8

Blockade, naval, 18

Boarding parties, 201-208, 270

Bombardment of Zeebrugge, 287-293

Bombay, mine-field laid off, 145

Bombs, submarine, 91

Boom-defence ships, 68

-- staff, 111

_Brighton Queen_, H.M.S., 54

_Britannia_, H.M.S., torpedoed, 101

British coast completely mined-in, 145

-- Empire, dangerous position of, 117

CALL of the White Ensign, 31, 33

Camouflaged ships, 73, 95

Canada, officers from, 44, 195

Canadian first army, transport of, 123

Case of mistaken identity, 190-191

Castaways, 238-247

Casualties, naval, in Great War, 27, 256

Casualty, a, 220

Chaplains, naval, 109-110

Christmas Day, 1916, 192-201

Clearing large mine-fields, 161

Coastal motor boats, 62

-- construction of, 62-68

-- method of attack, 65

-- bases of, 65

-- _v._ German destroyers, 66

-- in actions off Zeebrugge and Ostend, 61, 68, 287

Colombo, mine-field laid off, 145

Colonial officers, 44-45

Colonies, aid from, 21

Concentration of British fleet, August, 1914, 17

Convoy, composition of, 118-119

Convoy ships, 115

Convoy system, 116-125

Convoying, difficulties of, 122

Convoys, minesweeping in front of, 121, 162

Co-operation between fleets of sea and air, 279

Cruiser Squadron, the Tenth, 51-52

DAN-BUOYS, 199

Danish derelict, 202-208

Decoy system of attack, 137-138

Deluding patrols, 236

Demobilisation, naval, 28

Depth charge, construction of, 80-84

-- method of use, 80-84

-- attacks with, 81-84, 262

Depth charges, 70, 84

Derelict, a, 201-208

Destruction of a U-C boat, 209, 218

Division of sea into patrol areas, 128-131

Docker battalions, 121

Dominions, aid from, 21

Dover lighted barrage, 183-185

-- naval base, 103

Dover patrols, 286, 295-300

Drafting officers, 110

Drifter units, 54, 55, 114

Drifters, loss of in Adriatic, 56