_Palermo_, 81 _Palm Branch_, 18, 19, 20 Patrols, 28, 114, 117, 128, 150, 189, 190, 236 _Pearl Shell_, 191, 192 _Persia_, 253 Philanthropic Seamen's Societies, 65 Pilots, 59, 87-91, 98, 149, 187, 189, 210, 218, 251 Plymouth, 205, 233 Hoe, 198 Sound, 207 Poldhu, 226 Portliskey, 81 _Present Help_, 97, 98 Prince Line, 109 _Provident_, 101 Prussian Guard, 51 Psiloriti, 132 Purchas, 5 _Queen Alexandra_, 131 Quetta Staff College, 30 RAMSGATE, 56, 98 Rate of Exchange, 103, 109 Rathbone, Master John, 11 Rathlin Island, 116 Rathlin Sound, 116 Rea (of _Crane_), 99 _Redcap_, 82 Richard Coeur de Lion, 54, 55 _Rifleman_, 139 River Plate, 4, 13, 181, 199 Rôles d'Oléron, 54 _seq._ Rowlatt, Mr. Justice, 62 _Royal Edward_, 127 Royal Naval Reserve, 23-25, 36-37, 41, 64, 122, 197 Royal Naval Reserve (_Temporary_), 18, 25, 26 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 122 Rozhdestvensky, 98 Rue Point, 117 ST. HELENS, 131 _St. Paul_, 108 Salonika, 128, 132, 133, 183 Salvage, 141-62 Salving a merchantman, 147-56 Repairing in dry dock, 156-62 Sandon, 251 Sandy Hook, 230 San Miguel, 170 _Sarah Pritchard_, 78 _Seahorse_, 210 Seaplanes, 85, 92, 150, 182, 215 Sea-slang, 26 Selsey Bill, 95 _Serapis_, 173 Shanghai, 42 Sir Ralph the Rover, 91 Skullmartin, 116 Smeaton, 91 Smith (of _Crane_), 99 South Africa, 126 Southampton, 65, 67, 129, 131 Southampton Water, 131 _Speedy_, 181 Stevedores, 185, 186, 218 Straits of Dover, 85 Strand, 124 _Strongbow_, 178 Suda Bay, 128, 132 Suez Canal, 137 Sutherland, 132 THAMES, 78, 79, 86, 184, 252 _Thordis_, 79 _Thracia_, 173 _Titan_, 149-55 _Titanic_, 123 Tor Point, 116 Trafalgar, 11 Trinity Bay, 89 Trinity House, 56-61, 88, 95, 149 Tripolis, 4 Turkey Company, 9 _Tuscania_, 15 Tyne, 78, 86 _Umaria_, 173 United States, 72, 89, 103, 128, 178 United States Seamen's Act, 72 U 53, 109 VALENCIA, 13 Valparaiso, 42 _Vanilla_, 101 Verdun, 230 Virginia, 104 _Virginia_, 114 Volapük, 169 _Volturno_, 123 _Vosges_, 17, 18 WALMER, 89 _Wandle_, 79 'War Channel,' 86, 88 _War Ordnance_, 209, 211, 213 War Risks Associations, 36 _War Trident_, 191, 192, 195-97 Waterford, 30 Watt, Skipper Joseph, 99 Westmark Shoal, 149, 150 White Star Line, 109 Whymper, F., xiii Wilhelmshaven, 24, 100 _William_, 82 _William_ (East Indiaman), 9 Wood, Walter, xiii YARMOUTH, 90 Yarmouth, I. of W., 141 ZEPPELINS, 85, 92 PRINTED AT THE COMPLETE PRESS WEST NORWOOD LONDON * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Text uses both propeller and propellor. Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Page 47, "hard" changed to "herd" (herd with his high-heeled)