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William Wood. Flag and Fleet: How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas
Flag and Fleet: How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas
Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
BOOK I. THE ROWING AGE
WHEN SOLDIERS FOUGHT ROWBOAT BATTLES BESIDE THE SHORES. OF THE OLD WORLD. From the Beginning of War on the Water to King Henry VIII's. First Promise of a Sailing Fleet. 1545
BOOK II. THE SAILING AGE
WHEN SAILORS FOUGHT ON EVERY OCEAN AND THE ROYAL NAVY. OF THE MOTHER COUNTRY WON THE BRITISH COMMAND. OF THE SEA BOTH IN THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW. DRAKE TO NELSON. 1585–1805. PART I—THE SPANISH WAR
PART II—THE DUTCH WAR
PART III—THE FRENCH WAR
BOOK III. THE AGE OF STEAM AND STEEL
WHEN THE BRITISH COMMAND OF THE SEA SAVED THE WORLD. FROM GERMAN SLAVERY IN THE GREATEST OF ALL WARS. 1914–1918. PART I—A CENTURY OF CHANGE (1814–1914)
PART II—THE GREAT WAR (1914–1918)
ILLUSTRATIONS
VIKING MAN-OF-WAR … … . … Frontispiece
FLAG AND FLEET
BOOK I. THE ROWING AGE
CHAPTER I. THE VERY BEGINNING OP SEA-POWER (10,000 years and more B.C.)
[Illustration: "DUG-OUT" CANOE]
CHAPTER II
THE FIRST FAR WEST (The last 5000 years B.C.)
CHAPTER III
EAST AGAINST WEST (480–146 B.C.)
[Illustration: ROMAN TRIREME—A vessel with three benches of oars]
CHAPTER IV
CELTIC BRITAIN UNDER ROME (55 B.C.-410 A.D.)
CHAPTER V
THE HARDY NORSEMAN (449–1066)
THE SEA-FARER
CHAPTER VI
THE IMPERIAL NORMAN (1066–1451)
[Illustration: WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR'S TRANSPORTS]
CHAPTER VII
KING OF THE ENGLISH SEA (1545)
[Illustrations: Eddystone Lighthouse, 1699. The first structure of stone and timber. Built for Trinity House. by Winstanley and swept away in a storm. Eddystone Lighthouse, 1882. The fourth and present structure, erected. by Sir J. N. Douglass for Trinity House.]
TO SEA
A HYMN IN PRAISE OF NEPTUNE
EVENING ON CALAIS BEACH
BERMUDAS
BOOK II. THE SAILING AGE
PART I. THE SPANISH WAR (1568–1596)
CHAPTER VIII. OLD SPAIN AND NEW (1492–1571)
[Illustration: The Santa Maria, flagship of Christopher Columbus when he discovered America in 1492. Length of keel, 60 feet. Length of ship proper, 93 feet. Length over all, 128 feet. Breadth, 26 feet. Tonnage, full displacement, 233.]
THE FAME OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
CHAPTER IX
THE ENGLISH SEA-DOGS (1545–1580)
[Illustration: DRAKE]
CHAPTER X
THE SPANISH ARMADA (1588)
[Illustration: One of Drake's Men-of-War. that Fought the Great Armada in 1588.]
[Illustration: ARMADA OFF FOWEY (Cornwall) as first seen in the English Channel.]
[Illustration: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE ON BOARD THE REVENGE receiving the surrender of Don Pedro de Valdes.]
THE REVENGE
A Ballad of the Fleet
PART II
THE DUTCH WAR
CHAPTER XI. THE FIRST DUTCH WAR (1623–1653)
[Illustration: SAILING SHIP. The Pilgrim Fathers crossed in a similar vessel (1620).]
CHAPTER XII
THE SECOND AND THIRD DUTCH WARS (1665–1673)
THE MOAT
PART III
THE FRENCH WAR
CHAPTER XIII. THE FIRST WAR AGAINST LOUIS XIV (1689–1697)
[Illustration: LA HOGUE, 1692.]
CHAPTER XIV
THE SECOND WAR AGAINST LOUIS XIV (1702–1713)
CHAPTER XV
WAR AGAINST FRANCE AND SPAIN (1739–1748)
[Illustration: H.M.S. Centurion engaged and took the Spanish Galleon Nuestra Senhora de Capadongo, from Acapulco bound to Manila, off Cape Espiritu Santo, Philippine Islands, June 20, 1743.]
CHAPTER XVI
PITT'S IMPERIAL WAR (1756–1763)
[Illustration: The ROYAL GEORGE]
ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE Written when the news arrived (September, 1782)
CHAPTER XVII
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1775–1783)
CHAPTER XVIII
NELSON (1798–1805)
[Illustration: NELSON]
[Illustration: FIGHTING THE GUNS ON THE MAIN DECK, 1782.]
[Illustration: THE BLOWING UP OF L'ORIENT DURING THE BATTLE OF THE NILE.]
[Illustration: THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN, APRIL 2nd, 1801 (Note the British line ahead.)]
[Illustration: The VICTORY. Nelson's Flagship at Trafalgar, launched in 1765, and still used as the flagship in Portsmouth Harbour.]
[Illustration: TRAFALGAR. 21st October, 1805.]
[Illustration: MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR (Reproduced by permission from the model. at the Royal United Service Institution.)]
CHAPTER XIX
"1812"
[Illustration: THE SHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE.]
HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA
YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND
SEA-FEVER
O, FALMOUTH IS A FINE TOWN
"FAREWELL AND ADIEU"
BOOK III
THE AGE OF STEAM AND STEEL
PART I. A CENTURY OF CHANGE (1814–1914)
CHAPTER XX. A CENTURY OF BRITISH-FRENCH-AMERICAN PEACE (1815–1914)
CHAPTER XXI
A CENTURY OF MINOR BRITISH WARS (1815–1914)
[Illustration: THE ROYAL WILLIAM. Canadian built; the first boat to cross any ocean steaming the whole way (1833), the first steamer in the world to fire a shot in action (May 5, 1836).]
PART II
THE GREAT WAR (1914–1918)
CHAPTER XXII. THE HANDY MAN
THE HAPPY WARRIOR
CHAPTER XXIII
FIFTY YEARS OF WARNING (1864–1914)
HYMN BEFORE ACTION
CHAPTER XXIV
WAR (1914–1915)
[Illustration: BATTLESHIP.]
[Illustration: Seaplane Returning after flight.]
[Illustration: DESTROYER.]
[Illustration: A PARTING SHOT FROM THE TURKS AT GALLIPOLI.]
CHAPTER XXV
JUTLAND (1916)
[Illustration: JELLICOE.]
[Illustration: BEATTY.]
[Illustration: LIGHT CRUISER.]
[Illustration: H.M.S. Monmouth, Armoured Cruiser. Sunk at Coronel, November 1st, 1914.]
[Illustration: BATTLESHIP FIRING A BROADSIDE.]
[Illustration: Jellicoe's Battle Fleet in Columns of Divisions. 6.14 P.m.]
[Illustration: THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND—PLAN II. Jellicoe's battle line formed and fighting. 6:38 P.m.]
CHAPTER XXVI
SUBMARINING (1917–1918)
[Illustration: British Submarine.]
[Illustration: Minesweeper at work.]
CHAPTER XXVII
SURRENDER! (1918)
RULE, BRITANNIA!
GOD SAVE THE KING!
CHAPTER XXVIII
WELL DONE!
[Illustration: H.M. KING GEORGE V.]
POSTSCRIPT
THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
THE CANADIAN
