INDEX

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y

A

Actium, 25, etc.; topography of, 30; the battle of, 32, etc.

Æschylus, 2, 21

Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius, 27

Alava, Spanish rear-admiral at Trafalgar, 192; surrenders to Collingwood, 199

Albemarle. See Monk, Duke of

Albini, Italian admiral, second in command at Lissa, 242, etc.

Ali Pasha, Turkish admiral, 85, 86, 88, 93, 103

Alexandria, bombardment of, 253, 254

Allen, Sir Thomas, English admiral in Second Dutch War, 152, etc.

Antony, Mark, 25; flight from Actium, 35; death, 38

Antwerp, the great fire-ship of, 130

Aristides, 15; at Salamis, 21

Armada of 1588, 105, etc.; organisation and statistics, 111

Armour-clads, early: Erik Jarl's "Iron Beard," 49; the "Finis Belli" (1585), 209; floating batteries, 211

Armour-clads, first modern sea-going: the "Gloire" (French), 211; the "Warrior" (British), 213

Artemisia of Halicarnassus, 11, 15; at Salamis, 21; at the council after the battle, 22

Athens, beginnings of its sea-power, 4; occupied by the Persians, 7

Augustus, 25; founder of the Roman Empire, 38; naval policy, 39

B

Bahuchet, French admiral, 61

Baltic Fleet organised by Russia for the Far East, 304; voyage of, 306; Dogger Bank incident, 307; passes Malacca, 309

Barbarigo, Agostino, Venetian admiral, 80, 92; killed at Lepanto, 103

Barbavera, Genoese admiral at Sluys, 61; his escape after the battle, 65

Bertendona, admiral of the Levant squadron of the Armada, 112

Bingham, Queen Elizabeth's Governor of Connaught, 138, etc.

Blackwood, captain of Nelson's look-out frigate "Euryalus," 181, 186, 188, 191

Blake, 143, 144

Bragadino, Venetian commandant of Famagusta, 73; tortured and put to death by the Turks, 74

Bragadino, Ambrogio and Antonio, Venetian captains at Lepanto, 92

British Navy: in Middle Ages, see chap. IV., Sluys, 55; in Tudor period, see chap. VI., the Armada, 105; in Stuart period, see chap. VII., the battle off the Gunfleet, 142; in the eighteenth century, see chap. VIII., the Battle of the Saints' Passage, 158; in Nelson's time, see chap. IX., Trafalgar, 173

Brunel, 208

Buchanan, commodore, C.S.N., captain of the "Merrimac," 219, etc.

Byron, captain, under Rodney, 163

C

Cæsar, Julius, 25

Calais, importance to England, 55

Calder, Sir Robert, action off Finisterre, 177

Cardona, Juan de, Spanish admiral, 80

Cervantes, Miguel de (author of "Don Quixote"), at Lepanto, 82; wounded, 99

Cervera, Spanish admiral, 280; voyage to Cuba, 282, etc.; goes out of Santiago to battle, 287; taken prisoner, 293

Charlemagne and the Norsemen, 41

Chatham, Dutch raid on, 156, 157

Churucca, Commodore, at Trafalgar, 200, 201

Cinque Ports, 57, 58

Cisneros, Spanish rear-admiral at Trafalgar, 197, 198

Cleopatra, 25; flight from Actium, 35; death, 38

Clerk of Eldin, his naval theories, 168

Collingwood, 179, 180, 183; breaks through French line at Trafalgar, 192; takes command of fleet after Nelson's death, 204

Colonna, Marco Antonio, Papal admiral, 71, 76; at Lepanto, 99

Cromwell, 143

Cyprus, Turkish invasion of, under Selim II, 70; fall of Nicosia, 71; siege of Famagusta, 71, 73

D

Damme, naval victory at, 56

Darius, 4

Decrès, Admiral, Minister of Marine under Napoleon I, 178, 180

Dewa, Admiral, 323, 331

Dewey, Admiral, 280

Doria, Giovanni Andrea, Genoese admiral, 80; at Lepanto, 99, etc.

Douglas, Sir Charles, share in Rodney's victory, 167–9

Dover with Calais made England mistress of the Channel, 56; De Burgh's naval victory off, 57

Drake, Francis, 107, 109, 116, 119, 124, 132

Drake, Samuel, rear-admiral under Rodney, 164

Dumanoir, admiral of French van squadron at Trafalgar, his blunders, 194; subsequent loss of his ships, 203

E

Edward I, use of navy in Scottish wars, 56

Edward III, 55; the French War, 59; at Sluys, 64

Egypt, early navigators of, 2

Enquist, Russian admiral, 335, etc.

