The Story of the Submarine

INDEX

• A-1, 124.
• A-3, 124, 135.
• A-5, 125.
• A-7, 124.
• A-8, 124, 126.
• Aboukir, 160, 169.
• Accidents, 124.
• Aeroplanes, 17, 71, 172.
• Air-chamber, 47.
• Alabama, 70.
• Albemarle, 43, 166.
• Alert, 136.
• Alkmaar, 4.
• Alstitt’s submarine, 75.
• Ancona, 202.
• Anglo-Californian, 187.
• Apostoloff’s submarine, 66.
• Arabic, 198, 205.
• Argo, 92.
• Argonaut, 85, 92, 98.
• Argonaut Jr., 85.
• Argus, 34.
• Asia, 12.
• Aube, Admiral, 59.
• Audacious, 161, 169.
• Awash condition, 127.
• B-2, 124.
• B-11, 165.
• Badger, 168.
• Baker’s submarine, 82.
• Balance-chamber, 44, 48.
• Ballast-tanks, 16, 38, 57, 82, 111, 138.
• Baralong case, 164, note.
• Barber, Lieutenant F. M., 16.
• Barlow, Joel, 26, 34.
• Bates, Jr., Lindon, 194.
• “Battle of the Kegs,” 23.
• Bauer, Wilhelm, 56, 65, 120, note.
• Beatty, Admiral, 175.
• Beauregard, General, 39.
• Belridge, 148.
• Berwick Castle, 124.
• Bigskorth, Squadron Commander, 172.
• Birmingham, 159.
• Blake, Mr., 10.
• Blockade, 177 et seq.
• “Blowing the tanks,” 63, 112, 122, 128.
• Booms, 92, 171.
• Borelli, 10.
• Boucher’s submarine, 66.
• Bourgois, Captain, 57.
• Bourne, William, 4.
• Boush, Rear-Admiral, 137.
• Bouvet, 154.
• Boyle, Robert, 7.
• British Hollands, 80.
• British Navy, 30, 70, 72, 175, 178.
• Brun, Monsieur, 57.
• Bulwark, 161.
• Buoyancy chamber, 49.
• Bushnell, David, 6, 13 to 25, 28, 95, 128, 154.
• C-11, 124.
• C-14, 124.
• Cable-cutting, 89, 95.
• Cairo, 144.
• Caldwell, Lieutenant H. C., 78, 79.
• Caprivi, 148.
• Carlson, Captain, 40.
• Cerberus, 22.
• Chandler, Mr. Edward F., 53.
• Chlorin gas, 126, 129, 137.
• Clairmont, 34, 81.
• Commodore Jones, 144.
• Compass, 18, 113.
• Compensation-tank, 79, 118.
• Compressed-air tank, 30, 57, 131.
• Conning-tower, 12, 15, 28, 78, 103, 113.
• Constantin’s submarine, 66.
• Cooking, 108.
• Copper sheathing, 18, 35.
• Cressy, 160, 169.
• Crilley, Frank, 137.
• Cushing, Lieutenant, 43, 166.
• D-5, 155.
• Daniels, Secretary, 81, 138.
• Dardanelles, the, 64, 147, 154, 165.
• David, 36, 43, 61.
• Davis, Commander, 52.
• Day, J., 10, 128.
• Delaying-valve, 47.
• Demologos, 35.
• Depth-control, 113.
• Destroyers, 35, 104, 168, 170.
• Delfin, 124.
• Dewey, Admiral, 79, 145.
• Diable Marin, 65, 120, note.
• Diesel, Dr., 108.
• Diesel engines, 104, 135, 184.
• Divers, 14, 40, 56, 136.
• Diving-bells, 4.
• Diving compartment, 83, 88, 94, 130, 132.
• Diving-planes, 28, 38, 48, 71, 72, 78, 111.
• Dixon, Lieutenant, 40.
• Dorothea, 32.
• Doughty, Thomas, 115.
• Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, 178, 186.
• Drzewiecki, 64, 71.
• Dunsely, 198.
• Dubilier, Mr. W., 171.
• E-4, 160.
• E-5, 124.
• E-9, 156.
• E-11, 165.
• E-13, 164.
• E-15, 165.
• Eagle, 12, 18.
• Edison battery, 126.
• Eel-boats, 4, 14.
• Electric Boat Company, 81, 96.
• Electric motors, 108, 184.
• Electric submarines, 59, 60, 66, 83, note.
• Emerald Isle, 72.
• Emergency drop-keel, 10, 15, 83, 128.
• Enver Pasha, 166.
• Ericsson, John, 82, 104.
• Escape from sunken submarine, 130.
• Even-keel submergence, 61, 96.
• F-4, 124, 136.
• Falaba, 189.
• Faotomu, Lieutenant Takuma, 128.
• Farfadet, 124.
• Farragut, Admiral, 142.
• Fenian Brotherhood, 71.
• Fenian Ram, 73.
• Fessenden oscillator, 119, 125.
