  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, 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, 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, 126-270 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 Transcriber's Notes:Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Page 4, number 5 was missing from the list. On pages 37-51, the original uses "depot." On pages 103 and 104, it uses "depÔt." This was retained. The remaining corrections made are indicated by dotted lines under the corrections. Scroll the mouse over the word and the original text will appear. |
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