INDEX
Acetylene gas, use of, for salvage, [47], [52]
Adams, Lieut.-Comdr. B. F., R.N., [187], [188], [200], [201]
Admiralty, Board of, responsibility of, [69]
Aerial attack—
at first attempt, [146], [147] at final attempt, [171]
Afridi, H.M.S., [App.]
Aircraft—
German in Flanders, [6], [41] utility in defence, [40], [41]
Allied lines of communication, [3], [12], [13]
Anchoring of Vindictive, [184]
Approach, the story of the, [173] ff.
Astronomical conditions, [134]
Attack, expected duration of, [132], [134]
Attempt—
the first, [141] ff., [155] the second, [153], [154] the final start, [165]
Attentive, H.M.S., [App.]
Babb, Sub-Lieut, R.N., [230]
Bamford, Captain E., R.M.L.I., [203]
Barrage firing from coast batteries, [37]
Bases, use of advanced, [19]
Beatty, Admiral Sir David, [63], [104], [105], [107], [108]
Billyard-Leake, Lieut. Edward W., R.N., [226], [231], [234], [235]
Blake, Able-Seaman F. E., R.N., [209]
Blake, Sub-Lieut. L. R., R.N.R., [218]
Blankenberghe,
buoy, [174], [175], [242] description, [8], [9] German craft at, [11], [12], [190]
Blocking—
alternative methods of, [17], [42], [43] favourable position for, [44] influence of current, [57] previous attempts elsewhere, [54-56], [58] summary of difficulties, [41], [56]
Blockships—
capabilities of, [49], [52], [69], [70] credit due to, [73], [234], [235] difficulty of sinking, [56], [57], [58] preparatory work in, [52], [100] types of, [45-47], [69], [70] See Thetis, Intrepid, Iphigenia
Blockship's crews, disembarkation of surplus, [124], [125], [170], [171]
Boddie, Engineer Lieut.-Comdr., R.N., [228]
Bombardment—
by our monitors, [16], [84], [174], [175] previous attempts at, [35], [43], [44]
Bonham-Carter, Lieut. Stuart S., R.N., [226], [228], [230], [234], [235]
Botha, H.M.S., [91]; [App.]
Bouclier, French destroyer, [App.]
Bowen, Lieut. G., [225]
Bradford, Lieut. George N., R.N., [206], [207]
Brilliant, H.M.S., [70], [143], [246]; [App.]
British morale, effect on, [258], [259]
Brock, Wing-Commander Frank, R.N.A.S., [98], [115], [116], [153], [187], [200]
Bruges, [9], [10], [11], [270]
Brussels, merchant steamer, [29]
Buckley, Yeoman of Signals John, R.N., [189], [190]
Buoys, lack of dependence on, [8], [91], [92]
Bury, Engineer Lieut.-Comdr. W. A., R.N., [184], [243]
Calais, [13]
Cameroon River, German attempt to block, [58]
Campbell, Lieut. H. G., R.N., [185], [188], [189], [240], [245]
Campbell, Commander V. L. A., R.N., [220]
Canal system in Flanders, [9-11]
Casualties, British, [253], [254]
Cement, use of, in blockships, [52]
Chappell, Lieut.-Comdr., R.N.V.R., [224]
Chevallier, Sub-Lieut. F. E., R.N., [205]
Clerical work, [140]
Coast defences, German, [35-38]
Coastal Motor Boats, [144], [145], [149-151] No. 5, [219]; [App.] No. 7, [218], [233]; [App.] No. 16, [217]; [App.] Nos. 21, 25, 26, [219]; [App.] No. 22B, [217]; [App.] No. 23B, [217], [232]; [App.] No. 32, [219], [220]; [App.] Nos. 2, 4, 10, 12, 15, 17A, 19, 20, 24A,
27A, 28A, 29A, 30B, 34A, 35A; [App.]
Collins, Captain Ralph, R.N., [224]
Command of the sea, [3], [4]
Compasses, damage to—in Vindictive, [239], [240]
Concentration, [144], [145], [262]
Cooke, Lieut. F. T. V., R.M.L.I., [203]
Co-operation, value of, [264]
Cordner, Major, R.M.L.I., [182]
Cory-Wright, Lieut., R.N., [230]
Crews, size of, in blockships, [86], [124].
