Chapter I: Front Matter

SEA-HOUNDS

SEA-HOUNDS

BY

LEWIS R. FREEMAN

Lieut. R.N.V.R.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM
PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR

NEW YORK

DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

1919

PUBLISHED IN THE U.S.A 1919
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, INC.

=To=

Commodore Sir DOUGLAS BROWNRIGG, Bart.
C.B., R.N., Chief Censor, Admiralty

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

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_

PAGE

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

SEA HOUNDS