Abdiel as minelayer,
Admiralty, the, American co-operation at,
and the control of convoys,
anomalies at,
lack of naval officers at,
naval air policy of,
official summary of changes in personnel of Board,
over-centralization at,
"production" at, in 1917,
reorganization at,
the Staff in October, 1916,
in April, 1917,
end of December, 1917,
end of November, 1918,
Admiralty Controller, appointment of an,
Admiralty Organization for Production, growth of the,
Adriatic, the, Austrian destroyers in,
R.N.A.S. assists military forces of Allies in,
Aegean Sea, the, British destroyers in,
Aeroplane, the Handley-Page type of,
Aeroplane stations,
Air Ministry, the, establishment of,
Air power as complement to sea power,
Aircraft, bombing attacks by,
for anti-submarine work,
the eyes of a fleet,
Airship stations,
Airships as protection for convoys,
Allied Naval Council, formation of,
America enters the war,
(see also United States)
American battleships and destroyers in British waters,
Anderson, Sir A.G.,
Anti-flash arrangements, improvements of,
Anti-submarine convoy escorting force, the, strengthened,
Anti-submarine devices,
Anti-submarine Division of Naval Staff, Directors of,
formation of,
Anti-submarine instructional schools,
Anti-submarine operations,
Anti-submarine protection for ports of assembly,
Approach areas, and how protected,
Arabian coast cleared of Turkish forces,
Armament production,
Armed merchant ships,
Armour-piercing shell, an improved,
Armstrong, Commander Sir George,
Atlantic convoys, losses in,
organization of system of,
Audacious, loss of,
Auxiliary patrols, deficiency in deliveries of,
in home waters and in Mediterranean zones,

Bacon, Sir Reginald,
a daring scheme of, abandoned,
author's tribute to,
his book on the "Dover Patrol,"
his proposal for Folkestone-Cape Grisnez minefield,
organizes coastal bombardments,
witnesses bombardment of Ostend,
Baker, Rear-Admiral Clinton,
Balfour, Rt. Hon. A.J., a mission to the United States,
offers author post of First Sea Lord,
Baltic, the, a difficult situation in,
Barrage, Folkestone-Cape Grisnez,
four forms of,
off Belgian coast,
the Dover,
the North Sea,
the Otranio,
Bayly, Admiral Sir Lewis, in command at Queenstown,
Belgian coast, barrage off,
mining the,
Bell, Sir Thomas,
Benson, Admiral, and author,
visits England,
Bergen, Capt. Halsey's appointment to,
Bethlehem Steel Company, the,
Bird, Captain F., of the Dover patrol,
Blackwood, Commander M.,
Blockade of German ports, difficulties of,
Board of Invention and Research, the (B.I.R.),
Bomb-throwers and howitzers,
Bonner, Lieutenant Charles G., awarded the V.C.,
Boxer campaign in China, the,
Breslau, loss of,
British and German production of submarines, etc., compared,
British Empire, the, importance of security of sea communications of,
British merchant steamships, losses from submarines,
losses of unescorted,
submarine sinks enemy destroyer,
Brock, Admiral Sir Frederick, and the disaster to the Scandinavian
convoy,
Broke, action with German destroyers,
conveys author to witness bombardment of Ostend,
Brown, Commander Yeats,
Browning, Vice-Admiral Sir Montague, confers with U.S. Navy Department,
Bruges, aerial attacks on, as enemy base,
enemy evacuation of,
proposed long-range bombardment of,
Burney, Admiral Sir Cecil, at Rosyth,
Second Sea Lord,
Burney, Lieutenant Dennis, a clever device of,
Burton, Lieutenant G. E.,

