commandos, 61, 147–48, 152, 189, 234, 278, 282
Commerell, Sir John, 53–54, 180
Congo, 228
Conolly, Vice-Adm Richard L, USN, 148
Constantinople (Istanbul), 53, 66, 111; (1878), 10, 54, 79, 120, 160, 163, 179
Controllers (Comptrollers) of the Navy, 21, 41, 75, 77, 80, 85, 89, 94, 105, 127, 129, 130, 154, 163, 166, 168, 169, 206, 214, 267
convoy protection operations, 14, 58, 89, 100, 105, 114, 122, 124–25, 132, 138, 156, 162, 213, 217–18, 233, 242, 246–47, 251
Copenhagen, 119; (2 Apr 1801) 105; bombardment of (2–7 Sep 1807) 29, 81, 95, 96
Cork and Orrery, Earl of see Boyle, Sir William
Coronel (1 Nov 1914), 35, 83, 239
Corsica, 48, 133, 134, 167
Creasy, Sir George, 55–56, 234
Crete, 28, 60, 186, 194, 237
Crimean War (1854–56), 19, 47, 52–53, 79, 111, 116, 118, 142–43, 159, 168, 170, 175, 191, 208, 224, 227, 237, 241, 265
Cuba, 80, 175, 256
Cunningham, Sir Andrew, Viscount
Cunningham of Hyndhope, 56–62, 63, 234, 264
Cunningham, Sir John, 61, 62–64
Curtis, Sir Lucius, 64–65
Curtis, Adm Sir Roger, 64, 96
Cyprus, 16, 111, 120
Dalmatia (Croatia), 102
Dardanelles; (1878) see Constantinople (1878); (1915), 31, 57, 66, 83, 85, 88, 90, 146, 161, 170, 219, 231, 251; (1922), 35, 41, 137 see also Chanak crisis
De Robeck, Sir John, 65–67, 85, 146, 231, 251
Delaware, 124, 256
Derby, Earls of see Stanley
Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield, Prime Minister, 54, 171, 176
Dnepr estuary, 160, 224, 237, 265
dockyards, 13, 21, 41, 42, 115, 135, 136, 168, 259, 260; Pembroke, 40; Portsmouth, 39, 80; Plymouth (Devonport) 168, 237; Malta 52, 65, 237; Chatham 103, 157; Woolwich, 237; Rosyth, 244
Dogger Bank (24 Jan 1915), 25, 34, 35, 41, 244
Dominica (17 Apr 1780), 254
Dover Patrol, 58, 131, 146, 216, 252
Dundas, Henry, Viscount Melville, First Lord of the Admiralty, 50, 94, 95, 136
Dunkirk (26 May–4 June 1940), 56, 217, 232
East Indies Fleet, 77, 90, 187
Eastern Fleet, 16, 89, 154, 187, 195, 210, 219, 233, 264
Eastman’s Naval Academy, Southsea, 84, 169, 227
Eden, George, first Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty, 175, 208
Edinburgh, Dukes of see Alfred Ernest Albert, HRH Prince, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Philip, HRH Prince
Edward Augustus, HRH Duke of York and Albany, 123
Edward VII, HM King, 4, 5, 9, 11, 67–68, 69, 83, 97–99, 143–44, 173, 179–81, 185, 209, 250–51,262, 266
Edward VIII, HM King, 4, 5, 68–70, 98–99, 184–185, 263
Egypt; French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 18, 46, 165, 201; under Mehemet Ali, 51, 71, 118, 237; British conquest of (1882–83), 36, 80, 121,128, 163, 172, 180, 238, 266; First World War, 69, 88, 251; Second World War, 60, 138, Suez campaign (1956), 189
El Teb, Sudan (29 Mar 1884), 266
Ellenborough, Earl of, First Lord of the Admiralty, 30, 50
Elliot, Sir Charles, 71–72
Elliot, the Hon Sir George, 71, 241
Erskine, Sir James, 72–73
Escape Creek (25 May 1857), 142, 170
Eshowe (3 Apr 1879), 221
Esquimalt, British Columbia, 265
Ethiopia (Abyssinia), 43, 59, 85, 137, 212, 216, 232, 246
Eton College, 22, 122, 170, 265
Eyres-Monsell, Sir Bolton, First Lord of the Admiralty, 42, 76
Falkland Islands, 12, 266; (1770), 110, 124; (8 Dec 1914), 83, 240; (1982) 78, 152, 153, 159