Ericsson, John, designer of the "Monitor," 213; See "Monitor"

Erik Jarl, 46; his ship the "Iron Beard," a primitive armour-clad, 49; in the fight at Svold, 51, etc.

Eubœa, battles of Greeks and Persians off, 11, etc.

Eulate, captain of the "Vizcaya" at Santiago, 294, 295

Eurybiades, 11, 22

Evans, Captain Robley, U.S.N., 294, 295

Evertszoon, Dutch admiral, 148, etc.

F

Famagusta. See Cyprus

Farragut, Admiral, sayings of, 231, 238

Fenner, 116

Fitzwilliam, Elizabeth's Lord Deputy in Ireland, 138, etc.

Fremantle, captain of the "Neptune" at Trafalgar, 197, 198

Frobisher, 117, 128, 132

Fulton and early steamships, 206

G

Galley-slaves, 87

Ganteaume, French admiral, 174

Giustiniani, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, 81, 103

Grasse, Comte de, Rodney's battle with, 158, etc.

Gravelines, the Armada battle off, 131, etc.

Gravina, Spanish admiral, 176, 181, 187

Guichen, de, 160

H

Hanneken, Major von, German officer in Chinese service, 261

Hardy, captain of the "Victory," 195, 196

Harold Haarfager, 42

Hawkins, 107, 116, 119, 127, 128, 132

Hobart Pasha, 253

Holland, rise of naval power, 142; first war with England, 143; second war, 144

Hood, 164, etc.

Howard of Effingham, 116, 124, etc.

Howard, Lord Thomas, 127

Howe, 173

I

Infernet, captain of the "Intrépide" at Trafalgar, 202, 203

Ireland and the Armada, 137

Ito, Count, Japanese admiral at the Yalu, 259, etc.

J

Japan, rise of naval power, 254; policy after Chinese War, 297; war with Russia, 300

Josephine, the Empress, 161

Juan of Austria, Don, admiral of the Christian League, 76, 78; at Lepanto, 91, etc.

K

Kamimura, Admiral, defeats the Vladivostock squadron, 303; at Tsu-shima, 332

Kara Khodja, his scouting expeditions, 85

Kempenfeldt, Admiral, 161

Kiriet, French admiral, 61

L

Leotychides, 23

Lepanto, 67, etc.

Lepidus, 25

Leyva, general of the troops embarked in the Armada, 114, 120, 123, 127, 135; shipwrecked and drowned, 140

Lissa, battle of (1866), 231, etc.

Longsword, William, his victory at Damme, 56

Lucas, captain of the "Redoutable," 193, 195

M

Macaulay and the Armada, 105, 120

McGiffen, Commander, American officer in Chinese service, 261, 265, 272, 273

Magon, French admiral at Trafalgar, 199

Mahomet II takes Constantinople, 67

Makharoff, Admiral, death of, 301

Manila, battle of, 180

Marathon, 4

Mark Antony. See Antony

Maurice of Nassau, 134

Maximilian, Archduke and Austrian admiral (afterwards Emperor of Mexico), 235

Medina, Lopez de, wrecked on Fair Isle, 137, 138

Medina-Sidonia, Guzman, Duke of, commander-in-chief of the Armada, 109, 115, etc.; return to Spain, 140

"Merrimac," improvised Confederate armour-clad, 214, etc.; attack on the wooden ships at Hampton Roads, 215; sinks the "Cumberland," 218; fight with the "Monitor," 224, etc.; "Merrimac" destroyed later, 230

Missiessy, French admiral, 174

Mohacs, battle of, 68

Moncada, admiral of the galleasses in the Armada, 131

"Monitor," design and construction, 221, etc.; voyage to Hampton Roads, 223; fight with "Merrimac," 224, etc.; lost at sea later on, 230

Monk, Duke of Albemarle, 146, etc.

Mycale, destruction of Persian fleet at, 24

Mylæ, naval battle of, 27

N

Napier, Sir Charles, first to take steamships into action, 207

Napoleon I, naval projects, 174, etc., 178, 179; refuses Fulton's inventions, 206

Napoleon III and the introduction of armoured ships, 210, 211; Ericsson's offer to, 213

Nebogatoff sent with squadron of old ships to reinforce Baltic Fleet, 308; at Tsu-shima, 323; surrenders, 337, 338

Nelson, alleged Danish descent, 41; the Trafalgar campaign, 173, etc.; plans for the battle, 182, 189, 190; opening of the battle, 192; wounded, 195, 196; his death, 203

Nicholls, English gunner in Chinese service, killed at Yalu, 271

Nicopolis, 29, 38

Norsemen, 41, etc.

