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INDEX 249

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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H.E. INDIA COMPANY’S SHIP “WILLIAM FAIRLIE” _Frontispiece_

SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY DUTCH EAST INDIAMEN 74

SIGNAL CODE 74

CAPTAIN THOMAS FORREST 90

BRUNSWICK DOCK, BLACKWALL 92

CAPTAIN HENRY WILSON 98

CAPTAIN HON. RICHARD WALPOLE 98

COMMODORE SIR NATHANIEL DANCE 98

SIR WILLIAM JAMES, BART. 98

A CONVOY OF EAST INDIAMEN 112

A FINE PIECE OF SEAMANSHIP 118

CAPTAIN W. ROGERS 122

CAPTAIN JOSEPH HUDDART, F.R.S. 122

S.S. “NORTHUMBERLAND” 144

AUXILIARY S.S. “KENT” 146

S.S. “NORFOLK” 148

SAILING NOTICE OF THE WHITE STAR CLIPPER “RED JACKET” 156

CRACKING-ON! 158

SPARS AND STAYS 160

PORT OF LIVERPOOL 164

SCREW S.S. “LADY JOCELYN” 164

AUXILIARY SCREW S.S. “INDOMITABLE” 166

LORD YARBOROUGH’S YACHT “FALCON” 168

CLIPPER SCREW S.S. “HELLENIS” 170

S.S. “ORINOCO” 170

TWO EARLY MAIL STEAMSHIPS 180

S.S. “TRIDENT” 182

THE “ROBERT F. STOCKTON” 184

AN EARLY CROSS-CHANNEL STEAMER 184

THE FAMOUS “GREAT EASTERN” 186

THE FAMOUS “GREAT EASTERN” 188

S.S. “OCEANIC” 190

S.S. “SULTAN” 192

S.S. “ORIENT” 192

S.S. “SPAIN” 194

THE “BRITANNIC” 196

THE “CAMPANIA” 196

BERTHING A BIG LINER 198

MODERN NAVIGATION 200

S.S. “BERENGARIA” 202

S.S. “OLYMPIC” 204

S.S. “MAJESTIC” 204

ON THE BRIDGE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST SHIP 206

BIG SHIP MASTERS 208

STOKEHOLD OF AN OIL-FUEL CUNARDER 216

STARTING PLATFORM 216

A FAST-DISAPPEARING SHIP TYPE 236