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INDEX
Officers are indexed under the ranks they held when first mentioned. Warships,
including auxiliaries, are listed under ‘Warships’, and steamers, including hospital
ships are listed under ‘Transports’.
Abruzzi, Vice-Ammiraglio Luigi
Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta, Duke of
the: career, 14 n.3; meets with allied
admirals, 14, 16, 29; on Italian
plans, 32; and Thursby, 40, 120,
122, 143; and evacuation of Serbian
army, 108; and evacuation of
Durazzo, 111; and Malta
Conference, 119; and French, 143,
144, 152; and Kerr’s plans for air
operations, 150,151; and Kerr, 153,
157, 174, 175, 182, 183, 184, 228;
at Taranto Conference on barrage,
185; relinquishes command, 230;
mentioned, 7, 8, 78
Acker, Carl, 31
Actaeon Sweep, 545
Acton, Vice-Ammiraglio Alfredo:
career, 251 n.l; and action of 15
May 1917, 212, 251, 259, 260
Addison, Captain A. Percy: career, 60
n.l; and action of 29 Dec. 1915,
60-61; and action of 15 May 1917,
212, 259-60
Admiralissimo (Mediterranean):
British proposal to solve
Franco-Italian dispute, 353, 354,
355, 474, 485, 569, 570; and
Roosevelt, 359; opposition of
French, 360, 482-3; Jellicoe
suggested, 474, 477, 478;
Anglo-French meeting on question,
478-81; terms of appointment,
481-2; and Adriatic, 483, 491, 494,
499, 505, 506; right of appeal
against decision, 484, 485, 488, 537,
547, 552, 554, 555, 567; accepted
by Clemenceau, 480, 487, 489;
proposal frustrated at Supreme War
Council, 490-1, 492-4, 499, 505-6;
project revived through Roosevelt,
524, 527-8, 535, 536-7, 537-40;
new discussions, 545-7; relationship
to Supreme War Council and Allied
Naval Council, 546-7, 548-9, 551,
553, 567; Italian opposition to
Jellicoe, 550, 553-4, 567-8; Rodd’s
conference with Revel, 551-4, 556,
567; Revel’s terms for appointment,
555; negotiations to await Geddes’s
return from U.S., 568-9;
mentioned, 574
Admiralty: and Mediterranean
anti-submarine campaign, 9, 311;
and arming of merchant ships, 51
n.l, 117, 118; anxious to recover
ships from Mediterranean, 67; and
Aegean raids, 68, 69, 128, 132; and
diversion of trade to Cape route, 70,
71, 72; and convoys, 73, 208, 211,
249; abandons fixed routes, 73, 207,
218, 219-21, 224, 227; rejects
Kerr’s proposals for air raids, 151
n.2; and troop transport through
Mediterranean, 173 n.3, 324;
reconsiders trade protection in
Mediterranean, 195-7; and Otranto
Barrage, 217-18, 288-9, 363 n.l,
514 n.l; considers Mediterranean
no longer reasonably safe, 238; and
central authority at Malta, 263-4,
265-6; and Italian requests for
assistance, 267, 268, 269-71; and
air power for Mediterranean, 321;
and contingency Italy might leave
war, 322, 345, 362-3; and
reinforcements for Mediterranean
escorts, 324; devotes more attention
597
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to Mediterranean in 1918, 345; and
threat of Black Sea Fleet, 355, 356,
446-8, 476; and allocation of *M’
Class destroyers, 359; major
changes at (1918), 365; policy re
Goeben, 393; accepts risks at Kusu
Bay, 403; and importance of Italian
fleet joining French, 447-8; and
command in Aegean, 475-6,
496-7; and ‘Fish’ hydrophone, 510;
comments on Darrieus’s Aegean
memorandum, 516-18; and
relationship of Admiralissimo to
Supreme War Council, 548-9; and
Geddes’s mission to U.S., 557 n.l;
memorandum on command in
Aegean, 569-73; approves
Calthorpe’s negotiations with Turks,
585. See also Jackson, H. B.,
Jellicoe, Wemyss, Geddes,
Amiralty, War Staff
Admiralty, War Staff: and submarines
in Mediterranean, 35 n.2; on
• organization and work of Eastern
Mediterranean Squadron, 209,
233-7; and Ballard’s convoy figures,
214; on grave shipping situation,
239; on redistribution of forces in
the event of British withdrawal from
Salonika, 239-41; and Otranto
Barrage, 357, 383-88. See also
Admiralty, Jackson, H. B., Wemyss,
Jellicoe, Coode, Duff, Hope
Adriatic: submarine danger in, 4, 5;
situation in, 6, 7, 8, 20-2; British
forces in, 8, 26, 69; Italian plans for,
17; British air offensive, 69; French
proposals to shift drifter line, 73;
Thursby proposes operations, 92;
and British submarines, 112; action
of 15 May 1917, 212, 257-9, 264,
267, 270; plans for British air
operations, 241, 321; and British
monitors, 213, 243, 244, 260-1;
Allies superiority in, 269-70;
Calthorpe wants to strengthen, 290,
291; and powers of Admiralissimo,
354, 355, 360, 483, 491, 494, 499,
505, 506, 535-7, 539, 547, 555,
567, 568; and United States, 372
n.l, 430, 539; and German
submarines, 392; Calthorpe’s
memorandum on situation, 409-12,
430; potential threat from, 432;
destroyer action of 22/23 April
1918, 450-9; loss of Szent Istvdn,
506; British destroyer strength, 530,
531; British destroyers held in
readiness for Aegean, 573. See also
Otranto Barrage, Thursby, Kerr
Aegean: operations in, 4; British
destroyer strength inadequate, 89;
divided into patrol areas, 67,
189-91, 415-16; Jellicoe anxious to
reduce requirements, 209, 239;
forces drawn from for Adriatic, 287,
288, 290, 298, 315, 346, 368, 370,
372, 422; Geddes recommends
further pruning, 349, 415, 416, 418;
threatened by Black Sea Fleet,
350-1, 352; French reinforcements,
351-3, 355, 445, 447, 476 n.l, 496
n.l, 569; mine barrages proposed,
358, 426, 427, 446, 500-01, 521,
529, 530; naval balance turns
towards British, 361; situation
described by Calthorpe, 391-5,
419-23; visited by Geddes, 413-17;
French command, 475-6, 477,
491-2, 496, 498-9, 519, 525, 570;
memorandum by Darrieus on
situation, 497-8, 516-18;
reinforcement of Allied destroyers,
530-5; British send dreadnoughts,
556; Admiralty memorandum on
command, 569-73; comparison of
British and French forces, 572-3;
discussion with Clemenceau over
command, 573-4, 577-8, 578-80,
581-3; final operations against
Turkey, 575-6. See also
Dardanelles, Straits, Mudros, de
Robeck, Thursby, Fremantle,
Lambert
Air Operations (British): in
Dardanelles area, 136, 421;
proposed for Adriatic, 150-1,
228-9, 241, 243, 290, 291; in
Aegean, 293, 444; proposed by
Fremantle, 298; and sortie of
Goeben, 348, 378, 380, 381, 403;
and Otranto Barrage, 371;
‘America’ seaplanes for
Mediterranean, 411; against
Cattaro, 504, 511; and bombardment
of Durazzo (Oct. 1918), 558,
561, 562-3, 565; creation of interallied
independent airforce, 574;
. against Constantinople, 577
Albania: and evacuation of Serbian
INDEX 599
army, 10,11, 56-8; and Italians, 40,
536, 555; Austrian advance, 107;
and contingency Italy might make a
separate peace, 299, 300; potential
enemy advance in, 432; Allied
advance and Austrian evacuation,
558, 563. See also Valona, Durazzo
Alexandretta, 137
Alexandria: base for Salonika army,
112-13; closed by mines, 365
Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 381 n.5
Algeria: protection of coasts, 262;
submarine activity off coast, 317;
coastal route, 322, 323, 324;
shipping delays in ports, 424; visited
by Calthorpe, 540
Allenby, General Sir Edmund: career,
296 n.3; campaign in Palestine, 216,
296, 297; victories, 579
Allied Naval Council: created, 296
n.l, 346; and Otranto Barrage,
346-7, 370-1, 372, 373, 383-4;
limitations of, 346-7; and Italians,
347, 476 n.l; and shipping in
Mediterranean, 390; and Jellicoe,
402; and Black Sea Fleet, 426, 427,
433-4, 435, 438-40, 460, 470, 476
n.l, 477, 496 n.l; and proposal to
move Italian dreadnoughts to Corfu,
439, 466; and Admiralissimo
proposal, 481-3, 536; and
coordination of Mediterranean
repair facilities, 494-5, 499, 507;
and withdrawal of light forces from
Brindisi, 495-6; relationship with
proposed Admiralissimo, 507, 537,
