[Illustration: cover art] A SUB AND A SUBMARINE BY PERCY F. WESTERMAN LIEUT. R.A.F. "No boy alive will be able to peruse Mr. Westerman's pages without a quickening of his pulses."--Outlook. Sea Scouts up-Channel; or, The Cruise of the _Spindrift_. The Wireless Officer. The Third Officer: A Present-day Pirate Story. Sea Scouts Abroad: Further Adventures of the _Olivette_. The Salving of the "Fusi Yama": A Post-War Story of the Sea. Sea Scouts All: How the _Olivette_ was won. Winning his Wings: A Story of the R.A.F. The Thick of the Fray at Zeebrugge: April, 1918. With Beatty off Jutland: A Romance of the Great Sea Fight. The Submarine Hunters: A Story of Naval Patrol Work. A Lively Bit of the Front: A Tale of the New Zealand Rifles on the Western Front. A Sub and a Submarine: The Story of H.M. Submarine R19 in the Great War. Under the White Ensign: A Naval Story of the Great War. The Dispatch-Riders: The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists with the Belgian Forces. Rounding up the Raider: A Naval Story of the Great War. The Fight for Constantinople: A Tale of the Gallipoli Peninsula. A Lad of Grit: A Story of Restoration Times. LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LTD., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C. [Illustration: ANOTHER AND ANOTHER SHELL SPED FROM THE SUBMARINE'S GUNS] A SUB AND A SUBMARINE The Story of H.M. Submarine R19 in the Great War BY PERCY F. WESTERMAN Lieut. R.A.F. Author of "A Lively Bit of the Front" "Under the White Ensign" "Rounding Up the Raider" &c. &c. _Illustrated by E. S. Hodgson_ BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY _Printed in Great Britain_ Contents CHAP. I. FLIRT'S INDISCRETION II. AN ULTIMATUM III. THE SUB'S STRATAGEM IV. BOUND FOR THE BALTIC V. THE STOWAWAY VI. THE ZEPPELIN HUNT VII. A DOUBLE BAG VIII. "ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN" IX. DRIFTING MINES X. THE "HAVORNEN'S" WARNING XI. CAUGHT IN THE NET XII. "AWAY DIVING-PARTY!" XIII. KAPITAN-LEUTNANT VON HOPPNER'S PROWESS XIV. THE WAY OUT XV. PICKING UP THE PILOT XVI. THE BATTLE OF MOON SOUND XVII. HIT XVIII. PINNED DOWN XIX. FORCED TO ASCEND XX. UNDER RUSSIAN ESCORT XXI. THE HOUSE IN BOBBINSKY PROSPEKT XXII. WHEN THE LIGHT FAILED XXIII. TRAPPED XXIV. FORDYCE'S TWO VISITORS XXV. "FLIRT, YOU'RE A BRICK!" XXVI. A FRIEND IN NEED XXVII. THE FATE OF KLOSTIVITCH XXVIII. RESCUED XXIX. THE CAPTURED CONVOY XXX. A DUEL TO THE DEATH XXXI. VON HOPPNER'S BOAST XXXII. "TAKEN DOWN A PEG" XXXIII. GOOD-BYE TO THE BALTIC XXXIV. HOME AGAIN Illustrations ANOTHER AND ANOTHER SHELL SPED FROM THE SUBMARINE'S GUNS _Coloured frontispiece_ THE TOO FAITHFUL FLIRT AHEAD, ASTERN, ABOVE, AND BELOW, THE SHELLS BURST IT WAS MINDIGGLE "PASS UNDER MY LEE!" A SUB AND A SUBMARINE CHAPTER I Flirt's Indiscretion "Come here, Flirt! Heel at once!"