Fanshawe, Sir Arthur, 73–74
Far East Fleet, 15, 16,115, 152, 157, 234
Fashoda Incident (1898), 24, 194
Fat-shan Creek (1 Jun 1857), 71, 79, 142, 227
Ferrol, 46, 109, 176, 207
field marshals, 1, 3, 4, 26, 68, 69, 70, 78, 99, 131, 145, 188, 198, 210, 259, 262
Field, Sir Frederick, 40, 74–76, 141, 164, 216
Fieldhouse, Sir John, Lord Fieldhouse, 76–78, 159
Finisterre, 13, 66, 92, 93, 107, 166, 167, 236; (3 May 1747), 13, 107
Fisher, Sir John, Lord Fisher of Kilverstone, 4, 24, 32, 34, 40, 67, 78–84, 120, 127–130, 144, 163, 169, 170, 172–73, 181–82, 194, 195, 202, 215–216, 239–40, 245, 265–269
Fisher, Adm Sir William, 32, 216
fishery protection duties, 113, 175, 226
Fleet Air Ann, 28, 42, 63, 137, 139, 147, 148, 162
Florida, 102
flotillas
1st, 77, 152; 1st Destroyer, 55, 58, 157, 161, 243, 246; 2nd, 22, 234; 2nd Destroyer, 149, 241, 243; 2nd Minesweeping, 151; 3rd Destroyer, 243; 4th Destroyer, 31, 161, 243; 5th Destroyer, 55, 185; 6th Destroyer, 58; 6th Minesweeping, 234; 8th Destroyer, 28, 242; 8th Submarine, 145; 13th Destroyer, 241; 14th Destroyer, 151; 19th Destroyer, 246; 104th Minesweeping, 234; White Russian Caspian, 88
Flushing (Vlissingen), 49, 236
Forbes, Sir Charles, 33, 84–86, 185
Forbes, the Hon John, 3, 86–87
Force H, 14, 156, 161, 232, 264
Force K, 154, 219
Fort McHenry, Baltimore (12 Sep 1814), 50, 102
Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) 179, 224
Fraser, Sir Bruce, Lord Fraser of North Cape, 60–61, 88–91, 154, 187, 233
Frederick Augustus, HRH Duke of York and Albany, 257, 259
Freeman, William Peere Williams, 3, 91–92, 262
French Revolutionary War (1793–1802), 17, 29, 45, 47, 64, 93, 94, 100, 105, 125, 133, 165, 167, 176, 198, 200, 206, 211, 225, 229, 248, 253, 255, 258
Gage, Gen the Honourable Thomas, 92, 201
Gage, Sir William, 92–94, 201
Gallipoli, 57, 127, 251 see also Dardanelles (1915)
Gambier, Sir James, Lord Gambier, 3, 17-, 19, 94–96, 230, 260
Gardner, Vice-Admiral Sir Alan, 135, 212
Gate Pa, New Zealand (29 Apr 1864), 121
Geddes, Sir Eric, First Lord of the Admiralty 131, 203, 251
Genoa, 18, 47, 48, 132, 161, 222
George, HRH Prince Regent, Prince of Wales see George IV
George I, HM King, 122, 196, 235
George II, HM King, 2, 183
George III, HM King, 3, 123, 125, 135, 256, 258
George IV, HM King, 3, 92, 136, 229, 259, 260
George V, HM King, 4, 5, 11, 25, 41, 50, 68–70, 76, 84, 97–98, 99–100, 113, 141, 171, 174, 180, 183, 192, 210, 250, 251, 259, 262
George VI, HM King, 4, 5, 70, 98, 99–100, 185, 188
Georgia, North America, 46, 50, 117
German Navy, 5, 39, 112, 113, 144, 192, 261
Gibraltar, 14, 18, 24, 29, 31, 33, 48, 83, 92, 108, 119, 124, 133, 134, 161, 169, 180, 194, 211, 217, 222, 226, 232, 244, 249, 254, 256, 264, 266
Gillford, Lord see Meade, Richard, Earl of Clanwilliam
Gingindlovu, Zululand (2 Apr 1879), 221
Gladstone, William, Prime Minister, 54, 72, 80, 112, 172, 176, 221
Glorious First of June, the (1 Jun 1794), 95, 101,105, 125, 206
Gordon, Sir James, 100–103
Goschen, George, First Lord of the Admiralty, 144, 172, 176, 221, 222
Gough-Calthorpe, Sir Somerset, 103–05,
Grafton, 3rd Duke of, Prime Minister, 109, 229
