Ship’s bridge
The helmsman steers the ship from the helm station
in the center of the bridge. The ship also has an
automated digital steering system, allowing a
course to be entered and automatically maintained.
Mk45 gun and deckhouse 25-mm chain gun
The 5in-gun on Donald Cook’s forward deck is the Two Mk38 chain guns provide close-range defense
guided-missile destroyer’s only large artillery against small surface threats such as hostile patrol
weapon, designed for use against surface warships boats or floating mines. The guns are manually aimed
or aircraft, or for shore bombardment. The mast and operated and can fire up to 200 rounds per minute.
and deckhouse behind the gun bristle with radomes,
antennas, jamming devices, and other types of Anchor chain
navigational and electronic warfare equipment. This lightweight 4,000 lb (1,800 kg) anchor and the
heavier 9,000 lb (4,000 kg) main anchor are both
Chaff and decoy launcher carefully positioned to stop them striking the large
The Mk36 Super Rapid Bloom sonar dome on the hull as they are lowered.
Offboard Chaff (SRBOC) system
can fire a range of chaff and Missile launch cells
infrared decoys to confuse hostile The ship’s two Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) can
missiles and fire-control systems. store and fire up to 90 Standard medium-range
surface-to-air missiles, Tomahawk long-range
Phalanx weapon system cruise missiles, or ASROC anti-submarine missiles.
USS Donald Cook is fitted with two In 2003 these launchers fired some of the first
Phalanx Close-In Weapon Systems Tomahawk strikes of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(CIWS) using automated radar-
controlled 20-mm rotary cannon that
can identify, track, and destroy
incoming threats such as missiles.
BELOW DECKS Main passageway
Double-plated bulkheads and
THE AEGIS COMBAT SYSTEM at the heart of the interior air-lock doors provide
ship’s operations detects incoming missile and protection and allow vital
aircraft threats and deploys countermeasures, areas—such as the Central
missiles, and gunfire. The ship’s AN/SPY 1-D Control Station at the end of
phased array radar can track hundreds of targets this corridor—to be isolated.
simultaneously. There are steel bulkheads
throughout the ship in case a hit is suffered, and Tactical Coordinator
especially vital equipment is given extra armor The CIC is manned by a team
by Kevlar shields. An air filtration system forms of highly trained specialists,
part of the comprehensive protection against each with a specific role to
nuclear, biological, and chemical attack. The gas play. The Tactical Information
turbine engines are derived from the engines Coordinator seen here, for
used on jet airliners such as the Boeing 747. example, handles tactical data
coming in from allied ships.
Combat Information Center Airtight hatch
The Combat Information Center (CIC), the tactical heart of the To protect the ship and crew against contamination
ship, is dominated by the AEGIS combat system, an advanced from chemical or biological agents, the Collective
computer-based control and information system that integrates Protection System (CPS) divides the ship into zones,
the data coming in from the radar and satellite systems and separated by airtight hatches, enabling the crew to
controls the ship’s weapons and electronic countermeasures. maintain a pressurized, filtered environment.
Enlisted mess Ship’s galley
Enlisted men on Donald Cook The spacious and well-equipped kitchens on board
eat most of their meals in an Donald Cook allow the galley staff to prepare three
informal self-service cafeteria hot meals a day, with a choice of dishes, for a crew
next to the ship’s galley. of over 300 officers and enlisted men.
Officers have a separate mess.
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5-in gun magazine
Located underneath the Mk45 gun
mounting, the 5-in shell magazine
on Donald Cook stores 680 rounds
of ammunition. The yellow markings
on the shells indicate high explosive.
Propellent powder is stored nearby.
Ammunition loading systems
A small team inside the magazine operates a computerized loading system
that ensures an uninterrupted supply of ammunition to the Mk45 gun on
the deck above. It can select and load different types of ammunition,
from high-explosive to illumination, at the touch of a button.
Gas turbine 1918 – PRESENT
The four LM2500 gas
turbine engines are key Main engine room
to Donald Cook’s speed The ship’s two fuel oil
and maneuverability, transfer and purification
powering her to over systems, one in each of
30 knots (56 kph). the two main engine
rooms, remove water and
Reducer gear solid contaminants from
The two propulsion reducer gears (one in each engine room) the engine fuel supply.
are among the most expensive pieces of machinery on board.
They convert the high-speed, low-torque output of the gas Halon room
turbine engines into low-speed high-torque output suitable The halon system forms a key
for driving the ship’s propeller shafts. part of the Donald Cook’s
damage control systems. Fire-
suppressant halon gas can be
directed from canisters in the
halon room throughout the
ship to fight internal fires.
Firefighting gear
As part of the ship’s extensive
fire-control systems, several fire
stations containing protective
overalls, fire hoses, and closed
breathing apparatus are located
around the decks.
Carrier strike fighter jet
Deck crew direct an F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter
and ground attack aircraft as it prepares to launch
from the US supercarrier Kitty Hawk during its
operations in the Persian Gulf. Around 85 aircraft
are deployed on the carrier, which ranks among
the largest warships ever built, with a crew of over
5,000 men. The F/A-18 has been the mainstay
of American naval aviation since the 1980s.
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INDEX
INDEX A anti-submarine tactics 296–7 Bargash, Khalid bin 225 Bohemond 66 Callao, Battle of 238
anti-torpedo boat guns 260 barques, flying 52 Bolivar, Simon 206 Callicratidas 38–9
“a scaloccio” rowing 87, 98 Antiochus III of Syria 48 Barron, Commodore James 202 Bolsheviks 276 Cameron, Lieutenant Donald 281
Abbasid Caliphate 64 Antoku, Emperor 59 Bart, Captain Jean 105, 143, 148 bomb-ketches 187, 202 Campbell,William P. 326
Abdullah bin Saad bin Abil Sarh 64 Antony, Mark 28, 48, 49, 50–51 Baskerville, Sir Thomas 125 Bonaparte, Napoleon 176, 180, 186, 188 Campeche, Battle of 238
Abe, Admiral Hiroaki 318 Anund Jacob, King of Sweden 77 Basque Roads, Battle of 192 Bonvin, Admiral Bartolomé 72 Camperdown, Battle of 176, 177
Aboukir see Nile, Battle of the Apollo 78 battle plans Borbonino, Lanfranco 66 Campioni, Admiral Inigo 302, 303
Aboukir, sinking of the 268 Apraksin, Admiral Fyodor 154 Borough,Vice Admiral William 117 Canada
Abu Zikry, Fuad 343 Apsimarus 65 Actium 51 Boscawen, Edward 158, 162, 163
Achaemenes 33 Aquitaine 74 Arginusae 38 Boshin War 246 American Revolutionary War 166
Action of June 17 (1815) 205 Arabs Artemesium 33 Bosphorus, Battle of the 68 World War II 278, 290
Action of June 29 1694 148 Beachy Head 147 Bourne, Rear Admiral Nehemiah 132 cannon 29, 63, 74, 80, 86, 104, 108, 109,
Actium, Battle of 28, 43, 49, 50–51 Arab-Israeli Wars 342–3 Cape Ecnomus 46–7 Brasidas, General 36
Aden 346 Byzantine-Arab Wars 62, 64–5 Cape Matapan 304 Brazil 114, 159, 184–5, 212
Adherbal 45 Aragon 29, 62, 68, 70–73 Cape St.Vincent 179 cannon-balls 185, 190
Aegates Islands, Battle of 44 archers 75, 82 Chesapeake Bay 170–71 Argentine-Brazil War 206 HMS Canopus 217
Aegean Sea 208 Argentina Dan-no-Ura 58–9 War of Independence 200 Canton 222, 223
Aegospotami, Battle of 36, 39 Argentine-Brazil War 206 Dardanelles 263 War of the Triple Alliance 212 Canute, King of England, Denmark and
Afghanistan, invasion of 275, 329, 346 Cuban Missile Crisis 331 First of June 177 breaking the line 106, 159, 168–9, 179
Agar, Lieutenant Augustus 276 Falklands War 340–41 Gravelines 121 breech-loading guns 16, 240 Norway 76, 77
Agosta, Battle of 144 War of the Triple Alliance 212 Hampton Roads 237 Brest, Battle of 84 Cao Cao 55
Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius 49, 50 Arginusae, Battle of 38–9 Hansando 112–13 Britain Cape Cherchell, Battle of 276
Ainsworth, Rear Admiral Walden 320 Ariabignes 34 Hunting the Bismarck 282–3 Age of Nelson 174–5 Cape Ecnomus, Battle of 6, 43, 44, 46–7
air defense systems, modern 341 Arleigh Burke class guided-missile Inchon Landings 331 American Revolutionary War 159, Cape Engano, Battle of 323, 324
aircraft Jutland 266–7 Cape Espartel, Battle of 276
destroyers 348–51 La Hogue 145 166–71 Cape Esperance, Battle of 317
early naval aviation 277 Armistead, Lieutenant Colonel George Lepanto 95 Anglo-Burmese Wars 225 Cape Finisterre, Battle of 161, 165
F-4U Corsair fighter-bomber 273 Leyte Gulf 323 Anglo-Egyptian War 223 Cape Matapan, Battle of 302, 303,
F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter 352–3 205 Lissa 219 Anglo-Zanzibar War 225
