Sea stories
To every Briton, the question: “What will the sea-fighting of to-morrow be like?” is of supreme interest and importance. Ours is a sea empire. The confines of our dominions lie, not upon our own coasts, but upon the coasts of our neighbours; and unless in the future we can, as...
To every Briton, the question: “What will the sea-fighting of to-morrow be like?” is of supreme interest and importance. Ours is a sea empire. The confines of our dominions lie,...
2. CHAPTER I.On the morning of Tuesday, April 28th 189--, the publication in London of the following Reuter’s telegram created no small amount of uneasiness and excitement in commercial as w...
3. CHAPTER II.“SAN REMO, Tuesday Night.--I have just been landed here, thanks to the courtesy of the commander of the Italian dispatch vessel _Agostino Barberigo_, and, with much grief, I tel...
4. CHAPTER III.“PORTSMOUTH, Tuesday, 9.30 p.m.--H.M.S. _Invincible_, guardship at Southampton, arrived here early this afternoon, and is now at Spithead, where H.M.S. _Hero_, _Minotaur_, _Herc...
5. CHAPTER IV.It has already been said that the account of the battle of Toulon had been sent to the _Times_ by Lieutenant Thomas Bowling, R.N., a half-pay officer who had been a guest in the...
6. CHAPTER V.The naval policy of France in almost all her wars with Great Britain has been to gain, if possible, some material advantage without deliberately risking a Fleet action. The nava...
7. CHAPTER VI.It is true that Mr. Thomas Bowling was engaged to be married to Mary Rose, youngest daughter of Admiral Sir Taffrail Stormer, G.C.B. That may be why he renamed the _Valdivia_ th...
8. CHAPTER VII.Plymouth Sound was a scene of great bustle and activity, and it was by no means easy for a ship like the _Mary Rose_, which had no claim upon the services of a single man in the...
9. CHAPTER VIII.Before proceeding with the account of the _Mary Rose’s_ cruise, it may be well to insert here two newspaper extracts. One is from the _Gibraltar Guardian_ of Wednesday, May 14th...
10. CHAPTER IX.Mr. Binnacle took command of the privateer. The _Alger_, which was evidently sinking fast, was now aflame with lights, and all firing from her had ceased. The men clustered on h...
11. CHAPTER X.H.M.S. _Surprise_ left Gibraltar at noon on the day of the victory of the “Glorious First of June,” and, steaming at 14 knots in very favourable weather, dropped anchor in Plymo...