546-9, 551, 553, 554, 567; and
Mediterranean mining projects,
521-2; mentioned, 349, 437, 468,
473, 487
‘ALLO’ Signals, 194
Altham, Lieut-General Sir Edward, 97
Amet, Contre-Amiral
Jean-Francois-Charles: career, 492
n.l; commands French in Aegean,
355; Allied commander in Aegean,
492, 498; Calthorpe queries status,
568, 575; and armistice negotiations
with Turks, 361, 583, 584, 585
Anatolia, coast: cattle raids, 128-30,
132, 139-41, 148, 155-6, 158-9;
160-63, 167-8, 175-8, 334; cattle
raids ended, 182; Fremantle
proposes resumption of raiding, 216,
329-34; raiding rejected by naval
staff, 334-9, 340-1; raids opposed
by Calthorpe, 339-40. See also Asia
Minor, coast
Anderson, Mr John William Stewart,
197
Anderson, Sir Kenneth, 272
Anglo-French Naval Convention (6
Aug. 1914), 3, 475, 571, 578
Anglo-French-Italian Naval
Convention (10 May 1915), 6-7, 8,
14n.4
Archer, Lieutenant Ernest R., 559
Argostoli: use by French fleet, 7, 67,
121, 133, 134, 137, 138, 186, 345;
mentioned, 126, 389, 432, 433
Armenia, 337, 339
Arnauld de la Periere,
Kapitanleutnant Lothar von, 6, 67,
80 n.2, 175 n.l
Arnold-Forster, Captain Forster
Delafield, 175-8
Asfalia (Samian leader ‘Longshanks’),
140, 141
Asia Minor, coast: cattle raids, 4,
139-41, 148; raids proposed by de
Robeck, 127, 137; reduction of
vessels employed in blockade, 245;
Fremantle proposes resumption of
raids, 298. See also Anatolia, coast
Asquith, Rt Hon. Herbert Henry, 33
Athens, 70
Athos, Mount, 83, 85
Australia: troop transport through
Mediterranean, 71, 171-3; nervous
over lack of naval forces, 99; sends
destroyers to Mediterranean, 217,
291, 301, 356; destroyers at
Brindisi, 385, 513, 576
Austria-Hungary, 361
Austria-Hungary, Navy: possible
sortie by fleet, 3, 7, 184, 312 n.l,
314, 447, 576; use of submarines,
4-5, 6, 104; and Dardanelles
campaign, 5; strategy of, 6; raids
Durazzo (29 Dec. 1915), 11;
strength estimated, 23, 186-7, 351,
409, 412, 518; sortie to Otranto
(22/23 Nov. 1915), 41; and action of
29 Dec. 1915, 58-61, 65, 74, 75;
potential threat to Salonika
expedition, 67, 92, 112; and
Constantinople, 113, 125, 134;
favourable situation in Adriatic,
151; sortie to Otranto (22/23 Dec.
1916), 202 n.2; and action of 15
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May 1917, 250-7, 258, 267, 410;
and destroyer action 22/23 April
1918, 353, 450-9; and loss olSzent
Istvdn, 356; final action at Durazzo,
360; speed advantage enjoyed by
cruisers, 410; possible combination
with Turco-German-Russian force,
440; Revel doubts it will sortie, 487,
551-2; principal enemy naval force
in Mediterranean, 571; mentioned,
70, 73, 210, 269, 270, 371, 388,
430, 485, 536, 555, 567
Baird, Commodore George Henry,
502, 504
Balfour, Rt Hon. Arthur James, 81,
100, 135, 557
Balkans, 389, 433, 434
Ballard, Rear-Admiral George
Alexander: career, 126 n.3; suggests
convoys, 72-3, 178-80, 211, 214,
278, 281; criticized by Jackson, 126;
on destroyer protection for
transports, 208, 222; queries new
Admiralty scheme for trade
protection, 224, 226;
recommendations for successor,
277-82; remarks on efficiency of
allies, 282; criticized by Dumas, 282
Barr, Lieutenant William, 156
Barrere, Camille, 354, 360, 486, 487
Bayly, Admiral Sir Lewis, 139
Beal, Captain Alister, 559
Beatty, Vice-Admiral Sir David, 336
n.l, 483
Beauvais Agreement, 484, 488
Beharrell, Lieut-Colonel J. George:
career, 402 n.l; examines
Mediterranean convoy
arrangements, 402, 408; mentioned,
426, 544
Belleni, Contrammiraglio Silvio, 59,
60, 74, 75-6
Bevan, Commander George Parker,
90
Bevan, Commander Richard Hugh
Lorraine, 414, 415, 420, 527
Birdwood, Lieut-General Sir William
Riddell, 94, 97
Bizerte, 542
Black Sea, 125,135, 503, 556. Seealso
Russia, Black Sea Fleet
Blunt, Captain William Frederick, 122
Boddie, Lieutenant George Hugh,
456-7
Bollo, Contrammiraglio, 251
Bolsheviks, 350
Bond, Commander Arthur G. H., 559
Bonham-Carter, Lieutenant Stuart S.,
559
Bou6 de Lapeyrere, Vice-Amiral
Augustin-Emmanuel-Hubert-Gaston:
career, 14 n.2; meeting with Abruzzi
and Thursby, 14-15, 16-17; cruise
to Syrian coast, 25; anti-submarine
efforts, 27; resigns command, 28,
29; mentioned, 20, 30
Boyle, Commander Edward Courtney,
120 n.2
Brazil, 356, 370
Bre”art de Boisanger, Capitaine de
frigate Pierre-Marie-Cldment, 202
n.2
Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of, 350
Brindisi: limited capacity of, 7; British
cruisers at, 8; and British drifters,
26, 32; British submarines and
destroyers at, 135, 321, 370, 533;
Australian destroyers at, 291;
proposal to withdraw Allied light
forces, 494-5. See also British
Adriatic Force, Adriatic, Otranto
Barrage
British Adriatic Force: composition, 8;
arrival of drifters, 25-6, 27;
situation of, 186-7; battleships
withdrawn, 209, 267, 269;
submarines to assist Italians, 314,
315, 317; reorganized, 349;
submarine successes, 490. See also
Otranto Barrage, Adriatic, Taranto,
Brindisi, Thursby, Kerr
British Aegean Squadron: Fremantle
request reinforcements, 334; visited
by Geddes, 349; and Calthorpe,
391; ships withdrawn from, 422 n.l;
Greek destroyers attached to,
461-4; to be joined by French, 476
n.l; and Greek Navy, 492, 496. See
also Eastern Mediterranean
Squadron, Aegean, de Robeck,
Fremantle, Thursby, Lambert,
Dumas
Broome, Commander Viscount
(Henry Franklin Chevallier
Kitchener), 378
Brodie, Lieut-Commander Charles
Grant, 120, 154
Brown, Captain Francis Clifton:
career, 158 n.l; reports on cattle
INDEX 601
raid, 158-9; and Greek Navy, 294,
585-6; head of naval mission in
Greece, 394, 416-17, 422-3, 463,
519-20; passage through
Dardanelles, 585
Bulgaria: enters war, 10, 30, 31; and
United States, 353, 435, 445; seeks
armistice, 360; concludes armistice,
555, 556, 579; mentioned, 77, 576,
582
Byng, Lieut-General Sir Julian, 97
Cacqueray, Capitaine de vaisseau
Henri-Thimol6on-Marie-Joseph de,
143, 183, 185
Cagni, Contrammiraglio Umberto, 22,
152, 230
Calthorpe, Admiral see
Gough-Calthorpe
Canada, 356
Cape Bon-Sicily barrage: fixed barrage
proposed, 245, 500, 501; Americans
favour, 522; Malta Mining
conference decides against, 529
Cape Helles, 65, 117
Caporetto, Battle of, 216, 217, 312
n.l, 359
Carson, Sir Edward Henry, 33
Carver, Captain Edmund Clifton, 116,
132
Castelorizo, 231 n.2, 232
Cattaro: German submarine base, 6,
71, 469; Austrian forces at, 41;
Allied submarines off, 84, 93, 107,
114, 120; objective of British air
raids, 321,504, 511
Cerri, Vice-Ammiraglio Vittorio, 401
Channel Barrage, 450, 470
Charlton, Rear-Admiral Edward F. B.,
99
Charnaud, Lieutenant Archie, 158
Chetwode, Captain George: career,
450 n.l; on destroyer action of
22/23 April 1918, 450-52; at
Durazzo bombardment, 559,
describes situation at Mudros,
575-7
Christian, Rear-Admiral Arthur
Henry: career, 79 n.2; ideas on
anti-submarine warfare, 88-9;
mentioned, 116, 118, 124, 149, 187
Churchill, Rt Hon. Winston S., 30, 79
n.l, 556
Cito Filomarino, Vice-Ammiraglio
Luigi, Principe di Bitetto, 261 n.l
Clemenceau, Georges: career, 439
n.l; and threat of Black Sea Fleet,
352, requests British intervention in
Italian naval question, 352, 353,
472, 474; and Admiralissimo
proposal, 354, 355, 478-81, 484-9,
524; and command in Aegean, 361,
573-4, 577, 578-80, 581; at
Supreme War Council meeting, 493,
495
Cochrane, Lieut-Commander M. E.,
114
Constantine I, King of Greece: career,
83 n.3; anxious to remain neutral,
10; suspected by Allies, 69, 83;
forced to abdicate, 213; return
feared, 345, 389, 433; mentioned,
122, 170, 188
Constantinople: possible goal of
Austrian fleet, 7, 113, 125; Russian
designs on, 338; to be occupied by