Fairey Swordfish 282, 303 arms race 215, 328 Malta (1283) 73 Cold War 330 304–5
float planes 277 Arnold, Benedict 166 Manila Bay 242–3 Crimean War 218 Cape Orlando, Battle of 71
postwar 275 arpax 43, 49 Midway 314–15 Falklands War 328, 329, 340–41 Cape Palos, Battle of 276
Sea Harriers 340 arquebuses 87, 109 Mississippi Forts 229 First Gulf War 345 Cape Passaro, Battle of 160
World War II 273, 278–9 Artemesium, Battle of 32, 33 Mobile Bay 231 French Revolutionary Wars 176–83 Cape St.Vincent, Battle of
aircraft carriers 20, 22, 272–5, 277, Arthur, Stanley R. 345 Navarino 209 gunboat imperialism 214, 222–3,
Articles of War 131, 140, 163 Nile 181 1780 158, 167
309, 313 Asan, Battle of 246 Normandy Landings 300 225, 244, 245, 248 1797 174, 176, 178–9, 194
USS Lexington 336–9 ASDIC 296, 297 Pearl Harbor 310 Maintaining British Naval Power caravels 11, 28
Akiyama, Admiral Teruo 320 Asia Philippine Sea 321 Carden, Admiral Sackville 262–3
Al-Qaeda 346 Quiberon Bay 164 158–9 Carew,Vice Admiral George 84–5
Alabama vs. Kearsarge 226, 230 Naval Warfare in 52–3 Raid on the Medway 135 Napoleonic Wars 105, 107, 174, Caribbean
Alalia, Battle of 31 see also China; India; Japan; Korea; River Plate 280 American Revolutionary War 166,
Alava, Admiral 189 The Saints 169 186–92
Alcibiades 36 Pakistan Salamis 35 Opium Wars 222–3 168
alcohol 140, 286, 307 astrolabes 71, 207 Santiago de Cuba 239 Raid on Kronstadt 276 Drake and Hawkins’ expedition to
Alcuin 76 Athens 27, 28, 30–39, 40 Savo Island 316 Rise of British Naval Power 107,
Aleutian Islands 320 Atlantic Sluys 82 the 124, 125
Alexander the Great 50 Suriago Strait 324–5 158–73 carracks 10, 12, 28, 75, 80, 104
Alexandria 42, 50, 302, 304 U-boat war 274, 290–97 Trafalgar 191 Roman invasion of 43 Carrara, Francesco da 68, 69
Bombardment of 223 World War II 274, 278 Tsushima 250 Seven Years War 159, 162–5 carronade 14, 178, 195
Raid on (1942) 305 see also convoy system Vyborg Bay 157 HMS Victory 194–7 Cartagena, Battle of 149
Alfonso III of Aragon 71 Attalus of Pergamon 48 Yellow Sea 249 War of 1812 200, 202–5 Cartagena (de Indias), Battle of 160
Algeciras Bay, Battle of 187 Augustus, Emperor 28, 43, 48, 49, 50–51 battlecruisers 18, 215 War of the Austrian Succession 159, Carthage 27, 28, 31, 42, 43, 64
Algeria 88, 205, 302 Austen, Captain Francis 192 battleships 18, 20, 215
Alghero, Battle of 68 Australia Bay of Pigs 330, 331 160, 161 Battle of 65
Algiers, bombardment of 201 World War I 261 Bazán, Alonso de 125 War of Jenkins’ Ear 160 Punic Wars 44–7
Ali Pasha, Admiral 93–5 World War II 309, 312–13, 320 Beachy Head, Battle of 143, 144, 145, War of the Quadruple Alliance 160 Castaneta,Vice Admiral Antonio 160
Alicudi, Battle of 144 Austria War on Terror 346–7 Castile 75, 83
Almeida, Francisco de 88 Austro-Italian War 216, 219 146–7 World War I 258–69 Castro, Fidel 331
Almeida, Lourenço de 88 Second Schleswig War 218 beating to quarters 100 World War II 278–83, 290–97, Catalonia 27, 62, 63, 68, 71, 72
Álvarez de Ávila, Admiral Juan 126 War of the Austrian Succession 159, Beatty, Admiral David 260, 262, 265–7 catapult ships 53
American Civil War 214, 216, 226–37 Begada, Sultan Mahmud 88 300–305, 308–13, 327 catapults 43, 49, 52, 53, 62, 65
American Revolutionary War 158, 159, 160, 161 Béhuchet, Nicolas 82–3 see also England; Royal Navy Cathcart, Lord 160
World War I 268 Beijing 223 British East India Company 222 Catherine II, Empress of Russia 156
166–71, 200 Austria, Don John of 93–5, 93, 96, 98–9 Belgium broadsides 12, 104, 145, 159 Cattaneo, Admiral Carlo 304
amphibious warfare 20, 272, 274, 326, Aytona, Marquis of 127 Broome, Jack 292 Catullus, Caius 44
Azores, Battle of the World War I 269 Brown,Vice Admiral C.R. 327 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 331
329 1582 116, 117 World War II 300 Brown, Admiral William 206 Cerda, Carlos de la 83
Inchon Landings 330–31 1591 125 Belgrano, sinking of the 341 Brown Water Navy 334 Cerda, Admiral Francisco de la 144
Iwo Jima 326 Bell, Captain F.S. 280 Brueys, Admiral François-Paul 180, 182 Cervera y Topete, Admiral Pascual 239
Landings at San Carlos Water 340–41 B Benavides y Bazan, Juan de 127 Buchanan, Admiral Franklin 230–31, Ceylon see Sri Lanka
Normandy Landings 300–301 Benbow, Admiral John 148 Champlain, Lake 166, 202, 204–5
amputations 198 backstaff (English quadrant) 151 Bergen, Battle of 134 235 Charles II, King of England 131, 134,
anchors 28, 29 Baekgang, Battle of 54 Berkley,Vice Admiral William 134 bunks 173, 199, 288
fouled anchor 177 Baekje War 52, 54 Bey, Rear Admiral Erich 281 Bunnell, David 203 135, 138, 139
Angevins 70–73 Baghdad 347 binoculars 251, 309, 310 Burke, Admiral Arleigh 348 Charles V, Emperor 84, 86, 90
Anglo-Burmese Wars 225 balingers 75 biremes 8, 30, 31 Burma 225, 309 Charles XI, King of Sweden 153
Anglo-Dutch Wars ballistas 43 biscuits, ship’s 197, 306 Bushnell, David 166 Charles XII, King of Sweden 155
First 129, 130–31, 132–3, 134 ballistic missiles 329 Bismarck, Hunt for the 280, 282–3 Byng, Admiral Sir George 160 Charles of Anjou 70, 71, 72
Second 130–31, 134–5 Baltic Sea 28, 75, 186, 192, 208 Bismarck Sea, Battle of 320 Byng, Admiral John 162, 163 Charles the Fair 76
Third 130–31, 134, 138–9, 143 Black Prince 83 Byzantine Empire 8–9, 29, 43, 68 Charles of Nassau-Siegen, Prince 156,
Anglo-Egyptian War 223 Baltic Conflicts 150–57 Black Sea 39, 74, 156, 208, 216
Anglo-Saxons 74, 76, 77, 80 Baltimore, Bombardment of 205 Blake, General-at-Sea Robert 131, Byzantine-Arab Wars 27, 62, 64–5 157
Anglo-Spanish Wars 117–25 Banckert, Adriaen 139 Norman-Byzantine War 66 Charles of Salerno 70, 71
Anglo-Zanzibar War 225 Bantam Bay, Battle of 126 132, 133 Byzantium 48 Charleston Harbor, Battle of 230
Annebault, Admiral Claude d’ 84–5 Barbarigo, Agostino 93–5 Bligh, Captain William 177 Chateau-Renault,Vice Admiral Louis
Anson,Vice Admiral George 161, 162 Barbarossa see Kheir-ed-Din blunderbuss pistols 176 C
Antagonids 42 Barbary pirates 29, 64, 86, 87, 88, 90, 92, boarding 28, 43, 44, 52, 62, 88, 104, 114 Rousselet de 148
anti-aircraft defense 285, 317 Cadiz Chateurenault, Marquis de 146–7
anti-aircraft missiles 275 132, 200, 202 boarding weapons 165 Anglo-Dutch attack on 124, 125 Chatham, Battle of see Medway, Raid
anti-ship missiles (ASMs) 328, 342, Barbary Wars boatswain’s call 171 Drake’s raid on 114, 117
Bocanegra, Ambrosio 83 on the
343, 345 First 202 Bocanegra, Egidio 82–3 Caesar, Julius 49, 50 Chatham docks 131
Second 205 Bode, Captain Howard 316 Caishi, Battle of 54 Chen Lin 111
Barbavara see Bocanegra, Egidio Calabria, Battle of Chen Youliang 57
barber surgeons 198 Chesapeake Bay, Battle of 6, 159, 166,
Barclay, Commander Robert 203 964 65
Barfleur, Battle of 143, 144, 145 1940 302 168, 170–71
Callaghan, Admiral Daniel J. 318 Chesma, Battle of 208
Callanicus 62 Chiang Kai-Shek 330
Chibi see Red Cliffs, Battle of
Chichagov, Admiral Vasili 156–7
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Chilchonryang, Battle of 110, 111 Corsica 31, 44, 66 de Ruyter, Lieutenant Admiral Michiel Dumanoir, Admiral 190, 191 Etajima Naval Academy 247 INDEX
Chile corvus 27, 43, 44, 52 106, 131, 132, 134, 135, 138, Duncan, Admiral Adam 177 Euboea 33
cottonclads 229 139, 144 Dundas,Vice Admiral James 218 Eudoras 48
Chilean Civil War 238 Counter-Armada 124 Dungeness, Battle of 132 Eurybiades 33, 34
War of Independence 200, 206 Counts, Battle of the 71 de Winter, Jan Willem 177 Dunkirk Eurymedon,Twin Battles of 32
War of the Pacific 227, 238 Courbet, Admiral Amédée 224–5 de With,Vice Admiral Witte Eustace the Monk 81
China 12, 28–9, 52–3, 108, 109, 110, Court la Bruyère, Admiral de 161 evacuation of 279, 300 Evelyn, John 135
Cowan, Rear Admiral Sir Walter 276 Corneliszoon 127, 128, 132, 152 Sortie 127 Evertsen, Lieutenant Admiral Cornelis
217, 248, 309 Crace, Rear Admiral John 312 de Witt, Cornelis 135 Duperré, Commodore Guy-Victor 192
Fall of the Han Dynasty 55 Cradock, Admiral Sir Christopher 261 de Witt, Johan 134, 135, 138 Dupetit-Thouars, Captain 180 134, 146–7
Fall of the Yuan Dynasty 57 crane’s wing formation 112–13 Deane, Anthony 142 Duquesne, Admiral Abraham 139, 143, Exocet missiles 343
Jurchen-Song Wars 52, 54 Craven, Commander Tunis 230 Deane, General-at-Sea Richard 133 Ezel, Battle of 151, 155
Mongol-Song Wars 56 Crawford, Jack 177 Decatur, Stephen 107, 200, 202, 205 144
Opium Wars 222–3 Crespo, Ernesto 340 Delaval, Sir Ralph 146–7 Durand-Linois, Admiral Charles- F
Silla-Baekje Wars 54 Cressy, sinking of the 268 Delian League 32, 36
Sino-French War 224–5 Crete 64, 87, 304 Demologos 201 Alexandre 187 Falkland Islands
Sino-Japanese Wars 244, 245, 246–7, den Haen, Admiral 144 Durazzo, Battle of 66 Battle of (1914) 260, 261
Battle of 279, 305 Denmark Dutch East India Company 126, 127, Falklands War 275, 328, 329,
252–3 Creutz, Admiral Lorens 153 340–41
Yangtze Incident 330 crew profiles Baltic conflicts 150–51 131
Chincha Islands War 238 Dutch-Swedish War 152 Dutch East Indies 308, 309 Farragut, Admiral David G.
