"Their Lordships also desire to acknowledge the ready response of Owners to the heavy calls made on the Merchant Service for Officers and men to meet the increasing requirement of the Navy. On board our ships of every type, from the largest Dreadnought down to the smallest Patrol Boat are to be found Officers and men of the Merchant Navy who have combined with those of the Royal Navy in fighting the enemy and defeating his nefarious methods of warfare at sea.
"The Merchant Service and the Royal Navy have never been so closely brought together as during this War. In the interests of our glorious Empire this connection must prove a lasting one."
The Resolution of Parliament of August 6, 1919, placed upon record—
"That the thanks of this House be accorded to the officers and men of the Mercantile Marine for the fine and fearless seamanship by which our people have been preserved from want and our cause from disaster."
INDEX
Aberdeen, [82]
Admiralty, [xiii], [11], [32], [35]-[37], [41], [42], [64], [110], [113], [144], [178], [195], [255]
Adriatic, [25], [99]
Agnes Whitwell, [192]
Aleppo, [4]
"Allo," [118], [119]
Amadas, [6]
Anglo-Californian, [18]
Antwerp, [45], [78]
Aquitania, [13], [100]
Arabic, [253]
Arctic Ocean, [25]
Arklow, [82]
Arlington, [108]
Armada, The Great, [4], [6]
Atalanta, [82]
Atlantic, [107], [117], [128], [178], [218], [224], [225]
Atlantic City, [104], [109]
Augustine, [62], [63], [66]
Australia, [126]
Austrian Navy, [99]
Avocet, [85]
Babylon, [4]
Backhouse, John, [5]
Baffin, [6]
Bahia, [191], [204]
Balsara, [4]
Barlow, [6]
Barnegat Lighthouse, [109]
Beaumaris, [78]
Beaverbrook, Lord, [xiii]
Belgian Prince, [173], [253]
Bell, Captain, [79]
Bengal, [9]
Bennett, Arnold, [xiii]
Bermuda, [107], [108]
Berry, [11]
Biggatt, William, [5]
Birchgrove, [85]
Black Middens, [78]
Blake, [10]
Board of Trade, [61]-[66], [121], [131], [185]
Boer War, [22]
Boom defences, [100], [191], [206]
Bordeaux, [55]
Boston, [108]
Boy Ernie, [101]
Boy Jacob, [78]
Bremen Hansa Line, [31]
Brennell, Captain, [85]
Bridgwater, [10]
Bristol Channel, [80], [116]
Britannic, [78]
British Standard, [209], [210], [211], [215]
Brixham, [101]
Brother Fred, [192]
Brownrigg, Rear-Admiral Sir Douglas, [xiii]
Brussels, [79]
Cabotia, [114]
Cagliari, [181]
Calcutta, [204]
Calgarian, [178]
California, [253]
Cameronia, [140]
Canada, [126], [128]
Canute, [141], [142]
Cape Cod, [108]
Cardiff, [181]
Caspian Sea, [4]
Cats, [198]-[99]
Cavendish, Thomas, [6]
Cerigo Channel, [114], [132]
Channel, The, [88], [89], [95], [96], [131], [147]
Charles II, [57]
Chaucer, [55]
Chelmsford, [204]
Cheshire, [244], [247]
China, [22], [165]
Cinderella, [210], [211]
Clyde, [xi], [100], [116]
Cochrane, Lord, [181]
Collins, Captain Greenville, [57], [58], [64]
Collonia, [196]
Commissioner, [82]
Coney Island, [230]
Constantinople, [4]
Contalmaison, [51]
Cook, James, [10]
Copenhagen, [11]
Coquet, [173]
Cork, [85]
Cornford, L. Cope, [xiii]
Costello (boatswain of Gull, trawler), [99]
Cottingham, [80], [81]
Coverley, Captain, [114]
Crane, [99]
Crimea, [22]
Crystal Palace, [122]
Cunard Line, [118], [119]
Custom House, [184], [185]
Dædalus Light, [170]
Dampier, [10]
Davis, [6]
Deal, [77], [89], [230]
