired, 5, v. i
Darien, 108, v. i
Dawkins, Captain, 299, v. i
Dean, Sir Anthony, 94, v. i
Dean, Sir John, 94, v. i
Decline of the Navy, 43, v. i
De Conflans, 121, v. i
Defects of the échelon System, 179, v. ii
Defects of the “Royal Sovereigns,” 69, v. ii
De la Clue, 120, v. i
Delegates of Mutineers, 147, v. i
“Democracy on the Quarter Deck,” 257, v. ii
De Pontis, 102, v. i
De Witt, 79, v. i
Deptford Yard, 107, v. i
De Ruyter, 85, v. i
D’Estaing, 126, v. i
D’Estrees, 85, v. i
Descharges, Inventor of Portholes, 38, v. i
Destroyer Attack Bound to Succeed, 195, v. ii
Destroyers in the Dreadnought Era, 199, v. ii
De Tourville, 90, v. i
Devastation idea evolved, 232, v. ii
Devonport Yard, 191, v. ii
Dibden (ref.), 34, v. i
Diesel Engine, 201, v. ii
Dirigibles, 222, v. ii
Discipline, 20, v. i; 258, v. ii
Discipline, Jervis Idea of, 141, v. i
Discipline, Lack of, in time of Charles I, 66, v. i
Disputes Between the Controller of the Navy and Constructor, 258, v. i
Doctors, Naval, 256, v. ii
Dominion of Canada, 234, v. ii
D’Orvilliers, 125, v. i
Double Bottoms, 267, v. i
Dover, 219, v. i
Downs, Battle in (1639), 76, v. i
Drake, Character of, 48, v. i
Drake, Sir Francis, 47, v. i
Drake, Methods of, 48, v. i; 259, v. ii
Dreadnought (analogy), 69, v. i
Dreadnought, first idea of, 164, v. ii
Dromons, 33, v. i
Dropping Bombs, 226, v. ii
Dry Dock, First, 35, v. i
Dubourdieu, 186, v. i
Du Casse, 97, v. i
Ducas, 234, v. i
Duchess of Bedford and Uniform, 194, v. i
Ducking, 12, v. i
Duckworth, Sir John, 179, v. i
Duguay-Trouin, 92, 177, v. i
Dumanoir, 177, v. i
Duncan, 147, v. i
Dundonald, Earl of (Cochrane), 216, v. i
Dutch Fleet Captured by Anglo-Russian Force, 159, v. i
Dutch War, First, 75, v. i
Dutch War, Second, 81, v. i
Dutch War, Third, 83, v. i
Eagle attacked by Submarine, 124, v. i
Earliest Advocate of the centre-line in England, Admiral Hopkins,
179, v. ii
Early Aerial Ideas, 218, v. ii
Early Wire Guns, 247, v. i
Economists Limit Lint and Sponges, 207, v. i
Economists on Shore, 201, v. i
Economy, 36, 114, v. i
Economy in Construction, 97, v. i
Edgar, 7, v. i
Edmund, 7, v. i
Edward I, 22, v. i
Edward II, 23, v. i
Edward III, 23, v. i
Edward IV, 33, v. i
Edward the Confessor, 8, v. i
Effects of Shell Fire, 219, v. i
Egyptian Government, 232, v. ii
Electro, 219, v. i
Elementary Quickfirers, 243, v. i
Elizabeth, 73, v. i
Elizabeth, First Acts of, 44, v. i
Elizabethan Fleet, 73, v. i
Elphinstone, Captain in Russian Navy, 154, v. i
Elswick, 227, v. i; 232, v. ii
End-on Fire, 176, v. ii
End-on Idea, 179, v. ii
End of the White Era, 116, v. ii
Engineer Agitation, 247, v. ii
Engines of “Glatton” built in Royal Dockyard, 311, v. i
England, Austria, and Sweden at war, 180, v. i
“Equal Efficiency,” 215, v. ii
Ericsson, 272, v. i
Ericsson Patents Propeller (1836), 216, v. i
Espagnols-sur-Mer, Les, 29, v. i
Ethelred’s Navy, 8, v. i
Excellence of the “Warrior” Class, 121, v. ii
Experiments, Gunnery, 219, v. i
Experiments to Improve Sailing Ships, 211, v. i
“Explosion” Vessels, 182, v. i
Eustace the Monk, 21, v. i
Feeding of Men During Great War, 200, v. i
Ferrol, 96, 172, v. i
Fight--Shannon (British) v. Chesapeake (U.S.), 189, v. i
Finisterre, 172, v. i
Finisterre, Rodney off, 127, v. i
Fire, Raking, 211, v. i
Fire Ships, 54, 84, 182, v. i
Fire Ships, Decline of, 131, v. i
Fireworks, Use of, 69, v. i
First English Over-Sea Voyage, 11, v. i
First of June, Battle of, 135, v. i
First Ship of Royal Navy, 35, v. i
Fisher, Admiral Lord, 247, v. ii
Flag, Neutral, 161, v. i
Fleet Decoyed Away, 172, v. i
Fleet Saved by a Military Officer, 103, v. i
Fleet of Richard I, 10, v. i
Floating Batteries, First Use of, 130, v. i
Florida Acquired by England, 123, v. i
Flotilla, 163, v. i
Flotilla Invasion, 166, v. i
Flushing Blockaded, 183, v. i
Food, 65, v. i; 254, v. ii
Forecastle, Armoured, 284, v. i
Forecastles on Turret Ships, 284, v. i
Fort, S. Phillip, 116, v. i
Frames, Trussed, Introduced, 210, v. i
