HMS King George V, 37
HMS King Stephen, 77–78
HMS Lance, 31
HMS Laverock, 117
HMS Legion, 31
HMS Lennox, 31
HMS Leopard, 27
HMS Lion, 20, 21, 37, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 94
HMS Lively, 27
HMS Loyal, 31
HMS Lynx, 39
Lusitania, 5, 71
HMS Malaya, 92
HMS Mary Rose, 122
HMS Meteor, 67
HMS Monarch, 37
HMS Monmouth, 28
HMS Moy, 33
HMS Munster, 74
HMS Nestor, 95
HMS New Zealand, 20, 37, 64, 65, 66, 94,
HMS Nomad, 95
HMS North Star, 133
HMS Nottingham, 104
HMS Obedient, 100
HMS Onslow, 97
HMS Orion, 37
HMS Otranto, 28
HMS Paragon, 117–118
HMS Partridge, 122
HMS Pathfinder, 23
HMS Patrol, 33, 40, 55, 56
HMS Pegasus, 25
HMS Pellew, 123
HMS Princes Royal, 20, 37, 64, 65, 66, 94
HMS Queen Elizabeth, 137–138
HMS Queen Mary, 37, 94, 95
HMS Renown, 120–121
HMS Repulse, 120–121
HMS Riviera, 81
HMS Roxburgh, 37
HMS Sappho, 134
HMS Shark, 41, 97–98
HMS Simoom, 116–117
HMS Sirius, 129,
HMS Southampton, 95, 100
HMS Strongbow, 122
HMS Success, 27
Sussex, 72
HMS Swift, 118–119
HMS Test, 33
HMS Tipperary, 100
HMS Thetis, 132
HMS Ramsey, 73
HMS Tiger, 64, 65 66, 69, 94, 120–121
HMS Undaunted, 31
HMS Valiant, 92
HMS Vindictive, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135
HMS Warrior, 97, 100
HMS Warspite, 92
HMS Warwick, 133
HMS Waveney, 33
IRN Yemtschuk (Zemchug), 25
HMS Zubian, 113
German Ships
SMS Ariadne, 21
SMS Berlin (AMC), 24, 31
SMS Blucher, 27, 35–36, 46, 50, 52, 53–54, 55, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68–69
SMS Bremse, 121–122,
SMS Brummer, 121–122
SMS Derfflinger, 35, 46, 47, 48, 63, 65, 66, 94, 96, 97, 98, 103
SMS Dresden, 32
SMS Emden, 25–26
SMS Frankfurt, 77, 97
SMS Frauenlob. 20, 21, 100
SMS G-41, 77, 116
SMS G-42, 118–119
SMS G-48, 119
SMS Gneisenau, 26
SMS Graudenz, 27, 63,
SMS Greif, 73–74
SMS Grosser Kurfurst, 95, 98, 114
SMS Hamburg, 39
SMS Hela, 23
SMS Helgoland, 98, 139
SMS Kaiser, 121,
SMS Kaiserin, 121
SMS Karlsruhe, 33
SMS Kedingen, 121
SMS Kolberg, 21, 27, 46, 48, 63, 64
SMS Koln, 21
SMS Konig, 95, 96, 98
SMS Konigsberg (1), 25
SMS Konigsberg (2), 121, 137–138
SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm, 114
SMS Lutzow, 75, 94, 96, 98
SMS Magdeburg, 17, 37
SMS Mainz, 21, 22
SMS Markgraf, 95, 96, 98
SMS Meteor, 73
SMS Moewe, 73
SMS Moltke, 27, 35, 36–37, 46, 47, 50, 52, 53, 55, 63, 65, 94, 98, 126–127
SMS Munchen, 104
SMS M-27, 127
Rio Negro, 32
SMS Oldenburg, 127
SMS Ostfriesland, 100
SMS Pillau, 97
SMS Pommern, 99, 100
SMS Posen, 100
SMS Roon, 41
SMS Rostock, 63, 100
SMS Seydlitz, 26, 35, 38, 46, 50, 52, 54, 55, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 75, 94, 95, 96, 98, 100, 103
SMS Scharnhorst, 26
SMS Schleswig-Holstein, 99
SMS Seeadler, 73
SMS Stettin, 20, 21
SMS Stralsund, 21, 27, 28, 63, 64
