| IN COLOUR FROM PICTURES BY W. L. WYLLIE, R.A. |
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| 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 | |
| “INFLEXIBLE” AS ORIGINALLY COMPLETED 1881 | 3 |
| “BENBOW” SHIP OF THE ADMIRAL CLASS | 29 |
| SUBMARINE E2 | 213 |
| BRITISH NAVY SEAPLANE | 219 |
| HOISTING A NAVAL SEAPLANE ON BOARD THE “HIBERNIA” | 223 |
| PORTRAITS | |
| SIR N. BARNABY | 45 |
| SIR WILLIAM WHITE | 55 |
| SIR PHILIP WATTS | 123 |
| GENERAL CUNIBERTI | 135 |
| ADMIRAL FISHER | 243 |
| ADMIRAL SIR JOHN JELLICOE | 249 |
| PLANS, DIAGRAMS, ETC. | |
| EARLY TURRET SHIPS OF THE BARNABY ERA | 7 |
| FOREIGN SHIPS PURCHASED FOR THE NAVY IN 1877–78 | 11 |
| BARNABY BARBETTE SHIPS | 17 |
| SOME FAMOUS RAMS | 21 |
| CHARACTERISTIC BARNABY SHIPS | 33 |
| TURRET SHIPS OF THE BARNABY ERA | 37 |
| BATTLESHIPS OF THE WHITE ERA | 79 |
| SYSTEMS OF WATER-LINE PROTECTION | 83 |
| PRINCIPAL CRUISERS OF THE WHITE ERA | 95 |
| PRE-DREADNOUGHTS OF THE WATTS ERA | 119 |
| ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS FOR THE DREADNOUGHT | 151 |
| ORIGINAL DREADNOUGHT DESIGNS | 157 |
| EARLY EXAMPLES OF WING TURRETS | 161 |
| DREADNOUGHTS | 167 |
| CENTRE-LINE SHIPS OF VARIOUS DATES | 177 |
| DIAGRAM TO ILLUSTRATE WEAK POINT OF THE ÉCHELON SYSTEM | 181 |