Allies, 570, 572, 576, 581, 582;
British air raids, 577; and French
interests, 580, 582, 583; Allied fleet
off, 585, 586
Convoys: criticized by Limpus, 35;
suggested by Ballard, 72-3,179-80,
195, 278, 281; proposed by
Wemyss, 193-5; discussed at
Admiralty, 195-7; slow to be
recognized by Admiralty, 208; and
Corfu Conference, 210, 245, 247,
262; Admiralty agrees to establish in
Mediterranean, 211, 249, 273, 275;
and Italian Navy, 213, 274, 284,
326; extended through
Mediterranean, 214-15, 286, 291,
314, 322, 324, 326; and French
Navy, 215, 262, 322, 323, 325, 542;
OE/HE through convoys, 215, 217,
306, 308, 310, 318, 319, 325, 329,
369; Calthorpe doubts continued
effectiveness, 217, 317, 318;
competition for resources with
Otranto Barrage, 218, 346, 368-9,
371, 384-5; insufficient numbers of
escorts, 274, 275, 276, 293, 318,
347, 502, 503 n.2; reinforcements
for Mediterranean escorts, 293, 295,
296; effects if Italy dropped out of
war, 304-7; and delays to shipping,
308-10, 327-8, 366; reduction of
losses, 327, 358, 502, 508-9;
effectiveness in Mediterranean
hampered by geography, 347, 504;
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elimination of OE/HE convoys
proposed, 348, 374-7, 397-8;
inter-dependency of Mediterranean
systems, 364-5; advantages of
through Mediterranean convoys,
387; routing in Mediterranean,
396-7, 542, 545; less immunity in
Mediterranean than at home, 400;
new arrangements for OE/HE
convoys, 508; regarded by Godfrey
as ‘palliative’, 509; escorts available
to C.-in-C., 513; losses continue,
515, 516; routed over Adventure
Bank, 529
Coode, Captain Charles Penrose
Rushton: career, 166 n.2; reports on
cattle raid, 166-8; on
Mediterranean escorts and convoys,
282-3; on Japanese and U.S.
assistance, 285; comments on
Calthorpe’s Mediterranean report,
293-4; and proposals to resume
Anatolian raids, 334-6, 340;
becomes DOD(F), 365 n.l; and
Otranto Barrage, 369-71, 512; on
Aegean situation, 395; and threat of
Black Sea Fleet, 435, 460; on
destroyer action of 22/23 April
1918, 458-9; on Greek destroyers
at Dardanelles, 463-4; and
Mediterranean mining projects,
501; and destroyer reinforcements
for Mediterranean, 531-2; on
bombardment of Durazzo, 564
Corbett, Captain Charles Frederick,
122
Corfu: French fleet at, 3, 7, 70, 137
n.2; occupied by French, 78; Serbian
army evacuated to, 108, 112;
suggested position for Italian fleet,
114, 312; French promise to
maintain battleship squadron at,
209; and contingency Italy might
make a separate peace, 299-301,
345, 389, 390; British forces at, 315,
317, 370; proposal Italian
dreadnoughts join French, 351, 352,
354, 430, 432, 435, 438, 447, 472,
474, 486-8, 499; U.S. submarine
chaser base, 357; desirable site for
combined Franco-Italian force, 409,
476 n.l; contingency base might
become untenable, 432, 433; British
Admiralissimo suggested for
combined force at, 474, 480;
destroyers for battleships at, 476
n.l, 477, 533; suggested transfer of
French dreadnoughts, 518
Corfu Conference (April 1917):
decisions, 210, 211, 245-6, 279;
estimates strength of escorts, 274;
mentioned, 249, 250, 261, 273
Corlett, Commander Geoffrey, 559
Cornish, Engineer Captain Edwin, 55
Corsi, Vice-Ammiraglio Camillo, 21,
32, 122
Cottrell, Commander William H., 382,
383
Crampton, Captain Denis Burke:
career, 58 n.l; and 29 Dec. 1915
action, 58-60; S.N.O. at Brindisi,
108, 152; at Gibraltar, 425
Crease, Captain Thomas Evars, 272
Crimea, 350, 358
Culme-Seymour, Rear-Admiral
Michael, 526, 575
Cunningham, Commander Andrew
Browne, 188
Currey, Rear-Admiral Bernard, 87,
118
Cusani Visconti, Vice-Ammiraglio
Lorenzo, 313, 557
Cutinelli Rendina, Vice-Ammiraglio
Emanuele, 21, 58
Dardanelles, campaign (1915): and
German submarines, 4-5; and de
Robeck’s force, 15, 17; military
operations, 22, 26; evacuation of
– Suvla and Anzac, 56; evacuation of
Cape Helles, 65; effects of naval
gunfire, 566; operations under
British command, 570-1; 572, 578,
579, 581; mentioned, 4, 67, 69,107,
345, 391, 585. See also Gallipoli,
peninsula
Dardanelles, Straits: British drifters
sent, 10, 27, 32; entrance sealed by
British, 67, 115, 116-17, 121, 191;
use by German submarines, 89;
entrance mined by British, 113, 132,
135; potential goal for Austrian
fleet, 134, 135; air operations, 136;
fixed barrage proposed, 245, 247-8;
strength of destroyer patrol, 334,
349, 394, 395, 406, 444, 465, 513;
sortie of Goeben, 348, 377-82;
British minefield, 349, 358, 394,
395, 406, 427, 442, 444, 446,
472-3, 475, 497; to be defended by
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ex-Russian dreadnought, 361;
destroyer patrol reduced for
Otranto, 363-4, 384; potential role
of U.S. fleet, 429, 436; and Greek
destroyers, 436, 461-4; priority for
adequate Allied minefield, 500, 501,
521, 528, 529; passage of Allied
fleet after Turkish armistice, 362,
556, 570, 575, 576, 585
Darrieus, Contre-Amiral
Pierre-Joseph-Gabriel-Georges:
career, 314 n.l; commands in
Aegean, 355, 491; memorandum on
Aegean situation, 497-8, 516-17;
at Bizerte, 542
Dartige du Fournet, Vice-Amiral
Louis-Ren£: career, 30, n.3; and
anti-submarine war, 39, 46, 73; and
Fremantle, 42, 49; relieved of
command, 70; preoccupied with
Greece, 73; and Malta Conference
(1916), 109, 112; withdraws
battleships from Mudros, 158, 160;
mentioned, 39, 79, 182, 188
De Bon, Vice-Amiral
Ferdinand-Jean-Jacques: career,
261 n.5; meets with Hope, 261-2,
263; and destroyers built in Japan,
294; at Rome Naval Conference
(Nov. 1917), 311-14; and
Admiralissimo question, 354, 479,
481-4, 485, 568; and Jellicoe’s
appointment to Allied Naval
Council, 402; and Russian Black Sea
Fleet, 426-8; at Supreme War
Council meeting, 493, 506, 553
Dedeagatch, 575
Del Bono, Vice-Ammiraglio Alberto,
437 n.l, 489, 495
Dent, Captain Douglas Lionel, 137,
155-6
Derby, 17th Earl of (Edward George
Villiers Stanley): career, 479 n.l;
meets with Clemenceau over
Admiralissimo question, 484, 486;
meets with Clemenceau over
command in the Aegean, 573-4,
577-8; mentioned, 473, 479, 485
de Robeck, Vice-Admiral John
Michael: career, 12 n.5; at
Dardanelles, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23,
24, 27; and Lapeyrere, 25 n.l, 29;
sends reinforcements to Egypt, 39;
and Malta Conference (1916), 66,
91,105-6,112-13; and deployment
of French fleet to Argostoli, 67;
operations in Aegean (1916), 67-8,
123-5; difficulties with army
authorities in Egypt, 69, 102; leaves
Aegean, 69, 145-6; remarks on
Aegean situation, 81-4, 101, 103,
136-8; relations with French, 83,
100, 101; on situation at Salonika,
102, 135-6; supports Salonika
campaign, 124-5, 131; proposes
raids on coast of Asia Minor, 127,
128 n.2, 132, 137; favoured by
Italians as Admiralissimo, 359, 360,
550, 567; mentioned, 37, 76, 149,
504
Dewar, Captain Kenneth Gilbert
Balmain, 467
Dickens, Commander Gerald Charles:
career, 381 n.4; describes
Mediterranean situation (May
1918), 467-71
Dowson, Sir Ernest MacLeod, 327
Drage, Midshipman Charles Hardinge,
18, 22-23
Drake, Lieut-Commander Bertram
G., 128-30, 140, 141
Duff, Rear-Admiral Alexander L.:
career, 196 n.2; on convoys, 196,
283, 318-19, 377; and
reinforcements for Mediterranean,
295, 532, 534; and Otranto Barrage,
346, 384-5, 386-8, 514; and Rome
Conference (Feb. 1918), 390
Dumas, Captain Philip Wylie: career,
373 n.2; and sortie of Goeben, 349,
377-83; comments on
Hayes-Sadler, 373 n.4; and decision
over sending submarine up
Dardanelles, 404; and Geddes, 414
Dunnell, Mr Francis, 396
Durazzo: and Italians, 33, 55, 57; lack
of protection, 41; raided by
Austrians, 50; and action of 29 Dec.
