INDEX
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Abdiel, 289, 373, 433, 465, 484
Aberdeenshire coast, a U-boat rammed and sunk off, 209
Aboukir, loss of, 15, 37, 105, 132
Acacia, 233
Acasta, 9, 176, 464
in Jutland battle, 332, 333, 356, 387, 476
Achates, 9, 464
Acheron, 466
Achilles, 8, 88, 212, 419
accident on, 163
sinks a German raider, 276
Acorn, 9
Active, 9, 134, 144, 145, 318, 380, 381, 439, 464, 482
Admiralty, adopt Scapa Flow as main Fleet Base, 15
Intelligence Division of, 187
naval policy of, 34, 302
vigorous mine-laying policy adopted by, 249
Adriatic, battleships withdrawn from, 303
Aeroplane attacks 2nd Cruiser Squadron, 165
Aeroplanes over the Orkneys, 95
substituted for seaplanes, 222, 283
Africa, 8, 266
Agadir crisis, 91
Agamemnon, 10
Agincourt, 108, 152, 241, 308, 318, 463
in Jutland battle, 357, 360
joins 4th Battle Squadron, 121
Aircraft carriers, development of, 72
in warfare, 70, 153
Airships as scouts, 37, 450
Ajax, 8, 93, 98, 107, 135, 152, 241, 290, 318, 463
Alarm, 9, 142
Albemarle, 10, 93, 98, 212, 237, 249, 266
Alcantara, 272, 273
sinking of, 273
Alderson, Captain, 207
Alexander-Sinclair, Commodore E. S., 203, 320, 466, 489
Alison, Lieut.-Commander Roger V., 466
Allen, Commander Walter L., 464
Allsup, Commander Claude F., 464
Alsatian, 73, 105, 107, 109, 127, 131, 135, 169
captures concealed Germans, 138
Ambuscade, 9, 176, 286, 464
in Jutland battle, 376, 483
America enters the War, 303
American battleships join Grand Fleet, 303
Amethyst, 10
Ammunition, for Army use, 114
ships, 84
Amphion, 10
Amsterdam, 217
Andes, 272, 273
rescues German survivors, 274
Andromache, 11
Anglia, 104
Anti-submarine defences, German, 30
obstructions, 144, 146
obstructions damaged by gales, 247, 267
operations, British, 146, 218 et seq., 282
Antrim, 8, 89, 138, 159, 211, 419, 424
Apollo, 11
Arabis, sinking of, 269
Arbuthnot, Rear-Admiral Sir Robert, 8, 191, 334, 342, 410, 463, 477
death of, 335, 410, 487
Ardent, 9, 483
in collision, 250, 286
loss of, 376, 385, 485
Arethusa, 111
in action, 493, 494
Argyll, 8, 89, 223
aground off Scottish coast, 252
Ariel, 209, 466
sinks a submarine, 214
Arlanza, 253, 431
Arley, 233
Armour piercing shells, a new type of, 69, 417
Committees’ investigations on, 69
limitations of British, 306
Armour protection, improved, 417
question of, 394 et seq., 468
Arnot, Midshipman R. G., 484
Asquith, Right Hon. H. H., visits the Fleet, 237, 241
Assistance, 8, 80, 83, 105, 114, 116, 138, 143, 186, 197
Atkins, Acting-Lieut. P. S., 239, 240
Atlantic, Von Spee’s squadron in, 24, 157, 161
Attack, 466, 496
Attila, capture of, 108
Audacious, 8, 135, 149, 150, 151
loss of, 148 et seq.
Aurora, 194, 493, 494
Australia, 24, 203, 204, 210, 290, 418
in collision, 285
Austrian steamer captured, 108
Back, Captain Eric, 260
Backhouse, Captain Oliver, 463
Backhouse, Commander Roger, 7
Bacon, Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald, 154
Badger, 467
rescues survivors, 338, 356, 479
Baird, Captain George H., 463
Balfour, Right Hon. A. J., becomes First Lord, 453
offers Admiral Jellicoe post of First Sea Lord, 458
Baltic, the, British submarines in, 434
proposed operations in, 129
Barham, 249, 320, 325, 328, 345, 348, 352, 360, 463, 472, 478
in collision, 258
Barron, Commander J. O., 333, 356, 464, 476
Bashmakoff, M., 275
Bate, Lieut.-Commander C. L., 465
Battle Cruiser Fleet, aircraft attached to, 71
Instructions to, 53
organisation of, 203
title altered, 204
Battle Cruiser Fleet’s action, 316 et seq.
Battle Cruiser Squadron, reorganisation of, 418
Battle cruisers, function of, 304
question of armour, protection of, 305, 306
Battle Fleet, composition of, 7
aircraft provided for, 71
Battleships, “all-big-gun” type of, 34
and Battle Cruisers, British and German, 307 et seq.
Battleships, British and German, 31
dummy, 171
Bayano sunk by submarine, 210
Bayly, Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis, commands 1st Battle Squadron, 7, 85, 149
discusses question of blocking Zeebrugge, 154
exchange of command, 180, 182
Beamish, Captain Tufton P. H., 466
Bear Island, reported enemy base and wireless station at, 233
Beattie, Lieut.-Commander Kenneth A., 466
Beatty, Vice-Admiral Sir David, 8, 111, 177, 178, 203, 285, 322, 466, 477, 494
Beatty, Vice-Admiral Sir David, and Jutland battle, 320, 321, 325, 341, 345, 369, 440, 442, 468, 480
despatch on North Sea battle, 493 et seq.
tribute to, 411, 489
Belgian coast, sweeping the, 170
Bellairs, Lieut.-Commander R. M., 7, 359, 490
Bellerophon, 8, 110, 318, 463
Bellona, 7, 88, 94, 97, 98, 173, 202, 318, 442, 463, 482
in collision, 180
Benbow, 169, 173, 186, 318, 352, 355, 463
Bentinck, Captain Rudolf W., 2, 7, 41, 465
tribute to, 489
Beresford, Lord, 35
Berliner Tageblatt, Captain Persius’ admissions in, 408
Bernard, Captain V. H. G., 463
Best, Commander the Hon. Matthew R., 7, 490
Betty, Captain, 185
Biarritz, 292
Bingham, Commander the Hon. E. B. S., 324, 463, 470
awarded V. C., 325
Bircham, Lieutenant, 77
Birkenhead, 246, 251, 255, 319, 466
Birmingham, 8, 88, 178, 182, 203, 223, 319, 466, 493
sinks a submarine, 93, 119
Black Prince, 171, 187, 244, 290, 318, 336, 380, 463
uncertainty of her end, 336, 337, 478
Blackett, Captain Henry, 463
Blake, Lieut.-Commander C. P., 467
Blanche, 8, 88, 175, 202, 207, 272, 273, 318, 463, 482
Blockade, Ministry of, 76
work of the Fleet, 73 et seq., 96, 97, 189
[see also, Cruiser Squadron (10th)]
Block-ships sunk in Scapa Flow entrances, 167
Blonde, 8, 88, 202, 290
goes ashore, 433
Blūcher, 152, 494, 495
sinking of, 195, 197, 496
Blunt, Captain W. F., 10, 466
Boadicea, 4, 8, 88, 202, 318, 438, 463, 482
damaged by heavy seas, 175
Boarding steamers, increased force of, 171
Bonham, Captain Thomas P., 463, 478
death of, 487
Borrett, Captain George H., 463
Botha, 225, 267, 457
Boxer campaign, 62, 63
Boxer, Lieut.-Commander Henry P., 465
Boyle, Captain the Hon. Algernon D. E. H., 466
Bradford, Vice-Admiral E. E., 8, 48, 108, 176, 179, 208
and Dogger Bank action, 196
Brandenburg, 132
interned by Norwegian Government, 133
Brisk, 9
Britannia, 8, 199
aground in Firth of Forth, 198
British Expeditionary Force, transport of, 22, 23, 37
British Fleet, anxiety for safety of, 28, 31
British Navy (see Navy)
“Broad Fourteens,” patrolling the, 37, 127, 132
Brock, Rear-Admiral O. de B., 203, 319, 465, 489, 493, 496
Broke, 180, 293, 375, 387, 464
Brooke, Lieut.-Commander Edward, 467
Browning, Rear-Admiral M. E., 8
Bruen, Captain Edward F., 463
Bryce, Lord, 2
Bullen, Lieut.-Commander, 278
Bulwark, 10
Burney, Lieutenant Dennis, 60
clever device by, 61
Burney, Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil, 10, 16, 36, 207, 358, 459, 462, 477, 480
and Heligoland, 129
and Jutland battle, 319, 342, 343, 362, 381
exchange of command, 180, 181
flagship damaged, 355, 485
illness of, 182
joins Grand Fleet, 36
resumes command of 1st Battle Squadron, 185
tribute to, 410, 488
Caldaff, mining of, 150
Callaghan, Admiral Sir George, 55
gives up the command, 5
his Service record, 1
improvises defences at Scapa, 27
strikes his flag, 6
Callaghan, Lieut.-Commander Cyril, 496
Calliope, 227, 272, 277, 365, 464, 482
Cambria, 104, 114, 148
Cameleon, 9
Cameron, Captain John E., 466
Campania, 71, 221, 222, 229, 230, 231, 238, 282, 283, 428, 446
Campbell, Commander G. W. McC., 465
Canada, 308, 318, 463
joins Grand Fleet, 250
Canadian troops, a convoy for, 134, 136
Canterbury, 317, 318, 330, 332, 339, 464, 476
Cantlie, Lieutenant, 232
Caribbean, 211, 246
sinking of, 246
Carnarvon, 10
Caroline, 203, 464
Carpenter, Lieut.-Commander (N.) A. F. B., 2
Carter, Lieut.-Commander Eric Q., 465
Casement, Captain John M., 463
Castor, 374, 464
Cavendish, Lieut.-Commander J. R. C., 464
Cay, Captain Arthur L., 337, 338, 463
death of, 487
Centurion, 2, 8, 95, 140, 198, 318, 463
Champion, 319, 329, 378, 463, 472, 484
Champion, Commander J. P., 377, 465, 484
Channel Fleet, 15, 16, 36
change in command of, 182
squadrons manned with nucleus crews, 36
strengthened, 155
Chatfield, Captain A. E. M., 465, 493
Chatham, 443
Cheerful, 135
Chester, 317, 318, 330, 339, 415, 441, 464, 475
her boy hero, Jack Cornwell, 332, 410
in action, 330 et seq.
