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Aberdeen harbour mined, 209 Aden, mine-field laid off, 145 Admiralty dispatch bearers, 108 Aerial attacks, 293-300 — bombs, effect of, 297 — warfare and submarine fighting, 273 Aircraft and convoys, 116 Airship, salving of, 273-279 Allied navies, 69 A memorable Christmas, 191-201 American first army, transport of, 124 Arctic patrol, 52, 227 — seas, work in, 193-201 Area of sea covered daily by sweepers, 161 Areas, command of, 23 — patrol of, 128-131 Armed liners, 51 Armies, transport of, 116 Atlantic patrol, 226-232 Australian first army, transport of, 123 Auxiliary patrol office, 25 Bases and their fleets, 113-115 — war, 23, 24, 102-115 Battle of Jutland, 248-256 Beatty, Sir David, 249, 255, 256 Blister system on monitors, 178 Blockade, naval, 18 Boarding parties, 201-208, 270 Bombardment of Zeebrugge, 287-293 Bombay, mine-field laid off, 145 Bombs, submarine, 91 Boom-defence ships, 68 — staff, 111 Brighton Queen, H.M.S., 54 Britannia, H.M.S., torpedoed, 101 British coast completely mined-in, 145 — Empire, dangerous position of, 117 Call of the White Ensign, 31, 33 Camouflaged ships, 73, 95 Canada, officers from, 44, 195 Canadian first army, transport of, 123 Case of mistaken identity, 190-191 Castaways, 238-247 Casualties, naval, in Great War, 27, 256 Casualty, a, 220 Chaplains, naval, 109-110 Christmas Day, 1916, 192-201 Clearing large mine-fields, 161 Coastal motor boats, 62 — construction of, 62-68 — method of attack, 65 — bases of, 65 — v. German destroyers, 66 — in actions off Zeebrugge and Ostend, 61, 68, 287 Colombo, mine-field laid off, 145 Colonial officers, 44-45 Colonies, aid from, 21 Concentration of British fleet, August, 1914, 17 Convoy, composition of, 118-119 Convoy ships, 115 Convoy system, 116-125 Convoying, difficulties of, 122 Convoys, minesweeping in front of, 121, 162 Co-operation between fleets of sea and air, 279 Cruiser Squadron, the Tenth, 51-52 Dan-buoys, 199 Danish derelict, 202-208 Decoy system of attack, 137-138 Deluding patrols, 236 Demobilisation, naval, 28 Depth charge, construction of, 80-84 — method of use, 80-84 — attacks with, 81-84, 262 Depth charges, 70, 84 Derelict, a, 201-208 Destruction of a U-C boat, 209, 218 Division of sea into patrol areas, 128-131 Docker battalions, 121 Dominions, aid from, 21 Dover lighted barrage, 183-185 — naval base, 103 Dover patrols, 286, 295-300 Drafting officers, 110 Drifter units, 54, 55, 114 Drifters, loss of in Adriatic, 56 — — in Straits of Dover, 56 Duffel clothing, 195 Dunkirk, a night spent in, 293-300 — patrols, 286, 293-300 Effect of danger on human senses, 261 Effect of shell fire, 256 Electrically controlled boats off Zeebrugge, 290-293 Engadine, H.M.S., 255 England's food supply, 18-19 Evening quarters in warships, 41 Examination ships, 68 Excitement, suppressed, before an action, 259 Exploratory minesweeping, 158-161 Fight, an epic, 226-232 Finding the ships, guns and men, 21 Firth of Forth, mines in, 209 Fishing fleets, armed guards with, 279-285 Fleet sweeping, 161 French ship, mysterious disappearance of, 264 German High Sea Fleet, 249 — naval position in 1914, 18 — submarine bases, 127 — mine-laying, 143 — raiders, Wolfe and Moewe, 145 — mines, description of, 145, 148 — — and Hague Convention, 150-152 — mine-laying policy, 154-156 — submarine