Villeneuve, Admiral, 264, 286, 308-9, 312-3, 342 n.

Walsh, Lieutenant John, his signal book, 253

Warren, Vice-Admiral Sir Peter, 285 n.

Weapons for close quarters, 11, 15

Weather-gage, 8, 15, 16, 23-4, 62, 68, 102, 114, 154, 238

Weft, waft or wheft, 89, 99

Wimbledon, see Cecil

Wing squadrons, 18-24, 73

With, Admiral Witte de, 86

Wren, Dr. Mathew, F.R.S., 133, 138-9