Deptford, [56], [58]
Deutschland, [104]
Devonshire (East Indiaman), [9]
Dieppe, [31]
Dieudonné, [192]
Dixon, W. Macneile, [xiii]
Dogger Bank, [99]
Doiran, [133]
Downs, The, [9], [88]-[90], [96]
Drake, [6]
Drei Geschwister, [85]
Dublin, [15]
East India Company, [9]
Eddystone Lighthouse, [91]
Egypt, [22], [126]
Elbow Buoy, [97]
Emden, [164]
Empress of Fort William, [95]
Esperanto, [169], [203]
Fair Head, [117]
Falaba, [164]
Fermo, [101]
Fishermen, [98]-[102], [206], [255]
Flanders, [51], [79], [126]
Floandi, [99]
Foley, [11]
Forbes, Captain, [63]
Foreign consuls, [185]
Formidable, [101]
Fortuna, [192]
France, [125], [126]
Franz Fischer, [85]
Frobisher, [6]
Fryatt, Captain, [79]
Fürst, [27], [28]
Galatz, [170]
Gallipoli, [127]
"Gamecock" Fleet, [99]
Garron Head, [116]
German Navy, [17], [24], [26], [28], [41], [253]
Crimes on the sea, [170]-[74], [253]
Fishing-boats, [79], [100], [101]
Hospital ships, [92], [173], [253]
Lightships, [92]
Merchantmen, [17], [81], [82], [85], [114], [164], [173]
Mines, [92], [95]
Rafts and open boats, [92]
Submarine minelayers, [80], [92]
See under Merchants' Service: [German Schrecklichkeit], and [Submarine piracy]
Submarines, [17]-[20], [37], [41]-[43], [79]-[86], [95], [96], [107]-[9], [113]-[15], [118]-[19], [173], [177], [181], [182], [237]-[40], [252]-[53], [255]-[56]
Gibbs, Richard, [5]
Gibraltar, [126], [183]
Glasgow, [33], [39], [78], [116]
Goodwin Sands, [89], [96]
Gowan Lea, [99], [100]
Grand Banks, [103]
Gravesend, [3], [59]
Greece, King of, [63]
Greenwich Mean Time, [191]
Gulflight, [109]
Gull (trawler), [99]
Hakluyt, Richard, [4], [5], [9]
Halifax, [108]
Hardy, [11]
Harwich, xi, [90], [253]
Hawkins, Sir John, [6]
Henderson, Algernon C. F., [v]
Henry VIII, [6]
Hohenzollern, [174]
Hollesay Bay, [90]
Holy Land, [54]
Horn, Cape, [77]
Hudson, [6]
Hudson Bay, [86]
Hudson River, [217], [218]
Hull, [90]
Iceland, [170]
Imperial War Museum, [xiii]
India, [22], [126]
International Code of Signals, [169]
Islay, [117]
Isle of Man, [32]
Istria, [55]
Jane Williamson, [82]
Japan, [178]
Java, [13]
Johnson, Dr., [47]-[48]
Justitia, [78]
Karlsruhe, [104]
Kashmir, [227]
Keith, Captain, [131]
Kiel, [24]
King John, [55]
Kingsdown, [89]
King's Harbour Master, [203]
Kingsway, [124]
Kölnische Zeitung, [81]
Kronprinz Wilhelm, [104]
Lady of the Lake, [79]
Lamport and Holt Line, [109]
Langton, Stephen, Archbishop of Canterbury, [55]
Leggatt (of Crane), [99]
Leghorn, [181]
Leviathan, [135]
Leyland Line, [117], [118], [119]
Liége, [27]
Lightships, [57], [91]-[96]
Gull Lightship, [53], [89], [93], [96]
Ostend Lightship, [92]
Royal Sovereign Lightship, [95]
Shambles Lightship, [95]
South Goodwin Lightship, [95]
Linn ("frigot"), [204]
Liver Buildings, [49], [247]
Liverpool, [62], [69], [78], [103], [116], [135], [245], [249]
Lobelia, [100]
London, [89], [213]
Louis XIV, of France, [91]
Lowestoft, [90]
Lusitania, [164], [173], [253]
Malay pirates, [165]
Maloja, [95]
Malta, [126], [128], [132], [182]
Manchester, [124]
Manchester Commerce, [164]
Manhattan, [223]
"Manual on Seamanship," [144]
Marconi, [123]
Marconi Company, [110]
Maréchal de Villars, [82]
Margaret, [15]
Mariston, [173]
Maritime Code, [54] seq.
