age to Hampton Roads, 223;
fight with "Merrimac," 224, etc.;
lost at sea later on, 230

Monk, Duke of Albemarle, 146, etc.

Mycale, destruction of Persian fleet at, 24

Mylae, naval battle of, 27

N

Napier, Sir Charles, first to take steamships into action, 207

Napoleon I, naval projects, 174, etc., 178, 179;
refuses Fulton's inventions, 206

Napoleon III and the introduction of armoured ships, 210, 211;
Ericsson's offer to, 213

Nebogatoff sent with squadron of old ships to reinforce Baltic Fleet, 308;
at Tsu-shima, 323;
surrenders, 337, 338

Nelson, alleged Danish descent, 41;
the Trafalgar campaign, 173, etc.;
plans for the battle, 182, 189, 190;
opening of the battle, 192;
wounded, 195, 196;
his death, 203

Nicholls, English gunner in Chinese service, killed at Yalu, 271

Nicopolis, 29, 38

Norsemen, 41, etc.

North Sea battles in Dutch War, 143, etc.

O

Octavian. _See_ Augustus

Olaf, Saint, 54

Olaf Tryggveson, his career, 42;
becomes King of Norway, 44;
his famous ships, 45;
in the fight at Svold, 47, etc.;
death in battle, 53

Opdam, Dutch admiral, 145

Orde, Sir John, and blockade of Cadiz, 176

Ottomans. _See_ Turks

P

Parma, Alexander Farnese, Duke of, 114, 128, 129, 130

Pepys, Samuel, 146, 153

Persano, Italian admiral in command at Lissa, 237, etc.

Pertev Pasha, Turkish seraskier at Lepanto, 86, 88, 95

Petz, Commodore, Austrian second in command at Lissa, 241, etc.

Philip II of Spain, 105

Philip of Valois, King of France, 59, 66

Piracy in early days, 3;
of Turks and Algerines in the Mediterranean, 68

Pius V, efforts to form a league against the Turks, 70, 72, 75

Plataea, battle of, 23

Port Arthur, naval operations around, 300, etc.;
surrender of, 308

Purvis, English engineer killed at the Yalu, 270

R

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 122

Recalde, Martinez de, admiral of the Biscay squadron of the Armada, 114,
123, 127, 135, 140

Reitzenstein, admiral of the Vladivostock squadron, 302, 303

Rodney, 159, etc.

Rojdestvensky, admiral in command of the Baltic Fleet, 304, etc.;
taken prisoner, 340

Rupert, Prince, as an admiral, 146, etc.

Ruyter, de, 146, etc.

S

Saints' Passage, battle of, 158, etc.

Salamis, refuge of the Athenians, 6;
Greek fleets concentrate at, 13;
the battle, 16, etc.

Sampson, U.S. admiral, 278, etc.

Santa Cruz, Alvaro de Bazan, Marquis of, 80, 108

S