A Naval Venture: The War Story of an Armoured Cruiser

AIM LOW, SONNY! AIM LOW. YOU WILL SEE YOUR BULLET-SPLASHES
A Naval Venture
The War Story of an Armoured Cruiser
FLEET-SURGEON T. T. JEANS, R.N.
Author of Gunboat and Gun-runner John Graham, Sub-Lieutenant, R.N. Ford of H.M.S. Vigilant &c.
Illustrated by Frank Gillett, R.I.
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY 1917
Preface
In this book I have endeavoured to write a gun-room tale which will give a general impression of the part played by the Royal Navy during the Dardanelles operations, and of gun-room life under these conditions.
In writing it I have been greatly assisted by many shipmates—officers, petty officers, and men—who have been employed away from the ship, on various occasions, either on shore or in steamboats, tugs, or motor-lighters. From their accounts it has been possible to bring into the book descriptions of some interesting incidents and operations which did not come under my personal observation.
My thanks are due, more especially, to Lieutenant H. A. D. Keate, R.N., and to Lieutenant V. E. Kemball, R.N., of this ship, who have read laboriously through the manuscript as it progressed, corrected many errors of fact and detail, and suggested very many improvements to the story as a whole.
T. T. JEANS, Fleet-Surgeon, R.N.