INDEX
Reading edition
Aberdeen, 267
Adams, Clement, 192
Adams, M. Robert, 216
Admirals, rank of, 248
Admiralty and sheathing, 245;
Admiralty flag, 199
Adriatic Sea, naval battle on the, 216
Africans, East, and the art of navigation, 51
Ailsa, Marquis of, 327
Alderney Race, 251
Alexander the Great, 44
Alfred’s, King, ships, 131
Algiers, bombardment of, 235;
piracy, 233
Althiburus mosaic, 84
Amasis, 48
America, Columbus and, 183;
the Vikings and, 92;
the Phœnicians and, 50
America Cup, 293, 325
America, North, discovery of, 258;
timber, 268
American Civil War, 266, 269;
frigates, 256
American shipbuilding, 266;
the Dutch and, 293
American War of 1812, 256;
wasters, 296;
yachting, 330;
yachts, 325
Amsterdam, Rijks Museum, 241
Anchorena, Señor A. de, 332
Anchors, 72, 147, 154, 156
Anglo-Saxon ships, 131-133
Anne, Queen, navy of, 249
Anson, Lord, 258
Anthony’s, Anthony, “Roll,” 186
Aphlaston, the, 54, 58
Arctic expedition, Dutch, 231;
exploration, 218
Armada, Spanish, 194, 197, 198, 202, 203, 206;
tapestries of, 207;
number of ships and their construction, 211-214
Artemon, or foresail, 79
Arun, River, ancient boat found near, 100
Atlantic emigrant traffic, 272;
steamers, 266;
yacht race across the, 330
Australia, 246, 268, 272
Australian aborigines and stone implements, 99
Babylonia, 20
Bakhuizen, Ludolf, 5
Ballast, 196, 324
Baltic, Phœnicians on the, 112;
ketches, 303;
ships, 10
Banners, 153. See also Flags
Barber, Commander T. M., 37
Barcelona ships, 170
Barton Broad, 307
Baston, T. (engraver), 250
Bayeux Tapestry, the, 17, 134
Beaching, 60
Bedford, John, Duke of, 166
“Before the Mast,” 154
Bentall, Mr. E. H., 328
Bergen law for sailors, 127
Bernoulli, Jean, 243
Bibliography, 335 et seq.
Bilge water, 249
Bill-hooks, 187, 199
Billingsgate, 235, 285, 303
Binnacles, 179
Black Ball liners, 270
Blackwall, 246, 267
Blake, Admiral, 230, 232, 233
Blankenberg boat, 312
Boar’s head, 60
Bodleian Library MS., 203
Bombay yacht, 309
Bonaventure mast, 175
Bonhomme, —, 209
Bonnets, 153, 178, 195, 275
Booms, 123
Boreas, 129
Boston, 255
Botley, Viking ship discovered at, 115
Bounty system for shipbuilding, 179
Bowlines, 179, 198, 210
Bows, 86;
clipper, 266, 324;
Greek, 61;
overhanging, 329;
Phœnician, 55;
round, 257;
schooner, 276;
Viking double, 94
Bowsprit, 275
Brails, 65, 82, 262, 285
Brassey, Lord, 50, 327
Bremen, ancient boats discovered at, 102
Breydon Water, 307
Brigg prehistoric boat, 95
Brighton, 129, 136, 322
Bristol as port, 138
Britanni, the, 104
British Empire shipping tonnage in 1821, 258
British Museum, models in, 27;
and Brigg prehistoric boat, 96
British Navy, size of, in 1813, 256 (see also under the names of monarchs);
last sailing ship in the, 300
Brixham ketch, 303;
Mumble Bees, 291
Broad arrow as Government mark, 234
Bronze and Iron Age ships, 104
Brooking, Charles, 5, 323
Brosen Viking ship, 117
Bruges, 163
Budge, Dr. E. A. Wallis, 22, 28
Bulkheads, 196
Bullen, Mr. F. T., on the way of the ship, 12;
on the ships of St. Paul’s voyage, 15;
on Elizabethan sea-terms, 210;
on spritsails, 265;
on clipper ships, 271
Bulwarks, 178
Burgess, W., 295
Burmese junks, 7, 31
“Butter-rigged,” 298
Byrne, Mr. St. Clare, 327
Bytharne’s “Book of War,” 188
Cabins, 148
Cables, 276
Cabot, John, 184
Cæsar, ships used by, 87, 93, 103, 106, 107;
and the Northern seas, 107
Calais, siege of, 159
California, 268
Caligula, ships of, 76
Cambyses, 48
Camper and Nicholson, Messrs., 326, 332
Canary Isles, discovery of, 158
Cannon, introduction of, 158, 168
Canterbury Cathedral, picture of a ship formerly in, 185
Cape Horn, 268, 273, 274, 277
Cape La Hogue, 240
Cape Verde Islands, 292
Cappelle, Jan van der, 5, 284
Captain, the, temp. James I., 225
“Caravel,” derivation of, 182
Careening, 226
Carpaccio’s pictures of ships, 130, 162