China, conference of Allied naval officers in, 63
Christian, Rear-Admiral, 101, 105
his command, 105
Christopher, 9, 236, 245, 331, 332, 464, 476
Chukovsky, M., 275
Churchill, Right Hon. Winston, 3, 35
and Heligoland, 128
and position of Commander-in-Chief, 3
attends conference at Loch Ewe, 127
interview with Sir J. Jellicoe, 3
Circe, 9
City of Oxford, 171
Clan McNaughton, loss of, 205
Cleopatra, 279, 433
Clinton-Baker, Captain Lewis, 462
Coaling the Fleet, 83, 92, 104, 108, 109
Coal strike, a Welsh, 229, 230, 235
Coast lights, extinction of, 121, 136
Coast towns, enemy bombardment of, 25, 287, 456
Cobbe, Captain M. H., 11
Cochrane, 8, 88, 318, 419, 463
Cockatrice, 9, 173
Cole, Commander John F. H., 242
Coles, Lieut.-Commander G. A., 376, 464, 483
Colliers at the Fleet Base, 83
insufficient number of, 84, 92, 98
Collingwood, 7, 319, 361, 462
Colossus, 7, 38 (note), 60, 318, 319
and battle of Jutland, 351, 353, 357, 360, 381, 462, 481
Columbella, 233, 272
Colville, Commander Hugh D., 464
Colville, Vice-Admiral Sir Stanley, 81, 82, 122, 143, 159, 166, 231, 234, 243
assumes temporary command of 1st Battle Squadron, 182
Comet, 9, 107, 217
Commonwealth, 8, 186, 199
Comus, 272, 273, 277, 278, 342, 426, 464
Conqueror, 8, 31 (note), 152, 184, 193, 199, 318, 463
Conqueror II. torpedoed, 446
Constance, 426, 432, 464
Contest, 9, 464
Cordelia, 203, 319, 320, 466
Corlett, Lieut.-Commander Geoffrey, 466
Cornwallis, 10
Cornwell, Jack, of Chester, heroism of, 332, 410
Cowan, Captain Walter H., 465
Crabbe, Commander L. G. E., 464
Craig, Captain Arthur W., 466
Crescent, 11, 205, 255, 277
Cressy, loss of, 15, 37, 105
Cromarty, a fleet practice base at, 64, 65
a floating dock transferred to, 79, 80, 106, 122
and submarine menace, 64
Naval Base at, 28
Rear-Admiral Pears in charge of Base at, 97
rendered secure from submarine attacks, 77, 146
Crooke, Captain H. Ralph, 464
Cruiser Squadron (3rd), disbandment of, 245
Cruiser Squadron (6th), broken up, 210
Cruiser Squadron (10th) augmented, 181
blockade work of, 73, 158, 193, 201, 205, 214, 220, 228, 233, 243, 247, 253, 257, 261, 268, 275, 281, 288, 294, 427, 431, 444, 448, 452, 458
paid off, 163
patrol areas of, 96, 98, 103, 137, 145, 181, 192, 206, 213, 272, 283
Cruiser Squadrons, reorganisation of, 418, 419
Culme-Seymour, Captain Michael, 463
Cumberland, 198
Currey, Rear-Admiral Bernard, 10
Curtis, Commander Berwick, 373, 465, 484
Cuxhaven, enemy battleships at, 97
Cyclops, 7, 80, 83, 98, 117, 143
D’Aeth, Captain Arthur C. S. H., 464
Dahlia strikes a mine, 245
Dampier, Captain, 149
Danehenko, M., 275
Dannreuther, Commander, 337
Dardanelles operations, kite balloons in, 71
“Dark night” patrols, 261, 264, 432
Dartmouth, 185
Day, Commander Selwyn, 276
De Chair, Rear-Admiral Dudley, 11, 73, 96, 169
Decoy ships (Q-ships), 262
Defence, 191, 318, 334, 335, 337, 339, 340, 463
loss of, 306, 336, 477
Defender, 340, 387, 467, 474
Derfflinger, 197, 357, 437, 474
Destroyer Flotilla (15th), formation of, 447
Destroyer flotillas, 9, 118
detailed orders for, 52
fine work in Jutland battle, 378
Destroyers, Battle Orders for, 52, 54
German, 29, 50, 62
German superiority in number of, 396–7
German v. British, 29
importance attached by Germany to attack by, 393
in action, 176, 323–5, 339, 340
inadequate number of British, 17, 18, 29, 175, 179, 200, 201, 397
in collision, 245, 246, 280, 286
used for mine-sweeping, 244
welcome additions to force of, 204
work of, 215
Devonshire, 8, 90, 135, 180, 282, 419, 424
Dick, Captain James D., 463
Digby, 233
Director-firing, system of, 66
Displacement, question of, 307
Dobson, Lieut.-Commander, 232
Dock accommodation, absence of, 315, 316
the Kaiser’s comments on, 315
Dockyard men, fine work by, 129, 417
Dogger Bank action, 187 et seq.
