INDEX

Active, the, 298

Agamemnon, the, 288

Ajax, the, 288

Alarm, the, 44

Alecto, the, 239

Alexandra, the, 274

Anderson, Robert, 167

Anson, Lord, 43, 121, 151

Archimedes, 95, 115, 234

Archimedes, the, 238

Argyle, the, 225

Armada, the Spanish, 9, 77, 79

Armstrong, Lord, 200

Armstrong gun, the, 201, 255, 268

Atwood, 40

Audacious, the, 274

Bacon, Lord, 34, 93, 96

Bacon, Roger, 62

Baker, Ezekiel, 119, 189

Baker, James, 15

Baker, Matthew, 15

Balchen, Admiral, 147

Barnaby, Sir N., 50, 283, 289

Barrow, Sir J., 98, 229

Battery, central, ships, 270

Bawd, Peter, 72

Beaufoy, Colonel, 40

Beaufoy, Corporal, 190

Belleisle, siege of, 83

Bellerophon, the, 272

Bentham, Sir S., 55, 136, 162

Berghen-op-Zoom, siege of, 120

Bernouilli, Daniel, 37, 216

Bernouilli, John, 37, 115

Berthold the Friar, 62

Birkenhead, the, 257

Blake, 42

Blomefield, General, 85

Board of Ordnance, 145

Bold, Charles the, 87

Bonaparte, 165

Borda, the Chevalier, 37

Bossut, Abbé, 38

Bouguer, 37, 216

Boulton, 108, 222

Bourne, Robert, 143, 212

Boyle, 96

Boynton, 267

Brackenbury, General, 62

Bramah, 222, 234

Bridgewater, the Duke of, 218

Briggs, Sir J., 228

Broke, Sir P., 154

Brown Bess, rifle, 192

Brown, Commander, 235

Brunel, 228, 238, 277

Brunswick, rifle, 190

Buckhurst, Lord, 79

Burrell, Andrew, 23

Bushnell, 213

Busk, Hans, 184, 244

Byng, Admiral, 42

Cabots, the, 5

Caiman, the, 293

Caledonia, the, 49, 226

Captain, the, 280

Caus, Solomon, 95–98

Cawley, 103

Cerberus, the, 282

Chads, Captain, 249

Chapman, 39, 149

Charles I, King, 23

Charles II, King, 29, 96

Charles V, Emperor, 88

Charlotte Dundas, the, 219

Charterhouse, garden, 119

Chatfield, 59

Chesapeake, the, 156

Chinese gunboats, 291

Clerk of Eldin, 219

Clermont, the, 223

Cloyne, Bishop of, 116

Cockle, Maurice, 65

Collingwood, the, 292

Colomb, Admiral, 264, 287

Colossus, the, 288

Columbus, 5

Comet, the, 225, 229

Commerce de Marseille, the, 46

Compass, discovery of, 3

Condorcet, 38

Congo, the, 238

Congress, the, 263

Congreve, General, 85

Congreve, Sir W., 85, 91, 147, 158

Conqueror, the, 288

Consort, Prince, 277

Constantinople, siege of, 66

Corbett, Sir Julian, 1, 6, 7, 8, 9

Couronne, the, 254

Cowper Coles, Captain, 276

Creuze, Augustin, 59, 256

Cruiser, type, 298

Cumberland, Earl of, 20

Curaçoa, the, 230

Dahlgren, 139, 234, 261

Dandolo, the, 285

Dauntless, the, 242

Deane, Sir A., 28

Delvigne, 187, 194

Demologos, the, 225

Denny, Messrs., 226

Derrick, 28, 31

Desaguliers, Dr., 101

Desblancs, 217

Devastation, the, 281

Dirck, 98

Doncaster, the, 229

Douglas, Sir C., 151

Douglas, Sir H., 86, 173, 228, 257, 261

Dreadnought, the, 283

Duckworth, Sir J., 67

Duilio, the, 285

Duke, the, 130, 152

Dundas, Lord, 218

Dunkirk privateers, 23

Dupuy de Lôme, 253

Dutch ships, characteristics of, 27

Dwarf, the, 243

Elliot, Admiral, 246

Enfield rifle, 197

Enterprise, the, 273

Ericsson, 236

Essex, the, 137

Euler, 37, 216

Excellent, the, 158

Ferdinand Max, the, 263

Fincham, 1, 48, 53, 233

Finsbury Field, 82

Fitch, 220

Forbin, Count, 40

Formidable, the, 134, 153

Fortifications, land, 204

Fournier, Abbé, 144

Frederick the Great, 90

Fremantle, Hon. T. F., 184

Frigate, origin of, 23

Froissart, 64

Froude, 286

Fuller, 27, 171