Carrying trade, temp. Queen Elizabeth, 193
Carter, Captain, 329
Carvel-work, 323
Cary-Elwes, Mr. V., ancient boat belonging to, 96
Castles on ships, 68, 140, 156, 169;
on Armada ships, 211;
absorbed into the hull, 164;
fore and stern, 171
Catteville, 138
Caulking, 178
“Ceols,” 134
Chancellor, Richard, 191
Chapman, F. H. af, 243
Charles I. and his navy, 228
Charles II. and his navy, 234-246;
gift of Dutch yacht for, 289, 321;
introduces yacht-racing, 321
Chatham, 200, 229, 236, 237, 241
China tea trade, 268
Chinese junks, 31, 310
Christiania, 291
Cinque Ports, the, 129, 148, 152, 154
Civil War, the, 232
Claude Lorraine’s “St. Ursula,” 5
Clipper races in China tea trade, 269
Clitherowe, Admiral, seal of, 166
Clowes, Sir W. Laird, 177
Clyde, the, ancient boat found, 100;
five-master built on, 273
Coal-carrying trade, 300
Coasting trade, temp. Queen Elizabeth, 193
“Cocke,” or coque, 200
Coins, ships on, 128, 157
Colbert, Jean B., 249
Cole, Mr. Vicat, 5
Columbus’s Christopher, ship, 176, 180, 183;
model, 182;
replica, 180;
navigation instruments, 184
Commonwealth, the, and war with the Dutch, 232;
construction of ships, 234;
decoration of ships, 233;
and the flying of flags, 241
Compass, variation of the, 193
Concas, Captain D. V., 180
Connolly, Mr. J. B., 294
Cook, Captain, 258
Cooke, E. W., R.A., 261
Cooking galley, Elizabethan, 196
Copper sheathing, 251
Coracle, the, 103
Cork, 322
Corks, 178
Cornwall, men of, 202
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, MS., 146, 154
Cotton ships, 266
Cowes, 322, 327, 331
“Crane line,” 178
Crawford, Earl of, 330
Cressets, 181, 190
Crimean War, 268, 323
Cromwell and the Navy, 233
Crowinshield, —, 295
Crusades, ships of the, 17, 138, 139, 141, 146, 153, 172
Cuyp, A., 5
Cypress, 246
Dam, or Damme, seal of, 154, 276, 304
Dampier, William, 246, 258
Danes, the, and British love of ships, 109
Dartmouth, 202, 215, 216
Dassie, Le Sieur, 243
David II. of Scotland, coin of, 157
Davits, 177
Dead-eyes, 178
Deal “galley,” 131;
luggers, 318
Deane, Sir Anthony, 236, 241, 245, 321
Deane, Anthony, the younger, 246
Decks, 148, 171, 196, 205, 246
Decoration of royal yachts, 322
Decoration of ships, temp. Henry VIII., 188, 191;
temp. Elizabeth, 194;
during the Commonwealth, 233
Deptford, 322
Devon, men of, 202, 291
Devonport, 257
Dhow, the, 44
Digby, Captain, 239
Dilke, Lady E. F. S., 5
Dixon, Mr. Charles, 5, 241, 255
Doldrums, the, 332
Dover, seal of, 152
Drake’s, Sir Francis, voyage round the world, 202
Draught, Elizabethan, 194
“Drift sail,” 225
Dublin, 138
Duemichen, Dr., 40
Dug-outs, ancient, discoveries of, 100
Dumbarton, 274
Dumfries, ancient boat found near, 100
Dungeness, 319
Dunraven, Earl of, 183
Dutch develop fore-and-aft rig, 282, 283
Dutch East India Company, 322
Dutch East Indiamen, sterns of, 243
Dutch exploration of N.-E. Passage, 219
Dutch man-of-war, seventeenth century, model of, 243
Dutch naval rivalry, seventeenth century, 231
Dutch navy in 1675, 236
Dutch schuyts, 303
Dutch ships and English men-of-war, 232
Dutch, war with the, 1667, 237;
invasion of England, 237, 241
East Coast ketch, 303, 304
East India Company, founding of, 221;
under James I., 226;
monopoly, 258
East India Company, Dutch, 322
East Indiamen, 258
Eddystone Lighthouse, 246
Edgar, King, navy of, 132;
as a yachtsman, 320
Edinburgh Museum, ancient boat in, 101
Edward I., ships of the time of, 154
Edward III., navy of, 157;
fleet at the siege of Calais, 158
Edward IV., ships of, 174;
shipping in the reign of, 161
Edward VI., ships of, 191
Edward VII., ships of, 264;
yacht Britannia, 329
Egyptians, ancient, history of ships, 20-45;
dynasties, 28;
expedition to Punt, 39;
exploration, 26;
rig of ships, 11, 29, 38;
shape of ships, 9;
model rigged boat discovered, 3
Elizabeth, Queen, maritime affairs under, 193-221