1915, 58-60, 65, 74; and evacuation
of Serbian army, 76, 77, 78, 85,107,
108; evacuated by Italians, 111;
raided by Mas boats, 153; Allied
bombardment (Oct. 1918), 360,
557-66. See also Albania
Durham, Lieutenant Richard S., 222,
223
Eastern Mediterranean Squadron: run
down after Dardanelles campaign,
67; morale described as ‘gloomy’,
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187; organization described by
Thursby, 189-91; organization
surveyed by Admiralty War Staff,
233-7; War Staff studies
redistribution, 239-41; orders to
Rear-Admiral commanding, 422;
mentioned, 10, 79. See also British
Aegean Squadron
Eastern Telegraph Company, 303,
304, 415
Edwards, Captain Herbert M., 559
Egypt: operations on coast, 4, 39 n.2;
defence of, 43-4, 53-4, 69, 95, 96,
123; transport of troops to, 81, 82,
103; campaign, 209, 292, 572, 579;
advance on El Arish, 231; Calthorpe
wants to draw on naval forces for
Adriatic, 288-90; potential threat of
Goeben, 394; movement of troops
from, 465, 502. See also Suez Canal
Elliot, Major Bertram Nowell
(RMLI), 57, 58, 76, 77
Elliot, Sir Francis, 43, 68, 146
England, Commander Hugh Tumour,
175, 176
Enver Pasha, 330, 337
Erskine, Rt Hon. Sir William, 547, 548
Essad Pasha, 41, 108
Euboea, 358, 529
Everett, Commodore Allan Frederic,
272, 418
Fatou, Contre-Amiral Louis: career,
184 n.2; at Taranto conference on
barrage, 185; favours fixed patrolled
routes, 207-8; French Admiral of
Patrols, 275; and Calthorpe, 289;
relieved, 313; mentioned, 291
Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria, 102
Fergusson, Rear-Admiral James
Andrew: career, 272 n.4; remarks
on effect of Italy making separate
peace, 305-7; and Mediterranean
convoy orders, 309; and OE/HE
convoys, 310, 348, 374, 375, 398;
and shipping experts, 408
Fisher, Admiral of the Fleet, 1st Baron
(John Arbuthnot Fisher), 100
Fisher, Captain William Wordsworth:
career, 283 n.l; on hydrophones,
283, 294-5; and plans for Otranto
Barrage, 363 n.l, 369, 512
Fitzmaurice, Captain Maurice
Swynfen, 380-1, 383
Fiume, 150-1, 154
Fletcher, Lieut-Commander
Alexander L., 221
Flint, Mr Alexander, 463, 564
Foch, General Ferdinand: career, 480
n.l; given command of Allied
forces, 354, 480, 481, 482;
relationship with Supreme War
Council, 546, 553; mentioned, 537,
574
France: and command in
Mediterranean, 3, 475, 571, 578;
supreme command in
Mediterranean eroded, 66, 67, 72;
forces on Mytilene, 82; forces at
Tenedos, 82; and Greece, 70, 126,
132-3, 356, 498; and Salonika
campaign, 83, 124, 209; pursues
ambitions in Mediterranean, 100;
and unity of naval command under
Jellicoe, 508; interests in Ottoman
Empire, 580, 582; and armistice
with Turkey, 585. See also France,
Navy
France, Navy: operations in Adriatic,
5, 55; at Argostoli, 7,134,138,186;
at Dardanelles, 13,16; use of Malta,
29; shortage of destroyers, 43;
anti-submarine methods criticized,
72, 106, 149, 191, 192; and
interception of Austrian fleet, 92,
98; role in Aegean, 94, 240;
destroyers at Brindisi, 109, 496 n.l,
502, 511; plans for Otranto, 152,
153; and Otranto Barrage, 183,185,
370, 385; does not cooperate in
Aegean, 189; at Corfu, 209, 269;
plans for fixed barrage at Otranto,
211, and convoys, 215, 262, 274,
275, 322, 323, 325; problems with
British orders for dispersion, 224,
226; patrols in Mediterranean, 240;
and Corfu Conference (Apr. 1917),
246, 261-2; claims control of central
authority at Malta, 210, 262, 263;
relations with Malta authority,
265-6, 274, 275; standards of
efficiency, 282, 556, 572; and Greek
Navy, 291, 294, 356, 398; obtains
destroyers built in Japan, 291-2,
293-4; and possibility Italy might
make a separate peace, 299, 305-6,
345, 389; reinforcements for
Aegean, 351, 353, 355, 395,
419-20, 445, 446, 476 n.l, 502.
518, 525, 569; reluctance to place
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ships under Italian command, 352,
353; and Admiralissimo proposal,
354, 360, 482-3; and command in
the Aegean, 356, 472-3, 475-6,
498-9, 519, 570; proposes mine
barrages for the Aegean, 357, 500
n.l; control of patrols and escorts
given to Presets Maritimes, 358,
542; advantages of combination
with Italian dreadnoughts, 409-10,
428, 476 n.l; sea-keeping qualities
of submarines, 412; and Black Sea
Fleet, 426-8, 430-1; and
anti-submarine war, 469; and
question of command of combined
Franco-Italian force, 474, 484-5;
proposes commission on
Mediterranean mining, 500 n.l;
destroyer strength in Mediterranean
and Aegean, 530-3; strength of
naval forces in Aegean, 572, 575;
seizes Bulgarian torpedo-boats, 576;
mentioned, 23, 537, 538, 539
France, Navy (Formations): Escadre
d’Orient, 165
Franchet d’Esperey, General
Louis-F61ix, 360, 579, 582
Fremantle, Rear-Admiral Sydney R.:
career, 42 n.l; and demonstration
against Greece, 42-3, 48-9, 55 n.l;
proposes resumption of raids against
coast of Asia Minor, 68, 216, 298,
329-34, 341 n.l; on situation at
Imbros, 93-4; and blockade of
Dardanelles, 115-16; and seizure of
Greek fleet, 187; becomes DCNS,
365 n.l; and destroyer
reinforcements for Mediterranean,
532-3; mentioned, 101, 103, 119
n.2, 147, 380
Fuller, Captain Cyril T. M.: career,
337 n.3; on proposal to resume
Aegean raids, 336-7, 340; and
Otranto Barrage, 372; on threat of
Black Sea Fleet, 433-4; mentioned,
471
Gallipoli: campaign (1915), 570-2,
579; evacuation, 108; mentioned,
22, 79, 576, 578. See also
Dardanelles, campaign
Gamble, Vice-Admiral Sir Douglas
Austin: career, 14 n.l; and raids on
coast of Asia Minor, 127, 130 n.2;
mentioned, 14 n.l, 15, 16, 29
Gauchet, Vice-Amiral
Dominique-Marie: career, 82 n.l;
becomes French C.-in-C, 70; and
de Robeck, 83, 101, 105, 110, 112;
and Malta Conference (1916), 123;
relieved at Salonika, 126, 131;
criticizes British dispersion scheme,
207-8; and Corfu Conference •
(1917), 210; and Calthorpe, 289,
and contingency Italy might make
separate peace, 345, 389; meets
Geddes, 349, 401; Allied C.-in-C. in
Mediterranean, 352, 496 n.l, 569;
and possible sortie from
Dardanelles, 406; declines to send
dreadnoughts to Aegean, 525; and
armistice negotiations with Turks,
583, 584; mentioned, 262, 313, 428
n.l, 480, 494, 500 n.l
Geddes, Rt Hon. Sir Eric C.: career,
271 n.l; at Admiralty conference on
trade protection, 271, 276, 277; and
problem of shipping delays, 348,
350, 408; visits Mediterranean, 349,
398-400, 401-2, 413-17; 418;and
threat of Black Sea Fleet, 352; and
Admiralissimo proposal, 354, 355,
