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HENRY VIII
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  Frontpiece  
  Preface  
1 Inventory of the Sovereign, Jan 31, 1497 2
2 Armament of the Sovereign in 1509 3
3 Henry VIII's Sea Laws 4

ELIZABETH
4 Race-Built v. Lofty Ships 8
5 The Teredo Navalis 9
6 Seaworthiness of English Ships 10
7 Dartmouth Haven 11
8 The Properties, Office, and Duty of a Gunner 12
9 Drake's Views on Strategy 13
10 Elizabeth as an Armchair Strategist 15
11 Howard takes the Advice of Experts 15
12 Wynter on the Strategy of Invasion 16
13 Shortage of Victuals 17
14 Ralegh on Strategy 18
15 English Ships v. Spanish Galleys 20
16 Subjection of Spanish Seamen to Soldiers 22
17 English and Spanish Armaments 23
18 Philip II warns Medina Sidonia against English Gunnery 24
19 Medina Sidonia protests his Unfitness 24
20 Estimates of Neutral Observers 25
21 Tactics which may have been used against the Armada 25
22 Elizabeth as an Armchair Tactician 26
23 Ralegh on Tactics 26
24 Gravelines Despatches 27
25 Wynter's Opinion of Auxiliaries 29
26 Sickness and Mortality 29
27 A Begging Licence 30
28 An Army Necessary for Offence 32

JAMES I AND CHARLES I
29 Sailing before the Wind 33
30 Sailing Close-Hauled 34
31 Ship-building in 1618 34
32 A Station List of 1619 37
33 Dunkirk Frigates 39
34 Single-ship Tactics 39
35 Stratagems Used at Sea 42
36 Monson on the Blockade of French Ports 42
37 Pirates off Dartmouth 43
38 Dartmouth asks for Fortifications 43
39 Lindsey's Instructions, 1635 45
40 The Claim to the Salute 47
41 Defects of the Ship-Money Fleets 48
42 Mervin urges the Men's Grievances 49
43 Victuals 50
44 Gentlemen Captains 52
45 Sea Punishments 54
46 Reputation of English Merchantmen abroad 55

THE COMMONWEALTH AND PROTECTORATE
47 Rates of Ships 57
48 Battle of the Kentish Knock 58
49 The First Appearance in Instructions of the Line Ahead 59
50 The Battle of the Gabbard 62
51 The Battle of Scheveningen, June 31st, 1653 62
52 Commerce - Protection 64
53 A Dutch Stratagem 64
54 The Flag 65
55 Pay of Officers in 1653 65
56 Care of Sick and Wounded 66
57 Complaints of Seamen 67
58 Court-Martial's Approval of a Petition 68
59 An English Fleet in the Straits of Gibraltar, 1651 68
60 Blake's Mediterranean Fleet, 1654 69

THE RESTORATION NAVY
61 The Midshipman 71
62 The Lieutenant 72
63 A Re-examination 73
64 �Gentlemen Captains' Again 74
65 Armaments in 1677 75
66 Distribution of Ships in time of Peace 78
67 Lead Sheathing 79
68 Learning from Foreigners 80
69 The Results of Neglect 81
70 Administrative Difficulties in the Second Dutch War 82
71 The Duke of York's Additional Instructions, April 10 or 18, 1665 85
72 Prince Rupert's Additional Instructions, 1666 87
73 Final Form of the Duke of York's Orders, 1673 87
74 Lord Dartmouth's Instructions, Oct 1688 89

WILLIAM III AND ANNE
75 Torrington explains his Strategy 90
76 Mary orders Torrington to fight 92
77 Torrington's Defence of his Tactics at Beachy Head 92
78 Russell's Fighting Instructions, 1691 93
79 The Theory of the Line 98
80 Big or Small Ships? 106
81 Superiority of French Naval Architects 108
82 The Importance of Sea-Power l09
83 The Ideal Naval Officer 110
84 Explanation of Rooke's Instructions, 1704 111
85 Rooke's Additional Instructions 113

THE PEACE PERIOD AND NEED FOR REFORM
86 Manning a Squadron 116
87 Charnock on French and Spanish Ships 118
88 The Defects of the British Battle-ship 120
89 Eighteenth Century Victuals 125
90 The Western Squadron 126
91 Vernon and Additional Fighting Instructions 127
92 The First Additional Instruction 128
93 Line of Bearing 130
94 Naval Education 131
95 A Cadet `Passes Out' from Royal Academy, Portsmouth 135
96 Wolfe's Tribute to the Fleet 136
97 Navigation of the St Lawrence 137
98 The Capture of Quebec 138
99 Hawke and the Blockade of Brest, 1759 139

WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, 1778-1783
100 The Principles of Naval Strategy 145
101 A 'Service' View of Lord Sandwich 147
102 Lord Sandwich 147
103 The Loss of the Royal George 149
104 Concentration at the Vital Point 155
105 Keppel recommends a Lighter Gun 156
106 Jervis on the indecisive action off Ushant, 1778 157
107 Kempenfelt on French Gunnery 158
108 `A Fleet in Being'; the Invasion Year, 1779 160
109 The Western Squadron: Argument against `Winter' Blockade 161
110 Kempenfelt urges Study of Tactical Principles 162
111 'Discipline of a Fleet 164
112 On Strategy 168
113 A Civilian Critic 169
114 Nelson's View of Clerk of Eldin 171
115 St Vincent's Views on Clerk of Eldin 172
116 Admiral Graves's Account of the Battle of the Chesapeake 172
117 Hood's Account of the Battle of the Chesapeake, 1781 174
118 Rodney's Views on Concentration 176
119 `Breaking the Line': a Criticism 177
120 Criticism of British by �the Father of the American Navy' 178
121 French Strategy 179
122 French Numerary Signals 183
123 Kempenfelt's Design for a Signal Book 185
124 Medical Reforms 186

REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC WARS
125 The Coppering of Ships 192
126 Documents Illustrating the Mutinies 194
127 Pressed Men 200
128 Manning the Fleets, 1803 201
129 A �Hot Press' at Dartmouth 202
130 Weakness of the French at Brest 203
131 Napoleon Urges Activity 206
132 Invasion Scheme Delayed 208
133 Napoleon ignores the Close Blockade 208
- Forms of Blockade 209
134 Close Blockade in 1803 209
135 Defence against Invasion 210
136 Wear and Tear of Blockading Squadron 211
137 The Limitations of the Close Blockade 212
138 St Vincent maintains the Close Blockade 213
139 Nelson's Watch off Toulon 214
140 Nelson acknowledges Lord Howe's Congratulations after the Nile 216
141 Nelson's way with the French 217
142 Nelson's difficulties in the Mediterranean, 1803-1805 218
143 Nelson's Memorandum 219
144 Page of Telegraphic Code by which Nelson made his historic Signal on Oct 21, 1805 223
145 Popham's Vocabulary Code 224

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