Elm sheathing, 245
England as the “Sovereign of the Seas,” temp. John, 148;
temp. Elizabeth, 201
English fleet, the, opposed to the Armada, 211
English Navy, the, in 1675, 236
English sailing ships, Viking influence on, 127
English skill, 18
Ensigns. See Flags
Etruscan vase showing naval warfare, 64
Europe, Northern, early ships of, 89-127
Exeter, Thomas Beaufort, Duke of, seal of, 166
Eyes on ships, 11, 65
Fabriano, Gentile da, 161
Fife, Mr. William, 326, 327, 333
Fife & Son, of Fairlie, 333
Fighting-tops, 16, 65, 181
Figureheads, 12, 194, 228
Fireships, 236
FitzGerald, Henry, 146
Flags, banners, ensigns, streamers, &c., 176, 188, 199, 241, 248, 254
Flagships, 157
Florence, Duke of, 246
Forecastle, Greek, 65
Forecastles reduced, 194. See also Castles
France and England, Norman trade between, 137
French models in English naval architecture, 259
French navy in 1675, 236
French ships, fifteenth century, 164;
seventeenth century, 244;
warships, sixteenth century, 184;
eighteenth century, 249
French, ships taken from the, 257
Friesland oarsmen, 131
Froude, Mr. William, 328
Furneaux, Mr. Henry, on “pontibus,” 108
“Galleys” and “ships,” 138
Gallic ship, 88
Gama, Vasco da, 51, 184
Gauckler, M. P., 84
Geestemünde, 275
Genoa, ships of, 170
George III. and yachting, 322
German Emperor’s Cup, 330
German Ocean, 282
German, St., 137
German yacht designers, 331
Germanic craft, 102
Germanicus, ships built by, 108
Germans as sailing-men, 274
Giorgione, 130
Glasgow, ancient canoes found near, 101;
ship built at, 274
Glass, stained, pictures of ships, 130
Gloppen Viking ship, 117
Gloucester, Massachusetts, 293
Gloucester, Richard Plantagenet, Duke of, seal of, 166
Gnomon, 71
Godredus Crovan, 138
Gogstad Viking ship, 117-121;
replica of, crosses Atlantic, 119
Gold rushes and shipping, 268
Gondola, the, 16
Goodwins, the, 319
Gosport, 326
Grapnel, the, 154
Gravesend, 321
Greece, ancient ships of, 55-72;
Phœnician influence, 47, 55;
materials of ships, 62;
galleys, 9;
naval warfare, 64;
navigation, 71
Green, Mr. Richard, 267
Green, Messrs., of Blackwall, 267, 271, 272
Greenock, 267, 326
Greenwich Naval Museum, models in, 5, 255, 256, 257, 260
Greenwich Royal Observatory founded, 235
Greenwich, yacht race in 1661, 321
Guns and gunpowder, 158
Guns, placing of, 168, 173, 253
“Gunwale,” origin of, 168
Gustafson, Professor Gabriel, and the Gogstad Viking ship, 118;
Oseberg Viking ship, 121
Guy, Captain, 239
Hakluyt, Richard, 3, 49, 132, 138, 140, 141, 147, 148, 149, 152, 191, 192, 202, 211
Hakluyt Society’s stamp, 236
Hall, Mr. H. R., 22
Hamble (or Hamill), 174, 179
Hamburg, 274
Hanseatic League, 159;
wane of, 191;
English ships purchased from, 190
Harold, ships of, 134
Harrow, seal at, 167
Harwich, 290
Hastings, seal of, 152
Havre, 266
Hawkins, Sir John, 193, 245
Hawse, 178
Hemp, Russian, &c., 234
Hemy, Napier, 5
Henry I. and maritime industry, 138
Henry II., progress of shipping under, 138;
crusade of, 153
Henry III., ships under, 148;
and Norwegian merchants, 145
Henry IV., ships under, 159
Henry V., ships of, 160;
and Genoese ships, 172;
increase of navy, 173
Henry VI., shipbuilding in reign of, 161
Henry VII., ships of, 173
Henry VIII., ships of, 185-191, 204
Heyward, Edward, 241, 242
Hiring ships, 177
Holbein’s “Embarkation of Henry VIII.,” 185
Holland. See Dutch
Holland, English merchants of, seal of, 167
Holyhead, 321
House of Lords tapestries, 207, 208
“Hovelling,” 319
Howard of Effingham, Lord, 200, 201, 207
Howard, Sir Philip, 78, 245
Hoyle, Dr., Manchester Museum, 4
Hubert of Borough, 148
Hudson River, 295
Huguenots, the, 209
Hull, 159
Huntingdon, John Holland, Earl of, seal of, 166
India, 272. See also East India Company
Ipswich, manufacture of sail-cloth at, 209
Iron in shipbuilding, 259, 268
