The Evolution of Naval Armament

by Frederick Leslie Robertson

[174] Brassey: The British Navy.

INDEX

• Active, the, [298]
• Agamemnon, the, [288]
• Ajax, the, [288]
• Alarm, the, [44]
• Alecto, the, [239]
• Alexandra, the, [274]
• Anderson, Robert, [167]
• Anson, Lord, [43], [121], [151]
• Archimedes, [95], [115], [234]
• Archimedes, the, [238]
• Argyle, the, [225]
• Armada, the Spanish, [9], [77], [79]
• Armstrong, Lord, [200]
• Armstrong gun, the, [201], [255], [268]
• Atwood, [40]
• Audacious, the, [274]
• Bacon, Lord, [34], [93], [96]
• Bacon, Roger, [62]
• Baker, Ezekiel, [119], [189]
• Baker, James, [15]
• Baker, Matthew, [15]
• Balchen, Admiral, [147]
• Barnaby, Sir N., [50], [283], [289]
• Barrow, Sir J., [98], [229]
• Battery, central, ships, [270]
• Bawd, Peter, [72]
• Beaufoy, Colonel, [40]
• Beaufoy, Corporal, [190]
• Belleisle, siege of, [83]
• Bellerophon, the, [272]
• Bentham, Sir S., [55], [136], [162]
• Berghen-op-Zoom, siege of, [120]
• Bernouilli, Daniel, [37], [216]
• Bernouilli, John, [37], [115]
• Berthold the Friar, [62]
• Birkenhead, the, [257]
• Blake, [42]
• Blomefield, General, [85]
• Board of Ordnance, [145]
• Bold, Charles the, [87]
• Bonaparte, [165]
• Borda, the Chevalier, [37]
• Bossut, Abbé, [38]
• Bouguer, [37], [216]
• Boulton, [108], [222]
• Bourne, Robert, [143], [212]
• Boyle, [96]
• Boynton, [267]
• Brackenbury, General, [62]
• Bramah, [222], [234]
• Bridgewater, the Duke of, [218]
• Briggs, Sir J., [228]
• Broke, Sir P., [154]
• Brown Bess, rifle, [192]
• Brown, Commander, [235]
• Brunel, [228], [238], [277]
• Brunswick, rifle, [190]
• Buckhurst, Lord, [79]
• Burrell, Andrew, [23]
• Bushnell, [213]
• Busk, Hans, [184], [244]
• Byng, Admiral, [42]
• Cabots, the, [5]
• Caiman, the, [293]
• Caledonia, the, [49], [226]
• Captain, the, [280]
• Caus, Solomon, 95–[98]
• Cawley, [103]
• Cerberus, the, [282]
• Chads, Captain, [249]
• Chapman, [39], [149]
• Charles I, King, [23]
• Charles II, King, [29], [96]
• Charles V, Emperor, [88]
• Charlotte Dundas, the, [219]
• Charterhouse, garden, [119]
• Chatfield, [59]
• Chesapeake, the, [156]
• Chinese gunboats, [291]
• Clerk of Eldin, [219]
• Clermont, the, [223]
• Cloyne, Bishop of, [116]
• Cockle, Maurice, [65]
• Collingwood, the, [292]
• Colomb, Admiral, [264], [287]
• Colossus, the, [288]
• Columbus, [5]
• Comet, the, [225], [229]
• Commerce de Marseille, the, [46]
• Compass, discovery of, [3]
• Condorcet, [38]
• Congo, the, [238]
• Congress, the, [263]
• Congreve, General, [85]
• Congreve, Sir W., [85], [91], [147], [158]
• Conqueror, the, [288]
• Consort, Prince, [277]
• Constantinople, siege of, [66]
• Corbett, Sir Julian, [1], [6], [7], [8], [9]
• Couronne, the, [254]
• Cowper Coles, Captain, [276]
• Creuze, Augustin, [59], [256]
• Cruiser, type, [298]
• Cumberland, Earl of, [20]
• Curaçoa, the, [230]
• Dahlgren, [139], [234], [261]
• Dandolo, the, [285]
• Dauntless, the, [242]
• Deane, Sir A., [28]