Daffodil, H.M.S.—
choice of, [79], [80] duties of, [81], [86], [176] fitting out of, [100], [108], [109], [118], [119] previous history, [80] proceedings of, [168], [173], [185], [188], [189], [199], [205], [237], [240] retirement of, [245]
Dallas-Brooks, Captain Reginald, R.M.A., [192], [193], [194]
Darkness, use of, [37], [38], [132]
Davidson, Captain A. P., R.N., [111]
Deane, Lieut. Percy T., R.N.V.R., [232], [233]
Defence measures, [61], [62]
Defences, summary of German, [41]
Demolition—
object of, [76], [77], [195], [196] training for, [111], [112] the work of, [189], [205]
Depths—
at Blankenberghe, [9] in entrance channel at Zeebrugge, [48], [49], [131]
Destroyers, [84], [220], [221]
D'Eyncourt, Sir Tennyson, [100]
Dickinson, Lieut.-Comdr. C. C., R.N., [111], [205]
Diversions, [59], [60], [61], [196], [208], 279
practibility of using, [61]
Douglas, Captain H. P., R.N., [90] n.
Dover—
the return to, [243], [244] the reception at, [244]
Dover Patrol—
memorials, [15] morale, [96], [97] work of, [13], [14], [15], [97], [98]
Dover Straits, difficulty of closing, [13], [14]
Dunkerque, [13]
Eagles, Major C. E. E., R.M.L.I., [208]
Eastlake, Lieut. A. L., attached R.E., [186], [187]
Edwards, Commander, R.N.V.R., [182]
Elliot, Lieut.-Col. Bertram N., R.M.L.I., [111], [112], [128], [182]
Endurance of German submarines, [4], [5]
Erebus, H.M.S., [174]; [App.]
Faulknor, H.M.S.; [App.]
Finch, Sergeant, R.M.L.I., [192]
Flame-throwers in Vindictive, [115], [186], [187]
Flanders Coast—
description of, [6], [7], [8], [22], [24], [25] value to Germany, [5-7], [10-12]
Fog, effect on attackers, [60], [175] effect on defence, [59], [175]
Fogs, artificial, [59], [60]
Franks, Lieut. Ivor B., R.N., [110]
French motor launches Nos. 1, 2, 33, 34; [App.]
French Torpedo Boats Nos. 1, 2, 3, 34; [App.]
Fuel, [4]
Function of the Navy, [3]
Gas, poison, [60]
Geddes, Sir Eric, [157]
General Craufurd, H.M.S.; [App.]
Geographical situation, [6], [7]
German bases in Flanders, [6], [10], [29]
German craft based on Flanders, [6]
German High Seas Fleet, [3], [4], [19], [21], [94], [95]
German morale before the attack, [96], [97], [104]
German morale after the attack, [255-257]
German reports of the attack, [250], [251]
German submarines, [4], [5], [11], [12], [13], [14], [16]
Gibbs, Commander Valentine F., R.N., [185], [207], [208]
Godsal, Commander A. E., R.N., [42], [246], [247]
Goeben battery, [204]
Gore-Langton, Lieut-Commander Hubert E., R.N., [220], [223]
Grand Fleet—
duties of, [94], [95] work of, [102], [103]
Groynes, [7], [24], [25]
Guerre de Course tactics, [5]
Halahan, Captain H. C., R.N., [111], [114], [116], [128], [182], [201]
Hardy, Lieut.-Comdr. H. N. M., R.N., [246]
Harrison, Lieut.-Comdr. A. L., R.N., [200], [201], [202]
Harwich, forces from; [App.]
Haselfoot, Lieut.-Comdr. F. E. B., R.N., [90] n.
Hawkings, Lieut. Claude E. K., R.N., [206]
Heligoland, [19]
Helyar, Lieut.-Comdr. Kenneth C., R.N., [220], [222], [223]
Henderson, Lieut. Oscar, R.N., [209], [245]
Hermione, cutting out of—in 1799, [54], [55]
Hewett, Lieutenant Graham S., R.N.V.R., [194]
Hilton-Young, Lieut. E., R.N.V.R., [196]
Hindustan, H.M.S., [111], [118], [119], [120], [125], [127]; [App.]