North Sea battles in Dutch War, 143, etc.

O

Octavian. See Augustus

Olaf, Saint, 54

Olaf Tryggveson, his career, 42; becomes King of Norway, 44; his famous ships, 45; in the fight at Svold, 47, etc.; death in battle, 53

Opdam, Dutch admiral, 145

Orde, Sir John, and blockade of Cadiz, 176

Ottomans. See Turks

P

Parma, Alexander Farnese, Duke of, 114, 128, 129, 130

Pepys, Samuel, 146, 153

Persano, Italian admiral in command at Lissa, 237, etc.

Pertev Pasha, Turkish seraskier at Lepanto, 86, 88, 95

Petz, Commodore, Austrian second in command at Lissa, 241, etc.

Philip II of Spain, 105

Philip of Valois, King of France, 59, 66

Piracy in early days, 3; of Turks and Algerines in the Mediterranean, 68

Pius V, efforts to form a league against the Turks, 70, 72, 75

Platæa, battle of, 23

Port Arthur, naval operations around, 300, etc.; surrender of, 308

Purvis, English engineer killed at the Yalu, 270

R

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 122

Recalde, Martinez de, admiral of the Biscay squadron of the Armada, 114, 123, 127, 135, 140

Reitzenstein, admiral of the Vladivostock squadron, 302, 303

Rodney, 159, etc.

Rojdestvensky, admiral in command of the Baltic Fleet, 304, etc.; taken prisoner, 340

Rupert, Prince, as an admiral, 146, etc.

Ruyter, de, 146, etc.

S

Saints' Passage, battle of, 158, etc.

Salamis, refuge of the Athenians, 6; Greek fleets concentrate at, 13; the battle, 16, etc.

Sampson, U.S. admiral, 278, etc.

Santa Cruz, Alvaro de Bazan, Marquis of, 80, 108

Santiago, blockade of, 285; battle outside, 287, etc.

Schley, U.S. admiral, 278, etc.

Sebastopol, attack on sea-front, 209, 211

Selim II, 70

Semenoff, Captain, personal narrative of Tsu-shima, 313, 319, 320, 322, 327, 328; taken prisoner, 340

Seymour, Lord Henry, 118, 126, 129, 132

Shafter, General, operations against Santiago, 286, etc.

Sigvald Jarl, 47

Sluys, 55, etc.

Steam applied to warships, 206, etc.

Steevens, John and Robert, inventors, 210

Strachan, Sir Richard, takes Dumanoir's squadron, 203

Suleiman the Magnificent, 70

Svold Island, battle of, 40, etc.

T

Takeomi, Admiral, 322, 331

Tegethoff, Austrian commander at Lissa, 235, etc.

Terschelling, sack of, 156

Themistocles, 4, 13, 14, 22

Ting, Chinese admiral at the Yalu, 259, etc.

Togo, captain of the "Naniwa" in the Chinese War, 260; admiral commanding in chief in war with Russia, 301, etc.; preparations for Baltic Fleet, 310, etc.; his battle signal, 325; slightly wounded, 333

Torpedoes, 252, 253

Trafalgar, 173, etc.

Troy, 4

Tsu-shima, battle of, 321, etc.

Turks, growth of their power, 67

U

Ulugh Ali, renegade Turkish admiral, 77, 84, 85; counter-attack at Lepanto, 101; his escape, 102

United States: the navy and the Civil War, 213, etc.; the navy after the war, 277; the new navy, 278; situation at outbreak of war with Spain, 278, 279

Uriu, Admiral, 331

Urs de Margina, defender of fortress of Lissa, 237

V

Valdes, Diego Flores de, admiral of the Castilian squadron of the Armada, 114

Valdes, Pedro de, admiral of the Andalusian squadron, 114, 123

Van Tromp, 148, etc.

Veniero, Sebastian, Venetian admiral, 76; at Lepanto, 97

Vikings. See Norsemen

Viking ships, 43

Villeneuve, French admiral commanding at Trafalgar, 174, etc.; wounded and taken prisoner, 197

W

Winter, Sir W., 118, 129, 132

Wireless telegraphy, 319

Witjeft, Russian admiral, killed in battle on the 10th of August, 302

Worden (afterwards Admiral), commander of the "Monitor," 223, etc.; wounded in fight with "Merrimac," 227

X

Xantippus, 23

Xerxes, 4; his great expedition, 5, etc.; watches the battle of Salamis, 16; return to Asia, 21, 22

Y

Yalu, naval battle of the, 255, etc.

York, Duke of (afterwards James II), 145, 158

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