• Delvigne, [187], [194]
• Demologos, the, [225]
• Denny, Messrs., [226]
• Derrick, [28], [31]
• Desaguliers, Dr., [101]
• Desblancs, [217]
• Devastation, the, [281]
• Dirck, [98]
• Doncaster, the, [229]
• Douglas, Sir C., [151]
• Douglas, Sir H., [86], [173], [228], [257], [261]
• Dreadnought, the, [283]
• Duckworth, Sir J., [67]
• Duilio, the, [285]
• Duke, the, [130], [152]
• Dundas, Lord, [218]
• Dunkirk privateers, [23]
• Dupuy de Lôme, [253]
• Dutch ships, characteristics of, [27]
• Dwarf, the, [243]
• Elliot, Admiral, [246]
• Enfield rifle, [197]
• Enterprise, the, [273]
• Ericsson, [236]
• Essex, the, [137]
• Euler, [37], [216]
• Excellent, the, [158]
• Ferdinand Max, the, [263]
• Fincham, [1], [48], [53], [233]
• Finsbury Field, [82]
• Fitch, [220]
• Forbin, Count, [40]
• Formidable, the, [134], [153]
• Fortifications, land, [204]
• Fournier, Abbé, [144]
• Frederick the Great, [90]
• Fremantle, Hon. T. F., [184]
• Frigate, origin of, [23]
• Froissart, [64]
• Froude, [286]
• Fuller, [27], [171]
• Fulton, [221]
• Furring of ships, [17]
• Galatea, the, [229]
• Galileo, [95], [116]
• Galleasse, [4], [211]
• Galleon, [4], [7]
• Galley, [2], [71], [210]
• Gama, Vasco di, [5]
• Garoy, Blasco de, [212]
• Gautier, [216]
• Genoese, the, [4]
• Gibbon, [66], [69]
• Gibraltar, siege of, [250]
• Girdling of ships, [29]
• Glatton, the, [135], [282]
• Gloire, the, [205], [253]
• Gordon, Thomas, [48]
• Grace à Dieu, the, [76]
• Great Britain, the, [238]
• Great Eastern, the, [258]
• Greek fire, [61]
• Greener, [193]
• Gribeauval, [90]
• Gunpowder, [3], [70], [76], [99]
• Gustavus Adolphus, [90]
• Haddock, Sir R., [29]
• Halley, [117]
• Hampton Roads, battle of, [262]
• Hannay, [57]
• Hardy, Sir T. M., [159], [230]
• Harvey torpedo, [291]
• Harwich, the, [31]
• Hastings, Captain, [174]
• Hastings, Sir T., [248]
• Hautefeuille, J. de, [99]
• Hawke, Admiral, [43], [122], [151]
• Hawkins, Sir J., [8]
• Hawkins, Sir R., [9], [80]
• Hay, Lord John, [232]
• Hébé, the, [134]
• Henri II, King, [75], [89]
• Henry VIII, King, [6], [72]
• Henry, Prince, [19]
• Hercules, the, [273]
• Hero of Alexandria, [94]
• Hibernia, the, [48]
• Hime, Colonel, [61], [77]
• Hogue, battle of La, [32]
• Honourable Artillery Co., [82]
• Horse artillery, [91]
• Hoste, [37]
• Hotspur, the, [282], [287]
• Howard, Lord, [9], [77]
• Hugo, Victor, [147]
• Hulls, Jonathan, [215]
• Hutton, [122], [129], [132]
• Huyghens, [37], [96], [99]
• Impérieuse, the, [295]
• Inconstant, the, [298]
• India, East, Company, [45], [135]
• Inflexible, the, [285]
• Inman, Dr., [57]
• Invincible, the, [44]
• Iron Duke, the, [274]
• Italia, the, [289]
• Jacob, General, [196]
• Jal, [5]
• James I, King, [15]
• James II, King, [33]
• James, the historian, [49], [132]
• Joinville, Prince de, [240]
• Jouffroi, [217]
• Juan, Don G., [37]
• Kaltoff, Caspar, [97]
• Kempenfelt, Captain, [123]
• Keppel, Lord, [48]
• Key, Admiral Cooper, [268]
