INDEX.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y
Academy, The Royal Naval:
Letters from Admiralty to Navy Board, 6, 7;
delay and alterations in building, 8;
course of study, 8;
instructional staff, 9;
governor, 9;
expenses for furniture, 10;
uniform introduced, 10;
expenses of scholars, 10;
new regulations, 10;
reports of head master and governor, 11;
final certificate, 11;
Captain Broke’s work book, 12;
prejudice against scholars, 14
Admiralty committees:
Of 1874, 94;
drastic changes, 94;
competition detrimental, 94;
good physique of cadets, 96;
a college on shore recommended, 96;
an academic view, 96;
Captain Foley’s improvements, 97;
cadets as witnesses, 97;
the captain as schoolmaster, 98;
Admiral Ryder’s evidence, 98;
Dr. Woolley’s evidence, 99;
report presented, 100;
test examination, 100;
Latin v. French, 100;
of 1885, 137;
points for consideration, 138;
heads of report, 138;
suggestions, 138;
recommendations, 141;
result nil, 141
Admiralty nominations, 3;
King’s letter the forerunner of, 3;
abolition of suggested, 138
Age regulation, absence of, 3;
changes in, 18, 25, 33,
80, 91, 120, 167
Aldous, Rev. J. C. P., 93, 239
Alfred, Prince, 49
Ambulance lessons, 136
Ariadne, sea-going training ship, supersedes Bristol, 88;
boat disaster, 91;
paid off, 93
Arrow schooner, 161
Aurora, sea-going training ship, commissioned, 234;
her cruise, 235
Bass, Mr. M. T., M.P., 75
Bathing, 152
Beagles, institution of, 103;
prosperity of, 132;
prizes for whips, 197;
editor’s advice on, 212;
presentation of new hounds, 220;
start a fox, 220
Bedford, Captain F. G. D., 141, 142
Billiards, 231
Bounds a source of trouble, 87
Bowden-Smith, Captain N., 137, 142
Bowles, Mr. T. G., M.P., 147
Breakfast, A good, 151
Britannia:
Her story commences, 39;
selected to supersede Illustrious, 50;
former ships of the name, 51;
cadets turned over to her, 52;
in the ’sixties, 53-81;
early arrangements on board, 53;
voyage to Portland, 60;
voyage to Dartmouth, 71;
the fifth of the name, 80;
in the ’seventies, 82-117;
in the ’eighties, 118-143;
in the ’nineties, 144-187;
unaccountable jealousy of, 181;
games, 190-229;
latest arrangements on board, 230;
cost of, 238;
conclusion and summing up, 240
Bristol, sea-going training ship, 78
Broke, Captain Philip B. V.:
His work book, 12;
Shannon and Chesapeake, 12, 14;
Inman’s hints to, 22
Brunel, Mr. P., 238
Bullying, at Royal Naval College, 30;
in Captain Randolph’s time, 75;
in 1877, 104;
held to be a most serious offence, 112;
in Captain Digby’s time, 144;
the Times on, 144;
correspondence on, 145-149;
views of “Navilus” on, 163
Cadet captains, 54, 109, 111, 145, 239
Cadet corporals, 44;
a ribald rhyme about, 45;
rousing cadets, 55;
abolished, 164
Cadet Cox, Fatal accident to, 62
Captain’s servants, 2
“Cheeky new fellows,” 56
Chief gunner’s mates, 164, 167
Chief of the staff, 164
Childers, Mr., 106
Children entered as officers, 3, 4
College on shore, discussed in 1870, 87;
recommended by committee of 1874, 94;
committee on site for, 103
College, The new, at Dartmouth, 182;
laying the foundation-stone, 183;
at Osborne, 245;
the Royal Naval, 8;
Order in Council establishing, 16;
Professor Inman appointed, 19;
date of opening, 22;
a master’s untimely optimism, 22;
close quarters, 23;
course of study, 23;
the “college sheet,” 25;
opened to commissioned officers, 26;
the end approaches, 26;
closed, 27;
a new phase of existence, 31
Competition introduced on entry, 79;
abolished, 100;
reintroduced, 119;
modified, 120;
finally abolished, 243
Corbett, Captain J., 77
Corfield, Professor, 179
Corporal punishment, at the Royal Naval College, 25, 29;
introduced on Britannia, 70;
questions on in House of Commons, 75;
abolished, 76;
humanitarian fads on, 77;
mentioned in regulations, 115;
referred to in the Times, 146
Corry, Mr. W., 75
Cricket, no early records, 188;
proficiency of officers in, 191;
presumptuous youngsters, 192;
improvement in form, 211;
a dry season, 212;
Lord Harris’s maxims, 213;
great scores by third XI., 214, 216, 227;
Sir Bedivel the Bold, 215;
description of a match day, 222;
good play by Engineer lieutenants, 226;
Lieutenant De Burgh, 226, 228;
a curious misunderstanding, 227;
keep your ground clock right, 228;
a successful season, 228;
Dr. Bobardt, 226, 228;
splendid playing fields, 228.