Admiral Beatty’s despatch on, 493 et seq.
battle cruiser fleet, composition of, 203
battle fleet engaged in, 199
(See also North Sea Battle)
Dominion, 8, 108, 119, 217
Donaldson, Sir F., 421
Donegal, 198, 255, 256, 290, 292, 419, 424, 458
Doughty, Captain Henry M., 463
Dover, Straits of, mining the, 249
Drake, 10, 96, 97, 98, 103, 106, 108, 116, 131, 134, 159, 164, 198
Dreadnought, 8, 34, 93, 207, 208, 290, 308
rams a submarine, 207
Dreadnought Squadron, captains of, in conference, 114
Dreyer, Captain, 7 (note), 342, 416, 417, 462, 481
tribute to, 416, 481
Dryad, 166
Dublin, 319, 362, 375, 384, 436, 442, 466, 485
Duff, Captain A. A. M., 93, 466, 493
Duff, Rear-Admiral A. L., 60, 61, 62, 169, 318, 463, 477, 488
tribute to, 488
Duke of Albany, 223, 433
Duke of Clarence, 270, 433
Duke of Cornwall, 430
Duke of Edinburgh, 171, 318, 336, 368, 419, 463, 482
Dumaresq, Captain John S., 463
Duncan, 10
Duncombe, 262
Dundas, Commander Harold V., 464
Dundee, 270, 276, 432, 433
Dunnet Bay, a German mine ashore at, 266
Dutton, Captain Arthur B. S., 463
East Coast, bombardment of undefended towns on, 25
raids on, 156
Ebro, 267
Edgar, 11, 141
Edinburgh, Zeppelin attack on, 282
Edwards, Captain John D., 466
Elbing, 374
Ellershaw, Brigadier-General, 421
Ellis, Captain Stanley V., 463, 477
death of, 487
Emperor of India, 169, 173, 186
Ems sunk by submarine, 426
Endymion, 11
Engadine, 71, 289, 320, 321, 386, 467, 469, 472, 485
England, possibility of invasion of, 23, 456
raids on south-east coast of, 287
English Channel, destroyers in, 455
Erin, 129, 152, 308, 318, 463
Erne, wreck of, 205
Esbjerg, enemy sighted from, 131
Evan-Thomas, Rear-Admiral H., 7, 320, 466
and Jutland battle, 326, 345, 349, 363, 369, 410, 467, 472, 476, 478
new command for, 243
tribute to, 488, 489
Everett, Commodore A. F., 7, 219
Exmouth, 10, 93, 135, 148, 150
Eyre, Lieut.-Commander Ralph V., 465
Falkland Islands battle, 24, 157, 161, 204, 205
Falmouth, 10, 16, 88, 94, 95, 97, 98, 104, 115, 134, 185, 319, 338, 466
and Jutland battle, 366, 441, 476, 479
sinking of, 441
Farie, Captain (D.) James U., 378, 466, 484
Faroe Islands, a search for enemy bases in, 96, 97
Farrington, Captain, 262
Faulknor, 208, 377, 457, 465
Faviell, Lieut.-Commander Douglas, 465
Fawckner, Rear-Admiral W. B., 228
Fearless, 10, 111, 132, 204, 245, 319, 449, 466
and Jutland battle, 328, 378, 381, 472, 473
Fergusson, Captain James A., 463
Field, Captain Frederick L., 463
Filleul, C., awarded D. S. M., 334
Fire control instruments, 68
Fire correction methods, improved, 417
Firedrake, 112
Fisher, Captain William W., 463
Fisher, Lieut.-Commander Leslie, 242
Fisher, Lord, becomes First Sea Lord, 34, 155
destroyer programme of, 408
energy as First Sea Lord, 187
improvements in Fleet organisation by, 35
Mr. Schwab’s visit to, 151
naval policy of, 34
supports Director System, 67
Fishermen’s bladders as “floating mines,” 126
Fishing areas, question of restriction of, 121, 136
Fishing vessels attacked by submarines, 228
FitzGerald, Colonel, 421
Fitzherbert, Lieut.-Commander Herbert, 2, 490
Flamborough Head, enemy mines off, 110
Fleet, the, a vital factor to existence of the Empire, 308
concentration of, at outbreak of War, 38
disposition of, 15
(See also Grand Fleet, Navy)
Fletcher, Lieut.-Commander H. U., 465
Floating storage, advantages of, 84
Flotta, Island of, 81
Flying Condor, 148
Food question, the, 453
Forbes, Commander Charles M., 7 (note), 490
Formidable, 10
Forth, Firth of, obstructions against submarines in, 78
submarine activity in, 185
Fortune, 9, 267, 464, 485
in collision, 250
loss of, 376
Forward, 9
Foula Islands, 105
Fox, Captain C. H., 10
Frauenlob, loss of, 375
Fremantle, Commander G. A., 467
Fremantle, Rear-Admiral S., 254
Fury, 9, 150, 233
Galatea, 203, 290, 319, 430, 466
and Jutland battle, 319, 436, 443, 468, 469
Gamble, Vice-Admiral Sir Douglas, 8, 205
Garland, 9, 286, 376, 464, 483
Garry engages a submarine, 169
Gaunt, Rear-Admiral E. F. A., 61, 319, 462, 477, 488
relieves Rear-Admiral Evan-Thomas, 243
tribute to, 488
General Cruiser Instructions, the, 53
Gentian, 293
George V., King, messages to the Fleet, 89, 234, 288
visits the Fleet, 204, 234, 426
German account of Jutland battle, 363
bombardment of East Coast, 25
breach of international law, 18
disguised raiders, 273, 274
fleet (see High Sea Fleet) gunnery, efficiency of, 348
merchant steamer intercepted and sunk, 291
mines and submarines, 221 et seq. (and passim)
submarine menace, 13, 16, 28, 37, 100, 113, 115 et seq.
German Bight, British submarine lays mines in, 426
Germans fire on British rescuers, 112
proclaim British waters unsafe for shipping, 201
rescue British crews, 325, 486
thoroughness of defences of their naval bases, 30
Germany, destroyer force of, 392, 396, 397
mutinies in Navy of, 39
naval strength of, in early days of War, 32, 33
Ghourko, 86
Gibraltar, 11
Glen Isla, 262
Glossop, Lieutenant Francis G., 467
Gloucester, 185, 203, 290, 320, 466
Goff, Lieut.-Commander R. S., 376, 464, 483
Goldfinch, 9
loss of, 205
Goldsmith, Commander Malcolm L., 467
Goodenough, Commodore W. E., 8, 95, 112, 194, 203, 320, 326, 341, 344, 466, 489, 493
and Dogger Bank battle, 195
engages the enemy, 178
Good Hope, 10
loss of, 307
Gorleston, hostile battle cruisers sighted at, 157
Goshawk, 467
Gossamer, 9
Gough-Calthorpe, Rear-Admiral the Hon. S., 8
Grafton, 11
Graham, Lieut.-Commander E. S., 467
Grand Fleet, a series of misfortunes, 152
a watching policy decided upon, 14
all-round improvement in fighting efficiency of, 70
and its bases, 26, 28, 34 et seq., 76 et seq., 144
arrival of additional seamen ratings for, 109
at end of November, 1914, 168
at end of 1914, 185
attempts to entice enemy to action, 264 et seq.
bases: conditions for leaving and returning to, 295 et seq.
battle exercises, 258
Battle Orders, 49, 88, 401, 406, 408
battle tactics exercises, 47
blockade work [see Blockade, Cruiser Squadron (10th)]
compared with High Sea Fleet, 31
composition of, 7 et seq.
condenser and boiler troubles of, 103, 108, 121, 129, 139, 152, 156, 159, 167, 172, 174, 185, 187, 190
constitution of, in May, 1916, and a parallel, 300 et seq.
countering retiring battle tactics, 50
cruising formation and deployment, 47, 271
destroyer force of, 396
development of, 36
disposition and movements of, after declaration of war, 90 et seq.
efficiency of engine-room departments of, 140, 387
Fleet movements: a month’s work, 216
gunnery practice of, 64 et seq.
inception of, 34
kite balloons provided for, 71, 72
lectures, system of, 86
measures against invasion and raids, 23, 24
messages from the King to, 89, 234, 388
naval instruction and education problem, 188
new Submarine Flotilla, 447
peace and war conditions compared, 55
personnel and welfare of, 85 et seq., 410, 487
pre-Dreadnought Squadron of, 47, 48
problem of tactics in Fleet actions, 391
Royal visits to, 204, 233, 426
Russian gentlemen’s visit to, 275
sea-plane reconnaissances of, 221
ships fitted with Director-firing system, 67
signalling by, and why reduced, 56 et seq.
spirit of comradeship in, 87
sports, 86
submarines attached to, 303
tables showing armament, protection and displacement of capital ships in, 308–310
the Staff Organisation, 39 et seq.
training of, 55 et seq.
work of medical officers, 488
Grant, Captain E. P. F. G., 462
Grant, Rear-Admiral W. L., 10, 96, 97
in command of 3rd Cruiser Squadron, 210
Great War, declaration of, 88
first reports of enemy movements, 90
naval strategy in home waters, 12 et seq.
opening of, 1 et seq.