Chioggia,War of 29, 68–9 British ship of the line officers 163 Great Northern War 154–5 Dutch Republic 228–32, 231
Chios 32 galleon (1550-1650) 118 Napoleonic Wars 186–7, 192
Battle of 48 Greek trireme 31, 39, 40–41 Norwegian-Danish War 76–7 Anglo-Dutch Wars 129, 130–39 Figueroa, Don Lope de 117
Choi-Yong-kun 330 Japanese Imperial warship 247 Scanian War 153 Baltic Conflicts 150–51 Finland, Gulf of 154, 156–7
Choiseul, Duc de 159 Renaissance galley 87, 92, 96, 98–9 Second Schleswig War 218 Dutch Revolt 114, 116, 119, 128–9 fire control systems 319
Chola dynasty 52 U-boat crew (World War II) 293 Thirty Years War 153 Dutch-Portuguese War 126, 129 firepower 27, 29, 75, 86–7
Christian IV, King of Denmark 153 US aircraft carrier (World War II) Wars of King Canute 77 Dutch-Swedish War 152 fireships 55, 76, 120, 121, 128, 129,
chronometers 207 depth charges 297 Franco-Dutch Wars 144–9
Cicero 45 313 desertion 100 Rise of Dutch Sea Power 13, 115, 136–7, 139, 145, 153, 187
Ciliax,Vice Admiral Otto 281 crews Desherbiers de l’Etanduère, Marquis 161 First of June, Battle of the 174,
Cimon of Athens 32 destroyers 17, 18–19, 20, 22, 212, 215, 126–7
Cinque Ports 81 21st-century 275 Scanian War 153 176–7
Claudius Pulcher, Publius 45, 78 age of sail 104–5, 106 275 War of the Spanish Succession 148–9 Fischer, Olfert 187
cleanliness 172–3, 199 age of steam and steel 213 USS Donald Cook 348–51 see also Netherlands flag systems 193
Clement IV, Pope 70 conscription 92, 142, 158, 174, 213 HMS Devastation 216 Dutch West India Company 126, 127 Flamborough Head, Battle of 167
Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt 28, discipline and punishment 100–101 Dewey, Commodore George 226, Dynekilen, Battle of 155 flamethrowers 62
press-ganging 105, 163, 174, 213 Flanders, Count of 81
50–51 recruitment 104–5, 163, 213, 247 240–43 E flare pistols 193
Clermont,Vice Admiral René de 84 training 158, 213, 247 di Lauria, Admiral Roger 29, 70–73, 71 Flecknoe, Richard 78
Clinton, Bill 348 uniforms 213 Dickmann, Arend 153 E-boats 300, 301 Fleet Air Arm 278, 281, 303
Clue-Sabran, Admiral Jean-François de see also countries by name; crew diekplous 31 Eastern Solomons, Battle of 316, 317 Fleming, Admiral Klas 153
diet 306–7 Edward III, King of England 82, 83 Fletcher, Rear Admiral Frank 312, 314,
la 163 profiles; life on board; Royal Navy Dionysius of Phocaea 32 Edwards, Commodore Richard 149
Cochrane, Admiral Thomas 192, 200, Crimean War 214, 216, 218 Dionysius of Sicily 27 Egypt 316, 317
Cromwell, Oliver 131 dirks 245 flintlocks 159, 168, 192, 200
206 Cronstedt, Colonel Carl 157 Dirkszoon, Cornelis 116 Ancient 26, 30, 42, 50 flogging 100, 101, 213
Cochrane,Vice Admiral Sir Alexander crossbows 52, 62, 67, 82, 83 discipline 100–101, 213 Anglo-Egyptian War 223 Floor, Captain Jan 116
crossing the T 245 disease 198–9 Arab-Israeli Wars 342–3 Foley, Captain Thomas 180
205 cruise missiles 22, 347 dispensary, ship’s 99, 197, 198, 287 Battle of Navarino 208–9 Foochow, Battle of 224–5
Codrington, Sir Edward 208–9 cruisers 18–19, 212, 215, 227, 245 distress signals 193 Byzantine-Arab Wars 64 food and drink 99, 197, 255, 285,
cogs 10, 28, 74, 75 Crusades 29, 62, 63, 66 ditty boxes 172 French Revolutionary Wars 180–83
Colberger Heide, Battle of 153 Crutchley, Admiral Victor 316 Diu, Battle of 88 Portuguese-Ottoman War 88 306–7, 339, 350
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste 138, 142, 143 Cuba Djerba, Battle of 86, 88 Ehrenskjold, Rear Admiral Nils 154 Forbin, Admiral Claude de 149
Cold War 274–5, 328, 329, 330–33 Dobson, Commander Claude 276 Ehrensvärd, Admiral Carl August 156 formation, maintaining 62
USS Cole, attack on 346 Bay of Pigs 330, 331 dockyards 74, 104 Eighty Years War 126–9 Fort Pillow 229
Collaart, Jacob 127 Cuban Missile Crisis 330, 331 doctors, ship 198–9 Eilat, sinking of the 328, 342, 343 Four Days’ Battle 131, 134
Collingwood,Vice Admiral 178, 189, Santiago de Cuba 227, 238, 239 Dogger Bank, Battle of Eirik Hakonarson, Earl of Lade 76 France
Cuddalore, Battle of 169 electronic warfare 22, 275, 328, 341,
190, 191 culverin 129 1696 148 American Revolutionary War 159,
Colt Navy revolver 227 Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew B. 1915 260, 262 343, 349 166–71
Columbus, Christopher 10, 29, 114 Dominica 168, 331 Elizabeth I, Queen of England 105, 114,
commerce raiding 143, 148, 212, 215, 302–5, 303 Don Antonio, Prior of Crato 117 Crimean War 218
Curzola, Battle of 67 USS Donald Cook 141, 348–51 116, 119, 124 Franco-Dutch Wars 130, 138–9, 143,
259, 260, 261, 268, 274, 280 cutlass 107, 165, 174 Dönitz, Admiral Karl 280, 290–91, Ellet, Charles 229
compass 52, 207, 278 cutters 14 Elliot, Lieutenant Jesse 203 144–8
compound engine 225 Cuxhaven Raid 262 293, 294 Elphinston, Rear Admiral John 208 Franco-Prussian War 216
Conflans, Herbert de Brienne, Comte Cyprus 28, 30, 64 Doolittle, Lieutenant Colonel James 311 Ely, Eugene 277 French Navy 105, 107, 142–3, 174,
Cyrus the Great 32 Doolittle Raid 311 SMS Emden, sinking of 261
de 164, 165 Cyrus the Younger 39 Doorman, Admiral Karel 312–13 Empress Augusta Bay, Battle of 320 216, 272
Congreve,William 205 Cyzicus 48, 65 Doria, Admiral Andrea 88, 89, 90 Endrass, Engelbert 291 French Revolution 176
Congreve rockets 192, 205 d’Oria, Admiral Conrad 71 England French Revolutionary Wars 174,
Conon, General 38 Battle of 36 Doria, Admiral Giovanni Andrea 93–5
Constans II, Emperor 64 Doria, Admiral Lampa 67 Anglo-Dutch Wars 129, 130–39 176–83, 186
Constantine IV, Emperor 65 D Doria, Admiral Oberto 66 Anglo-Spanish Wars 117–25 gunboat imperialism 222, 223, 244
Constantinople Doria, Octavian 67 Bombardment of the English Coast Hundred Years War 74–5, 82–3
D-Day 300–301 Doria, Admiral Paganino 68 King John’s War 81
Ottoman conquest of 29, 86 da Gama,Vasco 75, 88 Doria, Admiral Pietro 68, 69 (1914) 262 Napoleonic Wars 107, 174, 186–92,
Sack of (1204) 62 Dacres, Captain James 202 Dover, Battle of Civil War 132
Siege of (674–677) 64, 65 Dagu forts, Attack on the 222, 223 Counter-Armada 124 186–92, 200
Constitution vs. Guerriere 202 Dahlgren, John A. 221 1217 81 foundation of navy 107, 114 Norman Conquest 80–81
Contarini, Doge Andrea 68, 69 Dahlgren guns 221, 236 1652 132 Hundred Years War 74–5, 82–3 Quasi War 200
convicts, as oarsmen 87, 92, 118 Dalmatia 67 Dowding, John 292 King John’s War with France 81 Seven Years War 159, 162–5
convoy system 212, 259, 268, 273, Damme, Battle of 81 Downie, Commodore George 204 Norman Conquest 80–81 Sino-French War 224–5
Dan-no-ura, Battle of 29, 52, 54, 58–9, Downs, Battle of the 115, 126, 128–9, Spanish Armada 114, 115, 117, The Sun King’s Navy 142–3
278–9, 281, 290–97 Viking raids 76
Arctic Convoy PQ-17 292–3 60 133 118–23, 124 War of the Austrian Succession 159,
Convoy HX-79 291 Dandolo, Admiral Andrea 67 Drake, Sir Francis 104, 105, 114 Vikings invasions 76–7
Convoy HX-229 & SC-122 293 Dandolo, Admiral Jacopo 66 War of the League of Augsburg 160, 161
Convoy ONS-5 294 Danube, River 43 privateering 116, 117, 124, 125 War of the Portuguese Succession
Convoy SC-7 291 Dardanelles, Battle of the 259, 260, raid on Cadiz 114, 117 145–7
cooking see food and drink Spanish Armada 119–21 War of the League of Cambrai 84 117
Copenhagen 262–3 HMS Dreadnought 215, 258 War of the Spanish Succession 148–9 War of the Spanish Succession
Battle of (1801) 175, 186–7, 189 Darius I, King of Persia 32 dreadnoughts 215, 258 Wars of François I & Charles V 84–5
Battle of (1807) 192, 205 Darius II, King of Persia 39 Drepana, Battle of 44, 45, 78 see also Britain 148–9
Dutch-Swedish War 152 De Bange obturation 240 dromons 8, 9, 62, 64 English Channel 74–5, 119 Wars of François I & Charles V 84–5
copper-plated hulls 14, 107 de Burgh, Hubert 81 du Pont, Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Channel Dash 1942 281 World War I 262–3
Coral Sea, Battle of the 274, 308, de Henin, Maximilien, Count of Bossu Evacuations and Landings 300–301 World War II 302
