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

Chapter 2: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By Fred T. Jane
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The work offers a chronological, illustrated survey of the evolution of the British battle fleet, moving through design phases labeled the Barnaby, White, and Watts eras and culminating in the Dreadnought revolution. It explains shifting naval doctrines and shipbuilding responses—armament, armour, turrets, propulsion, and tactical arrangements—and covers the emergence of submarines, naval aviation, and auxiliary forces. Technical diagrams, plans, and colour and photographic illustrations accompany discussions of ship classes, notable design experiments, and broader organizational and operational matters that shaped modern capital-ship development.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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FROM PICTURES BY W. L. WYLLIE, R.A.
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DREADNOUGHTS ANCHORING—1912 Frontispiece
BOARDING A SLAVE DHOW 41
SECOND CLASS CRUISER OF THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT ERA, NOW CONVERTED INTO A MINELAYER 73
WHITE ERA BATTLESHIPS OF THE MAJESTIC CLASS 91
EARLY TYPE OF “27 KNOT” DESTROYERS 111
THE “DREADNOUGHT,” 1906 147
“INDEFATIGABLE” AND “INVINCIBLE,” 1911 171
EARLY “30 KNOT” DESTROYERS 189
SUBMARINES LEAVING PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR 209
BATTLE CRUISER “NEW ZEALAND” ON THE STOCKS 1912 235
SHIP PHOTOGRAPHS
“INFLEXIBLE” AS ORIGINALLY COMPLETED 1881 3
“BENBOW” SHIP OF THE ADMIRAL CLASS 29
SUBMARINE E2 213
BRITISH NAVY SEAPLANE 219
HOISTING A NAVAL SEAPLANE ON BOARD THE “HIBERNIA” 223
PORTRAITS
SIR N. BARNABY 45
SIR WILLIAM WHITE 55
SIR PHILIP WATTS 123
GENERAL CUNIBERTI 135
ADMIRAL FISHER 243
ADMIRAL SIR JOHN JELLICOE 249
PLANS, DIAGRAMS, ETC.
EARLY TURRET SHIPS OF THE BARNABY ERA 7
FOREIGN SHIPS PURCHASED FOR THE NAVY IN 1877–78 11
BARNABY BARBETTE SHIPS 17
SOME FAMOUS RAMS 21
CHARACTERISTIC BARNABY SHIPS 33
TURRET SHIPS OF THE BARNABY ERA 37
BATTLESHIPS OF THE WHITE ERA 79
SYSTEMS OF WATER-LINE PROTECTION 83
PRINCIPAL CRUISERS OF THE WHITE ERA 95
PRE-DREADNOUGHTS OF THE WATTS ERA 119
ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS FOR THE DREADNOUGHT 151
ORIGINAL DREADNOUGHT DESIGNS 157
EARLY EXAMPLES OF WING TURRETS 161
DREADNOUGHTS 167
CENTRE-LINE SHIPS OF VARIOUS DATES 177
DIAGRAM TO ILLUSTRATE WEAK POINT OF THE ÉCHELON SYSTEM 181