Grand Fleet (1914–19), 20, 25–27, 31, 35, 37, 41, 55, 58, 62, 67, 75, 83, 85, 88, 98, 127, 129–31, 146, 161, 164, 203, 215, 231, 239–41, 244–45, 252, 263, 269
Great Northern War (1700–21), 196, 197, 199
Greek War of Independence (1821–31), 51, 207
Grenada, West Indies, 165
Grenville, George, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Admiralty, 87
Grenville, Lord, Prime Minister, 136
“grog” see rum ration
Guadeloupe, 133, 198, 201, 205, 248
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Haddington, Earl of, First Lord of the Admiralty, 30, 50, 94, 230
Haiti, 101, 206 see also Hispaniola
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 29, 91, 200, 237, 248, 249, 255, 258, 266
Hall, G H, Viscount Hall, First Lord of the Admiralty, 64, 90
Halsey, Vice-Adm William F, USN, 154
Hamond, Sir Graham, 105–106
Hardy, Capt (later Adm) Thomas Masterman, 48, 248
Harwich Force, 20, 55, 145, 243, 244
“haul-down” promotions, 73, 118, 160, 172
Hawke, Sir Edward, Lord Hawke, 13, 107–110, 123, 222
Hawkins, Sir James, see Whitshed, Sir James Hawkins
Hay, Lord John, 110–112, 120
Healey, Denis, Secretary of State for Defence, 28, 115, 155, 190
Heligoland, 25, 34, 41, 58, 113, 145, 183, 243, 269; Heligoland Bight (28 Aug 1914), 25
Henry (Heinrich) of Prussia, Prince, 4, 112–114, 180–81, 261
High Seas Fleet, 25, 26, 88, 113, 114, 130, 164, 244, 252, 262
Hill-Norton, Sir Peter, Lord Hill-Norton, 114–16, 157
Hispaniola, 18, 101, 230 see also Haiti
Home Fleet, 14, 20–21, 24, 27, 31–34, 37, 39, 56–57, 61–63, 83, 85–86, 89, 104, 114, 130, 137–39, 140–41, 149–54, 156, 160–64, 170, 181–82, 185, 195, 202–03, 212–15, 218–19, 232, 234, 239, 241–43, 245–46, 248, 251, 263–64, 267
Home Guard, 33, 245
Honduras, 16, 198, 224, 225
Hong Kong, 103, 142, 170, 227, 265
Hood, Adm Sir Alexander, Lord Bridport, 101, 125, 135, 212, 253
Hood, Adm Sir Samuel, 1st Viscount Hood, 47, 48, 236, 257
Hope, Sir James, 53, 54, 79,116–117, 227
Hope, Vice-Admiral Sir William, 257, 259
Hornby, Sir Geoffrey Phipps,10, 79, 80, 117–121, 128, 193, 209
hospitals, naval, 12, 103, 220, 264
Hotham, Sir Charles, 121–22, 172
Hotham, Adm Sir William, 47–48, 105
Howe, Sir Richard, 1st Earl Howe, 76, 91, 95, 105, 108, 122–26, 135, 141, 159
Hyeres, Toulon, (11 Feb 1743), 87, 107, 197, 200, 205, 222
He de Bourbon (Reunion), 64
Ile de France (Mauritius), 48, 65
Ile de Groix, Lorient, 101, 253
Imperial Defence College, 26, 28, 58, 138, 154, 157, 219, 232, 242
Indian Mutiny campaign (1857–59), 143, 224, 270
Indonesia, confrontation with, (1963–66), 28, 152, 234 see also Borneo; Brunei; Sarawak
Inskip, Sir Thomas, Minister for the Coordination of Defence, 42–3; “Inskip Award”, 137
Invergordon, 75, 141, 203, 216, 232
Irrawaddy River, 38, 221
Jackson, Sir Henry, 126–28, 163, 202, 239
Jamaica, 107, 122, 160, 199, 200, 205, 229, 258
Jellicoe, Sir John, Earl Jellicoe, 4, 20, 25, 26, 27, 37, 39, 41, 85, 127, 128–31, 163, 164, 202, 203, 239, 244, 252, 267, 269, 270
Jenkins’s Ear, War of, (1739–40), 12, 45, 86, 107, 122, 197, 200, 205, 222
Jervis, Sir John, Earl of St Vincent, 3, 17, 48, 93, 132–36, 166, 177, 200, 201, 206, 255, 271
John, Sir Caspar, 136–39
Joint Services Staff College, Latimer, 15, 152
