United States’ modern navy, 219; “Antiquated and rotting ships,” 219; America unprepared for naval war, 219-20; Navy in 1879, 220; advisory board, 1881, 222; steel adopted, 222; ram _Katahdin_, 222; Congress recommendations, 222; first vessels of new navy, 223; Europe’s amused interest, 223; 16-knot vessels, Europe’s profound interest, 223; the White Squadron, 223; _Charleston’s_ chase of filibusterer _Itata_, 224; second-class battleship _Texas_, 224; _Maine_, 224; dynamite gunship, 224; first armoured steel torpedo boat, 224; first modern United States built cruiser, 224; imported armour, 225; superimposed turrets, 225; _Maine_ blown up, 226; _Oregon’s_ wonderful steaming feat, 226; inventiveness, 225 (_see also_ Spanish-American War) Upper-deck battery, 173 Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Ltd., 259, 281 Vikings, 16 Waling pieces, 10 War junks with paddle wheels, 35 Warendorff, Baron, Sweden, 265 Warships built in private yards, 61, 62 Warships of the Crimea and Baltic, 105, 106, 115 Watertight compartments, 121 West Indiamen, 77 When to shoot, 73 White (Cowes), 309 Whitehead torpedoes, 213 Whitworth, Sir Joseph, 267, 276 Windward position (first manœuvre for), 19 Winslow, Capt., 141 Wooden walls’ last battles, 64, 139 Wooden warships converted into ironclads, 146, 147 Will war be impossible?, 268 William the Conqueror’s ships, 18 Yarrow, 303, 306 Yellow, metal, 268 Zalinski, Lieut., U.S.N., 224 Zédé, Gustave, 300 PRINTED BY CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED, LA BELLE SAUVAGE, LONDON, E.C. FOOTNOTES: [1] Evelyn’s Memoirs. [2] Bohn’s Library. [3] “Life in Ancient Egypt,” by Adolf Erman. [4] “A History of Egypt under the Pharaohs,” by Dr. H. Brugsch Bey. [5] “Nile Gleanings,” by Villiers Stuart. [6] “Life in Ancient Egypt,” by Adolf Erman. [7] Paper on the Viking ships, by Mr. N. Nicolaysen, President of the Christiania Antiquarian Society. [8] “The New Zealanders,” by George French Angas. [9] “Maori Art,” by A. Hamilton. [10] “Eastern Pacific Lands,” by F. W. Christian. [11] “Canoes of the Solomon Islands,” by C. M. Woodford, F.R.G.S. [12] “Borneo and the Indian Archipelago,” by F. S. Marryat. [13] “Borneo and the Indian Archipelago,” by F. S. Marryat. [14] The model is in the United Services Museum. [15] Fincham’s “Naval Architecture.” [16] John Rous (died 1491) MS. in the Cottonian Library. [17] Derrick’s “Rise and Progress of the Royal Navy.” [18] Grafton’s description in Sir W. L. Clowes’ “History of the Royal Navy.” [19] Harrison’s “Description of Britain,” printed in 1577, and quoted by Hume. [20] Mosque. [21] “Queen Elizabeth and the Levant Company,” by Rev. H. G. Rosedale, M.A., from Hakluyt Papers. 1904. [22] Sir W. L. Clowes’ “History of the Royal Navy.” [23] “Encyclopædia Britannica,” 9th Edit.