Green, Captain J. F. E., 466
Greene, W. Graham, 414
Grief, 274
Griffin, W. C. R., a D. S. M. for, 334
Grubb, Lieut.-Commander Reginald W., 465
Gun power, question of, 306
Gun, range of, 38 (and note)
Gunfire, correction of, 68
Gunnery efficiency: a new departure, 235
work of German High Sea Fleet, 62, 64
Gye, Lieut.-Commander Alex. H., 467
Haddock, Commodore, 149, 171, 172
Haldane, Lord, 2
Halsey, Commodore Lionel, 7 (note), 219, 411
Hamburg, 374
Hamilton, Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick, becomes Second Sea Lord, 3
Hamond, Commander Robert G., 464
Hampshire, 198, 230, 257, 259, 420, 463
Kitchener and staff sail for Archangel in, 421
strikes a mine and sinks, 422
survivors of, 422
Hannibal, 93, 95, 205
Hardman-Jones, Lieut.-Commander E., 2
Hardy, 9, 176, 464
Harris, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald N. A., 82
Harrison, Lieut.-Commander G. C., 465
Harrison, Lieut.-Commander Julian, 464
Hartford, Lieut.-Commander G. B., 465
Harwich, mined areas near, 110
Harwich Force, 9, 385
provided with aircraft, 71
Hawk sinks a submarine, 225
Hawke, 11
loss of, 21, 141
Hawksley, Commodore J. R. P., 9, 374, 384, 463, 477, 482
Heath, Rear-Admiral H. L., 334, 367, 368, 463, 477, 482
Heaton-Ellis, Captain E. H. F., 464
Heligoland, a comprehensive mining policy urged, 248
fortifications of, 128
proposals for bombardment and capture of, 128
Heligoland Bight, British submarines followed by German trawlers, 105
dispositions for sweeping, 123
enemy light forces in action, 111
mining policy in, 248, 249, 264
projected operations in, 109
Hercules, 7, 281, 318, 360, 462
Hibernia, 8, 127, 254
High Sea Fleet, a comparison with Grand Fleet, 31, 302
changes in commands of, 200
defensive rôle of, 39
destroyer force of, 396
efficiency of, ix, 62, 63
position of, in Jutland battle, 341
probable tactics of, correctly anticipated, 401
superiority of protection in, 307
surrender of, ix, 39, 70
tables showing armament, protection and displacement of, 308–310
under repair, 428
Hindustan, 8
Hobart, Lieut.-Commander F. E. H. G., 467
Hodgson, Commander John C., 467
Hogue, sinking of, 15, 37, 105, 132
Hollyhock, 236, 242
Holtzendorff, Admiral von, 63
Homan, Lieut.-Commander Edwin A., 465
Hood, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Horace, 219, 327, 330, 332, 337, 410, 463, 474, 475, 489
goes down with Invincible, 338, 487
Hope, 9, 184
Hope, C. C., awarded D. S. M., 334
Hopkins, Lieut.-Commander Sydney, 464
Hotham, Captain Alan G., 273, 342, 464
Howell, T. O. G., awarded D. S. M., 334
Hudson, Lieut.-Commander H. V., 465
Hutchinson, Commander Reginald B. C., 464
Hydra, 467
Illustrious, 114, 146, 157
Iltis and her commander, 63
Impérieuse, 83
Implacable, 10
Inconstant, 203, 319, 466
Indefatigable, 203, 204, 466
loss of, 306, 323, 326, 370
India torpedoed and sunk, 241
Indomitable, 24, 191, 199, 203, 330, 332, 338, 418, 464, 476, 480, 493, 494, 495, 496
and Jutland battle, 330, 332, 338
joins Grand Fleet, 183
takes Lion in tow, 196
Inflexible, 24, 119, 125, 126, 127, 134, 135, 136, 157, 203, 228, 330, 418, 442, 464
and Jutland battle, 332, 338, 339, 475
joins the Fleet, 228
mined in Dardanelles, 314
loss of, 306
Ingenohl, Admiral von, 63, 200
International law, German disregard of, 18
Intrepid, 11
Invergordon as repairing base, 80
exercise and recreation at, 200
floating docks at, 79, 80, 448
Invincible, 24, 105, 125, 126, 127, 134, 135, 136, 157, 191, 203, 204, 213, 219, 290, 330, 332, 463
loss of, 306, 337–338, 475
survivors rescued by Badger, 356
Iphigenia, 11
Irish mail packets as armed boarding steamers, 171
Irish Sea, submarine activity in, 198, 209
Iron Duke, 5, 6, 7, 88, 94, 96, 98, 100, 101, 106, 108, 122, 132, 143, 144, 146, 152, 164, 168, 174, 187, 194, 197, 212, 219, 220, 267, 317, 318, 345, 357, 373, 462, 479
Confirmation by Archbishop of York on, 228
disconcerting discovery on, 139
in action, 349, 352, 353, 357, 481
refitting at Invergordon, 200, 252
Staff of, 39 et seq.
the King’s speech to Fleet, 426, 427
Irresistible, 10
Irvin, Commander (Acting) W. D., 465
Italy enters Great War, 219
Jackson, Admiral Sir Henry, 78, 460
and the submarine menace, 454
becomes First Sea Lord, 219, 249
James, Lieut.-Commander C. H. N., 466
Jason, 9
Jellicoe, Admiral Sir J. R. (Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa), 318, 462
accepts command of Home Fleets, 1
and Kaiser’s criticism of dock accommodation, 315
and raids on unfortified towns, 287, 288
and the value of aircraft in war, 450
appointed Commander-in-Chief of Grand Fleet, 5
as First Sea Lord, 417, 459
Battle Orders of, 49, 88, 401, 406, 408
bids farewell to Fleet, 460
Birthday message to the King, 388
confers with Admiral Sir Henry Jackson, 219
confers with Premier and Chancellor of Exchequer, 241
despatches on Jutland battle, 304, 388, 462
embarrassing interview with Sir G. Callaghan, 4
entertains Lord Kitchener, 419
extensive mining policy of, 249
memorandum to Fleet from, 412, 460
objections to change of Command, 3, 4
proposals for handling Fleet in action approved by Admiralty, 302
proposes blocking of Zeebrugge, 154
reorganises his Staff, 39 et seq.
selects his Staff, 2
suggested scheme of submarine obstructions by, 78
tribute to personnel of Fleet, 410, 411, 487
visits the Admiralty, 453
wounded in China, 63
Jerram, Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas H. Martyn, 316, 318, 367, 410, 463, 477, 482
relieves Admiral Warrender, 261
tribute to, 488
Jones, Commander Loftus W., 464, 476
gallantry of, 333
posthumous award of V. C. to, 332, 333
Jutland, Battle of, 304 et seq.
Admiral Jellicoe’s memorandum to Fleet, 412
area covered by different engagements, 381
battle cruiser fleet’s action, 316 et seq., 479
battle fleet in action, 341 et seq., 474, 480
battle opens, 322
despatches on, 304, 388, 462
Director System in use at, 67
disposition of Fleet, 318 et seq.
enemy losses, 486, 492
enemy sighted, 320, 342, 374
German version of, 363, 408, 409
Grand Fleet congratulated by Admiralty, 414
inferiority of British armour-piercing shell in, 69
night attacks by flotillas, 483
night dispositions, 483
proceedings on 1st June, 485
reflections on, 390 et seq.
repairing and altering ships damaged in, 415
results of, 409
retiring tactics of enemy, 362, 407, 408
the night action, 370 et seq.
