| 'Black Prince,' The, 56, 221-2.
'Blake,' The, 157-8, 224, 241-3, 259, 280. Blakeley's, Captain, rifled gun, 175. 'Blanco Encalada,' The, sunk by a torpedo, 207-10; capture of the 'Huascar' by the 'Almirante Cochrane' and, 285-6.
'Blenheim,' The, 157-8, 241-3, 259, 280. Blockade, effect of introduction of steam and torpedoes on, 203. Bomarsund, bombardment of, 39, 249. 'Boston,' The, of the United States Navy, 274. Bow chaser, 159. Brazil, ironclads belonging to, 287. Brotherhood, Mr, three-cylinder air engine, 197. Brown, Sir John, rolled plates, 136-7; compound armour, 138. Burgoyne, Captain, 36; lost in the 'Captain,' 80.
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'Cambridge,' The, formerly the 'Edinburgh,' 10. Cammell's, Messrs, compound armour, 138. 'Captain,' The, 80-1, 227-9. Carronades, 7. Cartridges, paper, 9. 'Carysfort,’ The, 18. ’Castor,' The, 18. 'Catherine II.,' The, of the Russian Navy, 258. Cavalli's, Major, breech-loading rifled gun, 171-2. 'Cecille,' The, of the French Navy, 255-6. Cellular sub-division of the double bottom of ships, 88. 'Centurion,' The, 145-7. 'Cerberus,' The, 123. 'Charles Martel,' The, of the French Navy, 254. 'Charlestown,' The, of the United States Navy, 274. Charnock, upon French and English ships, 3. 'Chicago,' The, of the United States Navy, 274. Chili, The navy of, 284-6. Coal, power of, to stop projectiles, and danger of, 140-1; question of supplying steamers with, 163; national bill for, 222, 224; 'coal endurance' of ships, 238; amount used for auxiliary engines, 243.
Coast defence vessels, 115-27; coast defence ironclad only found to a very limited extent in our navy, 120; Popoffkas or circular ironclads of the Russian Navy, 125-7.
Cockburn. Sir George, First Naval Lord of the Admiralty. 23. Coles, Captain Cowper, in the expedition to the Sea of Azof. 36; invention of 'cupola' or turret ships, 71-2; 'Royal Sovereign' and 'Prince Albert' constructed for home service, from his designs, 79; designs the 'Captain,' and is lost in her, 80; ’Scorpion' and 'Wyvern' designed on the ideas of, 124, 143, 272.
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'Collingwood,' The, 106, 110.
'Colossus,' The, 141-2. Commerell, in the expedition to the Sea of Azof, 36. 'Congress,' The, engagement with the 'Merrimac' in the American Civil War, 75-6. Congreve, Sir William, rockets introduced by, 26. 'Conqueror,' The, 130, 143-4. 'Constance,' The, 222-3, 225. Constantine, Fort, in the harbour of Sebastopol, 32, 34. Cordite, 189, 192. Corvettes, 152-4. 'Courbet,' The, of the French Navy, 250. Crimean War, The, manning of the fleet for, 11; the 'Terrible' in the, 15; bombardment of batteries in, 16; Transport Department during, 27; operations in the Black Sea, 28-36; in the Baltic, 36-42; floating batteries in, 46-48.
Cronstadt, attack on abandoned, 38-9, 46-7. 'Crown Prince Rudolph,' The, of the Austrian Navy, 268. 'Cumberland,' The, sunk by the 'Merrimac' in the American Civil War, 75, 133, 271. Cupolas, or turrets, Captain Coles' scheme for, 72. 'Cyclops,' The, 123.
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Deck, steel protective, invented by Rear-Admiral Robert Scott, 234; in the French Navy, 256; not adopted in the Russian Navy, 259; in the German Navy, 267.
'Dee,' 'The, 14. 'Defence,’ The, 56. 'Deutschland,' The, of the German Navy, 265. 'Devastation,' The, 82-3, 178. 'Devastation,' The, of the French Navy, 250-1. 'Dictator,' The, of the United States Navy, 272. 'Dimitri-Donskoi,' The, of the Russian Navy 258. Distilling apparatus, or evaporators, 244. 'Dolphin,' The, of the United States Navy, 274. Double bottom, for iron ships, 87-8. Douglas, Sir Howard, on the expense of shells, 8. 'Dreadnought,' The, 84, 137, 142, 235. 'Duilio,' The, of the Italian Navy, 260, 264. 'Duke of Wellington,' The, 218, 240. Dundas, Admiral Deans, in command of the Mediterranean Squadron in the Crimean War, 28; reluctant to join in the attack on Sebastopol, 31-2; returns home, 35.
Dundas, Rear-Admiral the Hon. R., sent to the Baltic in the place of Sir Charles Napier 40-1.
Dunsany, Lord, on mastless ships, 52. |
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