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Sims, U. S. admiral,431,437

Sinope, bombardment of,288

Sirocco. Turkish admiral,104,105

Sluis, battle of,146

Solebay, battle of,189

Soliman the Magnificent, Sultan of Turkey,92,98

Souchon, German admiral,356,357

Spain, at war with Turks,100-108; discoveries of,121-128; at war with Dutch,134-143; at war with England,151-167,442; in Napoleonic Wars,240,265; at war with United States,313-328

Spanish Armada,128,141,149,156-167,445

Sparta.SeeGreece.

Spee, German admiral,358-366,369

Steam navigation, beginnings of,287

Sturdee, British admiral,363-365

Submarine, early types of,293-296; in World War,350,420,423-439,445

Suez Canal,357,374

Suffren, French admiral,201,203,217-218,220,228

Syracuse, at war with Athens,46-47,76,247

T.

Tactics, of galleys,94-95; after use of sails and guns,163-164; in Dutch wars,179; in18th century,194,216-217; after use of armor,296-297; influenced by Lissa,310; at Jutland,411-416; in submarine warfare,429-431

Takeomi, Japanese naval officer,339

Tegetthoff, Austrian admiral, at Lissa,299-303

Teneriffe, attacked by Blake,181

Terschelling, raided by English,188

Texel, battle of,189,190

Themistocles,28,31,32,37,43,45

Theophanes,84,85

Thermopylæ, battle of,29,31

Ting, Chinese admiral, at the Yalu,305,306

Tirpitz, German admiral,346,410,411,448,450

Togo, Japanese admiral,304; at battle of 10th of August,333-334; at Tsushima,339-342

Togo, Japanese squadron commander,339

Tordesillas, Treaty of,125

Torpedoes, origin of name,295; Whitehead,296; in Russo-Japanese war,342,343

Torrington, Earl of.SeeHerbert

Toscanelli, Paul,122

Toulon, French base,226,238,246,263

Tourville, French admiral,194,195

Trafalgar, battle of,178,179,223,236,265-279.

Transport service, in World War,438-439

Triple Alliance,345

Tromp, Cornelius, Dutch admiral,185-188

Tromp, Martin, Dutch admiral,169,171-179,182,185,190,416

Troubridge, British naval officer,239,241,250

Tsuboi, Japanese admiral, at the Yalu,306-309

Tsushima, battle of,339-343

Tunis,18; captured by Spanish,91-92; attacked by Blake,180

Turkey, rise of,89-90; at war with Venice and Spain,90-109; in World War,355,357,374-384,442

Tyrwhitt, British naval officer,351,352,353

U.

Ulm, battle of,279

Uluch Ali, Turkish leader,90; in Lepanto campaign,101,104,106-108

United States, in American Revolution,200-212; in War of 1812,280-285; in Civil War,286,290-296; in Spanish-American War,313-328; in World War,424,432-433,438-439; naval problems of,446-447.SeeNavy

V.

Valdes, Pedro de, Spanish naval officer,157,161

Valdes, Pedrode, Spanish naval officer,157,161

Vandals,71,72

Veniero, Venetian admiral,101-103,105

Vengeur du Peuple, French ship,228,230

Venice, early history of,82,85; commerce of,87-89,442; at war with Turks,90-109; ships of,147

Vikings,49,71,83,130-131

Villaret de Joyeuse, French admiral, at First of June,228-231

Villeneuve, French admiral,224; at the Nile,250; in Trafalgar campaign and battle,265-270,273-276

Virginia Capes, battle of,68,201,207-211,442

W.

Wangenheim, Baron von,357

Wei-hai-wei,310,329

William II, German emperor,328,345,347,448

William III of England,193,194

William, Prince of Orange,134,137,140

Wilson, Woodrow, President of United States,387

Winter, Dutch admiral,235

Witjeft, Russian admiral,331,333

X.-Y.-Z.

Xerxes,28,31,32-39

"Y-guns,"431

Yalu, battle of,304-310

York, Duke of, afterward James II of England,184,190

Zama, battle of,60

Zeebrugge, attack on,433-435


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