Ironworks, temp. Charles I., 234
James I., ships of, 222-228;
and English piracy, 222
Jesup Expedition, the, 32, 104
Jochelson, Mr., and Koryak boat, 104
John, King, and the Navy, 148
Keels, 134;
sliding, 255
Kempenfelt, Admiral, 250
Kent, men of, 133
Khorsabad, Palace of, 51
Kiel Museum, boat in, 95
King’s Cup, 331
Kinyras, King of Cyprus, and terra-cotta “fleet,” 69
Kipling, Mr. Rudyard, 12, 294
Knights of Malta, 216
Koryak boats, 32, 104
La Rochelle, seal of, 167
Labour-saving on American schooners, 297
Lancaster, Sir James, and scurvy, 197
Langton, Archbishop, 148
Lapthorn & Ratsey, 326
Latchetes, 178
Lateen sail, 14, 175, 282, 309
Lateran Museum, 43
Layard, Sir Austin, 51
Lead ballast, 324
Lead-covered keels, 192
Lead-line, the, 79
Lead sheathing, 245, 276
Lepanto, battle of, 221
Leslie, Mr. Robert C., 265
Lifeboat, the, 255
Lipton, Sir Thomas, 333
Liverpool, 273
Loch Arthur, Dumfries, ancient boat in, 100
London as port, 138
London Bridge, Dutch schuyts at, 303
Longships, 61
Louis XIV. and the French navy, 236, 249
Louvre, the, 6
Lowestoft, 304, 307, 315
Lowestoft “drifters,” 13
Lug-sail, 312
Lynn, Norfolk, 156, 158
McCunn, Mr. James, 271
Macham’s voyage to Madeira, 158
Mackie & Thomson, Messrs., 274
McMillan, A., & Son, Messrs., 274
Madeira, Island of, 158
Magnet, the, 154
Mainsail, 285
Maldon, 328
Malta, Knights of, 216
Maltese galley, 216
Man, Isle of, 138
Manchester Museum, Egyptian boat in, 3, 33
Manuscripts, pictures of ships on, 129
Manwayring, Sir Henry, 198, 203, 205, 224, 303
Maritime laws under Richard I., 147
Mark, St., mosaic of, 144
Marlin spikes, 179
Marquez, Pero Menendez, 214
Marseilles, 113
Mary, Queen, fishing, &c., traffic in reign of, 193
Mason, Mr. Frank H., models by, 152, 181
Maspero, Professor, 41
Mass, dry, 190
Masts, 172, 242, 243, 274
Mediterranean craft, 56, 139;
galley, 16;
galley and North Sea ship, 91;
warship of thirteenth century, 142
Memling, pictures by, 4, 130, 163
Mercantile marine, progress of the, 257
Mercator’s chart, 193
Merchant ships, Egyptian, 85;
Greek, 61, 85;
Roman, 81;
Anglo-Saxon, 133;
Elizabethan, 201;
Mediterranean, 172
Merchantman and man-of-war, similarity of, in Stuart times, 227
Metallic age, the, and shipbuilding, 105
Middleton, Commissioner, 239
Milesian sea-traders, 48, 55
Mizzen mast, 172
Monson, Sir William, 197
Moore, Henry, 5
Moresby, Admiral, 263, 264
Motors as aids to sailing ships, 2, 277
Museums, models of ships in, 5
Nails, bronze, 276
Napoleon III’s trireme, 70
National Gallery pictures, 259, 284, 285, 323
“Nautical Almanac,” founded, 235
Naval architecture, scientific study of, 243;
progress in seventeenth century, 246;
in nineteenth century, 257
Naval expeditions of the crusades, 146
Naval officers and navigation, 264
Naval warfare, Greek, 64
Navigating methods of the Vikings, 126
Navigation, ancient Greek, 71
Navigation laws, Queen Elizabeth, 193
Naville, Dr. Edouard, 41
Navy Board and sheathing, 245;
rating, 249
Neco (Egyptian king), 49
Nelson, Lord, 251;
his signal, 251;
painting of his ships, 255
Nemi, Lake of, Roman ships in, 76
Nettings, 209
New York, 266, 267, 293, 296
New York Yacht Club, 325
New Zealand, 272
Newcastle hoys, 235
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 159, 258
Newfoundland fisheries, 202, 258, 294
Nicholas de Sigillo, 146
Nicholas of Lynn, 158
Nicholas, St., patron saint of sailors, 3, 129, 136, 161
Nicholson, Mr. C. E., 332
“Nor,” the prefix, 112
Norfolk wherries, 13, 34, 112;
yawls, 315
Norman ships, 134-138
Norris, Admiral Sir John, 186
Norsemen, the, 109-127, 131. See also Vikings
North Pole, Dutch voyage to, 283
North-East Passage, search for, 191, 219
North-West Passage, 291
Norwegian merchants, 145
Norwegian yawl, 13
Norwich, 307
Nottingham, Earl of. See Howard of Effingham
“Nugger,” Egyptian, 43