230 Norman Invasion of England 80–81 François I, King of France 74, 84
312–13 116 ducking 100 Enigma machines 294, 305 Franks 76
Corcyra 36 de Longespee,William 81 Duckworth,Vice Admiral 192 Ericsson, John 236 Fraser, Admiral Sir Bruce 281
Córdoba, Admiral José de 178 de Montfort, Guy, Count of Nola 71 Dudley, Admiral John 84–5 Esmond, Lietenant-Commander Eugene Frederick II, Emperor 70
Corinth 28, 36 de Montfort, Simon 71 Duff, Captain George 190 Frederick III, King of Sicily 71
Cornut, Admiral Guillaume de 72 de Robeck, Admiral John 262–3 Duguay-Trouin, Captain René 143, 149 281 Frederick Hendrick of Orange-Nassau
Cornwallis, General Charles 171 Duilius, Gaius 44 Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of 124,
Cornwell, Jack 266 128
Coronel, Battle of 261 125 Fredrikshamn, Battle of 150
Estrées,Admiral Jean d’ 138, 139, 143, 147 French East India Company 161
frigates 14, 15, 23, 151, 159, 212, 275
Fulton, Robert 201
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INDEX G gunboats 15, 17 Hideyoshi,Toyotomi 108, 109, 110, Sino-Japanese Wars 244, 245, 246–7, Lapeyrère, Admiral de 268
gunboat imperialism 214, 222–5 111, 113 252–3 Las Hormigas, Battle of 71
Gabbard, Battle of the 132, 133 Latakia, Battle of 275, 342–3
Galera Real 96–9 gunpowder 52, 53, 109 Hipper,Vice Admiral Franz von 262, World War I 245 Laughton, John Knox 167
Galissonière, Marquis de la 162 guns 265–7 World War II 273, 274, 308–27 laundry 172, 173, 287
galleasses 12, 87 Japanese Sea, Battle of the 249 Le Baker de Swynebroke, Geoffrey 82
galleons 12–13, 104, 114, 115 anti-aircraft guns 285, 317 Hittites 28, 30 Java Sea, Battle of 312–13 League of Armed Neutrality 186, 187
anti-torpedo boat guns 260 Hogland, Battle of 156 Jean Bart League of Augsburg,War of the 143,
16th-century galleon crew 118 arquebuses 87, 109 Hogue, sinking of the 268 attack on 268
galleys 8–9, 26–9 blunderbuss pistols 176 Hollaer, Marinus 127 mutiny on 276 144, 145–8
boarding pistols 165 Holmes, Sir Robert 131 Jefferson,Thomas 202 League of Cambrai,War of the 84
Galera Real 96–7 breech-loading guns 16, 240 Holy League 29, 86, 89, 92, 93–5, 96 Jellicoe, Admiral Sir John 258, 264, Lee, Sergeant Ezra 166
Olympias 40–41 carronades 159 Hong Kong 222 Lee,Vice Admiral Willis A. 318
Renaissance galley crew 92 Colt Navy revolver 227 Hood, Admiral Samuel 168, 169, 265–7 leg irons 100, 196
Gallipoli Peninsula 262–3 Dahlgren guns 221, 236 Jenkins, Captain Robert 160 Leissegues, Rear Admiral 192
Galvez, Juan 238 flare pistols 193 170–71 Jenkins’ Ear,War of 160 leisure time 140–41
Gambier, Admiral James 192 flintlocks 159, 168, 192, 200 Hood, sinking of the 282 Jervis, Admiral Sir John 174–5, 178–9, Leontius, Emperor 65
gambling 140, 141 Gardner guns 223 Hope, Rear Admiral James 223 Lepanto, Battle of 29, 78, 86, 87, 92,
Gangut, Battle of 154 Gatling guns 223 hoplites 31, 37 194
Gardner guns 223 handguns 86 Hopsonn,Vice Admiral Thomas 148 Jessen, Rear Admiral Karl 249 93–9, 117
Gatling guns 223 Mark 45 guns 344 horary quadrant 126 John, King of England 81 Les Espagnols sur Mer, Battle of 83
Gatling, Richard Jordan 223 matchlock muskets 133, 144 Horn, Field-Marshal Henrik 153 Jones, Lieutenant Catesby ap Roger Lesbos 32, 38
geiger counters 331 percussion pistol 223 Horthy, Admiral Miklos 269 Less, Rear Admiral Anthony A. 344
Gempei Wars 52, 56, 58–61 reloading guns 117, 187 Hosogaya,Vice Admiral Boshiro 320 235, 236 Lestock,Vice Admiral Richard 161
general pursuit 106, 159 Roth-Steyr M1907 262 Howard, Admiral Edward 84 Jones, John Paul 166, 167 USS Lexington 336–9
Genoa 27, 64, 74, 75, 82, 83, 88, 90 smoothbore naval gun 209 Howard, Lord Thomas 119–21, 125 Jonquière, Admiral Jacques-Pierre de Leyte Gulf, Battle of 6, 308, 309, 320,
Battle of Lepanto 93–5 Snider-Enfield rifle 225 Howe, Lord 176, 177
Pisan-Genoese War 66 swivel guns 87, 88, 161, 192 Huang Gai 55 la 161 322–5, 336
Rise of the Italian Maritime turret guns 16, 212, 264 Huff-Duff 296 Juel, Admiral Niels 153 Lezo, Admiral Bas de 160
Very pistol 214 Hugh, Count of Brienne 71 junks, war 52, 53 Liaodung Peninsula 246
Republics 62, 66 volley guns 187 Hughes,Vice Admiral Sir Edward 158, Jurchen-Song Wars 52, 54 liburnians 43, 50
Venetian-Genoese Wars 66–9 Webley Mark VI revolver 265 Jutland, Battle of 215, 258, 259, 260, Libya 202
War of the Sicilian Vespers 71 wheellock muskets 152 169 life on board
Gensoul, Admiral Marcel 302 Gustav Vasa, King of Sweden 150 Hull, Captain Isaac 202 264–7, 278
George III, King of England 177 Gustavus III, King of Sweden 150, Hundred Years War 29, 74, 75, 80, 82–3 21st Century 275
Germany Hungary 68, 69 K age of sail 99, 106
German Navy 213, 216, 217, 258–9, 156–7 Hussein, Saddam 345, 347 age of steam and steel 213
Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden Huyghens, James 129 kabuksons see turtle ships discipline and punishment 100–101
272–3, 278–9 Hybertszoon, Henriks 150 Kaliakria, Battle of 208 food and drink 306–7
World War I 258–69 12, 150 Hyder Ali, Prince 169 kamikaze tactics 274, 308, 309, 318, 320, living conditions 172–3
World War II 278–83, 290–97, Gylippus 37 hygiene 172–3, 198, 286 medicine, disease and surgery 198–9
324, 327 recreation 140–41
300–305 H I Kamimura,Vice Admiral 249 religion and superstition 78–9
see also Prussia Karl X Gustav, King of Sweden 152 see also crew profiles; virtual tours
Gherardesca, Ugolino della 66 Habsburgs, Ottoman-Habsburg Wars Iachino, Admiral Angelo 304–5 Karl, Grand Admiral Prince 156–7 Lind, James 199
Gibraltar 149, 167, 302, 304 88–9 Ibrahim Pasha 208 Kearsarge 226, 230 Lindisfarne, raid on 29, 76
Battle of 114, 126 Inchon Landings 329, 330–31 keel hauling 100 line of battle 106–7, 130, 131, 133
giving the prow 117 Hakodate Bay, Battle of 246 India 52, 88, 162 Kemel Reis 88 Lisbon 124
Gjoe, Marcus 139 Hall, Captain Andrew 345 Kennedy, John F. 331 Lissa, Battle of 216, 219
Gloire 216, 217 Hall, Captain William 222 Indo-Pakistan War (1971) 343 Kentish Knock, Battle of 132 Liu Bei 55
Glossop, Captain John 261 Halsey, Admiral William 317, 322–4 Indian Ocean 52, 53, 88, 126, 166, Keppel, Admiral Augustus 167, 194 living conditions 172–3
Goguryeo dynasty 52 Hamad bin Muhammed, Sultan 225 Kerans, Lieutenant Commander John Lizard, Battle of the 149
The Golden Hind 104 Hamad bin Thuwaini, Sultan 225 169, 308 London,Treaty of (1827) 209
Golitsyn, General Mikhail 155 Hamelin,Vice Admiral Ferdinand 218 Ingenohl, Admiral Friedrich von 262 330 London Conference (1930) 272
Goodenough, Commodore William 260 Hamilcar Barco 46, 47 Inland Sea 56 Kerry, John 334 Long, John D. 241
Goths 43 Hamilton, Lady Emma 189 Ioannes the Patrician 65 Key, Francis Scott 200, 205 longbows 82
Goto, Rear Admiral 317 Hammidia, Admiral Rais 205 Ionian revolt 32 Keyes, Commodore Sir Roger 260, 269 longitude 207
Gozo, Battle of 92 hammocks 172, 173, 197 USS Iowa 20, 298–9, 317 Kheir-ed-Din 86, 87, 89, 90 longships,Viking 10, 28, 74, 76–7
Graf Spee 280–81 Hampton Roads, Battle of 234–7 Iquique, Battle of 238 Khrushchev, Nikita 331 Looks, Captain-Lieutenant Hartwig
Grand Port, Battle of 192 Han dynasty 52, 55, 57 Iran Kimmel, Rear Admiral Husband E. 310
grappling 28, 43, 52, 88 handguns 86 Kimura, Rear Admiral Masatomi 320 295
grappling hooks 128 hanging 101 First Gulf War 345 Kincaid, Admiral Thomas 318, 322, 323 Loredano, Andrea 88
Grasse, François Joseph Paul, Comte de Hannibal Gisco 44 Iran-Iraq War 344 Kirk, Rear Admiral Alan G. 301 Louis XII, King of France 84
Hanno 44, 47 Operation Praying Mantis 344 USS Kitty Hawk 352–3 Louis XIII, King of France 142
168, 169, 170–71 Hansando, Battle of 109, 110, 112–13 Iraq Kjöge Bay, Battle of 152, 153 Louis XIV, King of France 105, 107,
Gravelines, Battle of 120–21 Hanseatic League 75 invasion of (2003) 275, 329, 347, 348 Knights of St John 86, 88, 92, 93, 143
Graves, Admiral Thomas 170–71 Harald Hardrada 77, 80–81 Iran-Iraq War 344 Knyvet, Sir Thomas 84 138, 142–3, 144, 145, 153
