_Seminole_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 389. Semmes, Commander Raphael, his ship capsizes and he loses half the crew, iii. 417; takes command of Confederate cruiser _Sumter_, iv. 408; chases the _Brooklyn_, 409; captures the _Golden Rocket_, 410; takes five prizes into Cuba, 411; takes the _Abby Bradford_ to Venezuela, 412; the _Powhatan_ captures her, 413; some of his captures, 415; his ship sold to English blockade-runners, _ib._; Brazil authorities allow him to use Fernando de Noronha as headquarters, 427; appointed to command of _Alabama_, 431; ships his officers and men at Terceira, _ib._; encounters the _San Jacinto_, 432; captures the _Ariel_, _ib._; goes to Galveston to intercept transports, _ib._; captures the _Hatteras_, _ib._; his reception at Cape Town, 434; his gallantry, 435; cruises in the East Indies, 436; fight with the _Kearsarge_, 438–441; rescued by the yacht _Deerhound_, 442; his reception in England, 447. _Seneca_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 163. Senez, Captain Andre, surrenders to Captain Little of the _Boston_, i. 328, 329. Sentiment, a touching tale of, iii. 243, 244. _Serapis_, British frigate, encounters the _Bonhomme Richard_, i. 243; fight with the latter, 245–259; surrenders, 259; comparative strength of the two ships, 265. _Seringapatam_, British ship, captured by Porter, iii. 14. _Severn_, British ship, ii. 421. Seward, William H., his reply to the despatch of the British Government relative to the _Trent_ affair, iv. 154–156. Sewell’s Point, Confederate batteries erected at, iv. 195. Shajackuda Creek, Niagara River, expedition starts from, ii. 275; route opened up by Perry, 287. _Shannon_, British frigate, ii. 55; blockades Boston, 200; challenges the _Chesapeake_, 203; captures her, 209–221; arrives at Halifax, 222; comparison of the two ships, 229. _Shark_, American brig, captures five pirate vessels, iii. 331. _Shark_, British sloop, fight of, with American brig _Reprisal_, i. 71. Shaw, Lieutenant, captures the French privateer _Seine_, i. 330. Sheed, William W., Sailing-master, attacks the British, ii. 402. _Shelburne_, British schooner, assists in capturing the _Frolic_, iii. 65. _Shenandoah_, Confederate cruiser, destroys American whaling and sealing fleets, iv. 447. Sherman, Captain, “bravest man in the Confederate squadrons,” iv. 321, 329, 340. Sherman, General Thomas W., commands a force against Port Royal, iv. 164. Shipbuilder, the private, a factor in the sea power of a nation, iv. 38. Shipbuilding after the Revolution, i. 304. Ship-masts retained for use of the crown, i. 15. Shirk, Lieutenant, supports Grant at Pittsburg Landing, iv. 284; commander of Federal gun-boat _Tuscumbia_, iv. 363.