Nydam, Viking ship discovered at, 115
Oak, English, scarcity of, 268
Octher, voyage of, 132
Oleron, laws of, 147
Oppenheim, Mr., 175, 176, 178, 179, 233
Orwell, the, 302
Oseberg Viking ship, 121
Outriggers, 179
Paddle v. screw test, 263
Paddle-wheel steamers, 263
“Painters,” 178
Painting ships, 176;
of men-of-war, 255
Pallion, 271
Panama Canal, 277
Paris, Admiral, 310
Paris, seal of, 141
Paul, St., voyages of, 15, 79, 314
Pavisses, 179, 209
Penn, Sir William, 238
Penzance luggers, 318
Pepys, Samuel, 18, 187, 237-240;
“Register,” 246
Personality of ships, 12
Petrie, Professor Flinders, discovers model Egyptian boat, 3, 27, 33
Pett, Christopher, 321
Pett, Phineas, and family, 227, 229, 236, 246
Pharos, tower of, 71
Phœnician ships, 46-55
Phœnicians, the, influence of the Egyptians, 47;
as traders, 47;
as sailors, 48;
as explorers, 49;
and the North Sea ships, 92;
on the Baltic, 112
Pictures of ships, 5
Pilots, laws for, temp. Richard I., 147
Pin Mill, 302
Pine’s, John, engravings of House of Lords tapestries, 207
Pipe Rolls, 146
Piracy, temp. ancient Greece, 68, 85;
North Sea, temp. Henry IV., 159;
English, temp. Elizabeth, 222;
Algerian, 233
“Plimsoll” marks, early, 215
Pliny, the elder, 102
Plymouth hooker, 291
Pompei, tomb at, 60
Poole, 326;
seal of, 156
Poop, the, 16, 181
Portholes, 173
Portsmouth, 138, 209, 241, 245, 321
Portsmouth Dockyard, founded, 179
Portugal, maritime progress in sixteenth century, 180
Portuguese fishing boats, eyes on, 65
Potter, Messrs. W. H. & Co., 273
Prussia, 159
Pytheas’s gnomon, 71
“Quant,” 67
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 194, 197
Rams, Greek, 58, 63;
galleons, 213
Ramsgate, 303, 304
Rating rules, yachts, 332
Ratings, 237, 249
Red ensign, 254
Reefing gear, 276. See also Brails
Reefing in Elizabethan times, 195
Revenue cutters, 323
Richard I. in the Mediterranean, 17;
his navy, 138, 141, 146, 147
Richard II., reign of, 159
Richard III., shipping in reign of, 161
Rifeh, Egypt, early boat found at, 3, 27, 33
Rigging, ancient Egyptian, 11, 29, 38;
ancient Greek, 59;
Ark Royal, 198;
brigs, 300;
caravel of sixteenth century, 181;
Columbus’s ship, 182;
corvettes, 252;
development and progress, 81, 275-277;
East Indiamen, 264-265;
eighteenth century, 247-248;
Elizabethan, 210;
fore-and-aft, 220, 244, 281-334;
four-masted barques, 273, 274;
Henri Grâce à Dieu, 186;
lateen, 14;
Mediterranean warship, 143;
Phœnician, 48;
Roman, 74;
Royal Charles, 241;
ship of British Navy of 1815 (details), 278-279;
ship painted by Gentile da Fabriano, 161;
sloop, 220;
Spanish galleon, 213;
Spanish treasure-frigate, 214;
squaresail, 11;
three-decker, 230;
Victorian, early, 260-262, (model) 1;
warship of Henry VII., 174. See also Ships (types)
Rock carvings, Scandinavian, 110
Roman galleys, 9;
ships, 73-88, 106
Ropes, ancient Greek, 67
Roses, the Wars of the, 161, 173, 180
Rother, the, Kent, ancient boat found, 100
Rouen, 166
Roundships, 61
Royal ships hired to merchants, 177
Royal United Service Museum, models, &c., in, 5, 181, 216, 235, 243, 250
Royal Victoria Yacht Club, 325
Royal Yacht Squadron, 324
Royals, 230
Rudder-bands, 80
Rudders, 144, 150, 156
Ruisdael (artist), 5
Rutherglen, seal of, 167
Rye, seal of, 167
Sagas, the, 89
Sail-making, 326
Sailcloth manufacture, 209
Sailing power, revival of, 277
Sailors under King John, 148;
temp. Queen Elizabeth, 197;
temp. James I., 225;
present-day “sailors,” 2
Sails, of the Ark Royal, 200;
colours of, 67;
cutting, 201;
decorated, 83, 209;
development of, 276, 284;
scientific treatment of, 243;
Viking sails, 122, 123, 124
St. Andrew’s flag, 241
St. George’s flag, 241, 242
San Francisco, 267, 291
San Sebastian, Spain, seal of, 156
Sandefjord, 272
Sandwich, seal of, 141, 149
Saracen ship and Crusaders, 140
Saxons, vessels of the, 109
