Sign (for signal), 82
Signal books, introduction of, 233 and n., 234 and n.
Signal officers, 216, 299
Signals, early forms of, 10, 38, 54-8, 73;
improvements in, 242, 152 n., 155 n., 163 n., 233,
et seq., 254 n.;
numerical, 235
Slinging yards, 70
Smoke, tactical value of, 8, 10, 15, 16
Soldiers at sea, 35, 37, 41, 53, 56, 59,69; as admirals, 29-30, 49, 73-6, 96
Spain, orders adopted from, 18, 33 n., 41 n.
Spanish Armament, the (1790), 253
Squadronal organisation, 50-1, 55, 65-7, 73-4, 85-7, 186-9, 193-4, 322