The Persia was apparently torpedoed, without warning. Like the Hesperian, she was armed with a 4.7 gun. One of the ship’s officers saw the white wake of the torpedo. But no one saw the submarine.
The commander of that submarine evidently believed, like Captain Sirius, in striking first and letting the lawyers talk about it afterwards.
INDEX
- A-1, [124].
- A-3, [124], [135].
- A-5, [125].
- A-7, [124].
- A-8, [124], [126].
- Aboukir, [160], [169].
- Accidents, [124].
- Aeroplanes, [17], [71], [172].
- Air-chamber, [47].
- Alabama, [70].
- Albemarle, [43], [166].
- Alert, [136].
- Alkmaar, [4].
- Alstitt’s submarine, [75].
- Ancona, [202].
- Anglo-Californian, [187].
- Apostoloff’s submarine, [66].
- Arabic, [198], [205].
- Argo, [92].
- Argonaut, [85], [92], [98].
- Argonaut Jr., [85].
- Argus, [34].
- Asia, [12].
- Aube, Admiral, [59].
- Audacious, [161], [169].
- Awash condition, [127].
- B-2, [124].
- B-11, [165].
- Badger, [168].
- Baker’s submarine, [82].
- Balance-chamber, [44], [48].
- Ballast-tanks, [16], [38], [57], [82], [111], [138].
- Baralong case, [164], note.
- Barber, Lieutenant F. M., [16].
- Barlow, Joel, [26], [34].
- Bates, Jr., Lindon, [194].
- “Battle of the Kegs,” [23].
- Bauer, Wilhelm, [56], [65], [120], note.
- Beatty, Admiral, [175].
- Beauregard, General, [39].
- Belridge, [148].
- Berwick Castle, [124].
- Bigskorth, Squadron Commander, [172].
- Birmingham, [159].
- Blake, Mr., [10].
- Blockade, [177] et seq.
- “Blowing the tanks,” [63], [112], [122], [128].
- Booms, [92], [171].
- Borelli, [10].
- Boucher’s submarine, [66].
- Bourgois, Captain, [57].
- Bourne, William, [4].
- Boush, Rear-Admiral, [137].
- Bouvet, [154].
- Boyle, Robert, [7].
- British Hollands, [80].
- British Navy, [30], [70], [72], [175], [178].
- Brun, Monsieur, [57].
- Bulwark, [161].
- Buoyancy chamber, [49].
- Bushnell, David, [6], [13] to [25], [28], [95], [128], [154].
- C-11, [124].
- C-14, [124].
- Cable-cutting, [89], [95].
- Cairo, [144].
- Caldwell, Lieutenant H. C., [78], [79].
- Caprivi, [148].
- Carlson, Captain, [40].
- Cerberus, [22].
- Chandler, Mr. Edward F., [53].
- Chlorin gas, [126], [129], [137].
- Clairmont, [34], [81].
- Commodore Jones, [144].
- Compass, [18], [113].
- Compensation-tank, [79], [118].
- Compressed-air tank, [30], [57], [131].
- Conning-tower, [12], [15], [28], [78], [103], [113].
- Constantin’s submarine, [66].
- Cooking, [108].
- Copper sheathing, [18], [35].
- Cressy, [160], [169].
- Crilley, Frank, [137].
- Cushing, Lieutenant, [43], [166].
- D-5, [155].
- Daniels, Secretary, [81], [138].
- Dardanelles, the, [64], [147], [154], [165].
- David, [36], [43], [61].
- Davis, Commander, [52].
- Day, J., [10], [128].
- Delaying-valve, [47].
- Demologos, [35].
- Depth-control, [113].
- Destroyers, [35], [104], [168], [170].
- Delfin, [124].
- Dewey, Admiral, [79], [145].
- Diable Marin, [65], [120], note.
- Diesel, Dr., [108].
- Diesel engines, [104], [135], [184].
