Part 3 — INDEX

Aberdeen, 82 Admiralty, xiii, 11, 32, 35-37, 41, 42, 64, 110, 113, 144, 178, 195, 255 Adriatic, 25, 99 Agnes Whitwell, 192 Aleppo, 4 "Allo," 118, 119 Amadas, 6 Anglo-Californian, 18 Antwerp, 45, 78 Aquitania, 13, 100 Arabic, 253 Arctic Ocean, 25 Arklow, 82 Arlington, 108 Armada, The Great, 4, 6 Atalanta, 82 Atlantic, 107, 117, 128, 178, 218, 224, 225 Atlantic City, 104, 109 Augustine, 62, 63, 66 Australia, 126 Austrian Navy, 99 Avocet, 85 Babylon, 4 Backhouse, John, 5 Baffin, 6 Bahia, 191, 204 Balsara, 4 Barlow, 6 Barnegat Lighthouse, 109 Beaumaris, 78 Beaverbrook, Lord, xiii Belgian Prince, 173, 253 Bell, Captain, 79 Bengal, 9 Bennett, Arnold, xiii Bermuda, 107, 108 Berry, 11 Biggatt, William, 5 Birchgrove, 85 Black Middens, 78 Blake, 10 Board of Trade, 61-66, 121, 131, 185 Boer War, 22 Boom defences, 100, 191, 206 Bordeaux, 55 Boston, 108 Boy Ernie, 101 Boy Jacob, 78 Bremen Hansa Line, 31 Brennell, Captain, 85 Bridgwater, 10 Bristol Channel, 80, 116 Britannic, 78 British Standard, 209, 210, 211, 215 Brixham, 101 Brother Fred, 192 Brownrigg, Rear-Admiral Sir Douglas, xiii Brussels, 79 Cabotia, 114 Cagliari, 181 Calcutta, 204 Calgarian, 178 California, 253 Cameronia, 140 Canada, 126, 128 Canute, 141, 142 Cape Cod, 108 Cardiff, 181 Caspian Sea, 4 Cats, 198-99 Cavendish, Thomas, 6 Cerigo Channel, 114, 132 Channel, The, 88, 89, 95, 96, 131, 147 Charles II, 57 Chaucer, 55 Chelmsford, 204 Cheshire, 244, 247 China, 22, 165 Cinderella, 210, 211 Clyde, xi, 100, 116 Cochrane, Lord, 181 Collins, Captain Greenville, 57, 58, 64 Collonia, 196 Commissioner, 82 Coney Island, 230 Constantinople, 4 Contalmaison, 51 Cook, James, 10 Copenhagen, 11 Coquet, 173 Cork, 85 Cornford, L. Cope, xiii Costello (boatswain of Gull, trawler), 99 Cottingham, 80, 81 Coverley, Captain, 114 Crane, 99 Crimea, 22 Crystal Palace, 122 Cunard Line, 118, 119 Custom House, 184, 185 Dædalus Light, 170 Dampier, 10 Davis, 6 Deal, 77, 89, 230 Deptford, 56, 58 Deutschland, 104 Devonshire (East Indiaman), 9 Dieppe, 31 Dieudonné, 192 Dixon, W. Macneile, xiii Dogger Bank, 99 Doiran, 133 Downs, The, 9, 88-90, 96 Drake, 6 Drei Geschwister, 85 Dublin, 15 East India Company, 9 Eddystone Lighthouse, 91 Egypt, 22, 126 Elbow Buoy, 97 Emden, 164 Empress of Fort William, 95 Esperanto, 169, 203 Fair Head, 117 Falaba, 164 Fermo, 101 Fishermen, 98-102, 206, 255 Flanders, 51, 79, 126 Floandi, 99 Foley, 11 Forbes, Captain, 63 Foreign consuls, 185 Formidable, 101 Fortuna, 192 France, 125, 126 Franz Fischer, 85 Frobisher, 6 Fryatt, Captain, 79 Fürst, 27, 28 Galatz, 170 Gallipoli, 127 "Gamecock" Fleet, 99 Garron Head, 116 German Navy, 17, 24, 26, 28, 41, 253 Crimes on the sea, 170-74, 253 Fishing-boats, 79, 100, 101 Hospital ships, 92, 173, 253 Lightships, 92 Merchantmen, 17, 81, 82, 85, 114, 164, 173 Mines, 92, 95 Rafts and open boats, 92 Submarine minelayers, 80, 92 See under Merchants' Service: German Schrecklichkeit, and Submarine piracy Submarines, 17-20, 37, 41-43, 79-86, 95, 96, 107-9, 113-15, 118-19, 173, 177, 181, 182, 237-40, 252-53, 255-56 Gibbs, Richard, 5 Gibraltar, 126, 183 Glasgow, 33, 39, 78, 116 Goodwin Sands, 89, 96 Gowan Lea, 99, 100 Grand Banks, 103 Gravesend, 3, 59 Greece, King of, 63 Greenwich Mean Time, 191 Gulflight, 109 Gull (trawler), 99 