359; and Mediterranean shipping
losses, 358, 516, 544; mission to
United States, 360, 577, 569;
opposed to French command in
Aegean final offensive, 360; and
Otranto Barrage, 373 n.l, 401; and
Rome conference (Feb. 1918), 390,
398, 401; on Mediterranean Staff at
Malta, 401, 407; memorandum on
sortie of Goeben, 402-6, 407-8,
414; and need for shipping experts
in Mediterranean, 408-9, 440; and
Greek Navy, 416-17, 445; on the
use of ships as depots, 418-19; and
the Aegean, 436 n.l, 445; on
desirability of Italian fleet combining
with the French, 436-40; and
Jellicoe, 477, 478; meets with
French over Admiralissimo issue,
478-81, 482-3, 484 n.4, 488;
describes Supreme War Council
meeting, 492-4; on Italian attitude
towards coordinating repair
facilities, 494-6; and Henderson’s
correspondence with Maclay, 503
n.2; and Sonnino, 514-16; and
Roosevelt, 523-4, 527-8, 535-6;
on shortage of labour, 543-4; and
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United States Navy, 544; and revival
of Admiralissimo proposal, 545-7,
567-9; on relationship of Jellicoe
to Supreme War Council, 546-7;
mentioned, 426, 504, 540
Germany, 577, 586
Germany, Navy: sends submarines to
Mediterranean, 4, 5, 39; submarine
bases at Pola and Cattaro, 6, 71;
resumes unrestricted submarine
warfare, 209; difficulty maintaining
submarines at Austrian bases, 215;
intends to attack hospital ships, 238;
may send additional subs to
Mediterranean, 294; and respect for
Spanish territorial waters, 324; and
Russian Black Sea Fleet, 351, 358,
361, 382, 426, 427, 438, 439, 465,
517 n.l; importance of Goeben,
391-3; submarine building
programme, 557 n.l
Gibraltar (base): and United States
Navy, 214, 285, 295, 296, 469, 521;
dockyard overloaded, 292, 295; and
Brazilian squadron, 356, 370; delays
to shipping, 424-5; volume of
shipping movements, 425; visited by
Calthorpe, 540-1, 543; visited by
Godfrey, 542-3; vulnerability of
ships anchored in bay, 542-3
Gibraltar, Straits: passage by German
submarines, 9,15,17, 46-7; Limpus
advocates barring, 34; mine
barrages proposed, 245, 248, 367,
530; submarines active on
approaches, 137
Giffard, Commander T. Frederic, 257
Godfrey, Lieut-Commander John
Henry: career, 273 n.l; on
Calthorpe’s problem in getting
authority accepted, 216; comments
on Mediterranean convoy system,
307-11, 322-5, 347, 364-5; on
routing of convoys, 396-7, 542; on
OE/HE convoys, 397-8, 508; on
success of anti-submarine measures,
508-10, 543, 544-5; on dazzle
painting, 522; and Malta mining
conference, 522-3; visits Gibraltar,
542-3, remarks on bombardment of
Durazzo, 565-6
Godfrey, Captain William Wellington
(Royal Marines), 103, 397
Godley, Major-General Sir Alexander
John, 97
Goni Island, 462
Gordon, Wing Commander Robert,
228, 229, 381, 421, 443
Gough-Calthorpe, Vice-Admiral Hon.
Sir Somerset Arthur: career, 272
n.3; appointed British
Mediterranean C.-in-C., 214, 273,
275, 277; and Italians, 215, 284 n.3,
289-90; and proposal for
resumption of raids on Anatolia,
216, 339-40; and contingency Italy
might make a separate peace, 216,
299-305, 307, 322, 345, 388-90;
doubts continued effectiveness of
convoys, 217, 317, 318, 321; and
Otranto Barrage, 217, 218, 290,
315, 345-7, 363-4, 367-9;
redistributes Aegean forces, 217,
287, 288; and diversion of Indian
trade to Mediterranean, 286; and
protection of mercantile shipping,
286, 291, 319-20; favours
concentrating on Otranto Barrage,
286-88, 320-1, 357; relations with
French, 289; and aircraft for
Adriatic, 290; at Rome conference
(Nov. 1917), 311 n.2, 313-14; and
OE/HE convoys, 348, 369, 375-6;
and sortie of Goeben, 349, 380-3,
402-7, 413, 414, 420; and Greek
destroyers for Dardanelles patrol,
353, 442, 461-4; and threat of
Black Sea Fleet, 353, 358, 428-32,
465, 477; concludes armistice with
Turks, 361, 583-5; memorandum
on Aegean situation, 391-5,
419-23; and Geddes, 407; and
organization of Mediterranean
shipping, 408, 411; memorandum
on situation in Adriatic, 409-12,
430; and Lambert’s proposals for
Aegean, 441-3, 473; and delay of
forces promised for Otranto, 448,
465; controversy with Lambert,
461-4; questions command in the
Aegean, 491-2, 496; and
Mediterranean mining projects,
500-1, 528-30; remarks on
anti-submarine war, 502-3, 541-2;
reports additional requirements for
Otranto Barrage, 510-11; and
Admiralissimo project, 524-6; and
reinforcement of Allied destroyers
in Aegean, 530-5; visits Gibraltar
and Algiers, 540-2, 543; ordered to
INDEX 607
Aegean in case of armistice, 556,
568, 570, 575; and bombardment of
Durazzo, 563, 566 n.2; mentioned,
445, 576
Grand Fleet (British): and ‘M’ Class
destroyers for Mediterranean, 359,
534; rumoured changes in, 426;
joined by U.S. battleships, 466;
frequent exercises, 490; mentioned,
4, 186, 191, 270, 356
Granet, Sir Guy, 399
Grant, Captain Heathcoat Salisbury:
career, 106 n.l; and operations off
Smyrna, 106, 109; at Mytilene, 124;
commands at Gibraltar, 540-1, 542,
543
Grant, Captain William Henry: career,
47 n.2; suggests modifications in
transport routes, 197-200, 201;
proposes dispersion, 218;
mentioned, 45 n.l
Grasset, Contre-Amiral
Maurice-Ferdinand-Albert, 143
Great Britain, Army (Units): llth
Division, 82
Great Britain, Board of Trade, 70
Great Britain, Foreign Office, 133,
309
Great Britain, Ministry of Shipping:
and shipping delays in
Mediterranean, 308-9, 347-8;
scheme for Suez and Dakar dump,
327; representative at Malta, 397.
See also Maclay
Great Britain, War Cabinet, 548-9
Great Britain, War Office: and
controversy over anti-aircraft guns
at Mudros, 100; and Salonika
campaign, 124, 131; and Royal
Naval Division, 133, 138; and naval
demonstrations on Syrian coast,
216, 297; and resumption of raids in
Aegean, 333; to be asked to
conform troop movements to
escorts, 387
Greece: distrusted by Allies, 9, 20, 88;
uncertain attitude, 10, 30, 83-4;
Allied pressure on, 40, 69-70, 122;
Anglo-French naval squadron at
Milo, 42-3, 48-9; and Anatolian
raids, 68, 332; and Allied loan, 126;
131-2, 133; relations with Allies
improve, 135-6; Allies take over
port and telegraph services, 170;
navy seized by British and French,
187-8; potential threat to Allied
armies, 193; enters war on Allied
side, 214, 287; reduction in vessels
blockading proposed, 245; British
use mercantile tonnage, 326; and
contingency Italy might make a
separate peace, 345, 389; ill will
towards French, 356; jubilant
attitude after Turkish armistice, 586.