Gravina, Admiral Federico 188, 190 hard tack 197, 306 World War II 308 Komandorski Islands, Battle of 320 Louis XV, King of France 159
Great Northern War 151, 154–5 Hardy, Captain 186 ironclads 16–17, 212, 216, 217 Kondo,Vice Admiral Nobutake 318 Lowestoft, Battle of 134
great ships 74, 75, 104 Harman, Rear Admiral John 134 Irrawaddy River, Battle of 225 Korea 12, 52, 57, 108–9, 248 Lucas, Captain Jean-Jacques 190
Greece Harmensz, Admiral Wolphert 126 Islam 64 Lusitania, sinking of 259, 268
Harold II, King of England 80–81 Israel, Arab-Israeli Wars 342–3 Inchon landings 329, 330–31 Lütjens, Admiral Günther 282
Battle of Preveza 89 Harrison, John 207 Italy Japanese invasion 107, 108, 110–13 Lysander 39
Greek War of Independence 200, Hartlepool 262 Austro-Italian War 216, 219 Korean War 274, 329
Harvey, Captain John 176–7 Italian Navy 216, 272, 278 Silla-Baekje Wars 54 M
201, 208–9 Harwood, Commodore Henry 280 Maritime Republics 27, 29, 62–3, 64, Kretschmer, Otto 291
Greek fire 8, 27, 29, 62, 65 Hase, Commander Georg von 265 Kronstadt, raid on 276 Maass, Rear Admiral Leberecht 260
Greeks, Ancient 8–9, 26–7, 78, 100 Hastings, Battle of 81 66–8 Kublai Khan 52, 56, 57 MacArthur, General Douglas 320,
Hawke, Admiral Edward 158, 161, 162, World War II 278, 279, 302–5 Kula Gulf, Battle of 320
Olympias 40–41 Ito, Admiral Seiichi 246, 327 Kuribayashi, Lieutenant-General 330–31
Peloponnesian War 36–9 164, 165 Iwo Jima, landings at 284, 326, 327 Macdonough, Master Commandant
Persian Wars 32–5 Hawkins, Sir John 116, 124, 125 Tadamichi 326
Rise of the 32–3 Hedgehog bomblet 297 J Kurita, Admiral Takeo 322–4 Thomas 204
Green, Samuel D. 235 Heidkamp,Wilhelm 262 Kuwait 275, 329, 344, 345 Macedonian Wars 42, 48
Greig, Admiral Samuel 156, 208 Helgeå, Battle of 77 Jacobites 145 McMorris, Rear Admiral Charles 320
Grengam, Battle of 151, 155 Heligoland, Battle of 218 James I, King of England 124 L McNaught,William 225
Grenville, Sir Richard 124, 125 Heligoland Bight, Battle of 260 James II, King of Aragon 71 Mahan, Alfred Thayer 7, 214, 227
Gretton, Commander Peter 294 Hellespont 39 James II, King of England 134, 138, 139, La Hogue, Battle of 142, 143, 144, 145 Maine 227
Grimani, Antonio 88 hemmemas 151 La Rochelle, Battle of 74, 83 Makarov, Admiral Stepan 248
Guadalcanal, Battle for 316–19 Henry, Frederick 127 142, 145 Laborde, Angel 206 Malaga, Battle of 149
Guadalcanal, Naval Battle of 308, 310, Henry Grace à Dieu 74, 75 Japan 29, 52–3, 108–13, 226 Lade, Battle of 32 Malaya 308, 309, 311
Henry III, King of England 81 Lagos Bay, Battle of 162, 163, 169 Malta
316, 318–19 Henry V, King of England 75 Boshin War 246 Lake Champlain, Battle of 202, 204–5
Guépratte, Rear Admiral Emile 262–3 Henry VII, King of England 74 Failed Mongol Invasion of 57 Lake Erie, Battle of 202, 203 Battle of (1283) 70, 72–3
Guerriere 202 Henry VIII, King of England 74, 84–5, Gempei Wars 52, 56, 58–61 Lake Maracaibo, Battle of 206 Ottoman-Habsburg Wars 88
Guiscard, Robert 66 Imperial Japanese Navy 213, 244–5, Lake Poyang, Battle of 54, 57 Siege of (1565) 86, 88, 92
Gujerat 88 114 Lancaster, Sir James 118 World War II 302, 304, 305
Gulf of Naples, Battle of 70 Herodotus 32, 33 247, 272–3 landing craft 21, 301, 326 man-of-war 159
Gulf of Tonkin incident 335 Heyden, Admiral Login 209 Invasion of Korea 107, 108, 110–13 landings see amphibious warfare Manchuria 309
Gulf War Heyn, Piet 105, 114, 126, 127, 129 Mikasa 252–5 Lángara, Commodore Juan de 167 Manila Bay, Battle of 226, 227, 238,
Russo-Japanese War 215, 244, 245, Langsdorff, Captain Hans 280–81
First (1990-1991) 275, 328, 344, 345 Langston, Commander Bud 344 240–43
Second (2003) 275, 329, 347 246, 248–51, 252 Mao-Tse-Tung 330
gun founding 221 Silla-Baekje Wars 54
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maps Mitchell, John K. 228 Normans Pakistan, Indo-Pakistan War (1971) 343 independence 200, 206 INDEX
American Civil War 228 Mitscher,Vice Admiral Marc 321, 327, Conquest of England 74, 80–81 Palermo, Battle of 144 Spanish rule in 107, 124, 129
Anglo-Dutch Wars 131 Norman–Byzantine War 66 Palliser, Admiral Sir Hugh 167 voyages of exploration 11, 29, 74, 75,
First Punic War 44 336 Palmerston, Lord 223
Great Northern War 154 Mizushima, Battle of 56 Norreys, Sir John 124 Pangallo, Biagio 142 108, 114
Italian Maritime Republics 66 Mobile Bay, Battle of 230–31 North Cape, Battle of 281 panokseons 109, 110, 111, 112, 113 War of the Portuguese Succession
Japanese Advance (World War II) 309 Modon, Battle of 68 North Korea see Korea Papacy 89, 93
Japanese-Korean War 109 Monck, General-at-Sea George 131, North Sea Paraguay,War of the Triple Alliance 212 107, 117
Mediterranean Theatre 1940–43 302 Paris, raid on 76 Postwar conflicts 328–53
Mediterranean World 650–950 64 132, 134, 135 Anglo-Dutch rivalry 130–39 Parker, Admiral Sir Hyde 175, 186 Pound, Sir Dudley 293
Napoleonic Europe 175 Mongols 52, 54 Viking raids 76, 77 Parma, Duke of 120, 121 Prat, Captain Arturo 238
Ottoman Empire 87 World War I 215, 260, 262, 265–8 Parsons, Charles 217 pre-dreadnoughts 16, 217, 252–4
Peloponnesian War 36 Mongol-Japanese Wars 57 World War II 278–9, 281 Paul III, Pope 89 Preble, Commodore Edward 202
Persian Wars 32 Mongol-Song Wars 56 Norton, Captain James 206 Pearl Harbor, attack on 273, 274, 308, Prendergast, Major-General Harry 225
Russo-Japanese War 248 USS Monitor 216, 234–7 Norway Preuilly, Marquis de 144
Spanish Armada 119 Monte Santiago, Battle of 206 Baltic Conflicts 152 309, 310–11 Preveza, Battle of 86, 89
U-Boat War 290 Montevideo, Battle of 206 Great Northern War 154–5 Pearse, Captain Joseph 222 Prevost, Sir George 204
Viking World 76 Montgomery, Captain James E. 229 Norwegian-Danish War 76–7 Pellew, Admiral Edward 166 Pridham-Wippell,Vice Admiral Henry
War in the Pacific 1943–45 320 Montojo y Pasaron, Admiral Patricio World War II 279, 281, 292, 300 Peloponnesian League 36
War of the Sicilian Vespers 70 Noryang, Battle of 110, 111 Peloponnesian War 28, 30, 36–9 304
World War I in Northwest Europe 240–43 nuclear weapons 272, 328, 329, 330 Pembroke, Earl of 83 Prien, Commander Gunther 290, 291
259 Moore, Commodore Edwin Ward 238 nutrition 198, 199, 306–7 pennants 193 Primauget, Captain 84
Moreno, Captain Francisco 276 Pennington,Vice Admiral John 128 HMS Prince of Wales, sinking of the 311
Mariana Islands 273, 309, 320, 321 Morley, Sir Edward 83 O penteconters 8, 26, 31 Pringle, Captain Thomas 166
Marin, Commodore Thomas 238 Morosini, Alberto 66 percussion pistol 223 prison hulks 101
Mark 45 guns 344 Morse code 193 oarsmen Pergamon 48 privateers
Marmara, Sea of 65 mortars 297 Greek trireme 31, 39, 40–41 Pericles 36
Marshall,William 81 Muawiyah I, Caliph 64, 65 Renaissance galley 92, 96, 98–9 periplous 31 Dunkirk Sortie 127
Martinique 158 Mulberry artificial harbors 301 “a scaloccio” rowing 87, 98 Pernambuco, Battle of 129 English and Dutch 114, 115, 116,
Marufo, Admiral Matteo 69 Müller, Karl von 261 slaves and convicts as 87, 92, 118 Perry, Commodore Matthew 226, 244
Mary Rose 75, 80, 84, 85 music 140 Perry, Commander Oliver Hazard 200, 119, 124, 125
Masataka, Commander Chihaya 318 Mustafa Kemal 262 O’Brien, Captain Christopher 100 Sea Beggars 116
Mascarenhas, Admiral Fernão de 129 mutiny 100, 174, 176, 276 Oceanic Empires 114–29 202 see also commerce raiding; piracy
Masts, Battle of the 29, 64 Mycenaeans 30 Octavian see Augustus, Emperor Persano, Count Carlo di 219 Provence 27, 63, 70, 71, 72
Matanzas Bay, Battle of 127 Mylae, Battle of 43, 44 Odo, Count 76 Persian Empire 26–7, 39 Providen, Battle of 169
Matapan, Battle of 87 Myonessus, Battle of 48 off-shore bombardment 220 Prussia
matchlock muskets 133, 144 Myongyang, Battle of 110, 111 Ohnishi, Admiral 324 Persian Wars 26–7, 30, 31, 32–5 Franco-Prussian War 216
Mathews,Vice Admiral Thomas 161 Mytilene 38–9 Okinawa, Battle of 284, 308, 327 Persian Gulf, First Gulf War 345 Second Schleswig War 218
Mauritius 192 Okpo, Battle of 113 Peru PT boats 21
medicine 99, 197, 198–9, 287, 339 N Olaf Eriksson, King of Sweden 76 Ptolemies 27, 42, 50
