I. OUR _DREADNOUGHTS_:—THEIR NAME AND BATTLE RECORD 1
III. THE AVENGERS OF THE BLACK HOLE:—WHAT THE NAVY DID FOR CLIVE 77
IV. BOSCAWEN’S BATTLE:—THE TAKING OF THE _TÉMÉRAIRE_ 126
V. HAWKE’S FINEST PRIZE:—HOW THE _FORMIDABLE_ CHANGED HER FLAG 141
VI. WHEN THE _VICTORY_ FIRST JOINED THE FLEET:—HOW THEY BUILT THE _VICTORY_ AT CHATHAM 160
VII. ON VALENTINE’S NIGHT IN FRIGATE BAY 191
VIII. THE PAGEANT OF THE _DONEGAL_:—A MEMORY OF ’98 208
IX. ON BOARD OUR FLAGSHIPS AT TRAFALGAR:—CAPTAIN HARDY AND THOSE WHO MANNED THE _VICTORY_—UNDER FIRE WITH COLLINGWOOD—“OLD IRONSIDES” AND THE THIRD IN COMMAND 222
CHAMPIONS THEN AND NOW: THE _VICTORY_ AND THE _DREADNOUGHT_ _Frontispiece_
Both ships, and the submarine alongside the _Victory_, are shown on the same scale. The picture is reproduced by kind permission of the proprietors of the _Illustrated London News_. Photos by Stephen Cribb, Southsea.
From a contemporary print kindly lent by Mr. Wentworth Huyshe. The _Dreadnought_ is shown as she appeared when serving in the “Ship Money” Fleet of Charles the First—_circ._ 1637.
From the original drawing made in 1740 for the official dockyard model. Now in the Author’s collection.
THE RED-LETTER DAY OF NELSON’S CALENDAR. HOW THE _DREADNOUGHT_ LED THE ATTACK ON THE 21ST OF OCTOBER, 1757 34
Painted by Swaine. Engraved and Published in 1760.
WHEN GEORGE THE THIRD WAS KING. OFFICERS AT AFTERNOON TEA ASHORE 38
MANNING THE FLEET IN 1779. A WARM CORNER FOR THE PRESS GANG 38
THE COUNTY AND ITS SHIP. THE _KENT_ TROPHY CHALLENGE SHIELD 54
From a photograph kindly lent by the designers and manufacturers of the trophy, Messrs. George Kenning & Son, Goldsmiths, Little Britain and Aldersgate Street, London.
THE SCENE OF THE OPERATIONS UNDER ADMIRAL WATSON AND CLIVE 76
From Major James Rennell’s “Bengal Atlas,” published in 1781. Reproduced by the courtesy of the Royal Geographical Society.
In the foreground to the right is seen the _Warspite_ attacking the _Téméraire_. Boscawen’s flagship, the _Namur_, is in the centre flying the Admiral’s Blue Flag at the main, and at the fore the red battle-flag, the “Bloody Flag” of the Old Navy. Painted by Swaine. Engraved and published in 1760.
The picture shows the _Royal George_ (in the centre) sinking the _Superbe_, and the _Formidable_ (immediately beyond the _Superbe_ and in the background) lowering her colours to the _Resolution_ (the ship coming up astern of the _Royal George_). Painted by Swaine. Engraved and published in 1760.