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THE BRITISH NAVY BOOK

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_Uniform with this volume_

THE BRITISH ARMY BOOK

BY PAUL DANBY AND LIEUT.-COL. CYRIL FIELD, R.M.L.I.

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THE BRITISH NAVY BOOK

by

LIEUT.-COL. AND BREVET COL. CYRIL FIELD, R.M.L.I.

With Full-page Illustrations in Colour and in Black-and-White and Numerous Illustrations in the Text

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Contents

CHAP. Page
PROLOGUE: THE COMMAND OF THE SEA (A.D. 1915) 9

I. A LESSON FROM CÆSAR 19

II. ANCIENT WAR-SHIPS 28

III. FIGHTING-SHIPS OF THE MIDDLE AGES 38

IV. MARINERS OF OTHER DAYS 54

V. SOME MEDIÆVAL SEA-FIGHTS 60

VI. THE NAVY IN TUDOR TIMES 67

VII. FROM ELIZABETH TO VICTORIA 81

VIII. THE "TURKS" IN THE CHANNEL 99

IX. THE HONOUR OF THE FLAG 115

X. THE EVOLUTION OF NAVAL GUNNERY 125

XI. EVOLUTION OF THE IRONCLAD BATTLESHIP 146

XII. THE EVOLUTION OF THE SUBMARINE AND SUBMARINE MINE 167

XIII. NAVAL BRIGADES 187

XIV. WAR-SHIPS OF ALL SORTS 204

XV. THE MANNING OF A SHIP 223

XVI. BEGINNING OF THE WAR AFLOAT 242

XVII. OPERATIONS IN THE NORTH SEA AND CHANNEL 254

XVIII. IN THE OUTER SEAS 261

XIX. A REVERSE AND A VICTORY 272

XX. GERMAN RAIDS AND THEIR SIGNAL PUNISHMENT 285

XXI. THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE 292