- Divers, [14], [40], [56], [136].
- Diving-bells, [4].
- Diving compartment, [83], [88], [94], [130], [132].
- Diving-planes, [28], [38], [48], [71], [72], [78], [111].
- Dixon, Lieutenant, [40].
- Dorothea, [32].
- Doughty, Thomas, [115].
- Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, [178], [186].
- Drzewiecki, [64], [71].
- Dunsely, [198].
- Dubilier, Mr. W., [171].
- E-4, [160].
- E-5, [124].
- E-9, [156].
- E-11, [165].
- E-13, [164].
- E-15, [165].
- Eagle, [12], [18].
- Edison battery, [126].
- Eel-boats, [4], [14].
- Electric Boat Company, [81], [96].
- Electric motors, [108], [184].
- Electric submarines, [59], [60], [66], [83], note.
- Emerald Isle, [72].
- Emergency drop-keel, [10], [15], [83], [128].
- Enver Pasha, [166].
- Ericsson, John, [82], [104].
- Escape from sunken submarine, [130].
- Even-keel submergence, [61], [96].
- F-4, [124], [136].
- Falaba, [189].
- Faotomu, Lieutenant Takuma, [128].
- Farfadet, [124].
- Farragut, Admiral, [142].
- Fenian Brotherhood, [71].
- Fenian Ram, [73].
- Fessenden oscillator, [119], [125].
- Fishing for submarines, [170], [183].
- Foca, [124].
- Folger, Commander, [82].
- Forman, Justus Miles, [194].
- Formidable, [162], [169].
- Frohman, Charles, [194].
- Fulton, [135].
- Fulton, Robert, [26] to [35], [69], [139], [186].
- Gages, [20], [112], [129].
- Garett, Rev. Mr., [61].
- Gasoline engines, [86], [105].
- Gasoline fumes, [90], [107], [125].
- German contributions, [107], [115].
- Gimlets, [16], [18], [64].
- Goubet submarines, [60].
- Grant, Charles, [205].
- Greased leather, [6], [9].
- Greil, Dr. Cecile L., [202].
- Giuseppe Garibaldi, [169].
- Gulflight, [191].
- Guns, [83], [102], [174], [187], [202].
- Guncotton, [46].
- Gustave Zédé, [59].
- Gymnote, [59].
- Gyroscope, [50], [53], [114].
- Gyroscopic compass, [113].
- Hague Tribunal, [148], [200].
- Halstead, [56].
- Hammond, Jr., Mr. John Hays, [55].
- Hanson, Captain, [183].
- Harsdoffer, [5], [6].
- Hatsuse, [147].
- Hautefeullie, Abbé de, [7].
- Hela, [155].
- Hermes, [161], [168].
- Hesperian, [199], [202], [206].
- Hogue, [160], [169].
- Holbrook, Commander, [165].
- Holland, John P., [68] to [81], [95], [104], [115], [175].
- Holland, [76] to [81], [86], [103], [104], [125].
- Holland No. 1, [70].
- Holland No. 2, [71].
- Holland No. 8, [76].
- Holland Torpedo-boat Company, [75], [79], [81].
- “Horn of the Nautilus,” [29].
- Housatonic, [40].
- Howard, Ensign, [36].
- Hovgaard, Commander, [75].
- Huascar, [50].
- Hubbard, Elbert, [194].
- Hundley, [38] to [41].
- Hydroplanes, [84], [95].
- Hydrostatic valve, [48], [128], [154].
- Intelligent Whale, [56], [81], [86].
- International law, [178], [179], [200].
- Irresistible, [154], [161].
- James I, [5].
- “Jammer,” the, [46].
- Jefferson, Thomas, [14], [16], [22], [25].
- Jonson, Ben, [3], [64].
- K-class, [138].
- Kambala, [124].
- Kearsarge, [78].
- Kheyr-el-din, [165].
- Klein, Charles, [194].