History—
lack of encouragement from, [58] object of studying, [54]
Historical analogies, [54-56], [58]
Howitzers in Vindictive, [79], [98], [193], [194]
Hydrographic Department, [91]
Initiative, [89], [149], [150]
Instructions, the art of writing, 66,67
Intrepid, H.M.S., [70], [143], [170], [228], [229-231], [232], [234]; [App.]
Iphigenia, H.M.S., [70], [143], [171], [228],
[229], [231], [232], [234], [241], [243-251]; [App.]
Iris, H.M.S.—
choice of, [79], [80] duties of, [81], [86] fitting out of, [100], [108], [109], [118], [119] proceedings of, [168], [173], [185], [205-209] retirement of, [245], [246]
Jakobynessen battery, [37]
Jellicoe, Admiral Sir John, R.N., [17], [157]
Kaiser's visit to Zeebrugge, [252]
Kaiser Wilhelm battery, [204]
Keyes, Vice-Admiral Roger J. B., R.N., [14], [63], [109], [113], [114], [167],
[168], [220], [243], [246], [263], [264], [265], 282
appreciation of, [63], [68], [69] connection with planning, [67], [68], [82] postponement decision, [147], [148]
Lamplough, Lieut. C. R. W., R.M.L.I., [203]
Leadership, [264], [265]
Lestin, French destroyer; [App.]
Lightfoot, H.M.S.; [App.]
Lines of communication, [3], [12], [13], [96]
Lingfield, H.M.S.; [App.]
Littleton, Lieut. H. A., R.N.V.R., [232], [233]
Lord Clive, H.M.S.; [App.]
Lock gate, [10], [22], [28], [43], [44], [49]
Losses, British material, [253], [254]
MacVean, Lieut. D. E. J., R.N.V.R., [217]
Mails, precautions, [120]
Manly, H.M.S.; [App.]
Mansfield, H.M.S., [224]; [App.]
Marine Artillery, [104], [112], [113], [126], [192-194] Infantry, [104], [111], [112], [126]
Marines, embarkation of, [118], [119]
Marshal Soult, H.M.S.; [App.]
Martinique, attack on—in 1794, [54], [55]
Mastiff, H.M.S.; [App.]
Matchless, H.M.S.; [App.]
Material results obtained, [249-253].
Matériel, relation to personnel, [181]
McCutcheon, Staff Surgeon, R.N., [197], [198]
McKenzie, Able Seaman, [202]
Medical, [197], [198]
Meikle, Engineer Sub-Lieut., R.N., [230]
Melpomene, H.M.S., [224]; [App.]
Mentor, H.M.S.; [App.]
Mercantile Marine, appreciation, [143], [144]
Merrimac, U.S. steamer, [54], [58], [88]
Meteorological conditions, [131]
Military training, [112], [113]
Minefields, German, [38], [39]
Mines—
effect of, [93], [94], [173] precautions against, [94]
Mine-sweepers, [6], [39], [94]
Monitors, [36], [146], [174]
Monitors: M. [21], M. [24], M. [26]; [App.]
Moon, state of, [134]
Moorsom, H.M.S., [224], [242], [243]; [App.]
Moral results obtained, [255-260]
Morale, [96], [97]
Morris, H.M.S., [224]; [App.]
Motor launches, [144], [225], [240]
Motor launches:—
No. 110, [225]; [App.] No. 128, [224]; [App.] No. 282, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234; [App.] No. 308, [225]; [App.] No. 424, [224]; [App.] No. 526, [229], [232], [233]; [App.] No. 558, [224], [226]; [App.] Nos. 11, 16, 17, 22, 23, 30, 60, 79,
105, 121, 223, 239, 241, 249, 252,
254, 258, 262, 272, 274, 276, 279,
280, 283, 314, 345, 397, 416, 420,
422, 429, 448, 512, 513, 525, 532,
533, 538, 549, 551, 552, 555, 556,
557, 560, 561, 562; [App.]
Myngs, H.M.S., [224]; [App.]
