TO
JOHN BUCHAN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.The Spirit of Submarine War[1]
II.The Evolution of the Submarine[10]
III.The Submarine of To-day[36]
IV.A British Submarine Base[52]
V.Submarines and War Policy[68]
VI.Submarine v. War-ship[78]
VII.War-ship v. Submarine[95]
VIII.British Submarines in the Baltic[108]
IX.British Submarines in the Dardanelles[125]
X.The U-Boat Blockade[161]
XI.Trawlers, Smacks, and Drifters[178]
XII.The Destroyers[201]
XIII.P-Boats and Auxiliary Patrol[216]
XIV.Q-Boats[231]
XV.Submarine v. Submarine[256]
XVI.The Hunted[272]
XVII.Zeebrugge and Ostend[295]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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‘Whose crew abandoned ship and then all stood up and cursed us’ (Coloured) [Frontispiece]
‘Does not look like any ship you have ever seen’[47]
‘Towed back by an enemy trawler’[59]
‘She was nearly submerged when the seaplane passed over her’[63]
‘Turning passengers and crews adrift in open boats’[75]
‘Were brought in by the 50-ton smack Provident of Brixham’[83]
‘She had gone full speed for the enemy, and rammed him’[99]
‘The Russian ice-breakers freed them from the harbour ice’[121]
‘The Fort gave them 200 rounds at short range’[129]
‘Made her fast alongside his conning-tower’[135]
‘She was mortally hit’[149]
‘I’ll Try’s shell struck the base of the conning-tower’[185]
‘The U-boat started with an enormous advantage of gun power’[199]
‘U.C.-boats stealing in across the black and silver water’[211]
‘The diver who first went down found the submarine lying on her side’[229]
‘A fourth boat was partially lowered with a proper amount of confusion’[241]
‘The U-boat never recovered from the surprise’[245]
‘Was steering about in figures of 8, with his gun still manned’[265]
‘A huge column of water which fell plump on the Commander’[287]
‘The submarine suddenly broke surface’[291]
‘A tremendous explosion was seen at the shore end of the Mole’[305]