- Krupps, the, [99].
- Labeuf, Monsieur, [91].
- Lacavalerier, Señor, [66].
- Lacomme, Dr., [64].
- Lake, Mr. Simon, [82] to [99], [175].
- Laurenti, Major Cesare, [134].
- Laurenti dock, [134].
- Le Son, [9].
- Lee, Ezra, [15] to [22].
- Leelanlaw, [198].
- Leon Gambetta, [169].
- Leveling-vanes, [96].
- Lifeboats, [131].
- List, Carl Frank, [187], [191].
- Lord St. Vincent, Admiral, [32].
- Lupuis, Captain, [44].
- Lusitania, [181], [192] to [198].
- Lutin, [124].
- McNeely, Robert, [206].
- Maine, [76].
- Majestic, [166].
- Makaroff, Admiral, [147].
- Malone, Mr. Dudley Field, [196].
- Marblehead, [146].
- Maryland, [137].
- Merrimac, [69].
- Mersenne, [6], [91].
- Messudieh, [165].
- Microphones, [171].
- Mines, Confederate, [143], [154], note.
- contact, [139], [144], [148] to [155], [179].
- drifting, [23], [139], [154].
- electric, [89], [144], [151].
- observation, [144].
- Mine-field, [151], [165].
- Mine-planter, [146], [149].
- Mine-sweeping, [139], [152].
- Moltke, [164].
- Monitor, [42], [69], [81].
- Mother-ship, [100], [111], [135].
- Mute, [35].
- Napier, John, [4].
- Napoleon, [27], [32], [33].
- Narval, [91].
- Nautilus, Fulton’s, [27] to [31], [56], [72].
- Nautilus, Jules Verne’s, [59].
- Navigating bridge, [103], [111].
- Nebraskan, [195].
- Nemo, Captain, [59].
- New Ironsides, [36], [144].
- New York, [78].
- Nordenfeldt, [28], [61], [74], [95].
- Nordenfeldt II, [62], [78], [83].
- Notes, American, [180], [195] to [197], [200], [203].
- Austrian, [204].
- British, [181].
- German, [191], [199].
- No. 6, [124], [128].
- Oars, [6], [9], [16], [17], [66].
- Ocean, [154].
- Oil-engine, [60], [78], [104].
- Olympic, [162], [178].
- Orduna, [198].
- Osage, [115].
- Oxygen, [7], [131].
- Ozark, [100].
- Panlow, Captain Archibald, [187].
- Panoramas, [26].
- Payne, Lieutenant, [39].
- Pendulum, [49], [53].
- Peral, [64], [66].
- “Peripatetic Coffin,” [39].
- Persia, [205].
- Persius, Captain, [183].
- Periscope, [78], [83], [114], [125], [186].
- Petropavlosk, [147].
- Philip, Captain, [146].
- Phosphorescence, [6], [19].
- Pipe-masts, [86], [95].
- Pitt, [32].
- Plongeur, [57], [132].
- Plunger, [75].
- Pluton, [203].
- Pluviôse, [124], [125], [134].
- Pneumatic gun, [79].
- Pommern, [163].
- “Porpoise dive,” [78], [160].
- Porter, Admiral David, [40].
- “Primer,” the, [46].
- Propellers, adjustable, [82].
- primitive, [16], [28].
- transverse, [83].
- vertical-acting, [16], [28], [61], [83], [95] [154].
- Protector, [95].
- Pumps, [16], [28], [111].
- Ramillies, [35].
- Ramming, [124], [168], [200].
- Reducing-valve, [48].
- Rescuing, [125], [156].
- Resurgam, [61].
- Riou, Olivier, [59].
- Rogers, Commodore, [34].
- Rotterdam Boat, [9], [14], [69].
- Royal Edward, [166].
- Rudders, bow, [96], [111].
- horizontal (see [diving-planes]).
- S-126, [169].
- San Francisco, [149].