Hakluyt, Richard, 4, 5, 9 Halifax, 108 Hardy, 11 Harwich, xi, 90, 253 Hawkins, Sir John, 6 Henderson, Algernon C. F., v Henry VIII, 6 Hohenzollern, 174 Hollesay Bay, 90 Holy Land, 54 Horn, Cape, 77 Hudson, 6 Hudson Bay, 86 Hudson River, 217, 218 Hull, 90 Iceland, 170 Imperial War Museum, xiii India, 22, 126 International Code of Signals, 169 Islay, 117 Isle of Man, 32 Istria, 55 Jane Williamson, 82 Japan, 178 Java, 13 Johnson, Dr., 47-48 Justitia, 78 Karlsruhe, 104 Kashmir, 227 Keith, Captain, 131 Kiel, 24 King John, 55 Kingsdown, 89 King's Harbour Master, 203 Kingsway, 124 Kölnische Zeitung, 81 Kronprinz Wilhelm, 104 Lady of the Lake, 79 Lamport and Holt Line, 109 Langton, Stephen, Archbishop of Canterbury, 55 Leggatt (of Crane), 99 Leghorn, 181 Leviathan, 135 Leyland Line, 117, 118, 119 Liége, 27 Lightships, 57, 91-96 Gull Lightship, 53, 89, 93, 96 Ostend Lightship, 92 Royal Sovereign Lightship, 95 Shambles Lightship, 95 South Goodwin Lightship, 95 Linn ("frigot"), 204 Liver Buildings, 49, 247 Liverpool, 62, 69, 78, 103, 116, 135, 245, 249 Lobelia, 100 London, 89, 213 Louis XIV, of France, 91 Lowestoft, 90 Lusitania, 164, 173, 253 Malay pirates, 165 Maloja, 95 Malta, 126, 128, 132, 182 Manchester, 124 Manchester Commerce, 164 Manhattan, 223 "Manual on Seamanship," 144 Marconi, 123 Marconi Company, 110 Maréchal de Villars, 82 Margaret, 15 Mariston, 173 Maritime Code, 54 seq. Marmion, 191, 192, 211 Marseilles, 128, 131, 132 Mary Rose, 178 Massilia, 186, 210 Mayflower, 236 Mayo, Walter H., xiii Meadowside, 140 Mediterranean, 30, 114, 127, 128, 178, 182, 196 Melampus, 253 Merchant Adventurers, 4, 5 Merchants' Service: Growth, 3-5; parent of Navy, 6, 18; Imperial significance, xii, 10, 12, 14, 15, 126; unrecognized work, 10, 46 seq.; educational function, 11; introduction of steamships, 11, 12, 13; international supremacy, 12, 13; outbreak of Great War, 14, 24, 163; submarine piracy, 17, 18 seq., 51, 177, passim; arming of, 19, 37 seq., 113-5; differences with Navy, 7, 21-25; reconciliation, 25 seq.; liaison with Navy, 14, 18-19, 21-43, 120-3, 134, 191, 197, 199-203, 255-6 passim; commerce-raiders, 28, 51; Naval War Staff, 30 seq.; transporting of troops, 14, 30 seq., 44, 45, 125-40, 223, 224-51; popular recognition of, and the longshore view, 46 seq., 255; discipline, 64, 68-71; wanted, a Ministry of Marine, 66; manning, 68-73; German Schrecklichkeit, 72, 73, 80-85, 92, 173, 203, 209; coastal Services, 77-86; war-time navigation, 85-6, 87-95; traditions, 4, 5, 9-13, 23, 98, 99-100; signals and wireless, 110-3, 120-4, 169-70, 191; destroyer escort, 29-30, 126-8, 178, 203, 235; torpedoing of a transport, 137-40, 237-40; camouflage and dazzle, 163-7; naming of standard ships, 168; owners' customs clerks, 184, 185; clearing for sea, 184-9; convoy conference, 198-204; putting to sea, 205-16; unloading and loading, 217-223, 247-51. See under Navy Merchant Shipping Act, 67 Mersey, 49, 80, 107, 241, 244 Mexico, 230 Middleton, 6 Minesweeping, 25, 88, 89, 91, 95, 97-99, 102, 205 Ministry of Information, xiii Ministry of Shipping, 178, 181 Miramichi, 204 'M N', 252-53 Mobbs, Engineman, 99 Mons, 126 Monson, 6 Muscovy Company, 5 Nantucket Lightship, 104, 107, 109 Nautical Magazine, xiii Navesink, 109 Navy: Offshoot from