THE GERMAN FLEET

BEING THE COMPANION VOLUME TO "THE FLEETS AT WAR"
AND "FROM HELIGOLAND TO KEELING ISLAND."

BY

ARCHIBALD HURD

AUTHOR (JOINT) OF "GERMAN SEA-POWER, ITS RISE, PROGRESS
AND ECONOMIC BASIS."

HODDER AND STOUGHTON

LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO

MCMXV

CONTENT

CHAPTER PAGE
[INTRODUCTION][7]
I.[PAST ASCENDENCY][19]
II.[THE FIRST GERMAN FLEET][26]
III.[GERMANY'S FLEET IN THE LAST CENTURY][51]
IV.[BRITISH INFLUENCE ON THE GERMAN NAVY][80]
V.[THE GERMAN NAVY ACTS][93]
VI.[GERMAN SHIPS, OFFICERS, AND MEN][142]
VII.[WILLIAM II. AND HIS NAVAL MINISTER][155]
APPENDIX I.[—GERMANY'S NAVAL POLICY][183]
APPENDIX II.[—BRITISH AND GERMAN SHIP-BUILDING PROGRAMMES][189]