Transcriber’s Notes: This is Volume II of a two-volume set. Volume I is available at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75616. Italics are enclosed in _underscores_. Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook. THE BRITISH BATTLE FLEET [Illustration: DREADNOUGHTS ANCHORING--1912.] THE BRITISH BATTLE FLEET ITS INCEPTION AND GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES TO THE PRESENT DAY BY FRED T. JANE AUTHOR OF “FIGHTING SHIPS,” “ALL THE WORLD’S AIRCRAFT,” “HERESIES OF SEA POWER,” ETC., ETC. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR FROM ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS BY W. L. WYLLIE, R.A. AND NUMEROUS PLANS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. VOL. II. London The Library Press, Limited 26 Portugal St., W.C. 1915 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE BARNABY ERA 1 II. THE WHITE ERA 54 III. THE WATTS ERA 117 IV. THE DREADNOUGHT ERA (WATTS) 133 V. SUBMARINES 208 VI. NAVAL AVIATION 218 VII. AUXILIARY NAVIES 231 VIII. GENERAL MATTERS IN THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS 242 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR FROM PICTURES BY W. L. WYLLIE, R.A. PAGE DREADNOUGHTS ANCHORING--1912 _Frontispiece_ BOARDING A SLAVE DHOW 41 SECOND CLASS CRUISER OF THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT ERA, NOW CONVERTED INTO A MINELAYER 73 WHITE ERA BATTLESHIPS OF THE MAJESTIC CLASS 91 EARLY TYPE OF “27 KNOT” DESTROYERS 111 THE “DREADNOUGHT,” 1906 147 “INDEFATIGABLE” AND “INVINCIBLE,” 1911 171 EARLY “30 KNOT” DESTROYERS 189 SUBMARINES LEAVING PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR 209 BATTLE CRUISER “NEW ZEALAND” ON THE STOCKS 1912 235 SHIP PHOTOGRAPHS