Stories of the Ships

CONTENTS

I. STORIES OF THE SHIPS		PAGE
The Story of the Cornwall		3
i.	Plymouth to the Falklands	3
ii.	The Battle of the Falklands	28
The Story of the Sydney		53
i.	The Signalman's Tale	53
ii.	Naval Hunnism	85
II. LIFE IN THE FLEET
A Battleship at Sea		107
A North Sea Sweep		130
A Visit to the British Fleet		157
The Health of the Fleet		169
Economy in the Grand Fleet		178
Christmas in a "Happy" Ship		194
In a Balloon Ship		203
Coaling the Grand Fleet		216
The Stokers		232
III. AMERICA ARRIVES
The U.S. Navy		247
"Getting Together"		259
i.	How the Officers of the British and American Ships that are working together in European Waters are making each other's acquaintance	259
ii.	What the British Bluejacket thinks of the American	268
iii.	What the American Bluejacket thinks of Britain and the British	278

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