Marmion, [191], [192], [211]
Marseilles, [128], [131], [132]
Mary Rose, [178]
Massilia, [186], [210]
Mayflower, [236]
Mayo, Walter H., [xiii]
Meadowside, [140]
Mediterranean, [30], [114], [127], [128], [178], [182], [196]
Melampus, [253]
Merchant Adventurers, [4], [5]
Merchants' Service:
Growth, [3]-[5];
parent of Navy, [6], [18];
Imperial significance, xii, [10], [12], [14], [15], [126];
unrecognized work, [10], [46] seq.;
educational function, [11];
introduction of steamships, [11], [12], [13];
international supremacy, [12], [13];
outbreak of Great War, [14], [24], [163];
submarine piracy, [17], [18] seq., [51], [177], passim;
arming of, [19], [37] seq., [113]-[5];
differences with Navy, [7], [21]-[25];
reconciliation, [25] seq.;
liaison with Navy, [14], [18]-[19], [21]-[43], [120]-[3], [134], [191], [197], [199]-[203], [255]-[6] passim;
commerce-raiders, [28], [51];
Naval War Staff, [30] seq.;
transporting of troops, [14], [30] seq., [44], [45], [125]-[40], [223], [224]-[51];
popular recognition of, and the longshore view, [46] seq., [255];
discipline, [64], [68]-[71];
wanted, a Ministry of Marine, [66];
manning, [68]-[73];
German Schrecklichkeit, [72], [73], [80]-[85], [92], [173], [203], [209];
coastal Services, [77]-[86];
war-time navigation, [85]-[6], [87]-[95];
traditions, [4], [5], [9]-[13], [23], [98], [99]-[100];
signals and wireless, [110]-[3], [120]-[4], [169]-[70], [191];
destroyer escort, [29]-[30], [126]-[8], [178], [203], [235];
torpedoing of a transport, [137]-[40], [237]-[40];
camouflage and dazzle, [163]-[7];
naming of standard ships, [168];
owners' customs clerks, [184], [185];
clearing for sea, [184]-[9];
convoy conference, [198]-[204];
putting to sea, [205]-[16];
unloading and loading, [217]-[223], [247]-[51]. See under [Navy]
Merchant Shipping Act, [67]
Mersey, [49], [80], [107], [241], [244]
Mexico, [230]
Middleton, [6]
Minesweeping, [25], [88], [89], [91], [95], [97]-[99], [102], [205]
Ministry of Information, [xiii]
Ministry of Shipping, [178], [181]
Miramichi, [204]
'M N', [252]-[53]
Mobbs, Engineman, [99]
Mons, [126]
Monson, [6]
Muscovy Company, [5]
Nantucket Lightship, [104], [107], [109]
Nautical Magazine, [xiii]
Navesink, [109]
Navy:
Offshoot from Merchants' Service, [6], [18];
press-gangs, [9];
naval science, [11];
arming of merchantmen, [19], [37];
War Staff, [30] seq., [128];
Naval Transport Officer, [32] seq., [131], [247], [251];
Shipping Intelligence Officer, [36] seq., [185];
D.A.M.S., [37]-[8], [185];
'Otters,' [38], [185];
convoys, [41], [110], [121], [178]-[83], [189]-[97], [198]-[204], [205]-[12], [255];
anti-submarine measures, [41]-[3], [95]-[6], [110], [113], [203], [255];
'Q. ships,' [42];
gunnery, [43];
wireless on sea-going merchantmen, [110]-[3];
Transport Department, [126], [127];
Salvage Section, [144]-[7];
Examination Service, [190]. See under [Merchants' Service]
Nebraskan, [109]
Neleus, [226], [229], [232], [233], [234]
Nelson, [11], [22]
Nelson, [79]
Nemesis, [139]
Neutral shipping, [17], [91], [177], [203]
