The
British Navy Book
BY
Lieut.-Col. and Brevet Col.
CYRIL FIELD, R.M.L.I.
With Full-page Illustrations in Colour and in
Black-and-White and Numerous
Illustrations in the Text
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY
Contents
| Chap. | Page | |
| Prologue: The Command of the Sea (A.D. 1915) | [9] | |
| I. | A Lesson from Cæsar | [19] |
| II. | Ancient War-ships | [28] |
| III. | Fighting-ships of the Middle Ages | [38] |
| IV. | Mariners of Other Days | [54] |
| V. | Some Mediæval Sea-fights | [60] |
| VI. | The Navy in Tudor Times | [67] |
| VII. | From Elizabeth to Victoria | [81] |
| VIII. | The "Turks" in the Channel | [99] |
| IX. | The Honour of the Flag | [115] |
| X. | The Evolution of Naval Gunnery | [125] |
| XI. | Evolution of the Ironclad Battleship | [146] |
| XII. | The Evolution of the Submarine and Submarine Mine | [167] |
| XIII. | Naval Brigades | [187] |
| XIV. | War-ships of all Sorts | [204] |
| XV. | The Manning of a Ship | [223] |
| XVI. | Beginning of the War Afloat | [242] |
| XVII. | Operations in the North Sea and Channel | [254] |
| XVIII. | In the Outer Seas | [261] |
| XIX. | A Reverse and a Victory | [272] |
| XX. | German Raids and their Signal Punishment | [285] |
| XXI. | The Royal Naval Air Service | [292] |
| Conclusion | [307] | |
Illustrations
| IN COLOUR | |
| Page | |
| "Britain's Sure Shield" | [Frontispiece] |
| Uniforms of the British Navy: Midshipman, Admiral, Flag-Lieutenant, Secretary (Fleet Paymaster) | [96] |
| Uniforms of the British Navy: A.B. (Marching Order), 1st Class Petty Officer, Stoker | [188] |
| Uniforms of the Royal Marines: Gunner, R.M.A.; Colour-Sergeant, R.M.L.I.; Major, R.M.A | [236] |
IN BLACK-AND-WHITE | |
| H.M.S. "Dreadnought" Firing a Broadside of 12-inch Guns | [10] |
| Learning to Fight Zeppelins | [16] |
| A War-galley in the Days of King Alfred | [36] |
| The "Great Harry", the First Big Battleship of the British Navy | [70] |
| A Sea-fight in Tudor Times | [78] |
| Destroying a Straggler from the Armada | [82] |
| Lord Howard Attacking a Ship of the Spanish Armada | [84] |
| The "Royal George" Engaging the "Soleil Royal" in Quiberon Bay, 1759 | [90] |
| The "Victory" in Gala Dress | [92] |
| "The Glorious 1st of June", 1794 | [94] |
| The Release of Christian Prisoners at Algiers | [108] |
| The Fight between a Merchantman and a Turkish Pirate | [112] |
| Teaching the Spaniard "The Honour of the Flag" | [118] |
| The Battle of the Nore, June, 1653, between the English and Dutch | [122] |
| The "Dulle Griete" at Ghent | [130] |
| The Main Gun Deck on H.M.S. "Victory" | [140] |
| Naval Gunnery in the Old Days | [142] |
| 13.5-inch Guns on H.M.S. "Conqueror" | [144] |
| H.M.S. "Warrior", our First Sea-going Ironclad Battleship | [154] |
| A Monster Gun which is now Obsolete | [162] |
| A Fleet of Submarines in Portsmouth Harbour | [176] |
| English Bluejackets at the Defence of Acre | [192] |
| The Naval Brigade in the Battle of El-Teb | [200] |
| Our Seamen Gunners with a Maxim | [202] |
| Deck of a "Dreadnought" Cleared for Action | [206] |
| The British Submarine "E2" | [216] |
| The 13.5-inch Gun: Some Idea of its Length | [238] |
| 6-inch Gun Drill: The Breech Open | [240] |
| The Sinking of the German Cruiser "Mainz" | [248] |
| "Missed!"; the Helm the Best Weapon against Torpedoes | [258] |
| The British Air Raid on Cuxhaven: Drawing by John de G. Bryan | [302] |
| The British Air Raid on Cuxhaven: Sea-plane flown by Flight-Commander R. Ross | [304] |