ADMIRAL SIR PERCY SCOTT, BART., K.C.B., K.C.V.O. |
Frontispiece |
TAKING AIM |
31 |
SMOKE DRESSES |
facing 44 |
BOMBARDING ARABI'S LINE |
52 |
7-INCH 7-TON GUN HASTILY MOUNTED AT RAMLEH |
52 |
THE AFTER-DECK OF H.M.S. "EDINBURGH," SHOWING THE DECORATIONS |
facing 60 |
HOLYSTONING A DECK |
60 |
MENDING A SHOT-HOLE IN H.M.S. "SULTAN" |
65 |
INSTRUCTIONAL FLASHER MADE ON BOARD H.M.S. " SCYLLA " |
facing 75 |
FLASHING LAMPS |
76 |
SEARCHLIGHT FLASHER MADE ON BOARD H.M.S. " SCYLLA " |
facing 76 |
THE " SCYLLA " PATTERN OF FLASHER BROUGHT INTO USE DURING THE WAR |
facing 78 |
H.M.S. " SCYLLA'S " EXTEMPORISED TELESCOPE SIGHT |
82 |
LEE-METFORD AIMING RIFLE IN THE GUN |
83 |
THE "DOTTER" |
facing 88 |
6-iNCH GUN SIGHT AS ALTERED IN H.M.S. "TERRIBLE" |
92 |
4-7-iNCH GUN ON PLATFORM MOUNTING AS USED AT LADYSMITH |
98 |
SPOTTING ON LADDERS IN CHINA |
facing 136 |
12-POUNDER DEFLECTION TEACHER |
140 |
TARGETS OF THE NAVY |
142 |
OPERATIONS IN RIGHTING THE DREDGER |
147 |
" RECORD PERFORMANCES " |
facing 176 |
MY SON ENTERING PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD, WHERE, AS CAPTAIN OF THE " EXCELLENT," I HAD A RESIDENCE |
facing 178 |
THE SPREAD OF SHOT |
180 |
MY MOTOR-CAR, CHANGED INTO AN ARMOURED CAR, AS USED DURING A SHAM FIGHT, ON 24TH FEB., 1904 |
facing 186 |
CHART OF HITS TO ROUNDS FIRED |
193 |
" WITHOUT PREJUDICE " |
facing 194 |
"A LONG SIGHT BETTER" |
196 |
THE SPLASH OF A 12-iNCH SHELL |
245 |
BROADSIDE FIRING WHEN I JOINED THE NAVY |
facing 256 |
NAVAL GUNNERY : BROADSIDE FIRING |
258 |
THE SCOTT DIRECTOR TOWER |
260 |
MODEL THAT I TOOK TO THE ADMIRALTY TO SHOW HOW THE OBSERVER WOULD FARE OWING TO THE FUNNEL BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE |
facing 264 |
H.M.S. "LION" BEFORE AND AFTER ALTERATION OF OBSERVATION TOWER |
266 |
MY OCCUPATION WHEN THE ADMIRALTY, HAD THEY APPRECIATED MY DIRECTOR FIRING, WOULD HAVE KEPT ME BUSY |
facing 268 |
THE DUMMY FLEET |
284 |
3-iNCH ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN IN ACTION |
312 |
3-iNCH ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN BEING TRANSPORTED |
312 |
"!N MID-AIR" |
317 |
"DUAL CONTROL" |
facing 318 |
FIELD CARRIAGE FOR 6-iNCH MARK VII. GUN FIRING A 29-LB. CHARGE |
facing 322 |
ANGLE FIRING |
330 |