Submarine U93
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Gilson Charles. Submarine U93
CHAPTER I-The Admiral's Sixpence
CHAPTER II-In Defiance of Authority
CHAPTER III-The World Plot
CHAPTER IV-Shadowed
CHAPTER V-Dropping the Pilot
CHAPTER VI-Captain Crouch
CHAPTER VII-In the Hold
CHAPTER VIII-A False Witness
CHAPTER IX-The "Dresden"
CHAPTER X-The Mysterious Message
CHAPTER XI-The Middle Watch
CHAPTER XII-The U93
CHAPTER XIII-To the Boats!
CHAPTER XIV-The Doomed Ship
CHAPTER XV-The Penitence of Captain Crouch
CHAPTER XVI-At the "Goat and Compasses"
CHAPTER XVII-Number 758
CHAPTER XVIII-"Mr. Russell"
CHAPTER XIX-A Clue
CHAPTER XX-Commander Fells
CHAPTER XXI-On Board a White Star Liner
CHAPTER XXII-By the Dogger Bank
CHAPTER XXIII-The Loss of the "Kitty McQuaire"
CHAPTER XXIV-The Tables Turned
CHAPTER XXV-Væ Victis
CHAPTER XXVI-The Titans
CHAPTER XXVII-The Battle of the Dogger Bank
CHAPTER XXVIII-The Wounded "Lion"
CHAPTER XXIX-Conclusion
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The following incident is well known to those who are acquainted with Naval history, and is mentioned here for the sole benefit of those who are not.
At the time of the Crimean war, and the bombardment of Sebastopol, an officer of the name of Burke commanded H.M.S. "Swiftsure," a ship which at one time approached to within point-blank range of the Russian shore batteries, which it silenced with a series of terrific broadsides. This feat, however, was not accomplished without considerable loss. Several men were struck down on the battery decks in the very act of serving the guns; and the life of the captain-who bellowed his orders from the bridge in a voice that was audible throughout the length and breadth of the ship, despite the roar and thunder of the cannon and the groans of wounded men-was saved as by a miracle.
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He did so only in the nick of time; for, a second later, Rosencrantz himself entered the room, followed by the Baron von Essling and Rudolf Stork.
She stood stock-still, speechless and afraid. Her first inclination was to fly; and the next moment, she found herself wondering what had become of Jimmy.
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