Matches:
officers v. cadets, 192;
Britannia v. Mr. Denison’s XI., 193;
Engineer students, 192, 196;
Exeter Grammar School, 212;
King Edward’s School, 227;
Mannamead School, 214, 216;
M.C.C., 206;
Montpelier School, 212, 226;
Newton Blues, 213;
Newton College, 193;
Paignton School, 212, 213;
Plymouth C.C., 195;
Plymouth Garrison, 193, 195;
Royal Marines, 195, 196, 202, 213;
Royal Naval College, 193;
Stratford-on-Avon, 222;
Teignbridge, 202, 205, 210, 224;
Torquay, 195, 210;
Totnes School, 216
Dacres, Admiral Sir S. C., 40
Dapper, tender to Britannia, 88, 131
Dartmouth, arrival of Britannia, 71;
bluejackets as navvies, 72;
selected as best site for a college in 1876, 103
Digby, Captain N. S. F., 142, 144, 146, 148, 149
Dinner, a satisfactory, 152;
result of misbehaviour at, 152
Dobson, Mr. N. C., 181
Drawing, how taught in early days, 62
Drill, extra, 152
Dundonald, Earl of, 3
Edye, Admiral W. H., 69
Electric light, 137
Entry of officers, old methods, 2;
at the Academy, 11;
at the College, 23;
changes in regulations for, 25, 33, 41, 56, 79, 91, 100, 119, 167;
complete revolution in, 243
Erskine, Admiral Sir J. E., 40
Examinations, 11, 23, 33, 42, 56, 79, 85, 95, 96, 97, 100, 105, 119, 138, 168, 237, 244
Failures, very few, 168;
percentage of, 237
Fatherly advice, 210
Fighting by authority, 88
Fishing, 236
Fitzhardinge, Lord, 37
Foley, Captain the Hon. F. A. C., 95
Food, Cadets’, 175
Football,
Association matches:
Britannia v. Mannamead School, 211, 216;
Montpelier School, 216;
Paignton School, 211;
Plymouth College, 216;
Plymouth F.C., 211;
Torbay, 211;
Totnes School, 211.
