icoe, Admiral (Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa), becomes First Sea Lord
and Chief of Naval Staff,
confers with Mr. Balfour,
friendship with Admiral Mayo,
his admiration for the work of Admiral Sir Henry Oliver,
his proposals for Admiralty reorganization,
on the convoy system,
on the work of destroyers,
praises work and organization of convoys,
relations with Admiral Sims,
unveils a memorial to Lieut. Commander Sanders,
visits New Zealand,
witnesses bombardment of Ostend,
wounded in the Boxer campaign,
Jutland battle, and the shells used in,

Kite balloons,

Lacaze, Admiral,
Lambe, Captain C.L., and his command,
Lamlash convoy, the,
losses in 1917,
League of Nations, the,
Learmonth, Captain F.C.,
Lerwick as junction for convoy system,
enemy mining of,
Leslie, N.A.,
Ley, Rear-Admiral J.C.,
Litchfield-Speer, Captain,
Lockyer, Commander E.L.B.,
Longden, Captain H.W.
Lowestoft, average daily number of vessels passing,
bombardment of,
_Lusitania_, loss of,

MacNamara, Right Hon. T.J.,
Madden, Admiral Sir Charles,
Malta, hydrophone training school at,
Manisty, Fleet Paymaster H.W.E.,
appointed Organizing Manager of Convoys,
Margate, bombardment of,
Mark-Wardlaw, Lieutenant, decoy ship of,
Marx, Admiral J.L.,
Mary _Rose_, sinking of,
Mayo, Admiral, and author,
object of his visit to England,
visits Grand Fleet,
witnesses bombardment of Ostend,
Mediterranean, the, Japanese destroyers in,
narrow waters of,
need of a unified command in,
shipping losses in 1917 in,
Mercantile marine, daily average of,
passing Lowestoft and Dover,
schools of instruction for,
wireless for,
(See also Merchant ships)
Mercantile Movements Division, formation of,
its head,
Mercantile repair work,
shipbuilding,
Merchant ships, arming of,
convoying,
losses of,
route orders for,
submarines and,
(Cf. Mercantile marine)
Merz, Sir Charles H.,
Milford Haven convoy, the,
losses in 1917,
Mine-cutters (see Paravanes)
Minelayers, fleet of, strengthened,
Minelaying, British and German methods of, contrasted,
Minelaying by submarines,
difficulty of dealing with problem of,
Mine net barrage, definition of,
Mines, American,
Britain, number laid in 1915-17,
number of submarines sunk by,
Mines and minefields,
as protection against enemy submarines,
"H" type of,
improved type of,
inadequate supply of,
influence of, in Great War,
Minesweepers,