Kaiser, 310
Kemmis, Sub-Lieutenant H. W. A., 484
Kempenfelt, 265, 266, 464
Kennedy, Captain Francis W., 464, 493
Kennedy, Captain Theobald W. B., 493
Kerr, Lieut.-Commander Fairfax M., 464, 476
Keyes, Commodore, 105, 196
rescues enemy crews, 112
Kiddle, Captain E. B., 462
Kiel, 2nd Battle Squadron’s visit to, 91
Kiel Bay, gunnery exercises in, 64
Kildonan Castle, 452
King, Lieut.-Commander Philip W. S., 467
King Alfred, 10, 106, 109, 159
King Edward VII., 8, 107, 108, 119
mined and sunk, 264, 265
King George V., 8, 167, 168, 173, 185, 190, 318, 463
and battle of Jutland, 345, 354, 357, 368
King Orry, 246, 432
King Stephen sights sinking Zeppelin, 269
Kitchener, F.-M. Lord, 2, 3
at Scapa, 419
death of, 422
sails on Hampshire, 421
Kite Balloon Section, Roehampton, 72
Kite balloons, 71, 283
Knorr, Korvetten-Kapitän von, 240
Köningen Luise, 99
Kristianiafiord intercepted by Teutonic, 255
Kronprinzessin Cecilie, 90
Kullen, the, a German merchant-steamer sunk off, 291
Lamlash, as pre-War practice base, 147
Lancaster, 210
Landrail, 467, 470
Lans, Vice-Admiral von, 63
Lapwing, 467
Larne, 9
Lassoo, 278
sinking of, 433
Latona, 11
Laurel, 467, 471
Laverock, 27
Lawrence, Commander, 457
Lawrie, Lieut.-Commander E. McC. W., 464
Lawson, Captain R. N., 7, 331, 464, 475
Leake, Captain F. M., 276
Leatham, Captain Eustace La T., 463
Lecky, Lieut.-Commander A. M., 464
Leda, 9, 143
Legge, Lieut.-Commander Montague C. B., 466
Leggett, Captain Oliver E., 491
Leith, Zeppelin attack on, 282
Le Mesurier, Commodore, 227, 268, 361, 365, 464, 482
Lerwick, coaling base at, 105
Leveson, Rear-Admiral A. C., 60, 61, 62, 191, 318, 463, 477, 488
tribute to, 488
Leviathan, 10, 159, 169, 171, 191, 198, 210
Ley, Captain J. C., 462
Liberty, 467
Light Cruiser Squadrons, new, 184, 226
Light Cruisers, British deficiency of, 396
Lilac strikes a mine, 242
Lion, 8, 24, 195, 196, 197, 199, 203, 204, 213, 242, 245, 250, 254, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 327, 329, 418, 442, 443, 446, 465, 472, 474, 475, 480, 493, 494, 495, 496
and Jutland battle, 322, 323, 329, 480, 495
taken in tow by Indomitable, 496
Liverpool, 10, 16, 88, 94, 97, 98, 104, 113, 138, 148, 150, 165, 168, 174, 200, 203, 228, 251, 255
Lizard, 467
Loch Ewe, a conference at, 128
as coaling base, 96
submarine activity at, 138
Loch-na-Keal, base at, 144
base abandoned, 57
improvised obstructions at, 77
London, 10
“Long Forties,” the, 275
Long Hope, anchorage at, 81
Lord Nelson, 10
Lough Swilly, anti-submarine obstructions at, 146
base at, 144
Battle Squadrons at, 146
diversion at, 147
improvised obstructions at, 77, 146
Louise (Danish steamer), 263
Lowestoft, 8, 90, 203, 493
Lowestoft, enemy bombardment of, 286
Lowry, Admiral Sir Robert, 77, 208, 219
Lucia, 447
Lutzow, 310 (note), 357
loss of, 314, 408
Lyddite shell, suspected, 163
Lydiard, 467, 470
Lynx, 9, 176
sunk by a mine, 238
Lyon, Lieut.-Commander H. I. N., 465
Lyra, 9
Maclachlan, Captain, 265, 266, 463
Madden, Rear-Admiral Charles E., 7, 40, 128, 411, 459, 490
Mænad, 376, 377, 465, 484
Mafeking, 232
Magic, 274, 353, 374, 464
Magnificent, 93, 95, 205
Mahan, Admiral, vii, 12, 302
Mainz disabled in action, 111
her survivors rescued, 112
Majestic, 136
Makin, Lieut.-Commander Robert, 464
Malaya, 270, 328, 362, 380, 466, 468
Manchester Commerce, sinking of, 150
Mandate, 250, 464
Manners, 465
Mantua, 73, 109, 127, 131, 135
Marksman, 383, 465
Mark-Wardlaw, Lieutenant W. P., 263
Marlborough, 7, 180, 181, 207, 318, 319, 343, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 351, 354, 358, 376, 381, 382, 386, 415, 434, 462, 477, 480, 481, 485
in action at Jutland battle, 351, 354, 358
torpedoed, 316, 355
Marne, 266, 353, 374, 465
Marsden, Lieut.-Commander, 376, 464, 483
Martial, 464
Martin, 9
Marvel, 362, 465
Mary Rose, 465
Master, Lieut.-Commander E. G. H., 464
Matchless strikes a mine, 255
McKenna, Mr., as First Lord, 35
visits the Fleet, 237, 241
McPherson, 2nd-Lieutenant, 421
Meade, Captain the Hon. Herbert, 464, 495
Mediterranean, ships in the, 300
Medusa rammed and sunk, 278
Melita, 265
Menace, 465
Menelaus (kite balloon ship), 71
Merchant-ships attacked by submarines, 237, 241
camouflaged, 171
commissioned for blockade work, 73
convoying, 46, 433
instructions for safety of, 47
serious loss of, 201, 210
squadron disbanded, 172
submarine peril to, 446 et seq.
Meteor, 495
damaged in Dogger Bank battle, 197
Meteor (German mine-layer) abandoned and sunk, 239
number of mines laid by, 247
Michael, 280, 465
Michigan, 171
Midge, 9, 237, 464
Milford Haven, Marquis of, 3, 391
succeeded by Lord Fisher, 155
Millbrook, 465
Miller, Captain Charles B., 436, 466, 493
Miller, Rear-Admiral Francis S., 80, 81, 95, 117, 122
Minches, the, submarines reported in, 145
Mindful, 362, 465
“Mine Bumping Squadron,” the, 100
Minelayer Squadron, 11
Mine-layers, increased activity of British, 248
Instructions to, 54
Mines, British, defective pattern of, 248
experiments to counter, 60
German, 18, 38, 96, 99, 113, 120, 150, 192, 214, 221 et seq.
success of new type of, 249
the Northern Barrage, 249
Minesweepers, 9, 19, 60, 118, 202, 223, 266
chase submarine, 161
in collision, 218
inadequacy of force of, 19, 170
maximum speed of, 19
withdrawn for service abroad, 209, 434
Mine-sweeping force strengthened, 434
Mine-sweeping trawler rams submarine, 165
Minion, 464
Ministry of Blockade, establishment of, 76
Minotaur, 198, 257, 272, 318, 334, 367, 419, 438, 463
Minstrel, 9
Mischief, 465
Mocatta, Lieutenant Jack E. A., 466
Moewe lays extensive minefield off Scottish coast, 265
Moir, Commander Dashwood F., 467
Molteno, Captain, 335, 463, 477
Moltke, 310
Monarch, 8, 31 (note), 93, 148, 184, 193, 310, 318, 463
Monitors, work of, on Belgian coast, 128
Monmouth, loss of, 306
Mons, 464
Moon, 465
Moore, Rear-Admiral Sir Gordon, 169, 171, 191, 493
and Dogger Bank battle, 193
succeeded by Rear-Admiral Pakenham, 210
Moorsom, 324, 325, 467, 470
Moray Firth, a submarine hunt in, 209
gunnery practice in, 65
Moresby, 329, 379, 466, 472, 474
Morley, Lord, dinner party at United Services Club, 2
Morning Star, 259, 353, 465
Morris, 324, 467, 470
Morton, Lieutenant, 232
Mounsey, 465
Muckle Skerry, surrender of U 18 at, 166
Munro, Captain Donald S., 127
devises system of submarine obstruction, 77, 146
Munster, 465
rescues crew of Alcantara, 273
Musketeer, 266, 431
Mystic, 464
Nabakoff, Vladimir, 275
Naiad, 11
Napier, Rear-Admiral Trevylyan, 185, 203, 338, 383, 466, 476, 489
engages a Zeppelin, 382
Napoleonic wars, work of the Navy in, 13
Narborough, 324, 366, 370
Narvik, iron ore trade of, 276, 292
Narwhal, 465
Natal, 8, 88, 199
blown up in Cromarty harbour, 260
court-martial on loss of, 260
Naval instructors, reduced number of, 189
Naval manœuvres of 1912, 392
Naval policy, in peace conditions, ix.
Naval situation in May, 1916, 300 et seq.
