INDEX 257 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE MERCHANTMEN AT GUN PRACTICE _Frontispiece_ THE CLYDE FROM THE TOWER OF THE CLYDE TRUST BUILDINGS xi GRAVESEND: A MERCHANTMAN OUTWARD BOUND 3 THE BRIDGE OF A MERCHANTMAN 7 THE OLD AND THE NEW: THE _MARGARET_ OF DUBLIN AND R.M.S. _TUSCANIA_ 15 IN A MERCHANTMAN--BOMB-THROWER PRACTICE 21 A BRITISH SUBMARINE DETAILED FOR INSTRUCTION OF MERCHANT OFFICERS 31 THE D.A.M.S. GUNWHARF AT GLASGOW 33 INSTRUCTIONAL ANTI-SUBMARINE COURSE FOR MERCHANT OFFICERS AT GLASGOW 39 THE LOSS OF A LINER 44 THE MERSEY FROM THE LIVER BUILDINGS, LIVERPOOL 49 THE MASTER OF THE GULL LIGHTSHIP WRITING THE LOG 53 AT GRAVESEND: PILOTS AWAITING AN INWARD-BOUND CONVOY 59 TRANSPORTS LEAVING SOUTHAMPTON ON THE NIGHT PASSAGE TO FRANCE 67 LIVERPOOL: MERCHANTMEN SIGNING ON FOR OVERSEA VOYAGES 69 THE RULER OF PILOTS AT DEAL 77 A HEAVILY ARMED COASTING BARGE 83 THE LAMPMAN OF THE GULL LIGHTSHIP 93 MINESWEEPERS GOING OUT 97 SOUTHAMPTON WATER 103 'OUT-BOATS' IN A MERCHANTMAN 105 FIREMEN STANDING BY TO RELIEVE THE WATCH 111 QUEEN'S DOCK, GLASGOW 116 THE BRIDGE-BOY REPAIRING FLAGS 121 A TRANSPORT EMBARKING TROOPS FOR FRANCE 125 TRANSPORTS IN SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS 129 THE _LEVIATHAN_ DOCKING AT LIVERPOOL 135 SALVAGE VESSELS OFF YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT 141 IN A SALVAGE VESSEL: OVERHAULING THE INSULATION OF THE POWER LEADS 145 A TORPEDOED MERCHANTMAN ON THE SHOALS: SALVAGE OFFICERS MAKING A SURVEY 151 A TORPEDOED SHIP IN DRY DOCK 157 DAZZLE 163 AN APPRENTICE IN THE MERCHANTS' SERVICE 171 A STANDARD SHIP AT SEA 177 BUILDING A STANDARD SHIP 179 THE THAMES ESTUARY IN WAR-TIME 184 DROPPING THE PILOT 187 EXAMINATION SERVICE PATROL BOARDING AN INCOMING STEAMER 190 DAWN: CONVOY PREPARING TO PUT TO SEA 193 EVENING: PLYMOUTH HOE 198