"Further, the Convoy System, which has played such an important part in frustrating the designs of the enemy and securing the safe passage of the United States Army, could never have attained its success but for the ability and endurance displayed by Masters, Officers, and crews of the Merchant Service forming these Convoys. This system has called for the learning and practising of a new science--that of station-keeping--the accuracy of which has depended in no small measure on the adaptability and skill of the Engineers and their Departments. "Their Lordships also desire to acknowledge the ready response of Owners to the heavy calls made on the Merchant Service for Officers and men to meet the increasing requirement of the Navy. On board our ships of every type, from the largest Dreadnought down to the smallest Patrol Boat are to be found Officers and men of the Merchant Navy who have combined with those of the Royal Navy in fighting the enemy and defeating his nefarious methods of warfare at sea. "The Merchant Service and the Royal Navy have never been so closely brought together as during this War. In the interests of our glorious Empire this connection must prove a lasting one." The Resolution of Parliament of August 6, 1919, placed upon record-- "That the thanks of this House be accorded to the officers and men of the Mercantile Marine for the fine and fearless seamanship by which our people have been preserved from want and our cause from disaster." INDEX ABERDEEN, 82 Admiralty, xiii, 11, 32, 35-37, 41, 42, 64, 110, 113, 144, 178, 195, 255 Adriatic, 25, 99 _Agnes Whitwell_, 192 Aleppo, 4 "Allo," 118, 119 Amadas, 6 _Anglo-Californian_, 18 Antwerp, 45, 78 _Aquitania_, 13, 100 _Arabic_, 253 Arctic Ocean, 25 Arklow, 82 Arlington, 108 Armada, The Great, 4, 6 _Atalanta_, 82 Atlantic, 107, 117, 128, 178, 218, 224, 225 Atlantic City, 104, 109 _Augustine_, 62, 63, 66 Australia, 126 Austrian Navy, 99 _Avocet_, 85 BABYLON, 4 Backhouse, John, 5 Baffin, 6 Bahia, 191, 204 Balsara, 4 Barlow, 6 Barnegat Lighthouse, 109 Beaumaris, 78 Beaverbrook, Lord, xiii _Belgian Prince_, 173, 253 Bell, Captain, 79 Bengal, 9 Bennett, Arnold, xiii Bermuda, 107, 108 Berry, 11 Biggatt, William, 5 _Birchgrove_, 85 Black Middens, 78 Blake, 10 Board of Trade, 61-66, 121, 131, 185 Boer War, 22 Boom defences, 100, 191, 206 Bordeaux, 55 Boston, 108 _Boy Ernie_, 101 _Boy Jacob_, 78 Bremen Hansa Line, 31 Brennell, Captain, 85 Bridgwater, 10 Bristol Channel, 80, 116 _Britannic_, 78