Scandinavian coin, ship on, 133
Scandinavian rigs, 12
Scandinavians. See Norsemen
Scarborough Bay, 317
Schank, Admiral, 255
Schooner, origin of the name, 293
Scotch fishing boat, Norwegian influence on, 317
Scott, Messrs., 267, 268
Screw propeller, 257
Screw steamer, advent of, 263
Sea, the call of the, 19
Sea-terms in Elizabethan English, 210
Seals, mediæval, ships on, 128
Seamanship, early European, 137;
“marlin-spike seamanship,” 275
Sennacherib, palace of, 51
Seppings, Sir Robert, 257, 259
Shakespeare, sea-terms used by, 210
Sheathing, 245, 250, 251, 276
Sheer, 277
Sheerness, 237, 245, 277
Shetland Isles boats, 13
Shields, 179
Shields, North and South, 258
Shipbuilding, origins of, 90, 94;
Norse, 125;
Norman, 135;
temp. Queen Elizabeth, 193;
progress of, 218;
in England in 1841-47, 266
Shipbuilding terms, ancient, still extant, 103
Ships, cost of building, seventeenth century, 246
Ships, history:
Sources for history, 3-4
Reconstruction and development, 6-8
Primitive man, 23
Early Egyptian, 20-45
Phœnician, 46-55
Greek, 55-72
Roman, 73-88, 106
Northern Europe, 89-127
Mediæval, eighth century to 1485, 128-169
Anglo-Saxon, 131-133
Norman, 134-138
Henry VII. to Elizabeth (1485-1603), 170-222
Spain and Portugal, 180
James I. to eighteenth century, 222-253
Nineteenth and twentieth centuries, 254-280
Ships, named:
Alarm, 251, 324, 325
Alecto, 263
Alexandria, 323
Aline, 326
Alnwick Castle, 271
America, 293, 324, 325
Ann Gallant, 190
Anne, 321
Ariel, 270
Ark Royal, Ark Raleigh, or Anne Royal, 194, 197-201, 226, 228
Arrow, 323, 324, 325
Ascension, 221
Atlantic, 327
Bear, 228
Bellerophon, 176
Bezan, 321
Black Adder, 270
Bloodhound, 327
Bona Confidentia, 192
Bona Esperanza, 192
Bonaventure, 245
Britannia, 329, 330
Buss of Zeland, 160
Busship, 160
Caledonia, 255
Challenge, 267, 269
Challenger, 267
Charles, 246
Christopher Spayne, 160
Chrysolite, 269
Cogge, 159
Columbia, 331
Columbia II., 50
Commerce de Marseilles, 252, 255
Constant Warwick, 232
Constitution, 331
Cordelière, 173, 179, 184, 188
Cutty Sark, 270
Cymba, 326
Cynthia, 256
Defender, 331
Desdemona, 272
Dogger, 160
Doggership, 160
Dreadnought, 16, 176;
(Charles II.), 245
Dunkerque, 273
Edward Bonaventure, 192
Egeria, 326
Elizabeth, 331, 332
Fantôme, 299
Fiery Cross, 270
Florencia, 212
Flying Cloud, 266, 270
Fortuna, 272
France, 273
Fredonia, 295
Friday, 159
Gainsborough, 233
Germania, 331
Gjöa, 291
Godezere, 159
Golden Lion, 240
Governor, 174
Grâce à Dieu, 174, 177, 178, 179
Grand Louise, 184
Great Republic, 267
Harry Grâce à Dieu, 177
Hawkin Derlin of Dantzik, 159
Hector, 221
Helena, 160
Henri Grâce à Dieu, 185, 186, 196
Henrietta, 245
Holigost, 160
Hotspur, 271
Isabel, 160
Isle of Wight, 321
James, 246
James of London, 185
Jemmy, 321
Jesus, 160
Jesus of Lubeck, 187, 197
Jullanar, 305, 328
Katherine, 321
Katherine Pomegranate, 185
Kestrel, 323
Keying, 311, 312
La Blanche Nef, 138
La Félipe, 156
Las Cinque Llagas, 216
Leicester, 204, 211
L’Esperance, 327
Liverpool, 273
Lord of the Isles, 268
Louisa, 324
Lulworth, 324
Macquarie, 272
Madre de Dios, 215
Mahratta, 319
Margaret, 159
Marie Rose, 195
Martin, 299
Martin Garsia, 174
Mary, 289, 321
Mary Fortune, 177
Mary of the Tower, 174
Mary Rose, 185
Mauretania, 75, 189, 274
Merchant Royal, 204, 211
Merhonour, 228
Meteor, 331
Michael of Yarmouth, 159
Minion, 321
Mora, 137
Murrian, 187, 188
Newcastle, 258
Nicholas, 160
Nina, 180, 183
Northampton, 271
Nyria, 333
Oimara, 326
Olive Bank, 273
Pampas, 331
Peter, 160
Peter of Wiveton, 160
Peter Pomegranate, 185
Phœnix, 245
Pinkie, 294
Pinta, 180, 183
Potosi, 274
Preussen, 275
Prince Royal, 197, 227, 228, 229, 230, 242
Prince, The, 240, 242
Queen, 260, 261, 262
Queen Margaret, 274
Rattler, 263
Red Dragon, 221
Regent, 174, 180, 184
Reliance, 331
Resolution, 242, 244