Medina Sidonia, Duke of 119–21 Olaf Haraldson, King of Norway 77 Chincha Islands War 238 Puerto de Cavite, Battle of 129
Mediterranean Nagumo,Vice Admiral Chuichi 310, Olaf Trygvasson, King of Norway 76 War of the Pacific 227, 238 Puget, Pierre 142
314–15, 317 Oland, Battle of 152, 153 Peter III of Aragon 70, 71, 72 Puke, Colonel Johan af 156–7
in Ancient World 30–51 Oldendorf, Rear Admiral Jesse 325 Peter the Great,Tsar 151, 154 Punic Wars 27, 42, 43, 44–7
in Middle Ages 10, 62–73 Nakhimov, Admiral Pavel 218 Oliwa, Battle of 153 Petz, Captain Anton von 219 punishment 100–101
Ottoman ascendancy in 86–99 Naples 70, 71 Olympias 40–41 Philip II, King of Spain 88, 93, 96, 116, “Purple” encoding machine 314
in World War II 274, 302–5 Napoleon I, Emperor 176, 180, 186, 188 Omar, Caliph 64 Pusan, Battle of 110
Medway, Raid on the 134, 135 Napoleon III, Emperor 216 omens 78 117, 119, 120, 122
Meiji, Emperor of Japan 244, 246 Napoleonic Wars 107, 174, 186–92, 200 Omori, Rear Admiral Sentaro 320 Philip III, King of France 71 Q
Mekong Delta 334 Narvik, Battle of 300 Onslow,Vice Admiral Richard 177 Philip V, King of Macedon 48
mêlée tactics 127 Naulochus, Battle of 48, 49 Operation Chromite 330 Philip Augustus, King of France 81 Q-ships 269
Meloria, Battle of 66, 67 Naupactus, Battle of 36, 37 Operation Desert Shield 345 Philip le Bel, King of France 74 Qing dynasty 223
Memphis, Battle of 229 nautical instruments 207 Operation Desert Storm 329, 345, 347 Philippine Sea, Battle of the 309, 319, quadrants 126, 151, 163, 207
Mendez Nuñez, Admiral Casto 238 USS Nautilus 332–3 Operation Enduring Freedom 328, 346 Quadruple Alliance,War of the 160
merchant vessels 28, 104, 105, 215, 260 Naval Academy, Annapolis 213 Operation Excess 304 320, 321, 336 Quasi War 200
see also commerce raiding; convoy Naval Air Station Pensacola 313 Operation Game Warden 334 Philippines 227, 240–43, 309, 320–25 Querini, Admiral Maffeo 67
Naval Aviation Pilots 313 Operation Iraqi Freedom 348 Phillips, Admiral Sir Tom 311 Quiberon Bay, Battle of 162, 164–5
system; piracy; privateering Naval Defence Act (1889) 217 Operation Ka 317 Philocles 39 Quiéret, Admiral Hugues 82–3
Merrill, Rear Admiral Aaron “Tip” 320 Navarino, Battle of 200, 201, 208–9 Operation Market Time 334, 335 Phocaea 31 quinqueremes 27, 42, 50
Mers-el-Kebir, Battle of 302 Navarro, Admiral José 161 Operation Praying Mantis 344 Phoenicians 8, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 42
Messina 144 navies see countries by name; crews; Operation Rolling Thunder 335 Phormio 36 R
messing 306–7 Operation Sho-Go 322, 325 pikes 165
Mexico,Texas-Mexican Wars 238 Royal Navy Operation Tungsten 281 pilots, naval 313 radar 274, 278, 294, 296
Michifusa, Kurushima 111 Navigation Act (1661) 132 Opium Wars 205, 214, 222–3 piracy Raeder, Admiral Erich 280
Middle East, and terrorism 275, 344–7 Nebogatov, Admiral Nikolai 251 Oquendo, Antonio de 128, 129 Raizo, Rear Admiral 319
Midway, Battle of 310, 314–15, 319 Negapatam, Battle of 158 Oresund 152 Barbary pirates 29, 64, 86, 87, 88, 90, Raleigh, Sir Walter 118, 125
Mikasa 252–5 Nelson, Admiral Horatio 79, 176, 189, Orlov, Count Alexsei Grigoryevich 208 92, 132, 200, 202, 205 ramming 8, 27, 28, 31, 32, 40, 43, 52,
Mikawa,Vice Admiral Gunichi 316 Orvilliers, Comte d’ 167
Milan 68 194, 202 Ostende, raids on 269 Pompey’s Campaign against 48 218, 219, 235, 236
Miletus 32 Age of Nelson 174–5 Otranto Strait 269 wako (“dwarf raiders”) 108 Ramsay, Admiral Sir Bertram 300, 301
Miller, Doris “Dorie” 311 Battle of Cape St Vincent 178–9 Ottoman Empire see also commerce raiding; privateers rangefinders 319
Miller, Captain Ralph 178 Battle of Copenhagen 186–7 Pisa rating system 13, 14, 104
Minamoto clan 29, 52, 56, 58–9, 60 Battle of the Nile 180–81 ascendancy in Mediterranean 86–99, Pisan-Genoese War 66 Rawlings,Vice Admiral Sir Bernard 327
Mindarus 36 Battle of Trafalgar 188–91, 193 114 Rise of the Italian Maritime Rawson, Rear Admiral Harry 225
mines 215, 245, 258, 261, 279, 329 tactics 106–7, 179 Reche, Captain Rheinhardt 293
Ming dynasty 28–9, 53, 57, 108, 109, Netherlands Crimean War 218 Republics 62, 66 recruitment 104–5, 163, 213, 247
Dutch Navy 105, 107 decline of 200–201 Pisani, Admiral Niccolo 68
110 French Revolutionary Wars 176, 177 Later Ottoman Battles 208–9 Pisani, Admiral Vettor 68–9 conscription 92, 142, 158, 174, 213
Minoans 8, 26, 30 gunboat imperialism 244 Ottoman-Habsburg Wars 88–9 Piyale Pasha, Grand Admiral 88, 92 press gangs 105, 163, 174, 213
Minorca, Battle of 162, 169 World War II 300, 308, 310, 312–13 Portuguese-Ottoman War 88 Place, Lieutenant Basil 281 Red Cliffs, Battle of 29, 52, 54, 55
missiles 22, 272, 275 see also Dutch Republic rise of 29, 63, 66, 69 Plum Run Bend, Battle of 229 Red Sea 53, 308, 345
New Guinea 312, 320 Venetian-Ottoman War 88 Plutarch 32 Regillus, Lucius Aemilius 48
anti-aircraft missiles 275 New Orleans 228 World War I 262–3 Poland, Polish-Swedish wars 152, 153 Regulus, Marcus Atilius 47
anti-ship missiles (ASMs) 328, 342, New World, discovery of 29 Ozawa, Admiral Jisaburo 321–4 Polaris missiles 329 Regulus cruise missiles 347
New York 134 Polo, Marco 67 religion 78, 79
343, 345 Nicetas, Patriarch 65 P Polybius 47 reloading guns 117, 187
ballistic missiles 329 Nicholas II,Tsar 249 polyremes 8, 27 HMS Repulse, sinking of the 311
cruise missiles 22, 347 Nicias 37 Pacific Polyxenidas 48 Revenge 124, 125
Exocet missiles 343 Nicol, John 180 Japanese conflicts in the 244, 245 Pompeius, Sextus 48, 49 Reynald III Quarrel, Count of Avella 71
missile defense 341, 342, 343 night vision goggles 274 War of the Pacific 227, 238 Pompey the Great 42, 43 Rhine, River 43
Polaris missiles 329 Nile, Battle of the 8, 107, 174, 176, World War II 274, 308–27 Rhodes 42, 48, 64, 86
Regulus cruise missiles 347 Campaign against the Pirates 48 Richelieu, Cardinal 142
Sea Skua anti-ship missiles 345 180–81, 182–3 paddle-wheel craft 16, 17, 28, 52, 53, Ponza, Battle of 71 Rigny, Admiral Henri de 209
Sea Sparrow missiles 343 Nile Delta 26, 30 201, 217, 226, 227 Pook’s Turtles 229 River Plate, Battle of the 280–81
surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) 328 Nimitz, Admiral Chester 314, 323 Port Arthur, Battle of 245, 246, 248–9 riverine operations,Vietnam 334–5
Tomahawk cruise missiles 275, 347, 9-11 attack 275, 344, 346 Padilla, Jose Prudencio 206 Portland, Battle of 132 Robert II of Artois, Count 71
Nishimura, Admiral Shoji 312, 322–5 Padua 68, 69 Porto Bello, capture of 158, 160 rocket-launchers 110
349 Nissa, Battle of 77 Page, General Richard L. 231 portolan charts 63 Rodney, Admiral Sir George 158, 159,
Trident missiles 329 Nore mutiny 174, 176 Paixhans, Henri-Joseph 201 Portsmouth 74
Mississippi Forts, Forcing of the 228–9, Noritsune,Taira no 56 Portugal 166, 167, 168, 169, 174, 179
Normandy Landings 272, 279, 300–301
232–3 Asian colonies 115
Dutch-Portuguese War 126, 129
Portuguese-Ottoman War 88
South American wars of
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INDEX Rome, Ancient 8, 27, 28, 29, 78 Scott, Rear Admiral Norman 317 Spanish Empire 107, 114–17, 124–9, T War on Terror 275, 346–7
First Punic War 44–7 screw propulsion 16, 212, 217 160, 238–9 Tet offensive 334
Roman Civil Wars 49–51 scurvy 198, 199, 306 tacking 83 USS Texas 284–9
Roman Naval Warfare 42–3 Sea Beggars 116 Spanish-American War 215, 226, 227, tactics Texas-Mexican Wars 238
Rome Achieves Mastery of the Sea People 26, 30 238, 239–43 Texel, Battle of 139
Mediterranean 48–51 Sea Skua anti-ship missiles 345 20th and 21st century 272–5 Themistocles 32, 33, 34, 78
Sea Sparrow missiles 343 voyages of exploration 29, 114, 116 age of galleys 27–8, 29, 52, 62 Theophiliscus 48
Rommel, Erwin 301 Sea Tigers 343 War of the Austrian Succession 160, age of sail 106–7 Theramenes 36
Rooke, Admiral Sir George 148, 149 sea-hawk ships 53 age of steam and steel 212–15 Thermopylae, Battle of 33