Napoleon's maxim, [95]
Navigation, coastal, [56], [57] difficulties and dangers, [7], [8], [40], [41] importance of accuracy, [90] ff., [178] open sea, [56]
Nelson, Lord, [55], [147], [148]
Newbold, Lieut. Aubrey C., R.N., [210], [214]
Nieuport, [6], [7], [8]
North Star, H.M.S., [220], [221], [222], [223];
[App.]
Objectives, difficulty of locating, [42], [56], [71]
Objects, secondary, [77]
Offensive measures, [16], [17], [43], [262]
Officers, choice of, [106], [107]
Orders—
art of writing, [66], [67] the drafting of the, [66], [67], [140], [156], [166]
Osborne, Commander E. O. B. S., R.N., [178]
Ostende—
attack on, in 1798, [54], [55], [56] description of, [9], [10], [11], [12] difficulty of locating entrance, [42], [71] reason for blocking, [42] reason for omitting story, [41], [42]
Outhwaite, Sub-Lieut. C., R.N.V.R., [219]
Patrol craft, German, [40], [96]
Peace, [266]
Period available for attack, [134]Personnel, remarks on behaviour, [263], [264] selection of, [102] ff.
training of, [112], [125], [126]
Phoebe, H.M.S., [220-224]; [App.]
Photography, [129], [130], [246]
Plan—
credit for, [17], [18], [19] how built up, [262] inception, [17], [18], [67] history of, [17], [18], [67], [68] modifications of, [65] previous suggestions, [17], [70] various stages of, [64] ff., [72], [76]
Plans department, [17], [67]
Poison gas, [60]
Port Arthur, attempts to block, [54], [56], [58]
Postponement, first, [148] second, [154]
Power, Rear Admiral L. E., R.N., [100]
Preparations—
preliminary, [125] ff. final, [145], [167], [168]
Preservation of life, [87]
Prince Eugene, H.M.S.; [App.]
Printing the orders, [140]
Puerto Cabello, attack on, in 1799, [54]
Pyrotechnic Brigade, [194]
Rain, effect of, [171], [172], [173]
Rescue of men from Mole, [218]
Rescue work, [87], [88], [89], [132], [229] ff., [244-249] vessels, [84]
Results—
material, [249-253] moral, [255-260]
Retirement, [132], [252-260]
Rigby, Lieut. Charles N. B., R.M.A., [191], [192]
Robinson, Lieut. J. W., R.N.V.R., [224]
Robinson, Lieut. O., R.N.V.R., [224]
Rocket apparatus, [194]
Rodman, Rear Admiral Hugh, U.S.N., [107], [108]
Rosoman, Lieut.-Comdr. R. R., R.N., [176], [184], [188], [238], [239], [242], [259]
Roux, French destroyer; [App.]
Royal Air Force—
61st Wing, [85], [130] 65th Wing, [85], [146]
Royal Naval Reserve, [130], [263]
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, [130], [263]
Rufigi River, attempt to block, [54]
St. George for England, [169]
Salvage—
effect of silt on, [23], [24], [25], [28], [51] German attempts, [251] importance of, [44], [45] previous experience, [25] remarks on, [25], [26], [44] ff., [251], [252]
Sandford, Lieut-Comdr. F. H., R.N., [213], [214]
Sandford, Lieut. R. D., R.N., [210], [211], [213]
Santiago, attempt to block in 1898, [54], [56], [58]
Scott, H.M.S.; [App.]
Seamanship, importance of, [41], [57], [58]
Seaplane base, German, [12]
Secrecy, [100], [111], [120], [121], [155]
Secret, divulging the, [108], [119], [120]
Shoals, [7], [41]
Siege guns, [84]
Signalling difficulties, [137], [138]
Silt, description, [23], [24] effect of, [24], [28], [51]
Sirius, H.M.S., [70], [143], [246]; [App.]
Smith, Petty Officer, R.N., [209]
Smoke, artificial—
limitations of, [59], [60], [99] use of, [59], [60], [83], [99], [100], [175], [176], [208], [216], [217], [218], [246]
Smoke-screen vessels, [83], [175]
Sneyd, Commander R. S., R.N., [226], [228], [229], [235]
Souvenir hunters, [248]
Staff, operational duties, [66], [67], [139]
Star shell, [38], [175]
Stonewall Jackson's maxim, [60], [61]
Stork, H.M.S.; [App.]