France, Why Beaten in Great War, 233, v. i
France, War with, 37, 113, v. i
Frégates Blindées, 247, 250, v. i
French Fleet in Crimean War, 230, v. i
French and British Ideals, 253, v. i
French Warships, Superb Qualities of, 92, v. i
French Fleet Superior to British, 193, v. i
French Floating Batteries, 225, v. i
French Revolution, 132, v. i
Freya, Danish Frigate, Captured, 159, v. i
Frisians, 5, v. i
“Fulton” Driven by steam Paddle, 193, v. i
Future Fights, 215, v. ii
“Galatea” Fitted with Paddles, 213, v. i
Galleon as Dreadnought of the 14th Century, 27, v. i
Galley, Replaced as Capital Ship, 27, v. i
Gambier, Admiral, 179, v. i
Gambier, Lack of Energy of, 182, v. i
Gambier, Lord, Acquitted, 183, v. i
Gambier, Lord, Vote of Thanks to Opposed by Cochrane, 183, v. i
Gambling, Punishment for, 12, v. i
Ganteaume, 163, v. i
Ganteaume, Admiral Escapes from Rochefort, 181, v. i
Garay, Inventor of Steamship, (1543), 214, v. i
Genereux Captured by Nelson, 160, v. i
Genius of Famous Admirals, 216, v. ii
Genoa, Hotham’s Battle of, 138, v. i
Gentlemen Adventurers, 45, v. i
George I, 104, v. i
George II, 107, v. i
George II and Institution of Uniform, 194, v. i
German Seamen, 233, v. i
Germans Agitate for British Naval Efficiency, 231, v. i
Germany, 233, v. i
Germany (analogy), 65, v. i
Germany, Guns from, 43, v. i
Gibraltar, 130, 172, v. i
Gibraltar, Nelson at, 172, v. i
Glasgow, “Black Prince,” Built at, 250, v. i
Globe Circumnavigated by Drake, 45, v. i
Godwin, 9, v. i
Good Hope, Cape Dutch Squadron Captured at, 141, v. i
Graham, Sir James, 236, v. i
Grasse, De, 129, v. i
Greek Fire, 15, 243, v. i
Guadaloup Captured, 137, 185, v. i
Guarda-Costas, 108, v. i
Guerre de Course, 102, v. i
Guichen, 128, v. i
Guillaume Tell Captured, 161, v. i
Gunners, Training of, 241, v. i
Gunnery, Enemy’s Inefficiency of, 176, v. i
Gunnery Errors, 179, v. ii
Gunnery Experiments, 231, v. ii
Guns Against Aircraft, 226, v. ii
Guns, British, 232, v. i
Guns in the Reed Era, 319, v. i
Guns in Submarine, 212, v. ii
Guns of the Watts Era, 202, v. ii
Guns, Pivot, 272, v. i
Guns, Rapid Fire, Development of, 227, v. i
Guns, Turkish Monster, 179, v. i
Hales, Dr., Ventilation System of, 115, v. i
Hamelin, 234, v. i
Hampden, John, 73, v. i
Hanniken, 28, v. i
Hardcastle Torpedo, 204, v. ii
Hardy, Sir Charles, 127, v. i
Harvey-Nickel Armour Introduced, 99, v. ii
Hawkins, 46, v. i
Hawthorn, 188, v. ii
“Heavier than Air,” 221, v. ii
Heavy Rolling of the “Orion,” 183, v. ii
Henry II, 10, v. i
Henry III, 20, v. i
Henry IV, 30, v. i
Henry V, 33, v. i
Henry VII, 34, v. i
Henry VIII, 37, v. i
“Hermione,” Mutiny in, 145, v. i
Hickley, Captain, 299, v. i
Hire of Danish Ships, 8, v. i
Hired Ships, 28, 33, 36, v. i
Holy Land, 11, v. i
Hood, 130, 137, v. i
Hopkins, Admiral, Ideas of, 134, v. ii
Horsey, Admiral de, 322, v. i
Hoste, Captain William, 186, v. i
Hotham, 138, v. i
Howard, Sir Edward, 41, v. i
Howe, 134, v. i
Hubert de Burgh, 20, v. i
Hurrying Ships, 185, v. ii
Hyeres, Battle of, 138, v. i
Icarus, 218, v. ii
Imperial British Fleet, 241, v. ii
Imperial Needs, 237, v. ii
Impressment, 234, v. i
Increased Gun-Power, 203, v. ii
Increased Smashing Power of Projectiles, 175, v. ii
Indecisiveness in British Operations, 137, v. i
Indies, Spanish Wealth from, 47, v. i
Inexperienced Officers, 233, v. i
“Inflexible” at the Nore Mutiny, 147, v. i
Inman, Dr., 187, v. i
Inscription, Maritime, 233, v. i
Instructors, Spanish, in English Navy, 42, v. i
“Insular Spirit,” 5, 73, 82, v. i
Insurance, 206, v. ii
Internal Armour, 206, v. ii
Introduction of Steam, 214, v. i
Introduction of 13.5-inch Gun, 175, v. ii
Invasion, 30, 163, v. i
Invasion, Nelson’s Schemes Against, 161, v. i
Invasion of England, 47, 119, v. i
Invasion Projected by French, 91, v. i
Ironclads, Converted, 257, 263, v. i
Ironclads, The First British, 249, v. i
Ironclad Ships, 229, v. i
Iron for Shipbuilding Instead of Oak, 219, v. i