SMS Strassburg, 21, 27, 38, 127
SMS S-33, 38
SMS S-35, 99
SMS S-50, 116–117
SMS Thuringen, 139
SMS Von der Tann, 27, 35, 46, 47, 48, 63, 82, 94, 96, 98
SMS V-27, 95
SMS V-29, 95
SMS V-69, 116
SMS V-122
SMS V-155, 38
SMS V-158, 39
SMS V-160, 39
SMS V.187, 20
SMS U-9, 23
SMS U-20, 114
SMS U-27, 24, 36, 46
SMS U-30, 114
SMS Westfalen, 104
SMS Wiesbaden, 97
SMS Wolf, 73
General Index
Albrecht, Commander, 117
Bacon, Vice Admiral Sir Francis, 112, 117, 118, 120, 123
Balfour, Arthur, 113
Bergen, 121
Bethmann-Holweg, Theobald, Imperial Chancellor, 82
Billyard-Leake, Lieutenant E.W. 132
Binmore, 117
Boedecker, Rear Admiral, 75, 76
Bonham-Carter, Lieutenant S.S., 132
Brandenburger, Captain Ernst, 106
Breihaupt, Lt-Commander Joachim, 83–84
Broad Fourteens, the, 31
Brock, Wing Commander, F.A., 128
Brock incendiary machine gun ammunition, 85
Bruges, 112,
Buddecke, Lieutenant, 38
Carl, Lieutenant, 38–39
Carpenter, Captain Alfred, 131
Christian, Rear Admiral A.H., 20
Churchill, Winston, 22, 28–29, 60, 92
Coronel, Battle of, 28, 29
Cromarty, 37.
Crutchley, Lieutenant Victor, 135
Cuxhaven, 81–82
Denny, Mate George, 77, 78
Dering, Lieutenant C.L.Y., 55
Dogger Bank, 36, 37, 63, 68,
battle of, 63–69, 71, 92
Dover Patrol, 112,
Eckermann, Rear Admiral, 63, 64, 68
Elbe River, 32, 81
Evans, Commander E.R.G., 118, 119
Evan-Thomas, Rear Admiral Hugh, 92, 94, 95
Falkland Islands, Battle of the, 32
Fisher, Admiral John Arbuthnot, 143
Firth of Forth, 141
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, 14
Fraser, Lt-Commander, 45, 50
Friedrichshafen, 81
Gaudecker, Lt-Commander, 39
German heavy bomber offensive against England, 107
German heavy bomber losses, 108
Godsall, Commmander A.E., 134–135
Goodenough, Commodore W.R., 20, 21, 64
Goodwin Sands, 113,
Gotha heavy bombers, 106
Hartlepool, description and defences of, 33–34,
bombardment of, 52–57,
Hartog, Captain, 96,
Harvey, Major Francis, 95
Harwich Force, 112,
Heinecke, Commander, 122
Heligoland Bight, 17, 37, 40, 120–121
Henry, Prince, of Prussia, 73
Hipper, Admiral Franz, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 45–46, 50, 57–58, 59, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 101, 139, 147–148
Holb, Commander Hans, 122–123
Hoeppner, General Ernst von, 105, 106, 109
Holtzendorff, Admiral, Henning von, 115
Horton, Lieutenant Max, 23
Hull, 83
Ingenohl, Admiral Friedrich von, 15, 22, 25,
26, 31, 32, 33, 37, 39, 40, 41, 59, 64, 68,
Jade River, 21, 27, 32
Jellicoe, Admiral Sir John, 92, 94, 96, 98, 99, 102, 103, 104, 111, 115, 123, 143–144
Jutland, Battle of, 91–100
Kaiser Wilhelm II, 11–12, 14, 15, 22–23, 29, 41, 68, 82, 91, 103, 114,
abdicates 140
Kaiserschlacht, 125–126
Keyes, Vice Admiral R.J.B., 17, 58, 123, 128
Kiel Canal, 13