Navigation lights, extinction of, 121, 136
Navy Acts, German, 35
Navy League, the, formation of, 12
Navy, the, a lesson for the future, 33
composition of, at opening of Great War, 7 et seq.
disposition of, in early days of Great War, 19 et seq.
grief of, at Kitchener’s fate, 424
partition of, 36
use and purpose of, 12
Naylor, Lieutenant Charles G., 465
Negro, 441
Nemesis, 9, 206, 217
Neptune, 7, 168, 207, 211, 318, 360, 462
in collision, 286
Nerissa, 324, 325, 466, 470, 471
Nessus, 266, 465
Nestor, 323, 324, 466, 470, 471
Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve, 75
New Zealand, 8, 24, 101, 105, 126, 152, 169, 191, 203, 285, 290, 319, 339, 418, 466, 493, 494
and Jutland battle, 480
and North Sea action, 495
Nicator, 324, 325, 466, 470, 471
Nicholson, Captain William C. M., 463
Nicholson, Captain Wilmot S., 493
Nicholson, Lieut.-Commander R. L., 2, 491
organises wireless school, 188
signalling system of, 58
tribute to, 59, 491
Nicholson, Rear-Admiral Stuart, 10
Noble, 465
Nomad, 323, 324, 466, 470
Nonsuch, 356, 387, 465
North American Squadron joined by Princess Royal, 161
North east coast, Zeppelins on, 290
North Rona Island, a reported enemy base on, 107
North Sea, area of, 14
controlling the, 249 et seq.
cruiser patrol areas in, 20
drifting German mines in, 199
Fleet in, 15
northern and central areas of, 102, 103
proclaimed a dangerous area, 157
reported mooring of oil drums in, 208
submarine and mine menace in, 17, 96, 116 et seq., 209 et passim
sweeps, 15, 88–9, 99, 116 et seq., 127, 158, 163, 171, 175, 194, 201 et seq., 211, 217, 219, 221, 223, 241, 246, 249 et seq., 264, 267 et seq., 435, 445 et seq., 462 et seq.
the Northern Barrage mine-field, 249
North Sea battle, 187 et seq.
Admiral Beatty’s despatch on, 493
(cf. Dogger Bank)
Norway, German Fleet’s peace-time visits to, 91
Norwegian coast, British patrol of, 193
British submarines’ operations against enemy on, 258
reported German bases on, 91, 95, 107
steamers sunk, 449
sweeping, 277, 429, 432
Nottingham, 8, 88, 134, 203, 223, 224, 319, 435, 466, 470, 493
torpedoed and sunk, 437
Nugent, Captain R. A., 254
Nymphe, 9
in collision, 206
rams a submarine, 142
Oak, 7, 90, 113, 233, 355, 419, 465
King George V. on, 426
Obdurate, 325, 466, 470, 485
Obedient, 361, 465
O’Beirne, Mr., 421
Observation mine-fields, 228
Oceanic, 110
loss of, 73, 127
Older, German crew on, 458
Oliver, Rear-Admiral Henry F., 186
Olympic, 149, 151
Onslaught, 362, 436, 464, 484
Onslow, 340, 387, 472
heroism of captain and crew of, 340, 473, 474
Onslow, Lieut.-Commander A. G., 465
Opal, 465
Ophelia, 330, 332, 364
Oracle, 336
Orcoma, 253, 256
Orion, 8, 93, 103, 105, 119, 121, 152, 191, 318, 357, 463
Orkneys and Shetlands, defences of, 81, 82, 122
submarine activity in, 166
wireless stations in, 110
Oropesa in collision, 244
Orotava, 206
Orvieto, 217
Oscar II., loss of, 233
Ossory, 464
Otway, 458
Owl, 9, 464
Pakenham, Rear-Admiral, W. C., 8, 203, 319, 466, 489
succeeds Sir Gordon Moore, 210
Palmer, Lieut.-Commander, 340, 467, 474
Paragon, 9
Parker, Captain Edmond Hyde, 463
Parker, Captain Henry Wise, 463
Parsons, Lieutenant G., 245
Pasley, 441
Patey, Vice-Admiral, proceeds to West Indies, 210
Patia, 245, 271
Patrol engaged by battle cruisers, 177
Patuca, 233
Peace manœuvres, unreality of, 37
Pears, Rear-Admiral Edmund R., 80, 97, 127
Peking Legations, relief Expedition for, 63
Pelican, 324, 441, 466, 470
Pelly, Captain Henry B., 465, 493
Penn, 436
Penshurst, 262
Pentland Firth, approaches patrolled, 110, 252
gunnery practice in, 65, 281
Persius, Captain, an admission by, 409
Petard, 324, 325, 378, 470, 471, 484
Peterhead, good work of patrol at, 225
patrol sinks a submarine, 293
trawlers sunk by enemy, 430
Phaeton, 217, 320, 442, 466
attacks a Zeppelin, 290
Phillpotts, Captain Edward M., 350, 466, 478
Phipps, Lieutenant W. D., 7
Piercy, Lieut.-Commander, 207
Pitt, Captain Stanley Dean, 82
Plover, 147
Plowden, Commander Richard A. A., 464
Plunkett, Flag-Commander the Hon. Reginald A. R., 489
Pohl, Admiral von, 63, 200
Poignand, Lieut.-Commander C. A., 465
Pollard, Fleet-Paymaster C. F., 7
Pommern, loss of, 314, 376, 379
Porpoise, 9, 259, 464
rams a submarine, 442
Portrush, German wreckage ashore at, 191
Pound, Captain A. D. P. R., 462
Pratt, Captain Thomas D., 466
Preston, Commander L. G., 9, 242, 251
Prince Charles, 262, 263
sinks a U-boat, 263
Prince of Wales, 10
Princess Louise, 232
attacked by submarine, 232
Princess Margaret, 255, 289
Princess Royal, 8, 135, 186, 190, 195, 198, 418, 473
convoys Canadian troops, 134, 136, 137
in Dogger Bank battle, 203, 493, 494, 495, 496
in Jutland battle, 320, 322, 466, 480
joins North American Squadron, 161, 168
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, 134
Prisoners of war, German courtesy to, 240
Prowse, Captain Cecil I., 465
death of, 487
Prudentia, loss of, 267
Purefoy, Rear-Admiral Richard P. F., 96
“P. Z. Exercises,” 391
“Q” ships (see Decoy ships)
Queen, 10
Queen Elizabeth, 219, 442
Queen Mary, 8, 24, 194, 198, 203, 310, 465 loss of, 306, 325, 471
Ramage, Commander G. N., 434
Ramexo, 437, 443
Ramsey, Commander Charles G., 466
Ramsey sunk by disguised mine-layer, 239
Range of gun and torpedo, 38
Range-finders, improved, 418
Range-finding experiments, 68
Rattler, 185
Rawlings, Lieut.-Commander H. C., 464
Redpole, 9, 184
Reeves, Captain Edward, 466
Rena, 273
Renown, her deck protection improved, 448
Repulse, her deck protection improved, 448
joins the Fleet, 447
Retiring tactics, advantages of, 401
Revenge, 318, 354, 357, 360, 363, 381, 462, 486
Ridley, Lieut.-Commander John J. C., 465
Rifleman, 9, 107, 218
Rivett-Carne, Lieut. J. W., 68
Robertson, Mr., 421
Robinson, Lieut.-Commander Charles G., 385, 467
Rohilla, wreck of, 153
Roper, Captain (D.) Charles D., 466
Rosehearty, a submarine attack on a merchant-ship at, 237
Rosemary torpedoed, 430
Ross, Captain George P., 355, 462, 481
Rostock, 379, 409
Rosyth, a conference at, 78
base at, 28
conditions for leaving and returning to base at, 299
development of base at, 79
German prisoners landed at, 113
interview with Mr. Balfour at, 459
submarine obstructions for, 77
the coal difficulty at, 84
3rd Battle Squadron at, 24, 156
Roxburgh, 8, 88, 199, 223, 277, 282, 420, 425
hit by torpedo, 224
Royal Arthur, 11, 205
Royal Naval Service, anti-aircraft work of, 72
Royal Oak, 318, 358, 463
Royal Sovereign, 442
Royalist, 217, 435, 464
Royds, Captain Percy M. R., 464, 476
Ruby, 9, 184
Russell, 10, 93, 237
Russell, Lieut.-Commander Spencer F., 465
Russian steamer sunk, 449
Russians relay their mine-fields, 284
visit Grand Fleet, 275
Russo-Japanese War, advances in technique in, viii
Rutland, Flight-Lieutenant F. S., 321, 469
St. Clair, 110
St. John, Captain F. G., 493
St. Vincent, 7, 318, 357, 362, 463
Salmond, Lieut.-Commander J. S., 7
Sams, Lieut.-Commander Cecil H. H., 466
Sapphire, 105
