Famous Sea Fights, from Salamis to Tsu-Shima

by A. Hilliard Atteridge

• J
• Japan, rise of naval power, [254];
  • policy after Chinese War, [297];
  • war with Russia, [300]
• Josephine, the Empress, [161]
• Juan of Austria, Don, admiral of the Christian League, [76], [78];
  • at Lepanto, [91], etc.

• K
• Kamimura, Admiral, defeats the Vladivostock squadron, [303];
  • at Tsu-shima, [332]
• Kara Khodja, his scouting expeditions, [85]
• Kempenfeldt, Admiral, [161]
• Kiriet, French admiral, [61]

• L
• Leotychides, [23]
• Lepanto, [67], etc.
• Lepidus, [25]
• Leyva, general of the troops embarked in the Armada, [114], [120], [123], [127], [135];
  • shipwrecked and drowned, [140]
• Lissa, battle of (1866), [231], etc.
• Longsword, William, his victory at Damme, [56]
• Lucas, captain of the "Redoutable," [193], [195]

• M
• Macaulay and the Armada, [105], [120]
• McGiffen, Commander, American officer in Chinese service, [261], [265], [272], [273]
• Magon, French admiral at Trafalgar, [199]
• Mahomet II takes Constantinople, [67]
• Makharoff, Admiral, death of, [301]
• Manila, battle of, [180]
• Marathon, [4]
• Mark Antony. See [Antony]
• Maurice of Nassau, [134]
• Maximilian, Archduke and Austrian admiral (afterwards Emperor of Mexico), [235]
• Medina, Lopez de, wrecked on Fair Isle, [137], [138]
• Medina-Sidonia, Guzman, Duke of, commander-in-chief of the Armada, [109], [115], etc.;
  • return to Spain, [140]
• "Merrimac," improvised Confederate armour-clad, [214], etc.;
  • attack on the wooden ships at Hampton Roads, [215];
  • sinks the "Cumberland," [218];
  • fight with the "Monitor," [224], etc.;
  • "Merrimac" destroyed later, [230]
• Missiessy, French admiral, [174]
• Mohacs, battle of, [68]
• Moncada, admiral of the galleasses in the Armada, [131]
• "Monitor," design and construction, [221], etc.;
  • voyage to Hampton Roads, [223];
  • fight with "Merrimac," [224], etc.;
  • lost at sea later on, [230]
• Monk, Duke of Albemarle, [146], etc.
• Mycale, destruction of Persian fleet at, [24]
• Mylæ, naval battle of, [27]

• N
• Napier, Sir Charles, first to take steamships into action, [207]
• Napoleon I, naval projects, [174], etc., [178], [179];
  • refuses Fulton's inventions, [206]
• Napoleon III and the introduction of armoured ships, [210], [211];
  • Ericsson's offer to, [213]
• Nebogatoff sent with squadron of old ships to reinforce Baltic Fleet, [308];
  • at Tsu-shima, [323];
  • surrenders, [337], [338]
• Nelson, alleged Danish descent, [41];
  • the Trafalgar campaign, [173], etc.;
  • plans for the battle, [182], [189], [190];
  • opening of the battle, [192];
  • wounded, [195], [196];
  • his death, [203]
• Nicholls, English gunner in Chinese service, killed at Yalu, [271]
• Nicopolis, [29], [38]
• Norsemen, [41], etc.
• North Sea battles in Dutch War, [143], etc.

• O
• Octavian. See [Augustus]
• Olaf, Saint, [54]
• Olaf Tryggveson, his career, [42];
  • becomes King of Norway, [44];
  • his famous ships, [45];
  • in the fight at Svold, [47], etc.;
  • death in battle, [53]
• Opdam, Dutch admiral, [145]
• Orde, Sir John, and blockade of Cadiz, [176]
• Ottomans. See [Turks]

• P
• Parma, Alexander Farnese, Duke of, [114], [128], [129], [130]
• Pepys, Samuel, [146], [153]
• Persano, Italian admiral in command at Lissa, [237], etc.
• Pertev Pasha, Turkish seraskier at Lepanto, [86], [88], [95]
• Petz, Commodore, Austrian second in command at Lissa, [241], etc.
• Philip II of Spain, [105]
• Philip of Valois, King of France, [59], [66]
• Piracy in early days, [3];
  • of Turks and Algerines in the Mediterranean, [68]
• Pius V, efforts to form a league against the Turks, [70], [72], [75]
• Platæa, battle of, [23]
• Port Arthur, naval operations around, [300], etc.;
  • surrender of, [308]
• Purvis, English engineer killed at the Yalu, [270]

• R
• Raleigh, Sir Walter, [122]
• Recalde, Martinez de, admiral of the Biscay squadron of the Armada, [114], [123], [127], [135], [140]
• Reitzenstein, admiral of the Vladivostock squadron, [302], [303]
• Rodney, [159], etc.
• Rojdestvensky, admiral in command of the Baltic Fleet, [304], etc.;
  • taken prisoner, [340]
• Rupert, Prince, as an admiral, [146], etc.
• Ruyter, de, [146], etc.

• S
• Saints' Passage, battle of, [158], etc.
• Salamis, refuge of the Athenians, [6];
  • Greek fleets concentrate at, [13];
  • the battle, [16], etc.
• Sampson, U.S. admiral, [278], etc.
• Santa Cruz, Alvaro de Bazan, Marquis of, [80], [108]
• Santiago, blockade of, [285];
  • battle outside, [287], etc.
• Schley, U.S. admiral, [278], etc.
• Sebastopol, attack on sea-front, [209], [211]
• Selim II, [70]
• Semenoff, Captain, personal narrative of Tsu-shima, [313], [319], [320], [322], [327], [328];
  • taken prisoner, [340]
• Seymour, Lord Henry, [118], [126], [129], [132]
• Shafter, General, operations against Santiago, [286], etc.
• Sigvald Jarl, [47]
• Sluys, [55], etc.
• Steam applied to warships, [206], etc.
• Steevens, John and Robert, inventors, [210]
• Strachan, Sir Richard, takes Dumanoir's squadron, [203]
• Suleiman the Magnificent, [70]
• Svold Island, battle of, [40], etc.

• T
• Takeomi, Admiral, [322], [331]
• Tegethoff, Austrian commander at Lissa, [235], etc.
• Terschelling, sack of, [156]
• Themistocles, [4], [13], [14], [22]
• Ting, Chinese admiral at the Yalu, [259], etc.
• Togo, captain of the "Naniwa" in the Chinese War, [260];
  • admiral commanding in chief in war with Russia, [301], etc.;
  • preparations for Baltic Fleet, [310], etc.;
  • his battle signal, [325];
  • slightly wounded, [333]
• Torpedoes, [252], [253]
• Trafalgar, [173], etc.
• Troy, [4]
• Tsu-shima, battle of, [321], etc.
• Turks, growth of their power, [67]