[10] This was the Armada of 612 vessels authorised by Mr. Lloyd George as Chancellor of the Exchequer. [11] At my entreaty a far better man went, Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson, G.C.B. He is a splendid seaman and he devised a splendid scheme. [12] This was written in December, 1908, and our Fleet and ships were always dogged in the war by them. [13] There are statues of Franklin and of Robert Falconer Scott in Waterloo Place; but neither of these displayed his heroism in naval action. They were each peaceable seekers--but what on earth good accrues from going to the North and South Poles I never could understand--no one is going there when they can go to Monte Carlo! [14] In the following selections, words between square brackets are not part of the original letters. [15] N.B.--These very motor boats here described sank two battleships of the Bolshevists only the other day. _See_ Chapter IV.--F. 21/9/19. [16] _Then after this came the 15-inch gun; then the 18-inch gun, actually used at sea in the War; and then the 20-inch gun, ready to be built and go into the “Incomparable” of 40,000 tons and 40 knots speed, on May 22nd, 1915--F._ 21/9/19. [17] “The New Teaching,” edited by John Adams. Hodder and Stoughton. [18] This shows how badly advised the Navy was by the India Office, _as under 3 feet was vital_, and the order was given accordingly. [19] Eighteen days going through Departments. [20] Mr. Yarrow had technical charge of the whole business and was the sole designer--and there was no paper work whatever. [21] All this action on the same day. [22] All the rest of the required action taken in 4 days. Index A Abdul Hamid,55; the Pope and, 91 _et seq._, 204, 205 Aboukir Bay, French Fleet in, 161 Adalbert, Prince, 230 Adams, John, editor of “The New Teaching,” 251 _n._ Admiralty clerks and the Naval War Staff, 102 _et seq._ Aircraft, 124 _et seq._ Alcester, Lord, 140 Alexandra, Queen, 12, 20, 198, 238 Alfonso, King, 237–238, 258 Americans, 221 _et seq._ Anderson, Mr. J. W. S., 111 Angell, Mr. Norman, 126, 211 Arbuthnot, Sir R., 60 Arnold-Forster, Rt. Hon. H. O., 169–171, 179 Asquith, Rt. Hon. H. H., 42, 50, 58, 59, 70, 74, 196, 199 B Bacon, Admiral Sir Reginald, 104, 128 Baddeley, Mr. V. W., 111 Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J., 36, 64, 82, 182, 210 Barnaby, Sir Nathaniel, 253, 255; letter to Lord Fisher, 256–257 Barnardo, Dr., 160 Bartolomé, Admiral Sir Charles de, 104, 270 Battenberg, Prince Louis of, 168 Beatty, Lord, 37, 40, 121 Beilby, Sir George, 116 Beit, Mr., 4, 33, 34, 182 Benbow, Admiral, 163 Bernstorff, Count von, 210 Bieberstein, Marschall von, 204, 205 Birdwood, General Sir William R., 82 Bismarck, Prince, 229 “Blücher,” sinking of the, 149–150 Booth, General, 160 Borden, Rt. Hon. Sir R. L., 218 Botha, General, 136, 263 Boys, Admiral, 168 Bridgeman, Admiral Sir Francis, 246, 247 Bridgman, Mr., 92