See also Constantine I, Venizelos
Greece, Navy: secured by British and
French, 70, 170, 187-8; coal
supplies stopped, 85; assists in
defence of Aegean trade, 214;
Calthorpe anxious to obtain
destroyers, 291; and Piraeus arsenal,
294; potential use for Allies, 352-3,
417; seizure again contemplated by
Gauchet, 389; joins convoy escorts,
416; and Dardanelles patrol, 436,
442, 461-4; and Royal Navy, 519,
520; destroyers at Mudros, 531,
533, 575; and passage of
Dardanelles, 585-6; mentioned,
469, 492, 496
Greene, Sir W. Graham, 269
Grey, Lieut-Commander Eric V., 104
Grosvenor, Flight Lieutenant Lord
Edward, 151
Gue”pratte, Contre-Amiral
Emile-Paul-Aimable, 13, 542
Guillaumat, General
Marie-Louis-Adolphe, 459
Hadkinson, Lieutenant C., 160
Haidar Pasha, 298
Haig, Field Marshal Sir Douglas, 484
Hall, Rear-Admiral William Reginald:
career, 298 n.l; on proposal to
resume Anatolian raids, 338-9, 340
Hamilton, Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick
Tower, 128, 264
Hamilton, General Sir lan, 22
Hankey, Colonel Maurice Pascal
Alers, 493
Hatcher, Commander J. O., 114
Haus, Admiral Anton, 5, 11 n.2
Hayes-Sadler, Rear-Admiral Arthur:
career, 164 n.2; at Salonika, 164;
and seizure of Greek fleet, 187; and
sortie oiGoeben, 349, 378-83, 404,
405, 407; takes Lord Nelson to
Salonika, 373, 403; to be relieved,
408, 413, 414; mentioned, 353, 390
n.l, 420
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Heath, Vice-Admiral Sir Herbert L.,
464
Heathcote-Smith, Mr Clifford
(Edward), 160
Heaton-Ellis, Commodore Edward
Henry Fitzhardinge: career, 479 n.2;
at meeting with French over
Admiralissimo, 479; mentioned,
484, 485, 486
Henderson, Mr A. C. F., 503
Henderson, Captain Reginald Guy
Hannam: career, 272 n.7; on
importance of reducing shipping
delays, 215; on OE/HE convoys,
325, 329; on importance of neutral
tonnage, 325-6; on working of
convoy system, 327-9; at
conference in Rome (Feb. 1918),
390, 400; examines Mediterranean
convoy arrangements, 402, 408,
409; mentioned, 307, 322, 347, 364,
424, 450, 543
Heneage, Commodore Algernon:
career, 90 n.l; working under
French, 166; and seizure of Greek
fleet, 187-8; to command Otranto
Barrage, 209; summarizes
advantages of barrage, 211; anxious
for destroyers, 228; lack of ship to
get about, 237; doubts effectiveness
of Franco-Italian nets, 242; at Rome
conference (Nov. 1917), 314; sends
Admiralty proposals for barrage,
371; becomes SNO in Italy, 373 n.l;
mentioned, 243, 248, 257
Heyder, Lieutenant Philip A., 159
High Sea Fleet (German), 270, 468
Hodder, Lieutenant Ben, 128, 130,
139-41
Hodson, Lieut-Commander Gerald L.,
80, 92, 99, 104, 139-41
Hope, Rear-Admiral George: career,
237 n.l; and convoys, 217, 317; on
size of Eastern Mediterranean
Squadron, 236-7, 239-41; on
Otranto Barrage, 243-4, 317, 372,
385-6, 513-14; on decisions of
Corfu Conference, 245-7; and
protection for drifters, 258; meeting
with De Bon, 261-2; and proposed
resumption of Anatolian raids, 341;
becomes D1SL, 365 n.l; on Aegean
situation, 395-6; at Rome
conference (Feb. 1918), 400, 405;
and Black Sea Fleet, 435, 460, on
Greek destroyers at Dardanelles,
464; at meeting with French about
Admiralissimo, 479, 481, 483; and
Mediterranean mining projects,
5-1-2; and destroyer reinforcements
for Mediterranean, 532, 534; and
bombardment of Durazzo, 564-5;
and command in Aegean, 570;
mentioned, 554, 556, 567, 568
Hope, Captain Herbert W. W., 559
Home, Sir Robert Stevenson, 556
Horthy de Nagyba”nya,
Linienschiffskapitan Nikolaus, 212
Hosier, Ernest, 453
Hughes, Lieutenant Herbert M., 559
Huntingford, Captain Walter Legh
(RMA), 29
Hussein, King of the Hejaz, 337, 338
Hydrophones: proposed for
Mediterranean trawlers, 283, 294,
295, 317; Calthorpe’s plans for
Otranto Barrage, 287, 315, 364,
411; Stephenson to train flotillas in
use, 286-7, 288, 293; development
in Home Waters, 328; disappointing
performance, 357, 384, 510, 526-7;
at Dardanelles, 406; delayed in
arrival at Otranto, 450, 470; at
Dover, 450
Imbros: British forces vulnerable, 67,
93-4, 124; llth division leaves, 82;
British squadron at, 116-17. See
also Mudros
Imperiali di Francavilla, Guglielmo,
Marquis: career, 267 n.l; requests
British assistance, 267-9; and
Admiralissimo question, 354, 527,
528
im Thurn, Commander John Knowles,
109, 119
Ireland, 138
Italy: enters war, 6, 13; demands
rejected by British, 100, 213;
consents to withdrawal of British
battleships, 209; critical coal
shortage, 213, 273, 400; and
Caporetto, 216, 217, 311-12; and
use of Straits of Messina at night,
224, 225; additional tonnage for,
273, 276, 326; and Tripolitania,
294; possibility of a separate peace,
299-305, 307, 322, 345, 362-3,
388-90; cable communications,
303-4; claims to Anatolia, 337; and
INDEX 609
Allied Naval Council, 347; fate of
shipping in the event of a separate
peace, 362-3; and Otranto Barrage,
370; Allied pressure to move fleet to
Corfu, 439; and anti-submarine war,
469; and Admiralissimo question,
486, 544, 547, 548-9, 555, 574;
regarded by allies as
non-cooperative, 494, 495; supports
British command in Aegean, 570.
See also Italy, Navy
Italy, Navy: and Adriatic, 5;
deployment, 7; strength compared
to Austrians, 8, 411; plan for
operations, 17; manoeuvres with
BAF, 18,19; operations in Adriatic,
20-22, 24; efficiency of, 23, 69,186,
282, 409, 430, 437; submarine
service, 33-34, 314, 411; difficulty
in intercepting Austrian fleet, 67,
92, 98, 134; shortage of craft for
submarine hunting, 120; new age
retirement scheme, 143; system of
fire control criticized, 153, 186-7;
operations with Mas boats, 153;
requests British naval assistance,
183-4, 267-71; and Otranto
Barrage, 157, 174, 185; plans for
fixed barrage at Otranto, 211, 242;
and pooling of resources, 215,
275-6, 324, 411; in British plans
should Italy leave the war, 216-17,
302, 345, 389; requests assistance
after Caporetto, 217, 311-12, 314;
difficulties in communicating with
British, 256-7; and protection of
drifters, 258, 259, 268, 271; and
convoys, 274, 284, 314, 364, 371,
397, 398, 400, 412; desirability of
joint exercises with French, 312; and
proposal dreadnoughts join French
at Corfu, 351, 352, 430, 432, 434,
435, 438, 447, 466-7, 499; and free
hand for British on Otranto Barrage,
363, 370; and cooperation with
French, 428; and anti-submarine
war, 469; and command of
combined Franco-Italian force, 474,
479-80; and proposed British
Admiralissimo, 478; negotiations
with French over move to Corfu,
484-5; new destroyers, 534; and
bombardment of Durazzo (Oct
1918), 557, 562, 564, 565;
mentioned, 537, 538, 575, 576. See
also Adriatic, Abruzzi, Duke of the,
Thaon di Revel
Italy, Navy (Formations): 3rd
Division, 588
Jackson, Admiral Sir Henry
Bradwardine: career, 16 n.l; and
submarine campaign in
Mediterranean, 35 n.2; and Salonika
expedition, 85, 115, 133; relations
with French, 86, 125-6, 132-3; on
shortage of ships, 99, 115, 125; on
Fisher, 100; and raids on coast of
Asia Minor, 128, 138; requests
information from Thursby, 143 n.l,
145 n.l; leaves position as First Sea
Lord, 192; mentioned, 79, 104,149,
189
Jackson, Rear-Admiral Thomas:
career, 173 n.2; on troop transport
through Mediterranean, 171-3,
222-3; opposes convoys, 195
Japan: and assistance for
Mediterranean, 71, 99; sends
destroyers to Mediterranean, 213;
builds destroyers for French, 291-2;
mentioned, 31. See also Japan, Navy
Japan, Navy: destroyer flotilla in
Mediterranean, 236, 267, 269, 270,
279, 356, 513, 533; standards of
efficiency, 282, 469; relations with
British, 285; Calthorpe suggests
battle cruisers for Aegean, 431, 432
Jaures, Contre-Amiral
Marie-Paul-Louis, 82
Jellicoe, Admiral Sir John Rushworth:
career, 189 n.l; on impossibility of
providing more destroyers for the
Mediterranean, 208, 223; and
Salonika campaign, 209, 210,
238-9; and dispersion in
Mediterranean, 219; on Otranto
Barrage, 245; on Corfu Conference,
248; and protection of drifters, 259;
on central authority at Malta,
263-4, 265-6; at Admiralty
conference on trade protection in
Mediterranean, 273-6; on
Mediterranean convoys, 296; leaves
Admiralty, 365 n.l; possible
appointment to Allied Naval
Council, 402; suggested by Thursby
for role in Mediterranean, 72;
proposed as Mediterranean
Admiralissimo, 354, 355, 474, 477,
610 INDEX
478, 480-1, 488, 489, 508; opposed
by Thaon di Revel, 359, 360, 550,
553; Admiralissimo appointment
frustrated at Supreme War Council,
493, 505; Admiralissimo project
revived, 524-6, 546, 547, 549;
mentioned, 192, 214, 265
Joffre, Marshal Joseph Jacques
Ce”saire, 192
Jutland, battle of, 155, 157
Kelly, Captain W. A. Howard: career,
199 n.l; liaison officer in Paris, 201,
250, 263; and Otranto Barrage, 373
n.l; on destroyer action of 22/23
April 1918, 458, 465; and
bombardment of Durazzo, 557-64,
565, 566; mentioned, 307, 390 n.l,
520, 575, 577
Kenworthy, Lieut-Commander Joseph
M., 424-6
Kephalo, 82, 116, 124
Kerr, Rear-Admiral Mark: career, 85
n.l; commands British Adriatic
Squadron, 69, 145 n.2, 146, 149;
deflects French proposal to shift
drifter line, 73, 185; and Greek
Navy, 85-6; proposes air raids,
150-1, 154-5, 157, 229, 241; and
drifter patrol, 151-3, 173-5, 182-4,
202-3, 212, 228-9, 230; comments
on dismisal of Abruzzi, 230; meeting
with Revel, 241-3, and action of
British monitors, 260-1, 264-5;
mentioned, 237
Kerr, Philip, 573
Keyes, Commodore Roger John
Brownlow: career, 89 n.2; on
division of Mediterranean into
zones, 66 n.l; at Dover, 450;
mentioned, 105, 121, 483
Kirke, Colonel Walter Mervyn St.