Rugby matches:
Port Watch v. Starboard, 194;
Oxford v. Cambridge, 194;
Odd class v. Even, 194;
Britannia v. Hindostan, 194;
Britannia v. Blundell’s School, 210;
Royal Naval Engineers’ College, 210;
Exeter Grammar School, 210;
editorial remarks, 219
“Fours,” Doing, 153
Fox, Mrs., 162
Franklin, Sir John, 24
French, how taught in early days, 63;
discounted in circular of 1875, 102
Games, advantages of Dartmouth for, 59, 190;
proficiency in a recommendation for appointment, 191
German training ship visits Dartmouth, 155;
photographing her, 158;
an unauthorised visit to, 159
Goose dinners, 88
Goschen, The Right Hon. G. J., 173
Grace, Mr. W. G., 206
Half-holiday, a successful, 236
Hamilton, Sir Edward, 4
Hammock, A slip on, 160
Hampers from home, 112
Harris, Captain Robert, his birth and early career, 35;
promotion to lieutenant, commander, and captain, 36;
appointed to Illustrious, 37;
eulogy in Fraser’s Magazine, 37, 42;
his views of preliminary training, 38;
he enters his son, 39;
his views are adopted, 39;
various testimony to his success, 40;
the excellence of his rule, 41;
he suffers for his efficiency, 41
Harris, Vice-Admiral Sir Robert H., K.C.B., 39
Hastings, Admiral Sir Thomas, 36-40
Health regulations, 116
Hindostan arrives, 72
Hockey matches, 220
Hood, Captain The Hon. H. L. A., 143
House of Commons, questions in, 75;
discussion on competition in, 105
Huddart, Cadet, 219
Hunt breakfast, 110
Hunt, Mr. Ward, 106
Illustrious, selected as novices’ training ship, 37;
Cadet Harris joins, 39;
the first batch of cadets join, 43;
the staff, 43;
early days, 43, 44;
appropriated for cadets only, 49;
superseded by Britannia, 52
Inadequate legislation, Results of, 4
Influenza, epidemic of, 176;
curious views respecting, 179
Inman, Professor James, appointed to Royal Naval College, 19;
his love of fair play, 19;
his early life, 20;
president of the School of Naval Architecture, 21;
his navigation and nautical tables, 21;
his plan of study, 23;
his system of recording progress, 24;
his retirement and pension, 27
Inskip, Rev. R. M., 42;
his interest in the cadets, 47;
his sea yarns, 47;
he leaves the ship, 82;
his diagram of progress, 83;
analysis and vindication of Britannia education, 84, 85, 86
Instructional staff, 238
Irving, Lieutenant John, 24
Isis, sea-going training ship, commissioned, 234;
her cruise, 235
“Jim,” the ship’s terrier, 108, 110
Keppel, Admiral Sir H., 19, 27, 28
Key, Admiral Sir Cooper, 106
King, The, lays the foundation-stone of the new College, 182
King’s birthday, The, 189, 236
King’s letter boys, 3
“King of Otaheité, The,” 64
Knapp, Mr. Kempster M., 43;
“Knapp’s circles,” 49;
sudden retribution for fidgeting, 49;
succeeds as chief instructor, and retires, 93
Late in dressing, 150
Lieutenants, not much to do in 1870, 87;
new duties, 163;
“Sea-Daddies,” 164
Lightning, Ship struck by, 170
Lloyd, Cadet J. E., case of, 104
Loring, Captain J. W., 28
“Magazine, The Britannia,” editorial introduction, 125;
editor ex officio, 127;
a time-honoured subterfuge, 128;
a doubtful pseudonym, 129;
popular advertisements, 130;
warning from a cadet, 135;
also from “Old Meddler,” 136;
editorial comments on regattas, 198
Main, Professor T. J., 32
Mainwaring, Lieutenant G., 107, 109
“Man overboard!” 157
Marryat, Captain F., 5;
his spectacles, 174
Martin, Admiral Sir W. F., 36, 40, 241
Mason, Mr. G. B., 239
Mends, Admiral Sir W. R., 28
“Middle watch relief,” 131
Mildmay, Frank, 5
Misconduct, Percentage of discharges for, 237
Morning amenities, 150
Morning drum, The, 54
Moore, Captain A. W., 163, 164
Mundy, Admiral Sir G. Rodney, his letters:
Keeping a “mess,” 29;