- Safety-buoy, [132].
- catch, [47].
- helmets, [130].
- jackets, [130].
- Sails, [29], [31].
- Salvage docks, [134].
- Sampson, Admiral, [89], [146].
- Schneider, Commander, [201].
- Scope, Lieutenant Perry, [100].
- Searchlight, [86], [186].
- Selfridge, Rear-admiral, [115].
- Servo-motor, [49], [53].
- Sirius, Captain John, [177], [187], [189], [206].
- Skerrett, Mr. R. G., [135].
- Spuyten Duyvil, [42].
- Stahl, Gustav, [196].
- “Staple of News, the,” [3].
- Steam submarine, [61].
- Steamboat, [32], [34].
- Storage-batteries, [59], [126], [184].
- “Striker,” the, [46].
- Stromboli, [42].
- Submarine fighting submarine, [174].
- Submarine railroad, [64].
- Submersible, [91].
- Superstructure, [90], [102].
- Symons’s submarine, [9].
- Taylor, D. W., Chief Constructor, U. S. N., [96].
- Telephoning from submarines, [88], [132].
- Tecumseh, [142].
- Templo, Alvary, [71].
- Texas, [146].
- Thrasher, Leon C., [190].
- Tinkling Cloud, [195].
- Tissot, Professor, [171].
- Torpedo, automobile, [44] to [55].
- boats, [45], [103].
- Brennan, [59].
- Chandler, [53].
- controllable, [43], [54], [55].
- cost of, [47], [103].
- Davis gun-, [52].
- Fulton’s anchored, [139].
- Hammond wireless, [55].
- Torpedo-nets, [34], [170].
- origin of name, [29].
- practice, [116].
- recovering, [47], [123].
- Schwartzkopf, [52], [160].
- Sims-Edison, [54].
- spar, [37], [43].
- tubes, [45], [46], [63], [117], [118], [133], [138].
- wake of, [49], [206].
- “Torpedo War and Submarine Explosions,” [35], [139].
- Torpedo, Whitehead, [44] to [52], [117].
- Transports, [166], [171], [178].
- Trim, [96].
- Trimming-tanks, [117].
- Trinitrotuluol, [52].
- Triumph, [166].
- Trumbull, Governor, [14].
- Turner, Captain, [193].
- Turtle, [12], [14] to [22].
- U-1, [108].
- U-3, [124], [132].
- U-9, [160].
- U-12, [169].
- U-15, [159].
- U-16, [183].
- U-28, [189].
- U-29, [191].
- U-39, [187], note.
- U-51, [166].
- Vanderbilt, Alfred, [194].
- Vand der Wonde, Cornelius, [6].
- Van Drebel, Cornelius, [4] to [9], [41].
- Vendémiaire, [124].
- Vereshchagin, [147].
- Vickers Sons & Maxim, [80].
- Ville de la Ciotat, [205].
- Von Weddigen, Lieutenant-commander, [18], [160], [191].
- Von Bernstorff, Ambassador, [199].
- Von Tirpitz, Admiral, [69], [177], [187], [189].
- Vulcan, [132].
- Waddington, Mr. J. F., [83], note.
- War-head, [47], [52].
- War Zone, [30], [179].
- Washington, George, [13], [17], [25].
- Wheeled submarines, [84].
- White mice, [13], [110].
- Whitehead, Mr., [44].
- Whitney, Secretary, [74].
- Wilson, President, [180], [197], [198].
- Wright brothers, [71].
- X-4, [102] to [123].
- Yasaka Maru, [205].
- Yenisei, [146].
- Zeppelins, [172].
FOOTNOTES
[1] Also spelled Van Drebbel, Drebell, Dreble, and Trebel. He is the man Ben Jonson calls “Cornelius’ son.”
[2] Harsdoffer.
[3] “New Experiments touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects,” by Robert Boyle, Oxford, 1662, p. 188.