New Brighton, [247]
Newhaven, [31]
New Jersey, [217]
Newport, U.S.A., [107]
New York, [27], [103], [109], [204]
New York Herald, [109]
Nichols, Skipper, [99]
Nile, [11]
Nore, [97]
Norfolk, Va., [104], [191]
North River, [217]-[23], [230]
North Sea, [85], [88], [252]
Olympic, [131]
'Otters,' 38, [80], [166]
Oversay, [117]
Padrig Flats, [148]
Palermo, [81]
Palm Branch, [18], [19], [20]
Patrols, [28], [114], [117], [128], [150], [189], [190], [236]
Pearl Shell, [191], [192]
Persia, [253]
Philanthropic Seamen's Societies, [65]
Pilots, [59], [87]-[91], [98], [149], [187], [189], [210], [218], [251]
Plymouth, [205], [233]
Hoe, [198]
Sound, [207]
Poldhu, [226]
Portliskey, [81]
Present Help, [97], [98]
Prince Line, [109]
Provident, [101]
Prussian Guard, [51]
Psiloriti, [132]
Purchas, [5]
Queen Alexandra, [131]
Quetta Staff College, [30]
Ramsgate, [56], [98]
Rate of Exchange, [103], [109]
Rathbone, Master John, [11]
Rathlin Island, [116]
Rathlin Sound, [116]
Rea (of Crane), [99]
Redcap, [82]
Richard Cœur de Lion, [54], [55]
Rifleman, [139]
River Plate, [4], [13], [181], [199]
Rôles d'Oléron, [54] seq.
Rowlatt, Mr. Justice, [62]
Royal Edward, [127]
Royal Naval Reserve, [23]-[25], [36]-[37], [41], [64], [122], [197]
Royal Naval Reserve (Temporary), [18], [25], [26]
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, [122]
Rozhdestvensky, [98]
Rue Point, [117]
St. Helens, [131]
St. Paul, [108]
Salonika, [128], [132], [133], [183]
Salvage, [141]-[62]
Salving a merchantman, [147]-[56]
Repairing in dry dock, [156]-[62]
Sandon, [251]
Sandy Hook, [230]
San Miguel, [170]
Sarah Pritchard, [78]
Seahorse, [210]
Seaplanes, [85], [92], [150], [182], [215]
Sea-slang, [26]
Selsey Bill, [95]
Serapis, [173]
Shanghai, [42]
Sir Ralph the Rover, [91]
Skullmartin, [116]
Smeaton, [91]
Smith (of Crane), [99]
South Africa, [126]
Southampton, [65], [67], [129], [131]
Southampton Water, [131]
Speedy, [181]
Stevedores, [185], [186], [218]
Straits of Dover, [85]
Strand, [124]
Strongbow, [178]
Suda Bay, [128], [132]
Suez Canal, [137]
Sutherland, [132]
Thames, [78], [79], [86], [184], [252]
Thordis, [79]
Thracia, [173]
Titan, [149]-[55]
Titanic, [123]
Tor Point, [116]
Trafalgar, [11]
Trinity Bay, [89]
Trinity House, [56]-[61], [88], [95], [149]
Tripolis, [4]
Turkey Company, [9]
Tuscania, [15]
Tyne, [78], [86]
Umaria, [173]
United States, [72], [89], [103], [128], [178]
United States Seamen's Act, [72]
U 53, [109]
Valencia, [13]
Valparaiso, [42]
Vanilla, [101]
Verdun, [230]
Virginia, [104]
Virginia, [114]
Volapük, [169]
Volturno, [123]
Vosges, [17], [18]
Walmer, [89]
Wandle, [79]
'War Channel,' [86], [88]
War Ordnance, [209], [211], [213]
War Risks Associations, [36]
War Trident, [191], [192], [195]-[97]
Waterford, [30]
Watt, Skipper Joseph, [99]
Westmark Shoal, [149], [150]
White Star Line, [109]
Whymper, F., [xiii]
Wilhelmshaven, [24], [100]
William, [82]
William (East Indiaman), [9]
Wood, Walter, [xiii]
Yarmouth, [90]
Yarmouth, I. of W., [141]
Zeppelins, [85], [92]