Storming the Mole, [186], [187], [188], [200-204], [213]
Submarines—
attack on viaduct, [82], [100] defensive use, [40] German, [4], [40] shelters, [10], [11]
Submarines—
C1, [210], [211], [214]; [App.] C3, [210-211], [213], [215], [224]; [App.]
Success, chances of, [54], [62]
Supporting squadrons, [146]
Surprise, [59], [60], [61], [262]
Surveys, [7], [91]
Swift, H.M.S.; [App.]
Swin Deep, [118], [153]
Synchronisation of events, [137], [138], [170]
Teazer, H.M.S.; [App.]
Tempest, H.M.S.; [App.]
Teneriffe, Nelson's attack on—in 1797, [54], [55]
Termagant, H.M.S.; [App.]
Terror, H.M.S., [174]; [App.]
Tetrarch, H.M.S.; [App.]
Thetis, H.M.S., [70], [143], [171], [226] ff., [233]; [App.]
Tidal stream—
description, [7], [24], [30], [74] effect, [24], [92], [174], [183]
Tide, rise and fall, [8], [48], [49]
Tigris River, blocking of, [58]
Time factor, [137-139]
Time table, [138], [156]
Tomkinson, Captain Wilfred, R.N., [220]
Towing—
necessity for, [142] of Iris and Daffodil, [142], [143], [173]
Trench raid, analogy, [112], [113], [265]
Trident, H.M.S., [224], [245]; [App.]
Truculent, H.M.S.; [App.]
Ulleswater, H.M.S.; [App.]
United States—
battle squadron, [107] personnel, [107], [108]
Velox, H.M.S., [224]; [App.]
Viaduct—
attack on, [194], [195], [210-215] description, [23], [25], [82], [83]
Vindictive, H.M.S.—
anchoring, [184] attack on Ostende, [247] choice of, [76], [126] command of, [114] damage, [181], [182], [198], [238], [239], [241], [255], [256] fitting out of, [77-79], [100], [110] position at Mole, [128], [129], [202], [203] proceedings of, [143], [148], [150], [170], [173], [176], [179] ff., [200] ff. retirement of, [230] ff.
Visibility, [136], [165]
Volunteering—
for danger, [89], [122-125], [189], [202] how arranged, [104], [105], [122], [123]
Von Capelle, Admiral, [158]
Walcheren expedition, [156]
Walker, Lieut. H. T. C., R.N., [190]
Warwick, H.M.S., [144], [168], [173], [220], [221], [222], [233], [243]; [App.]
Weather, vagaries of, [41], [93], [246]
Weller, Major B. G., R.M.L.I., [202]
Welman, Lieut. A. P., R.N., [217]
Wemyss, Admiral Sir Rosslyn, R.N., [157]
Whirlwind, H.M.S., [224], [230]; [App.]
Wind, importance of direction, [60], [131], [176]
Wounded, behaviour of, [196], [197]
Youlton, Petty Officer, E. G., R.N., [238], [242]
Young, Lieut.-Comdr., R.N.V.R., [225]
Yser Canal, [7]
Zeebrugge, [7], [8], [9], [11] batteries, [28], [29], [31], [33] craft based at, [11], [32] German belief in security at, [33], [34] German constructions at, [26], [28], [29] canal, [10], [22] canal lock, [22], [29], [43], [44], [49] navigable channel, [28], [49] obstruction and boom, [32], [33], [41], [227] tidal harbour, [22] village, [22]
Zeebrugge Mole, description, [22], [23], [24], [26], [27] approach to, [27-30] attack on: see Storming the Mole
buildings on, [26], [28], [29], [32], [183] currents alongside, [30] garrison, [32], [81], [82] lighthouse extension, [27] outer wall, [26-28], [73], [74], [76] peace use, [22] seaplane base, [29], [32] souvenir, [244], [245] viaduct, [23], [25] Vindictive's position, [128], [129], [202], [203] war use, [29], [30]
Zero time, meaning and object, [170], [173]
Zone of fire, German batteries, [30]
Zubian, H.M.S.; [App.]