Famous Sea Fights, from Salamis to Tsu-Shima

by A. Hilliard Atteridge

[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y]

• A
• Actium, [25], etc.;
  • topography of, [30];
  • the battle of, [32], etc.
• Æschylus, [2], [21]
• Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius, [27]
• Alava, Spanish rear-admiral at Trafalgar, [192];
  • surrenders to Collingwood, [199]
• Albemarle. See [Monk, Duke of]
• Albini, Italian admiral, second in command at Lissa, [242], etc.
• Ali Pasha, Turkish admiral, [85], [86], [88], [93], [103]
• Alexandria, bombardment of, [253], [254]
• Allen, Sir Thomas, English admiral in Second Dutch War, [152], etc.
• Antony, Mark, [25];
  • flight from Actium, [35];
  • death, [38]
• Antwerp, the great fire-ship of, [130]
• Aristides, [15];
  • at Salamis, [21]
• Armada of 1588, [105], etc.;
  • organisation and statistics, [111]
• Armour-clads, early: Erik Jarl's "Iron Beard," [49];
  • the "Finis Belli" (1585), [209];
  • floating batteries, [211]
• Armour-clads, first modern sea-going: the "Gloire" (French), [211];
  • the "Warrior" (British), [213]
• Artemisia of Halicarnassus, [11], [15];
  • at Salamis, [21];
  • at the council after the battle, [22]
• Athens, beginnings of its sea-power, [4];
  • occupied by the Persians, [7]
• Augustus, [25];
  • founder of the Roman Empire, [38];
  • naval policy, [39]

• B
• Bahuchet, French admiral, [61]
• Baltic Fleet organised by Russia for the Far East, [304];
  • voyage of, [306];
  • Dogger Bank incident, [307];
  • passes Malacca, [309]
• Barbarigo, Agostino, Venetian admiral, [80], [92];
  • killed at Lepanto, [103]
• Barbavera, Genoese admiral at Sluys, [61];
  • his escape after the battle, [65]
• Bertendona, admiral of the Levant squadron of the Armada, [112]
• Bingham, Queen Elizabeth's Governor of Connaught, [138], etc.
• Blackwood, captain of Nelson's look-out frigate "Euryalus," [181], [186], [188], [191]
• Blake, [143], [144]
• Bragadino, Venetian commandant of Famagusta, [73];
  • tortured and put to death by the Turks, [74]
• Bragadino, Ambrogio and Antonio, Venetian captains at Lepanto, [92]
• British Navy: in Middle Ages, see chap. IV., Sluys, [55];
  • in Tudor period, see chap. VI., the Armada, [105];
  • in Stuart period, see chap. VII., the battle off the Gunfleet, [142];
  • in the eighteenth century, see chap. VIII., the Battle of the Saints' Passage, [158];
  • in Nelson's time, see chap. IX., Trafalgar, [173]
• Brunel, [208]
• Buchanan, commodore, C.S.N., captain of the "Merrimac," [219], etc.
• Byron, captain, under Rodney, [163]

• C
• Cæsar, Julius, [25]
• Calais, importance to England, [55]
• Calder, Sir Robert, action off Finisterre, [177]
• Cardona, Juan de, Spanish admiral, [80]
• Cervantes, Miguel de (author of "Don Quixote"), at Lepanto, [82];
  • wounded, [99]
• Cervera, Spanish admiral, [280];
  • voyage to Cuba, [282], etc.;
  • goes out of Santiago to battle, [287];
  • taken prisoner, [293]
• Charlemagne and the Norsemen, [41]
• Chatham, Dutch raid on, [156], [157]
• Churucca, Commodore, at Trafalgar, [200], [201]
• Cinque Ports, [57], [58]
• Cisneros, Spanish rear-admiral at Trafalgar, [197], [198]
• Cleopatra, [25];
  • flight from Actium, [35];
  • death, [38]
• Clerk of Eldin, his naval theories, [168]
• Collingwood, [179], [180], [183];
  • breaks through French line at Trafalgar, [192];
  • takes command of fleet after Nelson's death, [204]
• Colonna, Marco Antonio, Papal admiral, [71], [76];
  • at Lepanto, [99]
• Cromwell, [143]
• Cyprus, Turkish invasion of, under Selim II, [70];
  • fall of Nicosia, [71];
  • siege of Famagusta, [71], [73]

• D
• Damme, naval victory at, [56]
• Darius, [4]
• Decrès, Admiral, Minister of Marine under Napoleon I, [178], [180]
• Dewa, Admiral, [323], [331]
• Dewey, Admiral, [280]
• Doria, Giovanni Andrea, Genoese admiral, [80];
  • at Lepanto, [99], etc.
• Douglas, Sir Charles, share in Rodney's victory, [167]–[9]
• Dover with Calais made England mistress of the Channel, [56];
  • De Burgh's naval victory off, [57]
• Drake, Francis, [107], [109], [116], [119], [124], [132]
• Drake, Samuel, rear-admiral under Rodney, [164]
• Dumanoir, admiral of French van squadron at Trafalgar, his blunders, [194];
  • subsequent loss of his ships, [203]

• E
• Edward I, use of navy in Scottish wars, [56]
• Edward III, [55];
  • the French War, [59];
  • at Sluys, [64]
• Egypt, early navigators of, [2]
• Enquist, Russian admiral, [335], etc.
• Ericsson, John, designer of the "Monitor," [213];
  • See ["Monitor"]
• Erik Jarl, [46];
  • his ship the "Iron Beard," a primitive armour-clad, [49];
  • in the fight at Svold, [51], etc.
• Eubœa, battles of Greeks and Persians off, [11], etc.
• Eulate, captain of the "Vizcaya" at Santiago, [294], [295]
• Eurybiades, [11], [22]
• Evans, Captain Robley, U.S.N., [294], [295]
• Evertszoon, Dutch admiral, [148], etc.

• F
• Famagusta. See [Cyprus]
• Farragut, Admiral, sayings of, [231], [238]
• Fenner, [116]
• Fitzwilliam, Elizabeth's Lord Deputy in Ireland, [138], etc.
• Fremantle, captain of the "Neptune" at Trafalgar, [197], [198]
• Frobisher, [117], [128], [132]
• Fulton and early steamships, [206]

• G
• Galley-slaves, [87]
• Ganteaume, French admiral, [174]
• Giustiniani, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, [81], [103]
• Grasse, Comte de, Rodney's battle with, [158], etc.
• Gravelines, the Armada battle off, [131], etc.
• Gravina, Spanish admiral, [176], [181], [187]
• Guichen, de, [160]

• H
• Hanneken, Major von, German officer in Chinese service, [261]
• Hardy, captain of the "Victory," [195], [196]
• Harold Haarfager, [42]
• Hawkins, [107], [116], [119], [127], [128], [132]
• Hobart Pasha, [253]
• Holland, rise of naval power, [142];
  • first war with England, [143];
  • second war, [144]
• Hood, [164], etc.
• Howard of Effingham, [116], [124], etc.
• Howard, Lord Thomas, [127]
• Howe, [173]

• I
• Infernet, captain of the "Intrépide" at Trafalgar, [202], [203]
• Ireland and the Armada, [137]
• Ito, Count, Japanese admiral at the Yalu, [259], etc.