Submarines, Mines and torpedoes in the War

About this eBook

Author

Domville-Fife, Charles W. (Charles William), 1886-1960

Title

Submarines, Mines and Torpedoes in the War

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Lisa Anne Hatfield and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

V: Naval science

Subject

Submarine mines

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 51347

Release Date

March 3, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION THE SUBMARINE PHASE OF THE NAVAL WAR
5. 5.CHAPTER I THE MODERN SUBMARINE TORPEDO-BOAT — Method of Submergence — Propulsion. — Vision When Submerged. — Armament. — Habitability.
6. 6.CHAPTER II BRITISH SUBMARINES — Submarines in Home Waters. — Submarines on Foreign Stations. — “A” Class. — “B” Class. — “C” Class. — “D” Class. — “E” Class. — Australian Submarines : — British Submarines Building . — “F” Class. — “V” Class. “W” Class. “S” Class.
7. 7.CHAPTER III FRENCH SUBMARINES — Lutin Class. — Française Class. — Triton Class. [3] — Naiade Class. — Aigrette Class. — Argonaute. — Emeraude Class. — Circe Class. — Pluviôse Class. — Fresnel Class. — Amiral Bourgeoise. — Archimède. — Mariotte. — Charles Brun. — Clorinde Class. — Gustave Zede Class. — Bellone Class. — French Submarines Building.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV RUSSIAN SUBMARINES — Graf Cheremetieve Class. — Ostr Class. — Som Class. — Sterliad Class. — Sig. — Makrel Class. — Lossos Class. — Karp Class. — Alligator Class. — Minoga Class. — Akula. — Kaschalot Class. — Russian Submarines Building.
9. 9.CHAPTER V JAPANESE SUBMARINES — Nos. 6 and 7. — Nos. 8 and 9. — Nos. 10‒15. — Nos. 16‒17 [4] .
10. 10.CHAPTER VI GERMAN SUBMARINES — U.1. — U.2-U.8. — U.9-U.18. [5] — U.19 and U.20. — U.21-U.24. — U.25-U.30. — U.31-U.36.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII AUSTRIAN SUBMARINES — U.1 and U.2. — U.3 and U.4. — U.5 and U.6. — U.7-U.11. — Submarine Flotillas of Neutral European Powers.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII SUBMARINES IN ACTION — Attacking at Right Angles. — The Porpoise Dive. — Difficulty of the Fixed Torpedo Tube. — Submarine Flotilla v. Surface Fleet. — Surprise Attack.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX ANTI-SUBMARINE TACTICS
14. 14.CHAPTER X THE SUBMARINE TORPEDO
15. 15.CHAPTER XI SUBMARINE MINES
16. 16.CHAPTER XII MINE-LAYING FLEETS — Mine-Laying Fleets. — Great Britain. — Germany. — Austria. — France and Russia.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII MINE-SWEEPING FLEETS
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV COMPARATIVE FIGHTING VALUE OF THE SUBMARINE FLEETS AT WAR — BRITISH NAVY. — Sea-going Vessels. — 186 Coast Defence Vessels. — FRENCH NAVY. — Sea-going Vessels. — Coast Defence Vessels. — Harbour Defence Vessels. — RUSSIAN NAVY. — Sea-going Vessels. — 189 Coast and Harbour Defence Vessels. — JAPANESE NAVY. — Sea-going Vessels. — Coast and Harbour Defence Vessels. — GERMAN NAVY. — Sea-going Vessels. — 191 Coast Defence Vessels. — AUSTRIAN NAVY. — Sea-going Vessels.
19. 19.Transcriber’s Notes

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