the “black hole,” 29;
a “blow out,” 29;
and its results, 30
Nares, Lieutenant Geo. S., appointed, 43;
his seamanship book, 43;
his life-saving kite, 44;
a pleasing reminiscence, 69;
a lesson on foolhardiness, 69;
leaves Britannia, 69
Naval cadet, title introduced, 33;
certificates to be signed by captain of Excellent, 33;
to be entered on the books of the flagship, 34
Naval education, a dead letter, 4;
controversy on in the Times, 120;
letter of “Veritas” in the Times, 124
Navigation, rough-and-ready, 5;
“rule of thumb,” 123
New arrival, Treatment of a, 132
“Nibs,” a game of, 151
Officer of the day, 111, 151, 164
Osborne, Royal Naval College at, 245
Pasley, Admiral Sir T. S., 29
“Paying footing,” 46
Penalty for being late, 151
“Pitchfork” system, The, 6;
its death knell sounded, 8;
revived, 31;
abolished, 35
Playing fields at Haslar, 45;
at Dartmouth, 238
Pocket money, 161
Portland, selected as station, 58;
its many drawbacks, 59, 188;
Britannia arrives there, 61;
leaves, 71
Powell, Captain R. A., 69
Punishments (see Corporal), second and third class, 115;
the cane as a substitute, 115;
cockpit mess, 55, 115;
“fours,” 115;
admonished by the captain, 116;
commander’s, 116
Queen’s medal, The, 173
Racer, the cruising tender, 159, 169, 234, 249
Randolph, Captain Geo. G., appointed, 74;
his reputation for severity, 74;
a futile complaint, 75;
stern measures, 75;
superseded, 77
Reefing topsails, 156
Regatta, Cadets’, 196;
events in, 197;
a festive occasion, 197;
editor’s bitter comments on, 198;
a new event introduced, 217
Regulations of 1876, 111
Richards, Admiral G. H., 147, 148
Royal cadets, 106
Rushworth seal, The, 197, 207, 210
Ryder, Admiral A. P., 96
Sailing matches, 196
Sails, Instruction in, abolished, 233
Salmon, Admiral Sir Nowell, 145
Scanty accommodation, 23
Sea-going training ships, a dead letter, 58;
properly established, 78;
abolished, 93;
reintroduced, 234
Seamanship, in the old days, 5;
at the Academy, 9;
at the College, 24;
on the Illustrious, 45;
“an obsolete art,” 124;
arrangement of classes for, 239
Selborne, Earl of, 2
Sextant, Reading, under difficulties, 158
Shaw Lefevre, Mr., M.P., 105
Shooting, Instruction in, 236
Sling the monkey, 46
Smart, Admiral Sir R., 40
Spanton, Mr. J. H., 238
Sports, 196;
events in, 201;
excited timekeeper, 201;
why Williams didn’t win, 201;
seventeen years’ record of, 218
Stoke Fleming, A walk to, 161
Studies, Arrangement of, 54
Study, Arrangement of classes for, 239
Sulivan, Admiral Sir B. J., Life and letters of:
Joins the College, 30;
bullying studious boys, 30;
joins the Thetis, 31;
the captain hates collegians, 31;
but is converted, 31
Sulphur room, 116
Sunday afternoon on shore, A, 162
Surveillance, Freedom from, 233
Symonds, Sir William, 4
Tennis tournament, 197
Thomas, Lieutenant Evan, 192, 196
“Three-decker,” A, 53
Tims, Mr. E. M., 195, 205, 238
“Tinned air,” 187
Training, Preliminary, partially introduced, 8;
abolished, 27;
made compulsory, 39
“Two-decker,” A, 53
Underwood, C., his average in 1886, 202
Victoria, H.M.S., model of, 175
Volunteers of the first and second class, 32-33;
“per order,” 3, 11
Wallis, Sir Provo W. P., 4
Warrant officers, 167
Warry, Captain A. W., his reminiscences, 86, 87, 88
Wave, The steam tender, appears on the scene, 130;
a prophetic utterance, 131;
her trip to Plymouth, 133;
a day’s cruise in, 154
Webb, Mr. Aston, 185
Wells, Captain R., 142
Wemyss, Captain R. E., 249
Western Morning News, 146, 148
Whole holiday, A, 161
Williams, Mr. Hamilton, 238
Worcester, training ship, 238
“Ye Mariners of England,” 186
Youthful aspirant, A, 1
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