Sappho, 7, 107, 122, 136, 137, 171, 181, 193, 217, 218, 251, 258
Sarah Alice torpedoed, 446
Savill, Captain, 422, 463
Scapa Flow, a floating dock placed at, 80
a wireless school established at, 59, 188
adopted as main Fleet Base, 15, 26
arrival of Campania at, 71
arrival of air- and sea-planes at, 100
blocking the channels, 77, 167
defenceless nature of base at, 92, 114, 143
entrances to, 26, 28, 159, 298
gunnery and torpedo practice at, 65, 70, 160
recreation and occupation at, 85–7
reinforcing gun defences of, 82
situation of, 27
submarine menace, 139
submarine obstruction pierced, 181
submarine obstructions at, 144, 170
Scarborough, bombardment of, 176
Schwab, Mr., interviews Sir J. Jellicoe, 151
Schwann, Captain O., 283
Scott, Captain Albert C., 466
Scott, Sir Percy, and Director-firing system, 66, 67
Scottish coast, Moewe lays minefield on, 265
submarines on, 153
Seagull, 9
Sea-plane carriers, orders to, 54
sheds wrecked by gale, 160
Seaplanes as scouts, 469
difficulties of, 71, 221, 222, 282–3, 290
first reconnaissance work with Fleet, 321
replaced by aeroplanes, 222, 283
Sea Ranger, 443
Searchlights, 162
excellence of German, 379
signalling by, 57
Second Fleet, 10
Selborne, Earl of, 34
Seven Years’ War, 39
Seydlitz, 197, 310, 409
Seymour, Admiral Sir Edward, 1, 63
Seymour, Lieut.-Commander Ralph W., 489
Shamrock, 241
Shan-hai-Kwan forts, capture of, 63
Shannon, 8, 88, 168, 318, 368, 419, 463
Share, Fleet Paymaster Hamnet H., 2, 491
Shark, 9, 176, 330, 368, 419, 463
heroism of captain and crew, 333
loss of, 332, 476
survivors awarded D. S. M., 334
Sheldrake, 9
Shetland Patrol Force, 9
Signalling by searchlight, 57
Skipjack, 9, 166
Smith, C. H., awarded D. S. M., 334
Smoke screens, 69, 325, 357, 359, 362, 363, 366, 408, 479
Soudan, 148
South Atlantic, von Spee’s Squadron in, 24, 157, 161, 204
Southampton, 8, 88, 95, 178, 182, 203, 290, 319, 320, 326, 442, 466, 493, 494
and Jutland battle, 362, 375, 471, 472, 485
South-east coast, raids on, 287
Sowerby, Captain Charles F., 466
death of, 487
Sparrowhawk, 9, 205, 464
rammed, 375
sinking of, 383, 485
“Special Service Squadron,” the, 171
Spee, Admiral von, 24, 157, 161, 204, 205
Speedwell, 9
Speedy, loss of, 120
Spickernell, Frank T., 489
Spitfire, 9, 176, 375, 464, 483
Spithead, Naval Review at, 3
Spitzbergen, reported German submarine base and wireless station at, 233
Stadlandet, patrols off, 276, 292
Stag, 135
Stanistreet, Lieutenant Henry D. C., 467
Stanley, Captain the Hon. Victor A., 463
Star shells, 378, 379
Staunch, 9, 233
Stavanger, Zeppelin destroyed at, 290
Stileman, Rear-Admiral H. H., 73
Stirling, Captain A. J. B., 377, 378, 465, 483
Stoddart, Rear-Admiral A. P., 10
Stuart, Lieut.-Commander Dudley, 467
Sturdee, Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton, 207, 318, 410, 463, 477, 488
destroys von Spee’s squadron, 204
in Jutland battle, 482
kite balloon experiments of, 71
succeeds Sir D. Gamble, 205
tribute to, 488
Submarine activity in White Sea, 449
attack under difficulties, 457
C 27 sinks a German U-boat, 232
flotilla, organised as a unit of Grand Fleet, 294
flotillas, Instructions to, 54
menace, 76, 115, 434, 445, 453 et passim
obstructions (system of), 28, 77, 159, 170, 220, 225
patrols, 225, 426
peril to merchant shipping, 445 et seq.
screens, question of, 45
sinks German steamship, 426
surrender of a German, 166
Submarine Flotilla (10th), formation of, 447
Submarines, attached to Grand Fleet, 54, 425
comparative strength of British and German, 11, 17
defences against, at Scapa Flow, 27
German, 17
in collision, 289 (note)
reason for suppressing news of engagements with, 387
sunk by Navy, 93, 165, 166, 207, 214, 225, 226, 246, 263
Sule Skerry, a suspicious steamer at, 152
Sulis-Ker Rock, target practice at, 182
Sulivan, Commander Harold E., 464
Sulivan, Commander Norton A., 465
Sumner, Lieut.-Commander Charles G. C., 150, 465
Superb, 7, 192, 199, 244, 318, 463
Swan, T. W., awarded D. S. M., 334
Swarbachs Minn, as coaling base, 73, 162, 220
defences of, 232
evacuation of, 162
Swift, 9, 141, 142
Symonds, Captain Loder, rams enemy destroyer, 280
Taku forts, capture of, 63
Talisman, 267, 294, 445
Taranaki, 232
Tarbet Ness, a submarine reported at, 291
Tay, River, submarines off entrance to, 187
Taylor, Engineer Captain, killed in action, 197
Telephonic communications, establishment of, 214
Temeraire, 8, 318, 463
Termagant, 324, 325, 467, 470, 471
Terry, Lieut.-Commander F. G., 375, 464
Teutonic, 131, 137
intercepts a Norwegian-American liner, 255
Theseus, 11, 21, 135, 141, 277
Thesiger, Captain Bertram S., 466
Thetis, 11, 120
Third Fleet, 11
Thomson, Lieut.-Commander E. C. O., 466
Thornhill, 148, 149
Thunderer, 8, 172, 175, 318, 352, 354, 463
Tiger, 24, 174, 199, 203, 204, 308, 420, 467
in Dogger Bank battle, 196, 493, 494, 495
in Jutland action, 322, 325, 472
joins 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron, 158
Tipperary, 376, 463, 485
loss of, 483
Tippet, Lieut.-Commander Arthur G., 466
Tirpitz, Grand-Admiral von, 63
Titania, 294
Tolstoy, Count Alexis, 275
Tondern, Zeppelin sheds at, 278, 289
Torpedo attacks:
caution required in, 399
practices at Scapa Flow, 70
range of, 38
warfare:
element of chance in, 393, 395
importance attached by Germany to, 393
measures for combating, 359, 399
work of German Navy, 62
Torpedoes, influence of, on tactics, 51
reports on, at battle of Jutland, 360
Tothill, Captain Hugh H. D., 463
Tottenham, Rear-Admiral, succeeds Rear-Admiral Waymouth, 213
Tovey, Lieut.-Commander J. C., 340, 467, 475
heroism of and tribute to, 340, 374–5
Townsend, Captain Cyril S., 464
Trafalgar, Battle of, 302
Trawlers, German, engaged and destroyed, 278
support marine obstructions at Scapa Flow, 82
suspicious, 106, 124, 224
Trelawny, Lieut.-Commander C. W. E., 375, 465, 483
Trewin, Assistant-Paymaster G. S., 321, 469
Trident, 294
Trondhjem, Brandenburg at, 132
Turbulent, 325, 326, 379, 467, 470, 471, 484
rammed and sunk, 378–80
Turkish battleships, purchase of, 108, 129
Tynemouth, minefields off, 110
Tyrwhitt, Commodore R. Y., 10, 191, 198, 229, 239, 249, 251, 259, 271, 278, 279, 286, 385, 386, 436, 440, 442, 493
a successful haul of German trawlers, 249
chases a destroyer, 111
orders sinking of Medusa, 278
U-boat losses, 93, 164, 165, 207, 214, 225, 226, 246, 262
Undaunted, 157, 279, 280, 493
Underhill, Captain Edwin V., 463
United Services Club, dinner party at, 2
United States enters the War, 303
Unity, 9, 176, 464
Usborne, Commander Cecil V., 60, 61
Usedom, Admiral von, 63
Utvoer Lighthouse, 133, 270
Vala, 262
Valiant, 275, 328, 362, 466
in collision, 434
Vanguard, 7, 115, 318, 463
Venerable, 10
Vengeance, 10
Victor, 9
Victoria Cross awards, 325, 332
Victorious, 83, 417
Viknor, 192
loss of, 193
Vindex, 71, 289
Visual signalling, 57
Von der Tann, 310
Wales, Prince of, visits Scapa, 243
Walney Island, submarine attack on, 198
Ward, Lieut.-Commander the Hon. C. A., 465