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 310 SEALORDS programme 334–5 161 anti-submarine 296–7 Thibaw, King of Burma 225
Roosevelt,Theodore 227 Seine, River 76 War of Jenkins’ Ear 160 boarding 28, 43, 44, 52, 62, 88, 104, Thirty Years War 152–3
Roth-Steyr M1907 262 Seleucids 27, 42, 48 War of the Portuguese Succession Thrasybulus 36
Rouen 74 Selim the Grim, Emperor 87 114, 165 Three Kingdoms period 52, 55
Royal Naval College, Dartmouth 213 semi-submersible warships 236 117 breaking the line 106, 159, 168–9, Thucydides 36, 37
Royal Navy Semmes, Captain Raphael 230 War of the Quadruple Alliance 160 Thutmose III, Pharaoh 26
Sevastopol Forts, Battle of 218 War of the Spanish Succession 143, 179 Tiberios III, Emperor 65
in the Age of Nelson 174–5 Sevastopol, Siege of 216 broadsides 12, 104, 145, 159 time lines
British naval officers (18th-century) Seven Years War 158, 159, 162–5 144, 148–9, 160 crane’s wing formation 112–13
sextants 207, 317 Spanish Armada 12, 105, 114, 115, 116, crossing the T 245 Age of Galleys 28–9
163 Seymour, Admiral Sir Frederick 223 giving the prow 117 Carriers, Submarines and Missile
discipline and punishment 100–101, HMS Sheffield, sinking of the 341 117, 118–23, 124 grappling 28, 43, 52, 88
shells 16, 18, 201, 212, 220–21, 245 Spanish Netherlands 115, 116, 126–8 hit-and-run 57 274–5
174, 213 Sherwood, Commander Robert 294 Sparta 28, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38–9 kamikaze 274, 308, 309, 318, 320, Gun, Sail and Empire 106–7
food and drink 306–7 Shigeyoshi,Taguchi 59 Spee, Admiral Graf Maximilian von Steam and Steel 214–15
mutinies 174, 176, 177 Shima, Admiral 323, 324 324, 327 Ting Ju ch’ang, Admiral 246, 247
organization, training and Shimonoseki, Straits of 58–9 260, 261 line of battle 106–7, 130, 131, 133 Tirpitz, Admiral Alfred von 217
ship-launched missile technology 328 Spencer, Midshipman Philip 101 mêlée 127 Tirpitz, Attacks on 280, 281
recruitment 105, 158, 163 ships of the line 12, 14, 75, 104 spice trade 88, 126, 131 off-shore bombardment 220 Tithrafstes 32
postwar 274–5, 340 Spiridov, Admiral Grigory 208 ramming 8, 27, 28, 31, 32, 40, 43, 52, Togo Heihachiro, Admiral 245, 247–51,
rating system 14 British naval officers 163 Spithead mutiny 174, 176
religious personnel 79 HMS Victory 194–7 Spragge, Admiral Sir Edward 139 218, 219, 235, 236 248, 252–5
status of 107, 160, 200, 214, 216–17, shot 220–21 Sprague, Rear Admiral Clifton 324, 325 suicide bombers 342 Tokugawa shogunate 246
Sicily 31, 36, 37, 49, 63, 64, 65, 144, 160 Spruance, Rear Admiral Raymond 314, surrender 106 Tokyo, air raid on 311
226 First Punic War 44–7 tacking and wearing 83 Toledo, Don Garcia de 92
in World War I 258, 278 War of the Sicilian Vespers 70–73 319, 321, 327 trireme (diekplous and periplous) 31 Tomahawk cruise missiles 275, 347, 349
in World War II 272–3, 278–9 World War II 300, 302, 304 Squid bombs and mortars 297 weather gage 106, 159 Tomomori,Taira no 56, 56, 59
Royal Navy Air Service 277 siege machines 27 Sri Lanka 169, 308 Wolf Pack 290, 294 Tooke,William 157
Royal Oak, sinking of the 279, 291 Sigfrid (Viking chieftan) 76 zigzag movements 296 Tordenskjold, Commander Peter 155
Rozhdestvenski, Admiral Zinovi 250–51 signalling 193 Civil War 343 see also battle plans; technology; torpedo boats 17, 19, 21, 212, 227
Rundstedt, Gerd von 301 Silla kingdom 54 Stamford Bridge, Battle of 77, 80 torpedoes 16, 213, 215, 246, 282, 303,
Rupert, Prince 134, 139 Silvio, Doge 66 Stark, Oscar 249 weapons
Russell, Edward 145 Simeon of Durham 77 stealth technology 348 Taira clan 29, 56, 58–9, 60 305, 341
Russia Singapore, fall of 308 steam-power 16, 18, 201, 212, 213, 216 Tang dynasty 52, 54 Torrington, Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl
Crimean War 218 Sino-French War 224–5 Tangdao, Battle of 54
Great Northern War 151, 154–5 Sino-Japanese Wars 244, 245, 246–7, early naval steam engines 217 Taranto, Battle of 274, 302, 303 of 146–7
Napoleonic Wars 186, 187 Steele, Sub-Lieutenant Gordon 276 Tassafaronga, Battle of 319 Tostig 80
Russian Civil War 276 252–3, 256–7 Steer, Lieutenant Andrei Petrovich 249 technology Toulon, Battle of 161
Russian Navy 151, 216 Sinope, Battle of 218 steering wheel, ship’s 14, 158 Toulouse, Comte de 149
Russo-Japanese War 215, 244, 245, Sirte, Second Battle of 305 Stickney, Lieutenant J.L. 241 amphibious warfare 326 Tourville, Admiral Anne Hilarion de
Sjoblad, Erik 155 Stjernskjold, Nils 153 ASDIC 296, 297
246, 248–51, 252 Slaak, Battle of 127 Stoddart, Rear Admiral Archibald 261 astrolabes 71, 207 144, 145, 146
Russo-Swedish War 150–51, 156–7 slave trade 124, 134, 217, 225 Strozzi, Filippo 117 backstaff 151 Tovey, Admiral John 282–3
Russo-Turkish War 201, 208 slaves, as oarsmen 87, 92 Struble, Admiral Arthur 331 binoculars 251, 309, 310 tower ships 52, 53
see also Soviet Union sleeping arrangements 172–3, 196–7, Sturdee,Vice Admiral Frederick 261 boatswain’s call 171 trade 6–7, 27, 29, 62–3, 66, 69, 88,
submarines 16, 20, 212, 215, 227 chronometers 207
S 255, 288, 339 compass 52, 207, 278 114–15, 126–7, 130, 131, 132
sloops-of-war 12, 13, 14, 15, 134, 151, anti-submarine warfare 296–7 compound engine 225 Trafalgar, Battle of 94, 174, 179, 180,
Sacheon, Battle of 113 how submarines work 291 copper-plated hulls 14, 107
sacrifices 78 222 hunter-killer 274, 275 corvus 27, 43, 44, 52 186, 188–91
Said Bey, Admiral 208 Sluys, Battle of 28, 29, 82–3 living conditions 172, 173, 199, 293, dreadnoughts and super- Trapani, Battle of 66
sailing ships 10–15 smoothbore naval gun 209 trebuchets 53, 54
Snider-Enfield rifle 225 307 dreadnoughts 258 Tricomalee, Battle of 169
Galera Real 96–9 Solebay, Battle of 138–9 midget 301 early naval aviation 277 Trident missiles 329
Gun, Sail and Empire 104–7 Solent, Battle of the 84–5 nuclear 22–3, 274, 275, 328, 332–3, early naval steam engines 217 Triple Alliance,War of the 212
Rise of Sail 28, 74–5 Solomon Islands 308, 312, 320 Enigma machines 294, 305 Tripoli Harbor, Battle of 202
HMS Victory 194–7 Sommerville, Admiral James 282 341 fire control systems 319 triremes 8–9, 26, 27, 28
sails 8, 10, 12, 74, 75 sonar 274, 278, 294, 296 X-craft 281 geiger counters 331
St Clément, François de 92 Song dynasty 28, 52, 53, 54, 56 see also U-boats gun founding 221 oarsmen 39
Saints, Battle of the 158, 159, 166, Sonni Sturluson 76 Suenson, Commodore Edouard 218 horary quadrant 126 Olympias 40–41
Sound, Battle of the 152 Suffren, Admiral Pierre André de 169 how submarines work 291 ram of a 32
168–9, 174 South America 238–9 Sui dynasty 52 Huff-Duff 296 tactics 31
Sakamoto, Lieutenant Commander 244 suicide bombers 342 longitude 207 Tromp, Admiral Cornelis 134, 139, 153
Salamis, Battle of 30, 31, 32, 34–5, 78 The Americas at War 226 Sukeyuki, Admiral 246, 247 missile defense 341, 342, 343 Tromp, Admiral Maarten 126, 128, 129,
Samos 32 War of Jenkins’ Ear 160 Suleiman the Magnificent 87, 92 modern air defense systems 341
Sampson, Admiral William T. 239 wars of independence 200–201, 206 Suluc Mehmed Pasha 93–5 Morse code 193 130, 131, 132, 133
samurai 52, 53, 59, 244, 245, 247 see also Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Sun Quan 55 nautical instruments 207 Troubridge, Captain Thomas 178
San Carlos Water, landings at 340–41 super-dreadnoughts 18, 215, 258 night vision goggles 274 Troude, Captain Aimable 187
San Juan de Ulúa, Battle of 116 Paraguay; Peru; Uruguay; USS Texas 284–9 nuclear power 328 Tsushima, Battle of 215, 244, 248,
San Martin, Jose de 206 Venezuela superstitions 78 portolan charts 63
Sandwich, Earl of 138 South Korea see Korea Suppiluliumus II, King 30 “Purple” encoding machine 314 250–51, 252, 309
Santa Cruz, Battle of 316, 318 Southampton 74 surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) 328 quadrants 126, 151, 163, 207 Tunis, Capture of 90–91
Santa Cruz, Marqués de 93–5, 117, 119 Soviet Union surgery 99, 197, 198–9, 287, 339 rangefinders 319 Turgut Reis 92
