nd dazzle, 163-7;
naming of standard ships, 168;
owners' customs clerks, 184, 185;
clearing for sea, 184-9;
convoy conference, 198-204;
putting to sea, 205-16;
unloading and loading, 217-23, 247-51. _See under_ Navy

Merchant Shipping Act, 67

Mersey, 49, 80, 107, 241, 244

Mexico, 230

Middleton, 6

Minesweeping, 25, 88, 89, 91, 95, 97-99, 102, 205

Ministry of Information, xiii

Ministry of Shipping, 178, 181

Miramichi, 204

'M N', 252-53

Mobbs, Engineman, 99

Mons, 126

Monson, 6

Muscovy Company, 5

NANTUCKET Lightship, 104, 107, 109

_Nautical Magazine_, xiii

Navesink, 109

Navy:
Offshoot from Merchants' Service, 6, 18;
press-gangs, 9;
naval science, 11;
arming of merchantmen, 19, 37;
War Staff, 30 _seq._, 128;
Naval Transport Officer, 32 _seq._, 131, 247, 251;
Shipping Intelligence Officer, 36 _seq._, 185;
D.A.M.S., 37-8, 185;
'Otters,' 38, 185;
convoys, 41, 110, 121, 178-83, 189-97, 198-204, 205-12, 255;
anti-submarine measures, 41-3, 95-6, 110, 113, 203, 255;
'Q. ships,' 42;
gunnery, 43;
wireless on sea-going merchantmen, 110-3;
Transport Department, 126, 127;
Salvage Section, 144-7;
Examination Service, 190. _See under_ Merchants' Service

_Nebraskan_, 109

_Neleus_, 226, 229, 232, 233, 234

Nelson, 11, 22

_Nelson_, 79

_Nemesis_, 139

Neutral shipping, 17, 91, 177, 203

New Brighton, 247

Newhaven, 31

New Jersey, 217

Newport, U.S.A., 107

New York, 27, 103, 109, 204

_New York Herald_, 109

Nichols, Skipper, 99

Nile, 11

Nore, 97

Norfolk, Va., 104, 191

North River, 217-23, 230

North Sea, 85, 88, 252

_Olympic_, 131

'Otters,' 38, 80, 166

Oversay, 117

PADRIG Flats, 148

_Palermo_, 81

_Palm Branch_, 18, 19, 20

Patrols, 28, 114, 117, 128, 150, 189, 190, 236

_Pearl Shell_, 191, 192

_Persia_, 253

Philanthropic Seamen's Societies, 65

Pilots, 59, 87-91, 98, 149, 187, 189, 210, 218, 251

Plymouth, 205, 233
Hoe, 198
Sound, 207

Poldhu, 226

Portliskey, 81

_Present Help_, 97, 98

Prince Line, 109

_Provident_, 101

Prussian Guard, 51

Psiloriti, 132

Purchas, 5

_Queen Alexandra_, 131

Quetta Staff College, 30

RAMSGATE, 56, 98

Rate of Exchange, 103, 109

Rathbone, Mas