offensive, 155 — minesweeping, 169 — submarines, loss of, 186 — mine-field, a Christmas spent on, 192-201 Grand Fleet, 233, 255, 286 — bases, 103 Granton Naval Base, 103 Guarding a mine-field, 201 Gunboats patrol, 53 Gunnery classes, 43-44 Harbour duties, 115 — mines at entrance to, 209-219 — sweeping, 162 Harwich patrols, 286 Hermione, training ship for new navy, 33, 36-49 Hope of action, 202 Hydrophone attack, 134-135 — branch of naval service, 76 — flotillas, 134-135 Hydrophones, 70-84 — object of, 70 — portable, 71 — — use of, 71-72 — construction of, 72-74 — limitations in use of, 77-78 — directional, 75 — — use of, 76 — fitted in U and U-C boats, 76-77 Iceland fishing fleet, 195, 200 Indian Ocean, mine-fields in, 145 Indicator nets, 85, 89, 138, 258-263 Intelligence offices in naval bases, 108, 129 Interpreter officers, 68 Invincible, H.M.S., 255 Isolation of mined areas, 159 Jellicoe, Sir John, 252 King's Messengers, 108 Lance bombs, 91 Life-boat, work of, 222-223 Lighted barrage, 183 Lightning reveals U-boat, 260 Lion, H.M.S., after Jutland, 56, 254 Liverpool harbour mined-in, 209 Loss of ships, percentage of, 54, 55 Lowestoft harbour mined-in, 209 Lusitania, sinking of, 18 Manning of British ships in past, 20 Mercantile fleets under convoy, 116 — Marine, 122 — shipping in danger zone, 209 Merchant ships, loss of, due to mines, 155 Methods of attacking submarines, 134-142 Mine barrages, 129, 139, 156, 179, 286 Mine-field, Christmas on, 192-200 Mine-fields, deep-laid, 139, 179-186 Mine-layers, 233-236 Mine nets, 39, 138 Mine-protection devices, 175-178 Mined areas, isolation of, 159 Minesweeping, 54, 121, 157, 178, 209, 293-300 Mine-laying from U-C boats, 152-153, 157 Mines destroyed by British Navy, 155, 158, 209 Mines, floating, 150 Mining School, Portsmouth, 163 M.L.'s. See under Motor Launches Modified sweeps, 96-101 Moewe, German raider, 145 Monotony, effect of, 280 Moonlight, effect of on searchlights, 297-298 Moral effect of air raids, 295 Moray Firth, mine-field in, 161 Morning divisions in warships, 41 Motor launch flotillas, 36, 115, 134-136 Motor launches, Admiralty contract for, 57 Motor launches, arrival of, 38 — construction of, 58-62 — description of, 56 — area patrolled by, 61 — loss of, 62 — in actions off Zeebrugge and Ostend, 62, 287 Mysteries of sea war, 264-272 — of submarine hunting, 126-162 — of German mine-laying, 143-156 — of minesweeping, 157-178 Mystery ships, 96, 101 — numbers employed, 96 National Insurance, 125 Naval bases, 102-115 — centres, 129 — College, Greenwich, 35 — policy, British, 31 — School of Submarine Mining, 163 — situation in 1914, 18 Navigation, dangers of, in war time, 265-266 — training in, 46-49 Navy, expansion of, in past wars, 28 Nerve tension before action, 261, 288 Nets, submarine, 56, 85-89 New fleets in being, 50-69 New navy, composition of, 50-69 — formation into flotillas, 68-69 — growth of, 23 — officers and men of, 25, 33-34 — raison d'être, 18 New Zealand, H.M.S., 255 New Zealand, officers from, 39 — waters, mines in, 145 Nieuport pier, destruction of, 292 Night attacks, 258-263 — patrol, 209, 292 North Sea, area of, 20 — British naval blockade of, 124 — gales, 220 Northern mine barrage, 182 Officers, training, 36-49 Oil trails, 218, 263 Paravanes, 175-177 Patrol areas, 23-24, 128-131 — boats, 130-133 — — on lines