The Fleets at War

About this eBook

Author

Hurd, Archibald, 1869-1959

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Produced by Brian Coe, Harry Lamé 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

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, British

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54275

Release Date

March 3, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE FLEETS AT WAR
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION THE OPENING PHASE Peaceful Victories of British Sea Power
5. 5.CHAPTER I The Relative Standing of the British and German Fleets
6. 6.CHAPTER II The British Navy — BRITISH BATTLESHIPS DREADNOUGHTS — IRON DUKE CLASS. — KING GEORGE V. CLASS. (Completed 1912-13.) — ORION CLASS. (Completed 1911-12.) — NEPTUNE CLASS. (Completed 1911.) — ST. VINCENT CLASS. (Completed 1910.) — BELLEROPHON CLASS. (Completed 1909.) — LORD NELSON CLASS. (Completed 1908-09.) — BATTLE CRUISERS — LION CLASS. (Completed 1912-13.) — INDEFATIGABLE CLASS. (Completed 1911-13.) — INVINCIBLE CLASS. (Completed 1908-09.) — PRE-DREADNOUGHTS. — KING EDWARD CLASS. (Completed 1904-06.) — SWIFTSURE CLASS. (Completed 1904.) — DUNCAN CLASS. (Completed 1903-04.) — FORMIDABLE CLASS. (Completed 1901-04.) — CANOPUS CLASS. (Completed 1900-02.) — MAJESTIC CLASS. (Completed 1895-98.) — ARMOURED CRUISERS — MINOTAUR CLASS. (Completed 1908.) — WARRIOR CLASS. (Completed 1906-07.) — BLACK PRINCE CLASS. (Completed 1906.) — DEVONSHIRE CLASS. (Completed 1905-06.) — “COUNTY” CLASS. (Completed 1903-04.) — DRAKE CLASS. (Completed 1902-03.) — CRESSY CLASS. (Completed 1901-04.) — ARETHUSA CLASS. (Completed 1914.) — PROTECTED CRUISERS (With protective decks instead of armoured belts.) — EDGAR CLASS. (Completed 1893-94.) — ROYAL ARTHUR CLASS. (Completed 1893-94.) — DIADEM CLASS. (Completed 1899-1902.) — MELBOURNE CLASS. (Completed 1913.) — NOTTINGHAM CLASS. (Completed 1914.) — CHATHAM CLASS. (Completed 1912-13.) — FALMOUTH CLASS. (Completed 1911-12.) — BRISTOL CLASS. (Completed 1910.) — ACTIVE CLASS. (Completed 1911-12.) — BLANCHE CLASS. (Completed 1910-11.) — BOADICEA CLASS. (Completed 1909-10.) — SENTINEL CLASS. (Completed 1905-06.) — “GEM” CLASS. (Completed 1905.) — CHALLENGER CLASS. (Completed 1904-06.) — HIGHFLYER CLASS. (Completed 1900-01.) — PELORUS CLASS. (Completed 1897-1901.) — ARROGANT CLASS. (Completed 1898-99.) — TALBOT CLASS. (Completed 1897-98.) — ASTRÆA CLASS. (Completed 1894-95.) — SAPPHO CLASS. (Completed 1893.) — ÆOLUS CLASS. (Completed 1892-93.) — PEARL CLASS. (Completed 1892.) — MEDEA CLASS. (Completed 1889.) — DESTROYERS. — “L” CLASS. (Completed 1914.) — “K” CLASS. (Completed 1913.) — “I” CLASS. (Completed 1911-12.) — “H” CLASS. (Completed 1910-11.) — “G” CLASS. (Completed 1910.) — “F” CLASS. (Completed 1908-9.) — “F” CLASS. (Continued.) — “F” CLASS. (Continued.) — “F” CLASS. (Continued.) — “E” CLASS. (Completed 1902-5.) — “D” CLASS. (Completed 1897-1900.) — “C” CLASS. (Completed 1897-98.) — “B” CLASS. (Completed 1895-1900.) — “A” CLASS. (1894-5.) — FLOTILLA LEADERS. (Completed 1914.) — SUBMARINES. — “E” CLASS.
7. 7.CHAPTER III The German Navy — GERMAN BATTLESHIPS. DREADNOUGHTS. — KÖNIG CLASS. (Completed 1914-15.) — KAISER CLASS. (Completed 1912-13.) — HELGOLAND CLASS. (Completed 1911-12.) — NASSAU CLASS. (Completed 1909-10.) — BATTLE-CRUISERS. — MOLTKE CLASS. — PRE-DREADNOUGHTS. — DEUTSCHLAND CLASS. (1906-08.) — BRAUNSCHWEIG CLASS. (Completed 1904-06.) — WITTELSBACH CLASS. (Completed 1902-03.) — KAISER FRIEDRICH CLASS. (Completed 1898-1901.) — BRANDENBURG CLASS. (Completed 1893-94.) — COAST DEFENCE SHIPS. (Completed 1890-7.) — GERMAN ARMOURED CRUISERS. — PROTECTED CRUISERS. — GUNBOATS. — TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYERS. — SUBMARINES. — MINE-LAYERS.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV Admiral Sir John Jellicoe
9. 9.CHAPTER V Officers and Men of the British Navy
10. 10.CHAPTER VI The Commander-in-Chief of the German Fleet
11. 11.CHAPTER VII Officers and Men of the Foreign Navies
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII German Naval Bases — KIEL — HELIGOLAND. — BORKUM. — EMDEN. — WILHELMSHAVEN. — CUXHAVEN — BRUNSBÜTTEL.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX The Kiel Canal
14. 14.CHAPTER X.— The Great Fleets Engaged; Tabular Statement. — THE BRITISH NAVY. — BRITISH BATTLESHIPS (Dreadnought Type). — BATTLESHIPS (Pre-Dreadnought Type) — BATTLE CRUISERS. — ARMOURED CRUISERS. — CRUISERS. — TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYERS. — TORPEDO BOATS. — SUBMARINES. — THE GERMAN NAVY. — BATTLESHIPS (Dreadnought Type). — BATTLESHIPS (pre-Dreadnought Type). — BATTLE-CRUISERS. — ARMOURED CRUISERS. — CRUISERS. — TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYERS. — SUBMARINES. — MINELAYERS. — THE FRENCH NAVY — BATTLESHIPS. — ARMOURED CRUISERS. — THE RUSSIAN NAVY — BATTLESHIPS—PRE-DREADNOUGHTS — ARMOURED CRUISERS. — THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN NAVY. — BATTLESHIPS. — JAPANESE NAVY — British and German Naval Guns
15. 15.INDEX
16. 16.Transcriber’s Notes

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