Calais, enemy destroyer raids on,
Calthorpe, Admiral (see Gough-Calthorpe)
Campbell, Captain Gordon,
awarded the V.C.,
fights with submarines,
sinks an enemy submarine,
Canadian Government asked to build vessels for use in Canadian waters,
Cape Grisnez-Folkestone mine barrage,
Capelle, Admiral von, and submarine construction,
Cardiff, instructional anti-submarine school at,
Carrington, Commander I.W.,
Carson, Sir Edward, a tribute to,
and the defensive arming of merchant ships,
becomes First Lord,
leaves the Admiralty,
offers post of Admiralty Controller to Sir Eric Geddes,
Cassady, Lieut. G.L., awarded the D.S.C.,
Cattaro, Germans destroy their submarines at,
Cayley, Rear-Admiral C.G.,
Cayley, Commander H.F.,
Cervera, Admiral, and the Spanish-American War,
Chain-sweep, a, introduction of,
Chatham, gunnery courses for cadets and apprentices at,
instructional anti-submarine school at,
Chief of the Staff, duties and responsibilities of,
Churchill, Right Hon. Winston, and Staff organization,
Coal-ships, French, convoy of,
Coastal motor boats,
Coastal traffic, regulation of: typical instructions,
Colville, Admiral the Hon. Sir Stanley,
Constantinople, bombing operations in vicinity of,
Convoy commodores, appointment of,
Convoy Section of Trade Division of Naval Staff, the,
"Convoy sloops,"
Convoy system, the, a committee on, at the Admiralty,
growth of,
introduction of,
successful organization and working of,
the system at work,
Convoys, as protection against submarine attack: success of,
enemy attacks on,
losses in homeward and outward bound,
Coode, Captain C.P.R.,
Crisp, Thomas, of the Nelson,
Cross-Channel sailings and losses,
Crystal Palace, Royal Naval Depot at,
author's visit to,

Dakar convoy, the,
Dare, Admiral Sir Charles,
Dartmouth, a successful attack on an enemy submarine off,
Dazzle painting for merchant ships, system of,
De Bon, Admiral,
De Chair, Rear-Admiral Sir Dudley, and the U.S. mission,
Decoy ships,
and the convoy of merchant shipping,
fitted with torpedo tubes,
number of enemy submarines sunk by,
typical actions fought by,
Delay action fuses,
Denison, Admiral John,
Depth charge throwers,
Depth charges,
enemy submarine victims to,
Deputy Controller of Armament Production, appointment of a,
Destroyers, American, in British waters,
and patrol craft, number of enemy submarines sunk by,
available force in February, 1917
average output of British,
enemy flotilla of, intercepted,
essential to Grand Fleet,
fitted with "fish" hydrophones,
heavy strain on,
hunting flotillas of,
Destroyers, inadequate number of British,
of the Dover Patrol,
time taken in building,
Devonport, gunnery courses for cadets and apprentices at,
D'Eyncourt, Sir Eustace T.,
Directional hydrophones,
Directorate of Materials and Priority, creation of,
Dover, daily average of mercantile marine passing,
enemy destroyer raids on,
Dover Patrol, the,
an enemy attack on,
Sir Reginald Bacon's book on,
the Sixth Flotilla and its arduous work,
Dover, Straits of, inefficiency of the barrage,
minelaying in,
passage of U-boats through,
Dreyer, Captain F.C.,
and the defensive arming of merchant ships,
appointed Director of Naval Ordnance,
energy of,
Drift nets, mines fitted to,
Drifters, work of,
Duff, Rear-Admiral A.L.,
a tribute to,
becomes A.C.N.S.,
Dunkirk, enemy destroyer raids on,
Royal Naval Force at, and their work,
Dunraven (decoy ship), a gallant fight by,
Dutch convoy, the,

East coast and Norway, trade between, convoyed,
East Coast, the, volume of trade on, and difficulty of proper
protection of,
Electrical submarine detector, the,
Elsie,
English coast towns, destroyer raids on,
Escorts for merchant shipping,
Ethel and Millie sunk by submarine,
Evans, Captain E.R.G.R., of the Broke, rams an enemy vessel,

Falmouth convoy, the,
losses in 1917,
Farrington, Captain Alexander, and decoy ships,
"Fish" hydrophones, invention of,
Fisher, Lord,
destroyer programme of,
Fisher, Captain W.W., Director of Anti-Submarine Division,
tribute to,
Fitzherbert, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Edward,
appointed Director of Torpedoes and Mines,
"Flares,"
for night illumination of minefields,
Folkestone-Cape Grisnez mine barrage,
Ford Company, the (U.S.A.),
France, the Staff organization at G.H.Q. in,
Fremantle, Rear-Admiral Sydney,
French, Sir John (Field-Marshal Viscount),
French Admiralty, the, cordial co-operation with Allies,
French coal trade, the, convoy of,
losses in 1917,
Fuller, Captain C.T.M.,
Funakoshi, Admiral, Japanese Naval Attache in L