• Keyham, [254]
• Kinburn, [251]
• Knowles, Sir C., [45], [46]
• Krupp, [208]
• Kuper, Admiral, [206]
• Lady Nancy, the, [276]
• Laird, Messrs., [252], [280]
• Laputa, [34]
• Laughton, Sir J. K., [1], [9], [77], [153]
• Lepanto, battle of, [72], [78]
• Lepanto, the, [289]
• Lefroy, General, [67]
• Leibnitz, [214]
• Leipsic lexicon, [244]
• Lissa, battle of, [263]
• Livingstone, [222]
• Louis XI, King, [87]
• Magenta, the, [272]
• Malthus, [82]
• Manby, Aaron, [255]
• Manwayring, Sir H., [13], [143]
• Marestier, [224]
• Mars, the, [121]
• Marshall gun carriage, [158]
• Marsilly gun carriage, [158]
• Mary Rose, the, [74]
• Massé, Colonel, [86]
• Maudsley, Messrs., [285]
• Maure, the, [41]
• McLaurin, Colin, [39]
• Medea, the, [230]
• Melville, General, [127]
• Melville, Lord, [228]
• Mercier, Captain, [163]
• Merrimac, the, [262]
• Metacentre, discovery of, [37]
• Middleton, Sir C., [46], [123]
• Miller, Patrick, [127], [217]
• Minié, rifle, [195]
• Minotaur, the, [265]
• Monarch, the, [279]
• Monitor, the, [262]
• Monkey, the, [229]
• Monro, Colonel, [173]
• Mons Meg, [65]
• Moore, Sir Jonas, [98], [143]
• Moorfields, [82]
• Moorsom, Captain, [261], [266]
• Morland, Sir S., [29], [99]
• Muller, [84], [88]
• Murray, Mungo, [39]
• Nancy Dawson, the, [58]
• Napier, Sir C., [230], [233], [241], [255], [266]
• Napoleon III, [75], [87], [199], [250]
• Navarino, battle of, [156]
• Nelson, [45], [154], [269]
• Nemesis, the, [255]
• Newcomen, 102–[106]
• Newton, [35], [96], [117], [214]
• Nicolas, Sir H., [3], [63]
• Noble, Captain, [207]
• Noel, Commander, [264], [289]
• Normans as shipbuilders, [5]
• Norton, Captain, [193], [199]
• Norton, Robert, [76], [78], [142]
• Nye, Nathaniel, [98]
• Oak, English, [27]
• Odin, the, [233]
• Oppenheim, [1], [4], [5], [7], [9], [73], [75], [77], [81]
• Orient, the, [164]
• Otway, Commander, [110], [231]
• Pacificateur, the, [172], [248]
• Paixhans, [166], [227]
• Pakington, Sir J., [258]
• Pallas, the, [279]
• Palliser, Major, [205]
• Papin, [102], [213]
• Pardies, [36]
• Pascal, [95]
• Peake, Sir H., [56]
• Pechell, Captain, [157]
• Peel, [257]
• Pembroke, the, [41]
• Penelope, the, [233]
• Penn, Messrs., [253]
• Pennington, Sir J., [23]
• Pepys, [27], [33], [81], [96], [130]
• Perrin, [15]
• Pett, Peter, [23]
• Pett, Phineas, [15], [18]
• Petty, Sir W., [35]
• Phœbe, the, [138]
• Phœnix, the, [26], [175]
• Pickard, [108], [217]
• Pitt, [49]
• Plat, Sir H., [186]
• Point-blank defined, [114]
• Porta, della, [95]
• Potter, Humphrey, [105]
• Prevesa, battle of, [72]
• Prince Albert, the, [278]
• Prince Royal, the, [19]
• Princessa, the, [43]
• Proof of guns, [81]
• Punchinello, [130]
• Rainbow, the, [134]
• Raleigh, Sir W., [16], [24], [79]
• Raleigh, the, [298]
• Ram tactics, [263], [290]
• Ramelli, [212]
• Rattler, the, [239]
• Ré d’Italia, the, [263]
• Reed, Sir E., [59], [274], [279]
• Richelieu, [24], [212]
• Riders in ships, [11]
