Kaltoff, Caspar, 97 Kempenfelt, Captain, 123 Keppel, Lord, 48 Key, Admiral Cooper, 268 Keyham, 254 Kinburn, 251 Knowles, Sir C., 45, 46 Krupp, 208 Kuper, Admiral, 206 _Lady Nancy_, the, 276 Laird, Messrs., 252, 280 Laputa, 34 Laughton, Sir J. K., 1, 9, 77, 153 Lepanto, battle of, 72, 78 _Lepanto_, the, 289 Lefroy, General, 67 Leibnitz, 214 Leipsic lexicon, 244 Lissa, battle of, 263 Livingstone, 222 Louis XI, King, 87 _Magenta_, the, 272 Malthus, 82 Manby, Aaron, 255 Manwayring, Sir H., 13, 143 Marestier, 224 _Mars_, the, 121 Marshall gun carriage, 158 Marsilly gun carriage, 158 _Mary Rose_, the, 74 Massé, Colonel, 86 Maudsley, Messrs., 285 _Maure_, the, 41 McLaurin, Colin, 39 _Medea_, the, 230 Melville, General, 127 Melville, Lord, 228 Mercier, Captain, 163 _Merrimac_, the, 262 Metacentre, discovery of, 37 Middleton, Sir C., 46, 123 Miller, Patrick, 127, 217 Minié, rifle, 195 _Minotaur_, the, 265 _Monarch_, the, 279 _Monitor_, the, 262 _Monkey_, the, 229 Monro, Colonel, 173 Mons Meg, 65 Moore, Sir Jonas, 98, 143 Moorfields, 82 Moorsom, Captain, 261, 266 Morland, Sir S., 29, 99 Muller, 84, 88 Murray, Mungo, 39 _Nancy Dawson_, the, 58 Napier, Sir C., 230, 233, 241, 255, 266 Napoleon III, 75, 87, 199, 250 Navarino, battle of, 156 Nelson, 45, 154, 269 _Nemesis_, the, 255 Newcomen, 102-106 Newton, 35, 96, 117, 214 Nicolas, Sir H., 3, 63 Noble, Captain, 207 Noel, Commander, 264, 289 Normans as shipbuilders, 5 Norton, Captain, 193, 199 Norton, Robert, 76, 78, 142 Nye, Nathaniel, 98 Oak, English, 27 _Odin_, the, 233 Oppenheim, 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 73, 75, 77, 81 _Orient_, the, 164 Otway, Commander, 110, 231 _Pacificateur_, the, 172, 248 Paixhans, 166, 227 Pakington, Sir J., 258 _Pallas_, the, 279 Palliser, Major, 205 Papin, 102, 213 Pardies, 36 Pascal, 95 Peake, Sir H., 56 Pechell, Captain, 157 Peel, 257 _Pembroke_, the, 41 _Penelope_, the, 233 Penn, Messrs., 253 Pennington, Sir J., 23 Pepys, 27, 33, 81, 96, 130 Perrin, 15 Pett, Peter, 23 Pett, Phineas, 15, 18 Petty, Sir W., 35 _Phœbe_, the, 138 _Phœnix_, the, 26, 175 Pickard, 108, 217 Pitt, 49 Plat, Sir H., 186 Point-blank defined, 114 Porta, della, 95 Potter, Humphrey, 105 Prevesa, battle of, 72 _Prince Albert_, the, 278 _Prince Royal_, the, 19 _Princessa_, the, 43 Proof of guns, 81 Punchinello, 130 _Rainbow_, the, 134 Raleigh, Sir W., 16, 24, 79 _Raleigh_, the, 298 Ram tactics, 263, 290 Ramelli, 212 _Rattler_, the, 239 _Ré d’Italia_, the, 263 Reed, Sir E., 59, 274, 279 Richelieu, 24, 212 Riders in ships, 11 _Rob Roy_, the, 226 Robins, Benjamin, 112-124, 129, 187 Robison, 106 Rodney, 134, 153 _Rolf Krake_, the, 277 Romme, 38