of communication during Jutland, 257 Personnel of new navy, 32 Petrol fumes, danger of, 275-276 Picric acid, for causing and alleviating pain, 257 Port minesweeping officers, 111, 163 Princess Royal, H.M.S., 255 Privateers, old and new, 117-118 "Q" Boats, 96-101 — description of, 96-99 — number employed, 96 Q19, action of, in Straits of Gibraltar, 99 Queenstown naval base, 103 Raiders, German, cruises of, 145 Red Cross work, 248-252 Refits, 226 Rescue work, 220-225, 238, 273-279 Rescued crews, 247 Resource II., H.M.S., 36 Restriction of submarine danger zone, 126 Return of fleet from Jutland, 254-256 Rosyth Dockyard, 103 Routine sweeping, 161 Royal Naval Reserve, 37 — — Volunteer Reserve, 36 Royal Navy and Merchant Service, 26 — — manning of, in past, 26-27 Russian army, transport of, 123 — lines of communication, 22 — War of 1854-1856, 26 Salving live mines, 151-152 Scandinavian convoys, 123-124 — — attacks on, 124 Scapa Flow, 103 Scottish waters, mine-fields in, 147 Sea fight, elements of, 255 — flanks of armies, 286-300 — power, elements of, 26 — stalking, 270 Seamanship classes, 41-43 Searching for mines, 162 Shallow-water sweeping, 162 Shell-shock cases, 257 Ships of the new navy, 20-22 Sick bay, shells burst in, 256 Singapore mine-field, 145 Sinking of last U-boat, 99 Sloop flotillas, 52 Smoke screens, 92-93, 290 S.O.S., 238 Sounds, submarine, 70-73 South African mine-fields, 145 Southampton, H.M.S., 255 Southampton Water training ground, 38 Spanish Armada, 233 Spectre of the Goodwins, 265 Spotting officers at Zeebrugge, 288-291 Staff Headquarters, 24 Standard ships, 120 Submarine Engineering of To-day, 154 Submarine hide-and-seek, 77-78 — nets, 258-263 — phase of naval war, 17-20 — sounds, 70-73 — v. submarine, 140 — v. merchantman, 19 — warfare of the future, 127 Sutphen, Henry R., 57-58 Sydney, H.M.S., 123 Tactical methods, 134-135 Task of Allied navies, 18-35 Tenth Cruiser Squadron, 52, 232 Theatre of war, principal, 20 Thornycroft, Messrs John T., & Co. Ltd., 65 Tides, effect of, on moored mines, 149 — — on minesweeping, 171 Toast of the British Navy, 48 Tracking U-boats, methods of, 129-131 Training an anti-submarine force, 36-49 Transport of Allied armies, 116 Trawler units, 54, 55, 113 Treachery, guarding against, 270 Tripods (for observation) at Zeebrugge, 280 U-Boats, fishing for, 87-88, 258-263 — sunk, 263 — sunk by Q19, 97-100 U-C boats, 144 United States, effect on German mine-laying, 156 — help from, 21 — navy, 69 — warships attacked, 125 University, a naval, 46-49 Unrecorded sea fights, 204 Very's pistols, 246, 276 Victory, H.M.S., at Trafalgar, 30 Von Hipper's fleet, 255 War base, a typical, 102 — bases, 23, 102, 115 — — description of, 104-115 — Cabinet and convoys, 125 — Channel, 160, 172-175 Wardrooms in naval bases, 112 Warspite, H.M.S., 254 Waterloo, a replica of, 250 Weapons, curious, 85-95 Weather, effect of, on naval operations, 233 Whaler units, 53-54, 115 William Whiteley's, a naval, 107 Winter patrol, 209 Wolfe, German raider, 145 Wounded, transport of, 256-257 Yacht clubs, officers from, 32 Yacht, armed, 53 Zeebrugge, bombardment of, 287-293 Zeppelin attacks fishing fleet, 282, 285 Zeppelin raids, 48-49 Zigzagging to avoid U-boats, 116 Zones of war, drafting to, 50-51 — vessels leaving for, 187

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