George, 296-7
Kitchener, Field Marshal, 1st Earl
(Horatio Herbert Kitchener), 33, 44
Kite Balloons: use in Mediterranean,
357; Calthorpe proposes for
Otranto Barrage, 364, 411; stations
to be established at Brindisi and
Corfu, 370; arrival on Otranto
Barrage delayed, 450; fitted on
sloops and destroyers, 510, 545;
visibility in Mediterranean
disappointing, 523
Kusu Bay, and sortie of Goeben, 348,
377, 378, 403; Dardanelles division
stationed at, 415; use abandoned for
monitors and cruisers, 420 n.l. See
also Imbros
Lacaze, Centre-Amiral Lucien, 86,
208
Lagosta, 21
Lambart, Captain Hon. Lionel J. O.,
98
Lambert, Rear-Admiral Cecil Foley:
career, 96 n.2; distrusts Greeks,
353, 436, 462-3; and threat of
Black Sea Fleet, 355, 460; on
obsolescence of his battleships, 497;
opposes French command in
Aegean, 356, 444, 472, 498-9; on
situation in Aegean, 435-6, 556;
discussion with Calthorpe on
Aegean requirements, 442 n.l,
443-4; controversy with Calthorpe,
461-3; criticizes Admiralty
dispositions in Aegean, 472-3;
remarks on Darrieus memorandum,
497-8; to be given billet at home,
526; mentioned, 408, 445, 491, 492,
496
Lampen, Major Lewis C. (Royal
Marines), 119 n.2
Lanxade, Capitaine de vaisseau
Alexandre-Marie-Rene”, 484-5,
489
Lapeyrere see Boue* de Lapeyrere
Larken, Captain Frank: career, 103
n.l; at Mytilene, 124; and raids on
Anatolian coast, 141, 147-8,
160-3; mentioned, 128 n.3, 130
Larking, Captain Dennis Augustus
Hugo: career, 465 n.3; and proposal
to move Italian dreadnoughts to
Corfu, 465-7, 484-5; and
Admiralissimo proposal, 536-7;
mentioned, 490, 495, 528 n.l
Learmonth, Captain Frederick
Charles, 276
Le Bris, Vice-Amiral Pierre-AngeMarie,
42, 48
Le Gouz de Saint-Seine, Capitaine de
vaisseau Jean-Charles-JustB<§nigne,
126, 132
Leigh, Captain Richard Henry (USN),
511
Le Marchant, Rear-Admiral Evelyn
Robert, 47, 78, 98
Leslie, Mr Norman Alexander: career,
INDEX 611
272 n.2; on Mediterranean shipping
position, 336-7; mentioned, 311,
325
Lewin, Commander George E., 381
Leygues, Georges: career, 426 n.l;
and Admiralissimo question, 354,
479, 481, 484; and threat of Black
Sea Fleet, 426-8, 446
Liman von Sanders, Field Marshal
Otto, 136, 331
Limpus, Vice-Admiral Arthur Henry:
career, 12 n.2; on anti-submarine
warfare, 9, 27-9, 66, 72, 87-88,
104, 152; on German policy in the
Balkans and Turkey, 30-1; on
hunting submarines, 34-5;
proposals for anti-submarine
warfare, 44-46; on protection of
merchant shipping, 51-3, 119 n.2;
and French fleet at Argostoli, 67;
criticizes French methods, 72, 91,
163-4; receives KCMG and Legion
of Honour, 75, 76, 78; and Malta
Conference (1916), 79-80, 91, 98,
103-4, 109; leaves Mediterranean,
164; mentioned, 112,113,126,131,
133
Litchfield-Speer, Captain F. Shirley,
522, 526
Lloyd George, Rt Hon. David: career,
398 n.2; at Supreme War Council
meeting, 355, 491; and command in
Aegean, 361, 556, 573, 577-8,
581-3; writes Clemenceau and
Orlando, 439-40; suggests British
Admiralissimo, 474;
correspondence with Clemenceau
about Admiralissimo, 486, 488;
mentioned, 472, 478
London Naval Conference (Jan.
1917): decisions, 208-9, 229 n.l,
242, 243; mentioned, 267, 269
London, Treaty of (26 April 1915), 6
Long Island (Gulf of Smyrna), 68, 82,
133, 136, 146, 147
Longmore, Wing-Captain Arthur:
career, 407 n.l; senior air officer,
Mediterranean district, 407, 421,
443; air operations against
Constantinople, 576-7; mentioned,
464, 561
Lorimer, Sub-Lieutenant James, 130,
139-41
Lostende see Mercier de Lostende
Lovcen, Mount, 78
Luard, Lieut-Colonel Trant B.
(RMLI), 509
Lynden-Bell, Major-General Arthur
L., 96, 131
Lynes, Fleet Paymaster Charles
Edward, 272, 381
Macedonia, 579. See also Salonika
Maclay, Sir Joseph Paton: career, 271
n.2; at Admiralty conference on
trade protection, 273, 276, 277; and
shipping delays in Mediterranean,
350, 390; anxious about losses in
Mediterranean, 358, 515-16; and
organization of Mediterranean
shipping, 408-9; and Mr A. C.
Henderson, 503 n.2
Mahon, Lieut-General Bryan Thomas,
81, 83, 102, 125, 135
Malta: used by French fleet, 5, 7, 29,
67; submarine situation, 28;
hospitals, 113; fear of contagion,
164; establishment of central
authority for transport routes and
escorts, 210, 245-7, 263-6, 274-5;
hydrophone training establishment,
287-8; dockyards overloaded, 292,
295; experimental establishment,
293; necessity of increasing repair
facilities, 303, 317; supply of depth
charges, 316. See also Malta
Conference (March 1916), Malta,
Mining Conference (August 1918)
Malta Conference (March 1916):
alters zones, 45 n.l, 66, 112;
conclusions, 67, 278; arranged,
79-80,106; and French, 86, 91; and
de Robeck, 112-13; mentioned, 9,
97, 165
Malta, Mining Conference (August
1918), 358, 522, 528-30
Manisty, Fleet-Paymaster Henry
Wilfred Eldon: career, 311 n.l; and
OE/HE convoys, 348, 376-7;
mentioned, 329
Marriott, Captain John Peter Ralph,
125, 310, 325
Matruh, 43, 53
Maund, Lieutenant Guy, O., 559
Mavroudis, Captain (Greek Navy),
463
Maxwell, General Sir John, 25, 29,
123
Maxwell, Lieut-Commander
Wellwood George Courtenay, 159
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McClintock, Captain John William
Leopold, 105
McKenna, Lieutenant Gerald, 559
McMahon, Colonel Sir A. Henry, 97
Mediterranean, Sea: secondary theatre
for British, 3, 4; and German
submarine campaign (1915), 5-6, 9,
27-29, 39; divided into zones, 9, 45
n.l, 47, 66, 87, 191, 240; and
submarine campaign (1916), 66, 67,
70-3; trade diverted to Cape route,
70, 71-2, 88, 210, 245, 515 n.2; lack
of unity, 73, 274; Japanese
assistance, 21, 99; Malta Conference
alters zones, 112, fixed patrolled
routes criticized, 118-19, 179, 194,
195, 201,228-9, 281; too
dangerous for troop transport,
171-3; Ballard proposes convoys,
179-80, 195, 211; weekly volume of
traffic, 181-2; Wemyss advocates
convoys, 193-5, 211; Admiralty
favours dispersion, 196-8, 201-2,
207, 219-21; and decisions of
London naval conference (Jan.
