CONTENTS

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I. The Task of the Allied Navies[17]
II. The New Navy—Training an Anti-Submarine Force[36]
III. A Naval University in Time of War[47]
IV. The New Fleets in Being[50]
V. The Hydrophone and the Depth Charge[70]
VI. Some Curious Weapons of Anti-Submarine Warfare[85]
VII. Mystery Ships[96]
VIII. A Typical War Base[102]
IX. The Convoy System[116]
X. The Mysteries of Submarine Hunting Explained[126]
XI. The Mysteries of German Mine-Laying Explained[143]
XII. The Mysteries of Minesweeping Explained[157]
XIII. The Mine Barrage[179]
XIV. Off to the Zones of War[187]
XV. A Memorable Christmas[192]
XVI. The Derelict[202]
XVII. Mined-in[209]
XVIII. The Casualty[220]
XIX. How H.M. Trawler No. 6 Lost Her Refit[226]
XX. The Raider[233]
XXI. The S.O.S.[238]
XXII. In the Shadow of a Big Sea Fight[248]
XXIII. A Night Attack[258]
XXIV. Mysteries of the Great Sea Wastes[264]
XXV. From out the Clouds and the Under-seas[273]
XXVI. On the Sea Flank of the Allied Armies[286]
Index[301]