• Fishing for submarines, 170, 183.
• Foca, 124.
• Folger, Commander, 82.
• Forman, Justus Miles, 194.
• Formidable, 162, 169.
• Frohman, Charles, 194.
• Fulton, 135.
• Fulton, Robert, 26 to 35, 69, 139, 186.
• Gages, 20, 112, 129.
• Garett, Rev. Mr., 61.
• Gasoline engines, 86, 105.
• Gasoline fumes, 90, 107, 125.
• German contributions, 107, 115.
• Gimlets, 16, 18, 64.
• Goubet submarines, 60.
• Grant, Charles, 205.
• Greased leather, 6, 9.
• Greil, Dr. Cecile L., 202.
• Giuseppe Garibaldi, 169.
• Gulflight, 191.
• Guns, 83, 102, 174, 187, 202.
• Guncotton, 46.
• Gustave Zédé, 59.
• Gymnote, 59.
• Gyroscope, 50, 53, 114.
• Gyroscopic compass, 113.
• Hague Tribunal, 148, 200.
• Halstead, 56.
• Hammond, Jr., Mr. John Hays, 55.
• Hanson, Captain, 183.
• Harsdoffer, 5, 6.
• Hatsuse, 147.
• Hautefeullie, Abbé de, 7.
• Hela, 155.
• Hermes, 161, 168.
• Hesperian, 199, 202, 206.
• Hogue, 160, 169.
• Holbrook, Commander, 165.
• Holland, John P., 68 to 81, 95, 104, 115, 175.
• Holland, 76 to 81, 86, 103, 104, 125.
• Holland No. 1, 70.
• Holland No. 2, 71.
• Holland No. 8, 76.
• Holland Torpedo-boat Company, 75, 79, 81.
• “Horn of the Nautilus,” 29.
• Housatonic, 40.
• Howard, Ensign, 36.
• Hovgaard, Commander, 75.
• Huascar, 50.
• Hubbard, Elbert, 194.
• Hundley, 38 to 41.
• Hydroplanes, 84, 95.
• Hydrostatic valve, 48, 128, 154.
• Intelligent Whale, 56, 81, 86.
• International law, 178, 179, 200.
• Irresistible, 154, 161.
• James I, 5.
• “Jammer,” the, 46.
• Jefferson, Thomas, 14, 16, 22, 25.
• Jonson, Ben, 3, 64.
• K-class, 138.
• Kambala, 124.
• Kearsarge, 78.
• Kheyr-el-din, 165.
• Klein, Charles, 194.
• Krupps, the, 99.
• Labeuf, Monsieur, 91.
• Lacavalerier, Señor, 66.
• Lacomme, Dr., 64.
• Lake, Mr. Simon, 82 to 99, 175.
• Laurenti, Major Cesare, 134.
• Laurenti dock, 134.
• Le Son, 9.
• Lee, Ezra, 15 to 22.
• Leelanlaw, 198.
• Leon Gambetta, 169.
• Leveling-vanes, 96.
• Lifeboats, 131.
• List, Carl Frank, 187, 191.
• Lord St. Vincent, Admiral, 32.
• Lupuis, Captain, 44.
• Lusitania, 181, 192 to 198.
• Lutin, 124.
• McNeely, Robert, 206.
• Maine, 76.
• Majestic, 166.
• Makaroff, Admiral, 147.
• Malone, Mr. Dudley Field, 196.
• Marblehead, 146.
• Maryland, 137.
• Merrimac, 69.
• Mersenne, 6, 91.
• Messudieh, 165.
• Microphones, 171.
• Mines, Confederate, 143, 154, note.
• contact, 139, 144, 148 to 155, 179.
• drifting, 23, 139, 154.
• electric, 89, 144, 151.
• observation, 144.
• Mine-field, 151, 165.
• Mine-planter, 146, 149.
• Mine-sweeping, 139, 152.
• Moltke, 164.
• Monitor, 42, 69, 81.
• Mother-ship, 100, 111, 135.
• Mute, 35.
• Napier, John, 4.
• Napoleon, 27, 32, 33.
• Narval, 91.
• Nautilus, Fulton’s, 27 to 31, 56, 72.
• Nautilus, Jules Verne’s, 59.
• Navigating bridge, 103, 111.
• Nebraskan, 195.
• Nemo, Captain, 59.
• New Ironsides, 36, 144.
• New York, 78.
• Nordenfeldt, 28, 61, 74, 95.
• Nordenfeldt II, 62, 78, 83.
• Notes, American, 180, 195 to 197, 200, 203.
• Austrian, 204.
• British, 181.
• German, 191, 199.
• No. 6, 124, 128.
• Oars, 6, 9, 16, 17, 66.
• Ocean, 154.
• Oil-engine, 60, 78, 104.
• Olympic, 162, 178.
• Orduna, 198.
• Osage, 115.
• Oxygen, 7, 131.
• Ozark, 100.
• Panlow, Captain Archibald, 187.
• Panoramas, 26.