Jutland (31 May–1 Jun 1916), 5, 25, 27, 35, 37, 41, 60, 75, 84, 85, 99, 127, 130, 161, 164, 183, 202, 215, 240, 241, 244, 245, 263
kamikaze air attacks (1944–45), 15, 90, 149, 248
Kassassin, Egypt (28 Aug 1884), 36
Keith, Adm Lord, 198, 236
Kelly, Sir John, 76, 139–141, 232
Keppel, the Hon Sir Henry, 4, 141–43, 170, 265
Kerch, Sea of Azov (May 1855), 159 Kerr, Lord Walter, 4, 143–44, 171, 222
Keyes, Sir Roger, Lord Keyes, 62, 76, 144–49, 146, 164, 186, 216, 243, 252
Kiao-Chow (Jiaozhou), China, 113, 129, 228
Kidd, Captain William, pirate, 199
Kinburn (Pokrovskiy), Black Sea, 160, 224, 237, 265
King, Admiral of the Fleet Ernest J, USN, 61
“King’s Letter Boys” (AFs joining the Navy as), 195, 199, 222
Korean War (1950–53), 28, 90, 91, 151, 214
Kotor inlet, 177
Ladysmith, Natal (Nov 1899-Feb 1900), 172
Laing’s Nek, Transvaal (28 Jan 1881), 221
Lambe, Sir Charles, 15, 139, 149–150
Lambton, the Hon Hedworth see Meux, the Hon Sir Hedworth Lambton
Lawrence, Col T E (Lawrence of Arabia), 31, 251
Le Fanu, Sir Michael, 115, 153–55
Le Havre, 109, 174
Leach, Sir Henry, 150–53, 159, 235
Leeward Islands, 46, 229, 257
Leghorn (14 Mar 1795), 48, 93
Lemnos, 251
Leogane, Haiti, 101, 206
Levant, 45, 60, 63, 195
Lewin, Sir Terence, Lord Lewin, 22, 153, 155–159
Libya, 88, 149, 185, 247, 251
Lisbon, 48, 86, 94, 105, 122, 134, 136, 143, 166, 191, 226, 230, 235, 255
Lissa (13 Mar 1811), 102, 177
Lloyd George, David, Prime Minister, 35, 131, 251
Long Island, New York, 124, 198, 205
Lorient, 101, 236, 253
Louis, Adm Sir Thomas, 18
Luce, Adm Sir David, 29
Lucknow (1857–58), 143, 224
Lyons, Adm Sir Algernon, 159, 160
Lyons, Sir Edmund, 159–60
Macclesfield, Earl of see Parker, Sir Thomas
Macmillan, Harold, Prime Minister, 139, 150, 189
McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick, 150, 160, 161–62
McKenna, Reginald, First Lord of the Admiralty, 83, 84, 268
Madden, Sir Charles, 40, 75, 85, 130, 147, 162–64
Malaga (24 Aug 1704), 196
Malaya, 151, 213, 214, 218, 219
Malta, 24, 41, 52, 58, 62, 65, 81, 85, 120, 128, 194, 237, 252, 266; French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 93, 101, 102, 105, 165; Second World War, 14, 60, 89, 154, 156, 185, 213, 219, 233, 247
Maori War, second (1860–72), 121
marines, 12, 13, 61, 81, 83, 87, 88, 118, 123, 127, 139, 222, 229, 253
marshals of the Royal Air Force, 16, 69, 70, 99, 210
Martin, Sir George, 165–66, 255
Martin, Sir Thomas, 3, 166–68
Martinique, 46, 49, 133, 165, 198, 201, 205
Maryland, 49, 50, 102
Massachusetts, 92, 107, 124, 201, 229
Matapan (28 Mar 1941), 28, 60, 210
Mauritius, 48, 65, 151, 172, 178
May, Sir Henry, 82, 104, 168–70, 239, 267
Meade, Richard, Lord Gillford, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam 100, 142, 170–71, 180
Mediterranean Fleet passim
Mehemet Ali, ruler of Egypt and Syria, 51, 52, 71, 118, 237
Melbourne, Viscount, Prime Minister, 71, 144
Melville, Viscount, see Dundas
Members of Parliament (AFs sitting as), 7, 30, 45, 46, 50, 54, 83, 87, 108, 111, 123, 133, 166, 168, 174, 197, 198, 200, 206, 212, 223, 235, 237
Mers-el-Kebir (3 Jul 1940), 156, 217, 232
Meux, the Hon Sir Hedworth Lambton, 39, 40, 82, 171–74, 181, 273
