Chapter I: Front Matter

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SUBMARINE
AND
ANTI-SUBMARINE

BY
HENRY NEWBOLT

AUTHOR OF ‘THE BOOK OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR,’ ‘TALES OF THE GREAT WAR,’
ETC.

WITH A COLOURED FRONTISPIECE AND 20 FULL-PAGE
ILLUSTRATIONS
BY NORMAN WILKINSON, R.I.

NEW YORK:
LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.
FOURTH AVENUE AND 30TH STREET
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS
1919

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

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