Royal Charles, 240, 241
Royal Frederick, 260
Royal George, 10, 195, 250, 251, 322
Royal Louis, 239, 243
Royal Prince, 242
Royal Sovereign, 229
Royal Sovereign (yacht), 322
Rupert, 244
Sans Pareil, 257
Santa Maria, 53, 176, 180, 181, 183;
modern replica, 180;
model, 182
Sappho, 326
Satanita, 329
Scomberg, 270
Sea Witch, 269
Serica, 270
Shamrock, 10, 282
Shamrock III., 331, 332
Shamrock IV., 333
Shipper Berline of Prussia, 159
Sir Lancelot, 270, 271
Soll Royal (Le Soleil Royal), 239, 243
Sovereign, 175, 179, 180, 184, 185, 242
Sovereign of the Seas, 7, 229, 230, 267
Stonehouse, 271
Struse of Dawske, 187, 188
Sunbeam, 297, 327, 330
Susan, 221
Sweepstake, 177
Taeping, 270
Taitsing, 270
Tartarus, 263
Terrible, 250
Thermopylæ, 270, 271
Thistle, 328
Thomas W. Lawson, 296
Thyatera, 270
Tiger, 190
Tillikum, 302
Trade’s Increase, 226
Trinitie, 159
Trinity of Wight, 185
Trinity Royal, 160
Triumph, 197, 204
Valhalla, 327, 330
Valkyrie, 330
Valkyrie I., 330
Vanguard, 201
Vernon, 260
Victoria and Albert, 322
Victory (Elizabethan), 242
Victory (Nelson’s), 140, 251, 262
Whang-Ho, 312
White Elephant, The, 240
White Heather II., 10, 332
Xarifa, 324
Ships, naming of, 125
Ships, sizes, Phœnician, 54;
Roman, 75, 81
Ships, types:
Reconstruction of former types, 6
Actuaria, 86, 107
American clippers, 266
American frigates, 256
American schooner, 296
Ballingers, 160
Barges, 145, 154, 160, 305, 306
Barks, or barques, 139, 208, 272, 273, 300, 301
Barquentine, 298
Bastard galleasses, 206
Bawley, 290
Billy-boy, 303
Bireme, 48
Bomb ketch, 235, 249, 302
Bombay yacht, 309
Brigantine, 208, 300
Brigs, 249, 258, 299, 300
British clippers, 267
Brixham Mumble Bees, 291
Bucca, buss, or buzzo, 124, 139, 145
Burmese junk, 31
Caracks, 139, 140, 160, 170, 173, 215
Caravels, 139, 171, 180
Carra-muzzal, 218
Carvel-built, 166, 190
Catascopiscus, 86
Chasse-Marée, 314
Chinese junk, 31
Cladivata, 88
Clippers, 256, 267
Coasters, 258, 277
Cogs, 145
Collier, steam, 258
Coracle, 103
Corbita, 86
Cornish lugger, 317
Corvettes, 252
Crayers, 185
Cutters, 289
Deal “galley,” 131
Deal luggers, 318
Dhow, 44
Dragon, 124
Dromons, 139, 143
Dug-out, 25, 90, 95
Dutch fly-boat, 294
Dutch galleon, 219
Dutch schuyt, 220, 285
East Indiamen, 258, 264
Egyptian “nugger,” 43
Esnecca, 124, 133, 146
Felucca, 309
Fore-and-aft schooner, 277
Frigate, 205, 208, 232, 252
Galleasses, 69, 204, 205, 206, 212
Galleons, 203, 205, 206, 213, 219
Galleys, 57, 139, 216, 246
Galleys as war-vessels, 171, 204, 206
Galliots, 204, 208, 303
Gloucester schooner, 294
Great ships, 139, 204
Gun-brigs, 249
Hailam junk, 310
Hermaphrodite brig, 300
Hippago, 85, 145
Hoys, 235
Iron barque, 272
Iron ships, 259, 268
Italian merchantman, 206
Jackass barque, 301
Junks, 31, 310
Ketch, 235, 302
Koryak craft, 32
Large sailing ship, 254
Lifeboat, 255
Long serpent, 124, 133, 146
Longship, 124
Lowestoft drifter, 304
Luggers, 312 et seq.
Merchant vessels, 172, 205, 206
Monoxylon, 95
Motor barges, 280
Motor-propelled ships, 291
Musculus, or mydion, 85
Nave, 218
Norfolk wherry, 307
Paddle-sloop, 263
Paddle-steamers, 263
Paro, 85
Penzance lugger, 318
Pink, 236
Pinnace, 205, 208, 229
Plymouth hooker, 291
Ponto, 87
Portuguese carack, 215
Prosumia, 87
Quadrireme, 65
Schedia, 85
Schooners, 277, 292 et seq.
Schuyt, Dutch, 220, 285
Scotch “Zulus,” 317
Screw ship, 263
Shallops, 208
Sibbick rater, 309
Skin boats, 102-105
Skuta, 120, 124
Sloops, 220, 249, 292
Snekkja, 124, 133, 146
Spanish treasure-frigates, 214
Square-rigged, 192
Steam collier, 258
“Stumpies,” 305
Tartana, 218
Tesseraria, 85
Thames barge, 305
Three-decker, 227, 229
Topsail schooner, 298
Trireme, 48, 69
Victualling ships, 185
Viking, or double-ended, 90, 106
Viking-like, 171
Visser, 145
Warships, Tudor, 178, 188, 203
Wherry, Norfolk, 307
Yachts, 289, 320 et seq.