Merchants' Service, 6, 18; press-gangs, 9; naval science, 11; arming of merchantmen, 19, 37; War Staff, 30 seq., 128; Naval Transport Officer, 32 seq., 131, 247, 251; Shipping Intelligence Officer, 36 seq., 185; D.A.M.S., 37-8, 185; 'Otters,' 38, 185; convoys, 41, 110, 121, 178-83, 189-97, 198-204, 205-12, 255; anti-submarine measures, 41-3, 95-6, 110, 113, 203, 255; 'Q. ships,' 42; gunnery, 43; wireless on sea-going merchantmen, 110-3; Transport Department, 126, 127; Salvage Section, 144-7; Examination Service, 190. See under Merchants' Service Nebraskan, 109 Neleus, 226, 229, 232, 233, 234 Nelson, 11, 22 Nelson, 79 Nemesis, 139 Neutral shipping, 17, 91, 177, 203 New Brighton, 247 Newhaven, 31 New Jersey, 217 Newport, U.S.A., 107 New York, 27, 103, 109, 204 New York Herald, 109 Nichols, Skipper, 99 Nile, 11 Nore, 97 Norfolk, Va., 104, 191 North River, 217-23, 230 North Sea, 85, 88, 252 Olympic, 131 'Otters,' 38, 80, 166 Oversay, 117 Padrig Flats, 148 Palermo, 81 Palm Branch, 18, 19, 20 Patrols, 28, 114, 117, 128, 150, 189, 190, 236 Pearl Shell, 191, 192 Persia, 253 Philanthropic Seamen's Societies, 65 Pilots, 59, 87-91, 98, 149, 187, 189, 210, 218, 251 Plymouth, 205, 233 Hoe, 198 Sound, 207 Poldhu, 226 Portliskey, 81 Present Help, 97, 98 Prince Line, 109 Provident, 101 Prussian Guard, 51 Psiloriti, 132 Purchas, 5 Queen Alexandra, 131 Quetta Staff College, 30 Ramsgate, 56, 98 Rate of Exchange, 103, 109 Rathbone, Master John, 11 Rathlin Island, 116 Rathlin Sound, 116 Rea (of Crane), 99 Redcap, 82 Richard Cœur de Lion, 54, 55 Rifleman, 139 River Plate, 4, 13, 181, 199 Rôles d'Oléron, 54 seq. Rowlatt, Mr. Justice, 62 Royal Edward, 127 Royal Naval Reserve, 23-25, 36-37, 41, 64, 122, 197 Royal Naval Reserve (Temporary), 18, 25, 26 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 122 Rozhdestvensky, 98 Rue Point, 117 St. Helens, 131 St. Paul, 108 Salonika, 128, 132, 133, 183 Salvage, 141-62 Salving a merchantman, 147-56 Repairing in dry dock, 156-62 Sandon, 251 Sandy Hook, 230 San Miguel, 170 Sarah Pritchard, 78 Seahorse, 210 Seaplanes, 85, 92, 150, 182, 215 Sea-slang, 26 Selsey Bill, 95 Serapis, 173 Shanghai, 42 Sir Ralph the Rover, 91 Skullmartin, 116 Smeaton, 91 Smith (of Crane), 99 South Africa, 126 Southampton, 65, 67, 129, 131 Southampton Water, 131 Speedy, 181 Stevedores, 185, 186, 218 Straits of Dover, 85 Strand, 124 Strongbow, 178 Suda Bay, 128, 132 Suez Canal, 137 Sutherland, 132 Thames, 78, 79, 86, 184, 252 Thordis, 79 Thracia, 173 Titan, 149-55 Titanic, 123 Tor Point, 116 Trafalgar, 11 Trinity Bay, 89 Trinity House, 56-61, 88, 95, 149 Tripolis, 4 Turkey Company, 9 Tuscania, 15 Tyne, 78, 86 Umaria, 173 United States, 72, 89, 103, 128, 178 United States Seamen's Act, 72 U 53, 109 Valencia, 13 Valparaiso, 42 Vanilla, 101 Verdun, 230 Virginia, 104 Virginia, 114 Volapük, 169 Volturno, 123 Vosges, 17, 18 Walmer, 89 Wandle, 79 'War Channel,' 86, 88 War Ordnance, 209, 211, 213 War Risks Associations, 36 War Trident, 191, 192, 195-97 Waterford, 30 Watt, Skipper Joseph, 99 Westmark Shoal, 149, 150 White Star Line, 109 Whymper, F., xiii Wilhelmshaven, 24, 100 William, 82 William (East Indiaman), 9 Wood, Walter, xiii Yarmouth, 90 Yarmouth, I. of W., 141 Zeppelins, 85, 92

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