The Imperial Japanese Navy

About this eBook

Author

Jane, Fred T. (Frederick Thomas), 1865-1916

Original Publication

London: W. Thacker & Co., 1904.

Credits

Peter Becker 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

VA: Naval science: Navies: Organization, distribution, naval situation

Subject

Japan. Kaigun

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74624

Release Date

October 22, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.I EARLY HISTORY
7. 7.II THE OPENING OF JAPAN
8. 8.III EARLY WARSHIPS AND THE CIVIL WAR
9. 9.IV THE IMPERIAL NAVY
10. 10.CHAPTER V THE WAR WITH CHINA — THE BATTLE OF ASAN (PHUNG-DO). — SINKING OF THE KOW-SHING — SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONS
11. 11.VI THE BATTLE OF YALU (HAI YANG) — Japanese Fleet’s Damages. — Chinese Fleet’s Damages. — “ The Massacre at Port Arthur. ”
12. 12.VII WEI-HAI-WEI
13. 13.VIII AFTER THE WAR WITH CHINA — The “After-the-War Programme.” — ARMOURED CRUISERS — PROTECTED CRUISERS — TORPEDO GUNBOATS — DESTROYERS — TORPEDO BOATS — SUBMARINES
14. 14.IX THE NEW PROGRAMME — 12-in. Gun Mountings. — 10-in. Gun Mountings. — 6-in. Gun Mountings. — 12-pounder Gun Mountings. — Torpedo Tubes.
15. 15.X THE JAPANESE DOCKYARDS — Yokosuka. — Tokio. — Kuré. — Sassebo. — Maitzuru.
16. 16.XI NAVAL HARBOURS — Nagasaki — Takeshiki. — Ominato. — Kobé. — Kuré.
17. 17.XII THE MERCANTILE MARINE
18. 18.XIII THE JAPANESE ADMIRALTY — INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT — FINANCE
19. 19.XIV ENTRY AND TRAINING OF OFFICERS — Executive. — Engineers. — Doctors. — Paymasters. — Constructors. — JAPANESE NAVAL TITLES WITH ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS
20. 20.XV ENTRY OF MEN
21. 21.XVI PAY — Officers. — Men. — RETIREMENTS, PENSIONS, ETC.
22. 22.XVII FLAGS
23. 23.XVIII UNIFORMS, ETC. — (1) Officers — (2) Men.
24. 24.XIX PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS Officers.
25. 25.XX PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS Men.
26. 26.XXI MESSING
27. 27.XXII ARMAMENT AND EQUIPMENT — 1. Guns. — 2. Gunnery Accessories. — 3. Torpedoes. — 4. Armour. — 5. Engines and Boilers.
28. 28.XXIII OTHER NAVIES AS SEEN BY THE JAPANESE
29. 29.XXIV THE WAR WITH RUSSIA — FIRST ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR — SECOND ATTACK — ATTACK ON VLADIVOSTOK
30. 30.APPENDICES
31. 31.THE SINKING OF THE KOW-SHING — LOSS OF THE KOW-SHING — THE ARMISTICE — THE TREATY OF PEACE — CORRESPONDENCE IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEI-HAI-WEI SURRENDER. — THE PROPOSAL TO SURRENDER — THE CONVENTION OF SURRENDER — JAPANESE FLEET IN FEBRUARY, 1904.
32. 32.JAPANESE SHIP-NAMES
33. 33.HISTORICAL SHIP-NAMES
34. 34.A JAPANESE NAVAL “AT HOME”
35. 35.INDEX
36. 36.Untitled

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