To

Commodore Sir DOUGLAS BROWNRIGG, Bart.

C.B., R.N., Chief Censor, Admiralty

CONTENTS

ChapterPAGE
I[The Men Who Changed Ships]1
II[“Firebrand”]35
III[Back from the Jaws]59
IV[Hunting]82
V[The Convoy Game]112
VI[Yank Boat VERSUS U-Boat]135
VII[Adriatic Patrol]157
VIII[Patrol]173
IX[“Q”]199
X[The Whack and the Smack]232
XI[Bombed!]250
XII[Against Odds]268
XIII[Rounding up Fritz]287

ILLUSTRATIONS

[British Battleships on Patrol]Frontispiece
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[German Shells Striking the Water at the Battle of Jutland]12
[A Broadside at Night at the Battle of Jutland]12
[“Kamerading” with Uplifted Paws]90
[Helping the Cook to Peel Potatoes]90
[Where the Great Liner Plowed Along]128
[We Had Collided with the “Brick Wall”]128
[Now She Was Back at Base]128
[A Limit to the Number of “Cans” a Destroyer Can Carry]152
[A Depth Charge]188
[Disabled Destroyer in Tow]188
[The Lookout on a Destroyer, and Part of His View]242
[She Came Bowling Along Under Sail]284