Santiago de Cuba, Battle of 227, 238, Cold War 274, 330–31 Suriago Strait, Battle of 323–5 screw propulsion 16, 212, 217 Turks see Ottoman Empire
collapse of 275 surrender 106 sextants 207, 317 Turner, Admiral 316
239 Soviet Navy 274 Svein Estridsson 77 ship-launched missile technology turret guns 16, 212, 264
Santo Domingo, Battle of 192 World War II 292 Svein Forkbeard, King of Denmark turtle ships 12, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113
Sardinia 44, 66, 68 see also Russia 328 Turtle submersible 166
Saumarez, Rear Admiral Sir James 187 Spain 76, 77 ship’s steering wheel 14, 158 turumas 151
Savo Island, Battle of 316 American Revolutionary War 167 Svenskund signalling 193 Tyrwhitt, Commodore Reginald 260,
Savoy 88, 93 Anglo-Spanish Wars 117–25 sonar and radar 274, 278, 294, 296
Scanian War 152, 153 Battle of Lepanto 93–5 First Battle of 156 stealth technology 348 262
Scapa Flow 259 Chincha Islands War 238 Second Battle of 151, 157 steam-power 16, 18, 201, 212, 213,
Scarborough 262 Dutch Revolt 114, 116, 126–9 Svold, Battle of 76 U
Scheer, Admiral Reinhard 258, 260, French Revolutionary Wars 178–9 Sweden 216, 217
Galera Real 96–9 Baltic Conflicts 12, 150–51 telescopes 203, 207, 246 U-boats
265–7 Napoleonic Wars 187–91 Dutch-Swedish War 152 U-boat computer 293 crew 293
Scheldt estuary 81, 82, 127 Sicilian revolt against 144 Great Northern War 151, 154–5 see also weapons Wolf Pack tactics 294
Schepke, Joachim 291 South American wars of Polish-Swedish wars 152, 153 Teddiman, Rear Admiral Thomas 134 World War I 215, 258–60, 268–9
Scheveningen, Battle of 129, 130, 132 independence 200–201, 206 Russo-Swedish War 150, 151, 156–7, Tegetthoff, Captain Wilhelm von 218, World War II 20–21, 173, 273, 278,
Schleswig Wars 218 Spanish Civil War 276 279, 280, 290–97, 300, 301, 305,
Schley, Commodore Winfield Scott 239 208 219 307
Schoonveldt, Battle of 139 Vikings 76, 77 Telem, Benjamin 343
Schwartzkopf, General Norman 345 swivel guns 87, 88, 161, 192 Tendra, Battle of 208 Ubieta,Vice Admiral Luis de 276
Schwieger,Walther 268 swoopers, covered 52 terrorism 329, 344–7 udemas 151
swords 192, 218 Ugaki,Vice Admiral 327
Sybota, Battle of 36 Ukraine 74
Syracuse, Fourth Battle of 36, 37
Syria 27, 42, 48, 64, 65
Arab-Israeli Wars 342–3
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Uluç Ali 92, 93–5 134, 152 Walwyn, Commander Humphrey 264 nuclear 272, 328, 329, 330 Wrangel, Karl Gustav 152 INDEX
Umayyad Caliphate 65 Vandals 29, 43 War of 1812 200, 202–5 pikes 165 Wright, Rear Admiral 319
United Provinces see Dutch Republic Varangian Guard 77 War on Terror 275, 344, 346–7 Q-ships 269
United States Vauban, Marquis de 142 Warburton-Lee, Commodore Bernard ram of a trireme 32 X
Vaudreuil, Marquis de 168 rocket-launchers 110
American Civil War 226–37 venereal disease 198, 287 300 Roman 43, 49 xebecs 87
American Revolutionary War 166– Venezuela 331 Warren, Rear Admiral Sir Peter 161 shells 16, 18, 201, 212, 220–21, 245 Xenophon 38
HMS Warrior 217 shot 220–21 Xerxes, King of Persia 32, 33, 34–5
71 War of Independence 206 warships siege machines 27 Xiangyang, Siege of 53, 56
The Americas at War 226–7 Venice 12, 27, 64, 74, 86, 87, 88, 92, Squid bombs and mortars 297
Barbary Wars 202, 205 18th century 14–15 swords 192, 218 Yalu River, Battle of 244, 246, 247
Cold War 330–31 93–5, 198, 208 ancient galleys 8–9, 26–9 torpedoes 16, 213, 215, 246, 282, Yamamoto, Admiral Isoroku 308, 309,
conflicts in the Pacific 244, 245 Rise of the Italian Maritime early modern 12–13, 104–7
First Gulf War 345 iron and steel 16–17, 201, 212–15, 303, 305, 341 310, 314, 317
Korean War 329 Republics 62, 66 trebuchets 53, 54 Yamen, Battle of 54, 56
Quasi War 200 Venetian Empire 63 216, 217 see also guns; missiles; technology Yangtze River 54, 55, 56, 57
Spanish-American War 215, 226, 227, Venetian galleys 11 late 19th century & World War I wearing 83
Venetian-Genoese Wars 66–9 weather gage 106, 159 Yangtze Incident 330
238, 239–43 Venetian-Ottoman War 88 18–19, 258–9 Webley Mark VI revolver 265 Yashima, Battle of 56
Vietnam War 274–5, 329, 334–5 Vernon,Vice Admiral Edward 158, 160 medieval 10–11, 74–5 Weddigen, Captain-Lieutenant Otto 268 Yazid 65
War of 1812 200, 202–5 Versailles,Treaty of 259, 272 modern 22–3, 274–5, 278–9 Weihaiwei, Battle of 247 Yellow Sea 52, 111
War on Terror 344, 346–7 Very, Edward 214 World War II 20–21, 272–4 Wentworth, Major-General Thomas
World War I 268 Very pistol 214 washing facilities 172, 173, 255, 286 Battle of 248, 249
World War II 273, 274, 278, 279, Vian, Rear Admiral Sir Philip 301, 305 Washington Conference (1922) 272, 160 Yi Sunshin, Admiral 108, 109, 110, 111,
HMS Victory 114, 172, 189–91, 193, Werner, Herbert A. 307
284–9, 298–300, 308–27 273, 274 West Indies 162, 166, 168, 171, 192 112–13
United States Navy 194–7, 198 water supplies 307 Westmoreland,William 335 Yoichi, Nasu no 56
Vierna, Rear Admiral Manuel de 276 Wattrang,Vice Admiral Gustav 154 wheellock muskets 152 Yom Kippur War 342
aircraft carrier crew 313 Vietnam weapons Whitby 262 York, James, Duke of see James II
in American Civil War 226–7 Whitehead, Robert 246 Yorktown 171
discipline and punishment 100, 101 Sino-French War 224–5 anti-aircraft defense 317 Willaumez, Admiral Jean-Baptiste Yoshihiro, Shimazu 111
food and drink 307 Vietnam War 274–5, 329, 334–5 anti-submarine 296–7 Yoshimaka, Minamoto no 56
foundations of 14, 107, 166, 167, 200 Vigo Bay, Battle of 148 arpax 43, 49 192 Yoshitsune, Minamoto no 56, 59
in postwar era 274–5 Vikings 26, 28, 29, 74, 76–7, 78 ballistas 43 William III, King of England 146 Yoshiyasu, General Yada 56
training 213, 313 Villaret de Joyeuse, Louis Thomas 176, boarding weapons 165 William the Conqueror 80 Yuan dynasty 52, 54, 56, 57
USS Donald Cook 348–51 cannon 29, 63, 74, 80, 86, 104, 108, William of Nassau, Prince of Orange
USS Lexington 336–9 177 Z
USS Texas 284–9 Villeneuve, Rear Admiral Pierre-Charles 109, 114, 159, 184–5, 212 116
in World War II 272–4, 309 cannon-balls 185, 190 Willoughby, Captain Nesbit 192 Zaccaria, Benedetto 66
Uruguay 180–81, 188–91 carronade 14, 178, 195 Wilson, Sir Arthur 268 Zanzibar, Battle of 225
War of Independence 206 Villette-Mursay, Marquis de 146 catapults 43, 49, 52, 53, 62, 65 Wind, Admiral Jorgen 153 Zeebrugge, raids on 269
War of the Triple Alliance 212 Vitgeft, Rear Admiral Vilgelm Karlovich Chinese 53, 54 Winslow, Captain John 230 Zeno, Admiral Carlo 68, 69
Ushakov, Rear Admiral Fyodor Congreve rockets 192, 205 Wolf Pack tactics 290, 294 Zhang Hongfan, General 56
249 crossbows 52, 62, 67, 82, 83 women 141 Zhang Peilun 224
Fyodorovich 208 Vladivostok 251 culverin 129 Won Kuyan 110, 111 Zhang Shijie, General 56
Ushant, Battle of 167, 194 volley guns 187 cutlass 107, 165, 174 Woodward, Admiral John “Sandy” Zheng He, Admiral 28, 53
Uthman, Caliph 64 voyages of exploration 11, 29, 74, 75, 88, depth charges 297 Zheng Jia 54
dirks 245 340, 341 Zhou Yu 55
V 108, 114, 116 firepower 27, 29, 75, 86–7 Worden, Lieutenant John L. 235, 237 Zhu Yuanzhang 57
Vulso, Lucius Manlius 47 fireships 55, 76, 120, 121, 128, 129, World War I 212, 215, 245, 258–9 zigzag movements 296
Valcour Island, Battle of 166 Vyborg Bay, Breakout from 150, 156–7 Zonchio, Battle of 88
Valdivia, Battle of 206 136–7, 139, 145, 153, 187 The U-Boat War 268–9 Zuiderzee, Battle of 116
van den Vondel, Joost 129 W flamethrowers 62 warships 18–19, 258–9
van der Goes,Vice Admiral Philip 148 grappling hooks 128 World War I at Sea 1914–16 260–67
van Dorp, Lieutenant Admiral Filips 127 Wace, Master 81 Greek fire 8, 27, 29, 62, 65 World War II 272–4, 278–327
van Heemskerk, Jacob 126 Wachtmeister, Admiral Karl 155, 156 Hedgehog bomblet 297 Battles in the Pacific 308–27
van Wassenaer Obdam, Admiral Jacob Wager, Admiral Charles 149 longbows 82 Battles in the West 278–305
Wakizaka Yasuharu 112–13 medieval 62 warships 20–21, 272–4
walking the plank 100 mines 215, 245, 258, 261, 279, 329
Walton, Captain George 160 mortars 297
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