Kiel mutiny, 139–140
King George V, 102
Kitchener, Lord, 59, 113
Knorr, Captain von, 73
Lawrence, Commander Noel, 114
Lerwick, 121,
Levetzow, Captain von, 55
Lloyd George, 115, 123
Loftus-Jones, Commander, 97–98
Lowestoft, 75–76, 77
Maas, Rear Admiral Leberecht, 21–22
Marix, Lieutenant R.G.L., 81
Martin, Captain William, 77, 78
Mathy, Lt-Commander Heinrich, 83, 87
Meurer, Rear Admiral Von, 137, 138, 140, 141
Michelsen, Captain, 113,
Moore, Rear Admiral A.G.H., 64, 65, 67, 68, 69
Naismith, Lt-Commander M.E., 58–59
Napier, Admiral Sir Charles, 121
Ostend, 112, 120, first raid on, 128–134, second raid on, 134–135
‘Ostend Carrier Pigeon Battalion’ 105, 107
Outer Ruytingen Banks, 113
Peck, Commander, A.M., Pelly, Captain H.B., 65
Phillips, Lieutenant Tom, 78
Pohl, Admiral Hugo von, 22, 23, 68, 72
Pomeroy explosive machine gun ammunition, 86
Raeder, Commander Erich, 46
Reuter, Admiral Ludwig von, 121
Robinson, Lieutenant William Leefe, 86–87
Robson, Lt-Colonel Lancelot, 44, 45, 52, 59, 60
Room 40, 17, 37, 103
Rosyth, 61
Sandford, Lieutenant Richard, 131–132
Scapa Flow, 37, 92, 112, 141,
scuttlings at, 141–142
Scarborough, description of, 34–35, bombardment of, 46–48
Scheer, Admiral Reinhard, 72, 75, 86, 91, 94, 95, 96, 98–99, 101, 102–103, 104, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 121, 122, 126, 127, 128, 139, 146–147
Schillig Roads, 29, High Seas
Fleet mutinies in, 139
Schultz, Commander Max, 116
Schutte-Lanz organisation, see Zeppelins Scott, Admiral Sir Percy, 83
Scott, Captain Robert, 118
Sneyd, Commander F.,
Spee, Vice Admiral Maximilian Graf von, 26, 32
Strasser, Captain Peter, 86, 88
Sturdee, Vice Admiral Sir
Doveton, 28
Terschelling, 76
Tempest, Lieutenant Wulstan J., 87
Tillesen, Commander, 117
Tirpitz, Admiral Alfred von, 12–14, 22, 41, 59, 68, 145–146
Tirpitz, Lieutenant von, 22
Trechmann, Captain Otto, 51, 54, 60
Trechmann, Lieutenant Richard, 51, 60
Tyrwhitt, Commodore, R.Y., 20, 21, 64, 75–76, 81, 82, 112, 116, 117
Wardle, Captain T.E., 74
Warneford, Sub-Lieutenant R.A.J., 84–85,
Warrender, Vice Admiral Sir George, 37, 40, 58,
Weddigen, Lieutenant Otto, 23
Wemyss, Admiral Sir Rosslyn, 123
Whitby, description of, 34,
bombardment of, 48
Wilhelmshaven, 29
Yarmouth, 1st bombardment of, 26–27, 2nd bombardment of, 75, 77
Zandler, Lt-Commander, 117
Zeebrugge, 112, 113, 116, 117, 119, 120, raid on 128–134
Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand von, 79 80
Zeppelin bases, 80
Zeppelin losses, 89
Zeppelin offensive against England, 82–87, 91
Zeppelin and Schutte-Lanz airships: L3, 69. L4, 69. L5, 67, 82. L6, 82. L7, 75. L13, 83, 103. L15, 83–84. L19, 77. L21, 76, 87. L31, 87. L33, 87. L34, 87. L53, 88. L54, 88. L60, 88. L70, 88. Z9, 81. LZ37, 84–85. SL11, 86–87