Produced by Greg Bergquist, David J. Cole and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) SEA-HOUNDS [Illustration: BRITISH BATTLE-SHIPS ON PATROL] SEA-HOUNDS BY LEWIS R. FREEMAN Lieut. R.N.V.R. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1919 PUBLISHED IN THE U.S.A 1919 By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, INC. =To= Commodore Sir DOUGLAS BROWNRIGG, Bart. C.B., R.N., Chief Censor, Admiralty CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE MEN WHO CHANGED SHIPS 1 II "FIREBRAND" 35 III "BACK FROM THE JAWS" 59 IV HUNTING 82 V THE CONVOY GAME 112 VI YANK BOAT _VERSUS_ U-BOAT 135 VII ADRIATIC PATROL 157 VIII PATROL 173 IX "Q" 199 X THE _WHACK_ AND THE _SMACK_ 232 XI BOMBED! 250 XII AGAINST ODDS 268 XIII ROUNDING UP FRITZ 287 ILLUSTRATIONS British Battleships on Patrol _Frontispiece_ PAGE German Shells Striking the Water at the Battle of Jutland 12 A Broadside at Night at the Battle of Jutland 12 "Kamerading" with Uplifted Paws 90 Helping the Cook to Peel Potatoes 90 Where the Great Liner Plowed Along 128 We Had Collided with the "Brick Wall" 128 Now She Was Back at Base 128 A Limit to the Number of "Cans" a Destroyer Can Carry 152 A Depth Charge 188 Disabled Destroyer in Tow 188 The Lookout on a Destroyer, and Part of His View 242 She Came Bowling Along Under Sail 284