war-time navigation,85-6,87-95;traditions,4,5,9-13,23,98,99-100;signals and wireless,110-3,120-4,169-70,191;destroyer escort,29-30,126-8,178,203,235;torpedoing of a transport,137-40,237-40;camouflage and dazzle,163-7;naming of standard ships,168;owners' customs clerks,184,185;clearing for sea,184-9;convoy conference,198-204;putting to sea,205-16;unloading and loading,217-223,247-51.See underNavyMerchant Shipping Act,67Mersey,49,80,107,241,244Mexico,230Middleton,6Minesweeping,25,88,89,91,95,97-99,102,205Ministry of Information,xiiiMinistry of Shipping,178,181Miramichi,204'M N',252-53Mobbs, Engineman,99Mons,126Monson,6Muscovy Company,5NantucketLightship,104,107,109Nautical Magazine,xiiiNavesink,109Navy:Offshoot from Merchants' Service,6,18;press-gangs,9;naval science,11;arming of merchantmen,19,37;War Staff,30seq.,128;Naval Transport Officer,32seq.,131,247,251;Shipping Intelligence Officer,36seq.,185;D.A.M.S.,37-8,185;'Otters,'38,185;convoys,41,110,121,178-83,189-97,198-204,205-12,255;anti-submarine measures,41-3,95-6,110,113,203,255;'Q. ships,'42;gunnery,43;wireless on sea-going merchantmen,110-3;Transport Department,126,127;Salvage Section,144-7;Examination Service,190.See underMerchants' ServiceNebraskan,109Neleus,226,229,232,233,234Nelson,11,22Nelson,79Nemesis,139Neutral shipping,17,91,177,203New Brighton,247Newhaven,31New Jersey,217Newport, U.S.A.,107New York,27,103,109,204New York Herald,109Nichols, Skipper,99Nile,11Nore,97Norfolk, Va.,104,191North River,217-23,230North Sea,85,88,252Olympic,131'Otters,' 38,80,166Oversay,117PadrigFlats,148Palermo,81Palm Branch,18,19,20Patrols,28,114,117,128,150,189,190,236Pearl Shell,191,192Persia,253Philanthropic Seamen's Societies,65Pilots,59,87-91,98,149,187,189,210,218,251Plymouth,205,233Hoe,198Sound,207Poldhu,226Portliskey,81Present Help,97,98Prince Line,109Provident,101Prussian Guard,51Psiloriti,132Purchas,5Queen Alexandra,131Quetta Staff College,30Ramsgate,56,98Rate of Exchange,103,109Rathbone, Master John,11Rathlin Island,116Rathlin Sound,116Rea (ofCrane),99Redcap,82Richard Cœur de Lion,54,55Rifleman,139River Plate,4,13,181,199Rôles d'Oléron,54seq.Rowlatt, Mr. Justice,62Royal Edward,127Royal Naval Reserve,23-25,36-37,41,64,122,197Royal Naval Reserve (Temporary),18,25,26Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve,122Rozhdestvensky,98Rue Point,117St. Helens,131St. Paul,108Salonika,128,132,133,183Salvage,141-62Salving a merchantman,147-56Repairing in dry dock,156-62Sandon,251Sandy Hook,230San Miguel,170Sarah Pritchard,78Seahorse,210Seaplanes,85,92,150,182,215Sea-slang,26Selsey Bill,95Serapis,173Shanghai,42Sir Ralph the Rover,91Skullmartin,116Smeaton,91Smith (ofCrane),99South Africa,126Southampton,65,67,129,131Southampton Water,131Speedy,181Stevedores,185,186,218Straits of Dover,85Strand,124Strongbow,178Suda Bay,128,132Suez Canal,137Sutherland,132Thames,78,79,86,184,252Thordis,79Thracia,173Titan,149-55Titanic,123Tor Point,116Trafalgar,11Trinity Bay,89Trinity House,56-61,88,95,149Tripolis,4Turkey Company,9Tuscania,15Tyne,78,86Umaria,173United States,72,89,103,128,178United States Seamen's Act,72U 53,109Valencia,13Valparaiso,42Vanilla,101Verdun,230Virginia,104Virginia,114Volapük,169Volturno,123Vosges,17,18Walmer,89Wandle,79'War Channel,'86,88War Ordnance,209,211,213War Risks Associations,36War Trident,191,192,195-97Waterford,30Watt, Skipper Joseph,99Westmark Shoal,149,150White Star Line,109Whymper, F.,xiiiWilhelmshaven,24,100William,82William(East Indiaman),9Wood, Walter,xiiiYarmouth,90Yarmouth, I. of W.,141Zeppelins,85,92