Yarmouth yawl, 315
Yawls, 314
Yorkshire cobble, 60
“Zulus,” 317
Shotover, 234
Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, 247
Sidon, coins of, 52
Signals, code of, 188, 249
Sigurdson, Harald, 122
Skins for boats, 102-105
Sluys, battle of, 157
Smith’s, Captain John, description of taking a prize, 223-225
Smyth, Mr. Warington, 307, 310
Snape, Suffolk, Viking ship discovered at, 115
Soames & Co., Messrs., 271
Solent, the, 322
Somerscales, Mr. T., 5
South Kensington Museum, models in, 5, 181, 216, 241, 271, 299, 309, 311, 328
Southampton Water, 174
Southend, 290
Spanish Armada. See Armada
Spanish maritime progress, sixteenth century, 180
Spanish seamen, time of Armada, 204
Spanish treasure-frigates, 214
Spars, interchangeable, 260
Speiring’s, Francis, tapestries of Spanish Armada, 207
Spithead, 250
Spritsail, 265, 283
Squaresail, 11, 244, 281
Stanfield, Clarkson, 5
Staysail, 283
Steamships, supersede sailing vessels, 2, 272;
introduction into the Navy, 263
Steele & Co., Messrs., Greenock, 267, 271, 326
Steele, Mr. William, 326
Steering paddles, 146
Sterns, 12, 16, 244, 289;
“canoe,” 276;
circular, 257;
overhanging, 329
Stone age, the, and shipbuilding, 94, 99
Stone implements in modern use, 99
Stow Wood, 234
Stuart, Mr. Villiers, 33
Suez Canal, 272
Suiones, the, 110
Summercastle, 175
Sunderland, 266
Sydney, Sir Philip, 209
Symonds, Sir William, 259, 299
Tacitus, 108, 109
Tacking, the ancients and, 44
Tallow for bottoms of ships, 232
Tapestries, ships on, 130;
Bayeux Tapestry, 17, 134;
Spanish Armada, House of Lords, 207
Tea trade, the China, 268
Teak, 257
Tecklenborg, Messrs. J. C., 275
Telescopes, 193
Terry’s, Captain C. E., model of the Santa Maria, 182
Thompson, Messrs. J., & Co., 267, 271
Timbers, diagonal, 257
Tonnage measurement, 231
Topgallant sail, 175
Topmasts, 173, 195
Topsails, 83, 284
Trading vessels. See Merchant ships
Trafalgar, 254, 262;
mistake in signals, 252
Trinity House Corporation, 193;
pictures, 227
Tromp, Admiral van, 285
Trondhjem Fjord, ships found on shores of, 114
Trumpeting on ancient ships, 149
Tudor colours, the, 191
Tudor period, development of ships during the, 221
Tuke, Mr. H. S., 5
“Tumblehome,” 168, 244
Tune Viking ship, 117
Tunis, excavations near, 84
Turkish pirates, vessels of, 218
Turner, J. M. W., R.A., pictures by, 5, 259, 285, 289, 300, 323
Tyre and Sidon, kings of, 49
Union flag, the, 241, 242
Union Jack, the, 254
United Service Museum. See Royal United Service Museum
United States coasting trade, 296
Ursula, St., the pilgrimage of, 4, 162
Valdermoor Marsh, Schleswig-Holstein, boat found at, 95
Vasco da Gama, 51, 184
Velde, Willem Van der, 5, 229, 285, 287, 289
Velleius Paterculus, 102
Veneti, ships of the, 90, 93, 105, 106
Venetian warship (thirteenth century), 142
Venetians, English ships purchased from, 190
Venice, St. Mark’s, mosaics in, 130, 144
Venice, ships of, 153, 170
Victoria and Albert Museum. See South Kensington Museum
Victoria, Queen, 260
Viking ships, 10, 13, 14, 90, 110;
arrangements of, 122, 125, 127;
sails, 122-124;
steering, 156;
navigation, 126;
the Phœnicians and, 92;
connection between and the Mediterranean galleys, 91;
discovery of remains of ships, 115-122
Vikings, the, influence of on ships, 156, 285;
harass England and France, 130;
burial in ship-shape graves, 113-115
Virginia, 246
Voss, Captain J. C., 302
Vroom, Hendrik C., pictures by, 207, 220
Wanhill, Thomas, of Poole, 324, 326
War-galleys, Greek, 60
Warships and warfare, Norse, 124-125
Watson, Mr. G. L., 328
Waymouth, Mr., 271
West Countrymen, temp. Elizabeth, 202
West Indiaman, 259
West Indies, 214, 258, 259
Whale-boats, 14
Whitby, 303
White Brothers, Messrs., 331
White Ensign, the, 254, 255
White, Mr. H. W., 331
Whitstable, 290
William the Conqueror, 17, 134
Willoughby, Sir Hugh, 191
Wilton, Earl of, 324
Winchelsea, seal of, 149
Winches, 179
Winchester Cathedral, font, 129, 136
Wool trade, Flemish, 154
Woolwich, 227, 246, 250, 321
Wyllie, Mr. W. L., R.A., 5
Wynter, Sir William, 201
Xerxes, 48, 56
Yacht, first, in England, 289;
modification of yacht design, 328;
sterns of Dutch yachts, 243;
the word “yacht,” 320
Yachting, 244, 321 et seq.;
international yachting rules, 332
Yarborough, Earl of, 323
Yards, 181
Yarmouth, 129, 304, 307, 315
Yonkers, 225
York Museum, ancient boat in, 100
Yorkshire cobble, 60
Zarebas, 22
Zuyder Zee, 282