• Payne, Lieutenant, 39.
• Pendulum, 49, 53.
• Peral, 64, 66.
• “Peripatetic Coffin,” 39.
• Persia, 205.
• Persius, Captain, 183.
• Periscope, 78, 83, 114, 125, 186.
• Petropavlosk, 147.
• Philip, Captain, 146.
• Phosphorescence, 6, 19.
• Pipe-masts, 86, 95.
• Pitt, 32.
• Plongeur, 57, 132.
• Plunger, 75.
• Pluton, 203.
• Pluviôse, 124, 125, 134.
• Pneumatic gun, 79.
• Pommern, 163.
• “Porpoise dive,” 78, 160.
• Porter, Admiral David, 40.
• “Primer,” the, 46.
• Propellers, adjustable, 82.
• primitive, 16, 28.
• transverse, 83.
• vertical-acting, 16, 28, 61, 83, 95 154.
• Protector, 95.
• Pumps, 16, 28, 111.
• Ramillies, 35.
• Ramming, 124, 168, 200.
• Reducing-valve, 48.
• Rescuing, 125, 156.
• Resurgam, 61.
• Riou, Olivier, 59.
• Rogers, Commodore, 34.
• Rotterdam Boat, 9, 14, 69.
• Royal Edward, 166.
• Rudders, bow, 96, 111.
• horizontal (see diving-planes).
• S-126, 169.
• San Francisco, 149.
• Safety-buoy, 132.
• catch, 47.
• helmets, 130.
• jackets, 130.
• Sails, 29, 31.
• Salvage docks, 134.
• Sampson, Admiral, 89, 146.
• Schneider, Commander, 201.
• Scope, Lieutenant Perry, 100.
• Searchlight, 86, 186.
• Selfridge, Rear-admiral, 115.
• Servo-motor, 49, 53.
• Sirius, Captain John, 177, 187, 189, 206.
• Skerrett, Mr. R. G., 135.
• Spuyten Duyvil, 42.
• Stahl, Gustav, 196.
• “Staple of News, the,” 3.
• Steam submarine, 61.
• Steamboat, 32, 34.
• Storage-batteries, 59, 126, 184.
• “Striker,” the, 46.
• Stromboli, 42.
• Submarine fighting submarine, 174.
• Submarine railroad, 64.
• Submersible, 91.
• Superstructure, 90, 102.
• Symons’s submarine, 9.
• Taylor, D. W., Chief Constructor, U. S. N., 96.
• Telephoning from submarines, 88, 132.
• Tecumseh, 142.
• Templo, Alvary, 71.
• Texas, 146.
• Thrasher, Leon C., 190.
• Tinkling Cloud, 195.
• Tissot, Professor, 171.
• Torpedo, automobile, 44 to 55.
• boats, 45, 103.
• Brennan, 59.
• Chandler, 53.
• controllable, 43, 54, 55.
• cost of, 47, 103.
• Davis gun-, 52.
• Fulton’s anchored, 139.
• Hammond wireless, 55.
• Torpedo-nets, 34, 170.
• origin of name, 29.
• practice, 116.
• recovering, 47, 123.
• Schwartzkopf, 52, 160.
• Sims-Edison, 54.
• spar, 37, 43.
• tubes, 45, 46, 63, 117, 118, 133, 138.
• wake of, 49, 206.
• “Torpedo War and Submarine Explosions,” 35, 139.
• Torpedo, Whitehead, 44 to 52, 117.
• Transports, 166, 171, 178.
• Trim, 96.
• Trimming-tanks, 117.
• Trinitrotuluol, 52.
• Triumph, 166.
• Trumbull, Governor, 14.
• Turner, Captain, 193.
• Turtle, 12, 14 to 22.
• U-1, 108.
• U-3, 124, 132.
• U-9, 160.
• U-12, 169.
• U-15, 159.
• U-16, 183.
• U-28, 189.
• U-29, 191.
• U-39, 187, note.
• U-51, 166.
• Vanderbilt, Alfred, 194.
• Vand der Wonde, Cornelius, 6.
• Van Drebel, Cornelius, 4 to 9, 41.
• Vendémiaire, 124.
• Vereshchagin, 147.
• Vickers Sons & Maxim, 80.
• Ville de la Ciotat, 205.
• Von Weddigen, Lieutenant-commander, 18, 160, 191.
• Von Bernstorff, Ambassador, 199.
• Von Tirpitz, Admiral, 69, 177, 187, 189.
• Vulcan, 132.
• Waddington, Mr. J. F., 83, note.
• War-head, 47, 52.
• War Zone, 30, 179.
• Washington, George, 13, 17, 25.
• Wheeled submarines, 84.
• White mice, 13, 110.
• Whitehead, Mr., 44.
• Whitney, Secretary, 74.
• Wilson, President, 180, 197, 198.
• Wright brothers, 71.
• X-4, 102 to 123.
• Yasaka Maru, 205.
• Yenisei, 146.
• Zeppelins, 172.