Fulton, 221

Furring of ships, 17

Galatea, the, 229

Galileo, 95, 116

Galleasse, 4, 211

Galleon, 4, 7

Galley, 2, 71, 210

Gama, Vasco di, 5

Garoy, Blasco de, 212

Gautier, 216

Genoese, the, 4

Gibbon, 66, 69

Gibraltar, siege of, 250

Girdling of ships, 29

Glatton, the, 135, 282

Gloire, the, 205, 253

Gordon, Thomas, 48

Grace à Dieu, the, 76

Great Britain, the, 238

Great Eastern, the, 258

Greek fire, 61

Greener, 193

Gribeauval, 90

Gunpowder, 3, 70, 76, 99

Gustavus Adolphus, 90

Haddock, Sir R., 29

Halley, 117

Hampton Roads, battle of, 262

Hannay, 57

Hardy, Sir T. M., 159, 230

Harvey torpedo, 291

Harwich, the, 31

Hastings, Captain, 174

Hastings, Sir T., 248

Hautefeuille, J. de, 99

Hawke, Admiral, 43, 122, 151

Hawkins, Sir J., 8

Hawkins, Sir R., 9, 80

Hay, Lord John, 232

Hébé, the, 134

Henri II, King, 75, 89

Henry VIII, King, 6, 72

Henry, Prince, 19

Hercules, the, 273

Hero of Alexandria, 94

Hibernia, the, 48

Hime, Colonel, 61, 77

Hogue, battle of La, 32

Honourable Artillery Co., 82

Horse artillery, 91

Hoste, 37

Hotspur, the, 282, 287

Howard, Lord, 9, 77

Hugo, Victor, 147

Hulls, Jonathan, 215

Hutton, 122, 129, 132

Huyghens, 37, 96, 99

Impérieuse, the, 295

Inconstant, the, 298

India, East, Company, 45, 135

Inflexible, the, 285

Inman, Dr., 57

Invincible, the, 44

Iron Duke, the, 274

Italia, the, 289

Jacob, General, 196

Jal, 5

James I, King, 15

James II, King, 33

James, the historian, 49, 132

Joinville, Prince de, 240

Jouffroi, 217

Juan, Don G., 37

Kaltoff, Caspar, 97

Kempenfelt, Captain, 123

Keppel, Lord, 48

Key, Admiral Cooper, 268

Keyham, 254

Kinburn, 251

Knowles, Sir C., 45, 46

Krupp, 208

Kuper, Admiral, 206

Lady Nancy, the, 276

Laird, Messrs., 252, 280

Laputa, 34

Laughton, Sir J. K., 1, 9, 77, 153

Lepanto, battle of, 72, 78

Lepanto, the, 289

Lefroy, General, 67

Leibnitz, 214

Leipsic lexicon, 244

Lissa, battle of, 263

Livingstone, 222

Louis XI, King, 87

Magenta, the, 272

Malthus, 82

Manby, Aaron, 255

Manwayring, Sir H., 13, 143

Marestier, 224

Mars, the, 121

Marshall gun carriage, 158

Marsilly gun carriage, 158

Mary Rose, the, 74

Massé, Colonel, 86

Maudsley, Messrs., 285

Maure, the, 41

McLaurin, Colin, 39

Medea, the, 230

Melville, General, 127

Melville, Lord, 228

Mercier, Captain, 163

Merrimac, the, 262

Metacentre, discovery of, 37

Middleton, Sir C., 46, 123

Miller, Patrick, 127, 217

Minié, rifle, 195

Minotaur, the, 265

Monarch, the, 279

Monitor, the, 262

Monkey, the, 229

Monro, Colonel, 173

Mons Meg, 65

Moore, Sir Jonas, 98, 143

Moorfields, 82

Moorsom, Captain, 261, 266

Morland, Sir S., 29, 99

Muller, 84, 88

Murray, Mungo, 39

Nancy Dawson, the, 58

Napier, Sir C., 230, 233, 241, 255, 266

Napoleon III, 75, 87, 199, 250

Navarino, battle of, 156

Nelson, 45, 154, 269

Nemesis, the, 255

Newcomen, 102–106

Newton, 35, 96, 117, 214

Nicolas, Sir H., 3, 63

Noble, Captain, 207

Noel, Commander, 264, 289

Normans as shipbuilders, 5

Norton, Captain, 193, 199

Norton, Robert, 76, 78, 142

Nye, Nathaniel, 98

Oak, English, 27

Odin, the, 233

Oppenheim, 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 73, 75, 77, 81

Orient, the, 164

Otway, Commander, 110, 231

Pacificateur, the, 172, 248

Paixhans, 166, 227