• Rob Roy, the, [226]
• Robins, Benjamin, 112–[124], [129], [187]
• Robison, [106]
• Rodney, [134], [153]
• Rolf Krake, the, [277]
• Romme, [38]
• Roncière, de la, [212]
• Ross, Sir J., [227]
• Royal George, the, [43], [83]
• Royal Katherine, the, [35]
• Royal Society, foundation of, [96]
• Royal Sovereign, the, [278]
• Royal William, the, [28]
• Ruby, the, [249]
• Rumsey, [220]
• Rupert, the, [288]
• Rupert, Prince, [214]
• Russell, Scott, [252], [257], [264]
• Samuda, Messrs., [278]
• Sartorius, Admiral, [261]
• Savannah, the, [226]
• Savery, [100], [215]
• Schalk, [83]
• Scharnhorst, [88]
• Schmidt, [184]
• Scloppetaria, [184]
• Scott, Commander, [200]
• Scourge of Malice, the, [20]
• Seppings, Sir R., [46], [51]
• Sewell, [39]
• Shah, the, [298]
• Shannon, the, [154], [299]
• Sheathing, introduction of, [18]
• Sheerness, [254]
• Shish, [29], [35]
• Shovell, Admiral, [81]
• Shrapnel, Lieutenant, [91], [163]
• Sidon, the, [233]
• Simmons, Captain, [164], [176]
• Simoon, the, [249]
• Sinope, battle of, [162], [249]
• Slingsby, Sir R., [145]
• Smith, Pettit, [236]
• Snodgrass, [47]
• Solferino, the, [272]
• Sovereign of the Seas, the, [24]
• Spitalfields, [81], [130]
• Sprightly, the, [229]
• Stanhope, Lord, [221], [228]
• Stevinus, [95]
• Stockton, Captain, [237]
• Stromboli, the, [276]
• Sultan, the, [273]
• Surveyors, abilities of, [55]
• Sussex, iron mines, [69], [78]
• Sutherland, T., [35]
• Sveaborg, bombardment of, [252]
• Symington, [218]
• Symonds, Admiral, [57]
• Tactics, [2], [8], [30], [33], [77], [131], [153], [210], [263]
• Tartaglia, [89], [116]
• Taylor, [218]
• Tegetthof, Admiral, [263]
• Temeraire, the, [275]
• Tennant, Sir E., [200]
• Terrible, the, [233]
• Thames, the, [225]
• “Thieves, Forty,” the, [56]
• Thouvenin, Colonel, [195]
• Thunderer, the, [283]
• Torelli, [212]
• Torpedo, evolution of, [291]
• Torricelli, [95]
• Touchard, Admiral, [264]
• Trades Increase, the, [21]
• Trafalgar, battle of, [45], [49], [53], [269]
• Treuille de Beaulieu, [199]
• Trim, definition of, [13]
• Trinity House, [24]
• Trollope, Captain, [135]
• Tromp, [31]
• Trunnions, evolution of, [86]
• Truss frames, [52]
• Tunnage, [5], [49], [56]
• Turgot, [38]
• Turret, the evolution of, [271], [275]
• Types, differentiation of, [296]
• Upnor Castle, [81]
• Vanguard, the, [274]
• Vauban, Marshal, [160]
• Ventilation, study of, [44]
• Victory, the, [45], [53], [147]
• Villani, [64]
• Vincennes, [194], [250]
• Volage, the, [298]
• Walker, Captain, [193]
• Wallis, [35], [96]
• Walter, [120]
• Waltham Abbey, [85]
• Warrior, the, [205], [260]
• Warspite, the, [295]
• Watt, [93], 105–[110], [217]
• Waymouth, Captain, [17]
• Wellington, [240]
• Whelps, the, [23]
• Whitehead, [292]
• Whitworth, Sir J., [197]
• Willett, [43], [48]
• Woodcraft, [212]
• Woolwich, [82]
• Worcester, Marquis of, [93], [97], [213]
• Wynter, Sir R., [145]
• Zöllner, [184]

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