Wardle, Captain T. E., 272
Warrender, Vice-Admiral Sir George, in command of 2nd Battle Squadron, 7, 41, 91, 94, 148, 177, 178, 179
terminates his command, 261
Warrior, 171, 290, 318, 334, 335, 336, 463
abandoned and sunk, 306, 386, 387, 485
in Jutland battle, 385, 477
Warspite, 213, 256, 336, 466
in collision, 258, 434
in Jutland battle, 328, 349, 350, 478
Waymouth, Rear-Admiral Arthur W., 198
breakdown in health, 213
Weekes, Fleet-Paymaster V. H. T., 7 (note), 491
Welsh coal-fields, strike in, 229, 235
White Sea, enemy submarines in, 448, 449
protecting the trade route, 256, 257
Whitfield, Lieut.-Commander Paul, 466
Wiesbaden badly crippled, 335, 340
William II., Emperor, criticises British dock accommodation, 315
Wilson, Commander W. W., 169
Wintour, Captain Charles J., 9, 376, 464
death of, 380, 483, 487
unpleasant experience of, 142
Wireless school at Scapa, 59, 188
Wireless signalling, and why restricted, 56, 57
Wireless telegraphy, 38, 56 et seq., 110
improved system of, 58, 59, 188
Withers, Captain Percy, 464
Wolf intercepted and sunk, 276
Woods, Commander A. E., 188
Woods, Commander Alexander R. W., 7, 490
Woollcombe, Captain Louis C. S., 463
Woollcombe, Captain Maurice, 466
Wynter, Lieut.-Commander Gerald C., 464
Yarmouth, 185, 203, 320, 430, 466
in Jutland battle, 338, 476
Yegoroff, M., 275
Yorck, sinking of, 157
York, Archbishop of, visits the Fleet, 228
Yorkshire coast mined by enemy, 180
Young, Captain G. B., 272
Young, Captain, of Liverpool Salvage Association, 187
Zaza, 231
Zealandia, 8, 254, 255
Zeebrugge, blocking of, discussed and considered impracticable, 154
Zeppelin activity, 436, 437, 442, 443
bombs rescuers, 496
engaged by Fleet in Jutland battle, 486
shed, Tondern, attack on, 278, 289
Zeppelins as scouts, 32, 451
destruction of, 169, 290
raids by, 282
Zigzagging, procedure of, 46
Diagram I.
PLAN OF JUTLAND BATTLE BEFORE AND AFTER DEPLOYMENT
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The position of our Battle Cruisers at 6.0. P.M. is fixed by a report from the Marlborough and confirmed at 6.4. P.M. by a report from the Rear-Admiral 1st Battle Squadron in the Colossus.
The position of the 5th Battle Squadron is fixed by a report from the Marlborough at 6.5. P.M. taken in conjunction with the reports of the Rear-Admiral 5th Battle Squadron.
The courses of our Battle Cruisers are taken from the report of the Vice-Admiral Battle Cruiser Fleet and from the Lion and Indomitable.
The position of the Enemy Battle Cruisers at 6.7. P.M. is fixed by a report from the Lion received at 6.6. P.M.; this gave the bearing; the distance is obtained by a consideration of the ranges at which the Lion was firing.
The position of the Enemy Battle Fleet is fixed at 6.14. P.M. from the Lion and at 6.15. P.M. from the Barham; the latter being signalled by wireless, an interval of four minutes being allowed between transmission and receipt.
Subsequent movements of the Enemy Battle Cruisers are fixed by the bearings on which our Battle Cruisers were firing and the ranges given, and by a consideration of the German reports which show a 32 point turn between 6.6. and 6.15. P.M.
Subsequent movements of the Enemy Battle Fleet are fixed by bearings and ranges given by the Marlborough at 6.17. P.M., Iron Duke at 6.31. P.M. and Monarch at 6.33. P.M.
The movements of the Defence, Warrior and Warspite are fixed by reports and diagrams from the Warrior, Duke of Edinburgh and the Rear-Admiral 5th Battle Squadron.
Note.—In studying this diagram it should be borne in mind that only a few of the German ships were visible at a time due to the smoke and mist.
Diagram II.
DIAGRAM TO ILLUSTRATE THE SITUATION THAT MIGHT HAVE ARISEN HAD THE BATTLE FLEET DEPLOYED ON THE STARBOARD WING COLUMN.
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It should be borne in mind that no information as to the position of the Enemy Battle Fleet was received until 6.14. P.M., and that the only reports received had been one at 6.6. P.M., giving a bearing of the Enemy Battle Cruisers from the “Lion”, and a report at 5.50. P.M. from the “Southampton” to the effect that the Enemy Battle Fleet bore north-east from his Battle Cruisers (and were therefore presumably ahead of them and right ahead of our Battle Fleet.)
There had therefore been no sufficient information on which to re-dispose the guides of columns; deployment on the starboard wing column to meet an enemy before the starboard beam would necessarily be an awkward manoeuvre as it would involve a considerable alteration of the starboard wing column to port and a very large alteration of course of the remaining columns when coming into line astern of it.
A torpedo attack during deployment would under these conditions throw the British Battle Fleet into great confusion and a concentration of gunfire on the turning point would be very effective; our own gunfire, owing to the large alterations of course and the consequent difficulty of obtaining correct fire control data would be correspondingly ineffective: our own destroyers had been spread ahead of the Battle Fleet as a submarine screen until 6.8 P.M. and were moving across the front in an unformed condition to the two flanks.
The movements that would probably have resulted and the number of ships on each side in action are shown in the diagram for each 3-minute interval from 6.16 to 6.28 P.M.
The three ships of the 5th. Battle Squadron would eventually have come into line ahead of the 6th. division, but would possibly have masked the fire of that division during the movement.
Diagram III.
DIAGRAM SHOWING ORDER OF THE BATTLEFLEET BATTLE OF JUTLAND 31st. MAY 1916
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“Minotaur’s” track chart records that at 8 p.m. “King George V” bore N 10 E (true) from her, distant about 5 miles.
It also records that “Lion” bore W by S (true) from her, distant about 5 miles.
If these records are reliable “Lion’s” 8 p.m. position would be at X, and her track between 7.20 and 8 p.m., presumably as shewn thus:——
“Minotaur’s” records however, do not profess to give exact distances.
Diagram IV.
TRACK OF SQUADRONS DURING NIGHT OF May 31st. to June 1st. and Forenoon of June 1st. 1916.
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BATTLE FLEET.
During night, Battle Fleet in 3 columns, 1 mile apart, disposed abeam.
From 2.45 A. M. to 3.30 A. M., in single line.
From 3.30 A. M. onward, in 6 columns, 1 mile apart, disposed abeam.
POSITIONS OF CRUISERS ETC.
Dublin at 4.30 A. M. in Lat. 55° 30′ N., Long. 6° 36′ E. Commodore of Flotillas at 5.0 A. M. in Lat. 55° 48′ N., Long. 6° 22′ E.
Vice Admiral 1st Battle Squadron with 6th Division at 6.40 A. M. in Lat. 55° 55′ N., Long. 5° 15′ E. steering S. SE. 19 knots.
3 Submarines off Vyl Light Ship on bearing 270°, 4 miles, 12 miles and 20 miles respectively from Lightship.