Pakington, Sir J., 258

Pallas, the, 279

Palliser, Major, 205

Papin, 102, 213

Pardies, 36

Pascal, 95

Peake, Sir H., 56

Pechell, Captain, 157

Peel, 257

Pembroke, the, 41

Penelope, the, 233

Penn, Messrs., 253

Pennington, Sir J., 23

Pepys, 27, 33, 81, 96, 130

Perrin, 15

Pett, Peter, 23

Pett, Phineas, 15, 18

Petty, Sir W., 35

Phœbe, the, 138

Phœnix, the, 26, 175

Pickard, 108, 217

Pitt, 49

Plat, Sir H., 186

Point-blank defined, 114

Porta, della, 95

Potter, Humphrey, 105

Prevesa, battle of, 72

Prince Albert, the, 278

Prince Royal, the, 19

Princessa, the, 43

Proof of guns, 81

Punchinello, 130

Rainbow, the, 134

Raleigh, Sir W., 16, 24, 79

Raleigh, the, 298

Ram tactics, 263, 290

Ramelli, 212

Rattler, the, 239

Ré d’Italia, the, 263

Reed, Sir E., 59, 274, 279

Richelieu, 24, 212

Riders in ships, 11

Rob Roy, the, 226

Robins, Benjamin, 112–124, 129, 187

Robison, 106

Rodney, 134, 153

Rolf Krake, the, 277

Romme, 38

Roncière, de la, 212

Ross, Sir J., 227

Royal George, the, 43, 83

Royal Katherine, the, 35

Royal Society, foundation of, 96

Royal Sovereign, the, 278

Royal William, the, 28

Ruby, the, 249

Rumsey, 220

Rupert, the, 288

Rupert, Prince, 214

Russell, Scott, 252, 257, 264

Samuda, Messrs., 278

Sartorius, Admiral, 261

Savannah, the, 226

Savery, 100, 215

Schalk, 83

Scharnhorst, 88

Schmidt, 184

Scloppetaria, 184

Scott, Commander, 200

Scourge of Malice, the, 20

Seppings, Sir R., 46, 51

Sewell, 39

Shah, the, 298

Shannon, the, 154, 299

Sheathing, introduction of, 18

Sheerness, 254

Shish, 29, 35

Shovell, Admiral, 81

Shrapnel, Lieutenant, 91, 163

Sidon, the, 233

Simmons, Captain, 164, 176

Simoon, the, 249

Sinope, battle of, 162, 249

Slingsby, Sir R., 145

Smith, Pettit, 236

Snodgrass, 47

Solferino, the, 272

Sovereign of the Seas, the, 24

Spitalfields, 81, 130

Sprightly, the, 229

Stanhope, Lord, 221, 228

Stevinus, 95

Stockton, Captain, 237

Stromboli, the, 276

Sultan, the, 273

Surveyors, abilities of, 55

Sussex, iron mines, 69, 78

Sutherland, T., 35

Sveaborg, bombardment of, 252

Symington, 218

Symonds, Admiral, 57

Tactics, 2, 8, 30, 33, 77, 131, 153, 210, 263

Tartaglia, 89, 116

Taylor, 218

Tegetthof, Admiral, 263

Temeraire, the, 275

Tennant, Sir E., 200

Terrible, the, 233

Thames, the, 225

“Thieves, Forty,” the, 56

Thouvenin, Colonel, 195

Thunderer, the, 283

Torelli, 212

Torpedo, evolution of, 291

Torricelli, 95

Touchard, Admiral, 264

Trades Increase, the, 21

Trafalgar, battle of, 45, 49, 53, 269

Treuille de Beaulieu, 199

Trim, definition of, 13

Trinity House, 24

Trollope, Captain, 135

Tromp, 31

Trunnions, evolution of, 86

Truss frames, 52

Tunnage, 5, 49, 56

Turgot, 38

Turret, the evolution of, 271, 275

Types, differentiation of, 296

Upnor Castle, 81

Vanguard, the, 274

Vauban, Marshal, 160

Ventilation, study of, 44

Victory, the, 45, 53, 147

Villani, 64

Vincennes, 194, 250

Volage, the, 298

Walker, Captain, 193

Wallis, 35, 96

Walter, 120

Waltham Abbey, 85

Warrior, the, 205, 260

Warspite, the, 295

Watt, 93, 105–110, 217

Waymouth, Captain, 17

Wellington, 240

Whelps, the, 23

Whitehead, 292

Whitworth, Sir J., 197

Willett, 43, 48

Woodcraft, 212

Woolwich, 82

Worcester, Marquis of, 93, 97, 213

Wynter, Sir R., 145

Zöllner, 184