Mexico, 19, 49, 106, 249
Middleton, Adm Sir Charles, Lord Barham, 94, 95, 193
Milford Haven, Marquess of see Mountbatten, Louis Alexander
Milne, Sir Alexander, 121, 175–76
Ministry of all the Talents, 95, 136, 212
Minorca, 86, 87, 108
Montenegro, 37, 144
Montevideo, Uruguay, 53, 71, 225
Moresby, Sir Faifax, 176–78
Mountbatten, Louis Alexander, HSH Prince Louis of Battenberg, Marquess of Milford Haven, 10, 34, 39, 82–83, 130, 173–74, 178–83, 192, 209, 239, 269
Mountbatten, Lord Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 15, 61, 90, 139, 148, 150, 162, 178, 183–190, 209, 217, 233, 247
Mudros, 58, 104, 251
Mundy, Sir George, 190–91
mutinies, 59, 75, 76, 114, 125, 141, 151
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Naples, 11, 102, 106, 166, 177, 191, 226
Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, 18, 19, 29, 45, 46, 48, 50, 65, 92, 93, 102, 106, 110, 134, 166, 177, 178, 226, 236, 254, 255, 259
Narvik (1940), 32, 33, 217 see also Norwegian campaign
naval aviation, 26, 90, 113, 137, 138, 150, 152, 162, 184, 248 see also Fleet Air Arm; Royal Air Force
naval brigades and landing parties, 5, 31, 49, 121, 178, 193, 211, 221, 223, 232; French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 29, 177, 201, 207, 236, 253; Sarawak and Brunei (1844–46) 142, 191; Crimean War (1854–56) 111, 142, Second China War (1856–60), 171, 227; Indian Mutiny campaign (1857–58), 143, 224; Egypt (1882–3), 36, 128, 145, 238, Sudan (1884) 36, 266, (1896–98), 23; Anglo-Boer South African War (1899–1902), 57, 80, 172; Boxer Rebellion (1900-01), 24, 38, 74, 129, 145, 229, 265
naval field gun competition (“Gun Run”), Royal Tournament, 151, 172
naval gunfire support, 58, 67, 88, 151, 185, 214
Naval Intelligence, 31, 34, 145, 181, 202, 238, 269
Navarino (20 Oct 1827), 51, 259
Nelson, Sir Horatio, Viscount Nelson, 6, 18, 24, 25, 48, 61, 81, 93, 120, 130, 133, 134, 165, 177, 206, 207, 212, 229, 230, 248, 256, 257, 265
New Guinea, 127, 177
New Orleans, 102
New York, 45, 87, 123–24, 198, 205, 211, 255, 256
Newcastle, Thomas, 1st Duke of, Prime Minister, 13, 45, 87, 108, 200
Newfoundland, 45, 46, 91, 95, 132, 175, 195, 212, 229
Nicaragua, 223, 224
Nicholas II, Emperor (Tsar) of Russia, 4, 5, 98, 192–93, 262
Nile, 23, 24, 101, 134; (1 Aug 1798), 101, 134
Noel, Sir Gerard, 81, 82, 193–95
Normandy landings (Jun 1944), 56, 61, 99, 156, 186, 247
Norris, Capt Richard, 107, 197, 222
Norris, Sir John, 2, 3, 6, 11, 44–45, 86, 107, 195–97, 222, 223
North Cape (26 Dec 1943), 89, 151
North Carolina, 49
North Sea, 11, 14, 17, 19, 25, 29, 93, 105, 122, 130, 132, 145, 158, 185, 205, 219, 220, 236, 239, 242, 244
North, Lord, Prime Minister, 72, 110, 124
Northern Patrol, 149
Norwegian campaign (1940), 14, 27, 32–33, 63, 86, 138, 147, 148, 154, 156, 185, 217
Nott, John, Secretary of State for Defence, 78, 152, 153, 158, 235
Nova Scotia, 29, 91, 200, 237, 248, 255, 257, 258, 266
Nugent, Sir Charles, 6, 198
Ogle, Sir Chaloner, 199–200
Ogle, Sir Charles, 3, 175, 200–01
Okinawa (Apr-Jul 1945), 15, 247
Oliver, Sir Henry, 31, 127, 201–03
Omdurman, Sudan (2 Sep 1898), 23
Orde, Rear-Adm Sir John, 134, 135
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