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The British battle fleet, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Chapter 4: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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A technical and historical survey traces the development of British naval warships from primitive sea-going craft to modern battlefleets, prioritizing shipbuilding, design decisions and innovations over purely strategic narrative. The author analyzes constructional features such as bulkheads, ventilation, stability and hull form, and explains how these practical details shaped combat performance, casualties and later reforms. Specific incidents and losses are used to illustrate the consequences of design choices, and the account proceeds through successive innovations up to the contemporary wartime fleet, supplemented by plans, photographs and illustrative paintings to clarify structural and operational changes.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

IN COLOUR

FROM PICTURES BY W. L. WYLLIE, R.A.
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SUBMARINES IN THE CHANNEL Frontispiece
WARSHIP OF THE TIME OF KING ALFRED 3
RICHARD I. IN ACTION WITH THE SARACEN SHIP 13
BATTLE OF SLUYS 25
PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR, 1912 31
THE “GRACE DE DIEU,” 1515 39
THE SPANISH ARMADA, 1588 51
THE END OF A “GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER” 55
BLAKE AND TROMP—PERIOD OF THE DUTCH WARS 77
BATTLESHIPS OF THE WHITE ERA AT SEA 117
THE “FOUDROYANT,” ONE OF NELSON’S OLD SHIPS 143
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, 1805 173
THE END OF AN OLD WARSHIP 191
A TRAFALGAR ANNIVERSARY 205
THE OLD “INVINCIBLE,” 1872 293
SHIP PHOTOGRAPHS
“SALAMANDER,” PADDLE WARSHIP 217
OLD SCREW WOODEN LINE-OF-BATTLESHIP “LONDON” 221
“WARRIOR” 251
“ACHILLES” (WITH FOUR MASTS) 259
“MINOTAUR” (AS A FIVE-MASTER) 261
“BELLEROPHON” 269
“ROYAL SOVEREIGN” 273
“WATERWITCH” 277
“CAPTAIN” 289
“VANGUARD” 297
“HOTSPUR” AS ORIGINALLY COMPLETED 309
“DEVASTATION” AS ORIGINALLY COMPLETED 313
PORTRAITS
PHINEAS PETT 67
SIR ANTHONY DEANE 93
GENERAL BENTHAM 155
JOHN SCOTT RUSSELL 245
SIR E. J. REED 265
PLANS, DIAGRAMS, ETC.
PHINEAS PETT’S “ROYAL SOVEREIGN” 71
POSITIONS OF THE FLEETS AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR 167
EARLY BROADSIDE IRONCLADS 255
REED ERA BROADSIDE SHIPS 281
REED ERA TURRET SHIPS 285
RAMS OF THE REED ERA 301
BREASTWORK MONITORS 305