-- policy, British, 31

-- School of Submarine Mining, 163

-- situation in 1914, 18

Navigation, dangers of, in war time, 265-266

-- training in, 46-49

Navy, expansion of, in past wars, 28

Nerve tension before action, 261, 288

Nets, submarine, 56, 85-89

New fleets in being, 50-69

New navy, composition of, 50-69

-- formation into flotillas, 68-69

-- growth of, 23

-- officers and men of, 25, 33-34

-- _raison d'etre_, 18

_New Zealand_, H.M.S., 255

New Zealand, officers from, 39

-- waters, mines in, 145

Nieuport pier, destruction of, 292

Night attacks, 258-263

-- patrol, 209, 292

North Sea, area of, 20

-- British naval blockade of, 124

-- gales, 220

Northern mine barrage, 182

OFFICERS, training, 36-49

Oil trails, 218, 263

PARAVANES, 175-177

Patrol areas, 23-24, 128-131

-- boats, 130-133

-- -- on lines of communication during Jutland, 257

Personnel of new navy, 32

Petrol fumes, danger of, 275-276

Picric acid, for causing and alleviating pain, 257

Port minesweeping officers, 111, 163

_Princess Royal_, H.M.S., 255

Privateers, old and new, 117-118

"Q" BOATS, 96-101

-- description of, 96-99

-- number employed, 96

Q19, action of, in Straits of Gibraltar, 99

Queenstown naval base, 103

RAIDERS, German, cruises of, 145

Red Cross work, 248-252

Refits, 226

Rescue work, 220-225, 238, 273-279

Rescued crews, 247

_Resource II._, H.M.S., 36

Restriction of submarine danger zone, 126

Return of fleet from Jutland, 254-256

Rosyth Dockyard, 103

Routine sweeping, 161

Royal Naval Reserve, 37

-- -- Volunteer Reserve, 36

Royal Navy and Merchant Service, 26

-- -- manning of, in past, 26-27

Russian army, transport of, 123

-- lines of communication, 22

-- War of 1854-1856, 26

SALVING live mines, 151-152

Scandinavian c