1917), 208-9; and decisions of
Corfu Conference (April 1917),
210, 245-6, 249-50, 261-2;
Admiralty agree to convoys, 211,
214-15; Wemyss designated British
C.-in-C, 214; position of British
C.-in-C. restored, 210; convoy
system extended, 214-15, 364-5;
eastern trade diverted back, 215,
273, 286; Admiralty views
communications as unsafe, 238; and
Japanese destroyers, 270, 285;
conference on trade protection at
the Admiralty, 271-7; Calthorpe
appointed British C.-in-C., 214,
273; shortage of escorts, 274-6,
346; special features described by
Ballard, 278-82; percentage of loss
for troop transport, 279, 280; repair
facilities overloaded, 292, 295, 296,
302-3, 317, 319, 429-30;
Admiralty devotes more attention to
in 1918, 345; geographical
configuration hinders convoys, 347,
397, 468-9; Allied forces in, 356-7;
mine barrages proposed, 357-8;
success of convoy system, 358;
losses to submarines reduced, 366,
515, 541-2, 543; question of
lending escorts from home waters,
368, 372, 385, 398; advantages of
through route, 387; Calthorpe’s
views on naval strength, 392; not
possible to send strong
reinforcements, 395; repair and
salvage arrangements reorganized,
399; lower standard of escorts, 400;
redistribution of Allied battleships,
427-8, 430-1, 434, 438, 440, 467,
476 n.l, 518, 569; use of ‘America’
seaplanes, 441; situation described
by Dickens, 467-71; British
Admiralissimo suggested, 475,
480-2; anti-submarine campaign
improves, 490, 502-4, 508-10;
coordination of repair facilities,
494-5, 499; mining projects (1918),
500-1; escorts available to British
C.-in-C., 513; and British
submarines, 513-14; reinforcement
of British destroyers, 530-1. See
also Convoys, Admiralissimo
Mellor, Captain Arthur J. (Royal
Marines), 78
Menzies, Commander Leslie, 310, 329
Mercer, Brigadier David, 94, 380
Mercier de Lostende, Capitaine de
vaisseau Maurice-Henri, 126, 446,
500
Mesopotamia, campaign: British
losses, 44; and Wemyss, 122; British
offensive, 337; mentioned, 297,
298, 572, 578, 579
Messina, Straits, 224, 225
Millo di Casalgiate, Vice-Ammiraglio
Enrico, 32, 228, 230
Milne, Admiral Sir Archibald
Berkeley, 79 n.l
Milne, Lieut-General Sir George
Francis: career, 459 n.l; and threat
of Black Sea Fleet, 352, 459-60;
commands operations against
Constantinople, 579, 580
Milner, 1st Viscount, 354, 474 n.l
Milo: Anglo-French squadron at, 10,
40 n.l, 42-3, 48, 49; suggested
position for French fleet, 114;
mentioned as possible British base,
126; and French fleet, 165; principal
escort base in Aegean, 314; French
favour concentrating Allied fleet,
447, 473; Calthorpe’s opposition,
476
Mitchell, Lieutenant Amyot J., 377
Mitford, Captain Hon. Bertram T. C.
O. Freeman, 559
Mittelmeerdivision, 348, 349
INDEX 613
Mola, Contrammiraglio, 558, 560
Money, Sir Leo Chiozza, 515 n.2
Montenegro, 21, 78
Moore, Engineer Commander Gerald,
29
Moraht, Kapitanleutnant Robert, 504
n.l
Moreau, Vice-Amiral Fre”d6ric-Paul:
career, 97 n.6; and Wemyss, 110,
123; and de Robeck, 131, 137, 146;
on sick leave, 164
Mornet, Capitaine de vaisseau
Charles-Louis-D6sire 30 n.2, 132
Morocco, 540
Morris, Lieutenant J. S., 309, 322,
324, 325, 328
Mortimer, Lieut-Commander Edward
N., 559
Mortola, Contrammiraglio Giuseppe,
314
Mudros: British forces at, 124, 165,
189, 447; French forces at, 158,
427, 525, 556; base mentioned, 333,
334, 497, 529, 534, 585; and sortie
of Goeben, 348, 349, 403; armistice
negotiations with Turks, 361, 568;
visited by Geddes, 413-16; need for
administrative reform, 420, 435,
436; and training of Greek
personnel, 417, 423, 462; evaluated
as base, 431, 432, 434, 444, 473;
British and French submarines at,
442, 445, 446; British destroyers to
be sent if necessary, 518; Allied
destroyers at, 531; and final
campaign against Turkey, 572, 578;
described by Chetwode, 575-6
Murray, General Sir Archibald J.:
career, 96 n.4; and de Robeck, 102,
123, 126, 131; dispute with Royal
Navy, 110 n.2
Murray, Sir Oswyn, 284
Myres, Professor John L., 68, 155-6,
159, 168, 177-8
Mytilene, 82, 103, 124, 158, 165
Nash, Major-General Sir Philip, 399
n.3, 400
Nasmith, Lieut-Commander Martin
E., 15 n.2, 104 n.2
Newill, Lieut-Commander Joseph B.,
559
Niblack, Rear-Admiral Albert P.
(USN), 541
Nicholson, Rear-Admiral Stuart:
career, 75 n.2, receives C.B., 76; at
Salonika, 83, 101; mentioned, 79,
126, 131, 138
Nicholson, Mr W. F., 363
Nicol, Vice-Amiral Ernest-Eugene, 13
Nivelle, General Robert, 424
North Sea: mine barrage, 357, 385,
386, 470, 522; and possibility High
Seas Fleet might come out, 468;
effectiveness of barrage doubted by
Wemyss, 526-7; mentioned, 4
Norway, 326
Novorossisk, 358, 517 n.l
Nowotny, Korvettenkapitan Bogomil,
202 n.2
Nugent, Captain Raymond A., 433
Ohlenschlager, Lieutenant Norman
Albert Gustave, 378
Oliver, Vice-Admiral Henry Francis:
career, 47 n.4; on Mediterranean
situation, 47; and raids on coast of
Asia Minor, 127, 130 n.2; on sortie
by Austrian fleet, 134-5; on troop
transport through Mediterranean,
173; and convoys, 181; favours
dispersion, 196-7, 201-2, 219; and
Eastern Mediterranean Squadron,
233; on Otranto Barrage, 244, 248;
on Corfu Conference, 247-8; on
protection of drifters, 258-9; on
repair facilities in Mediterranean,
295
Orlando, Vittorio Emmanuele: career,
439 n.2; and threat of Black Sea
Fleet, 352, 472, 474; and British
Admiralissimo proposal, 354, 359,
475, 499-500, 504; at Supreme War
Council (Abbeville), 466; goes back
on Abbeville decision, 486-8; and
minelayers for British, 489 n.l; at
Supreme War Council (Versailles),
493; conversations with Rodd, 507,
508; and revival of Admiralissimo
project, 524; and Roosevelt, 527-8;
mentioned, 495, 546, 554
Ormsby Johnson, Lieutenant Lionel
S., 98
Otranto Barrage: and British, 9, 10;
ineffectiveness of, 66, 69, 191; and
Kerr, 153-5, 157, 182-4; discussed
at Taranto conference (Oct. 1916),
185; lack of protection for drifters,
153-5, 157, 174, 211-12, 242-4,
268, 270, 271; to be commanded by
Heneage, 209; and Corfu
Conference, 211, 245, 246, 248,
614 INDEX
290; Franco-Italian plans for fixed
net, 211, 242, 246, 248, 290; British
fixed barrage, 211, 276, 290;
Admiralty’s and Calthorpe’s plans,
217-18, 286-8, 293, 315, 335, 357,
363-4, 367-9; Austrian raid of 15
May 1917, 257-9, 261, 264, 267,
270; Calthorpe favours
concentrating on, 286-8; Australian
destroyers to protect drifters, 291,
321; and possibility Italy might
make separate peace, 300-1;
Admiralty proposes expansion,
345-6, 369-73; and Allied Naval
Council, 347, 370, 371; raid on
drifters thwarted (April 1918), 353,
450-9, 465; reinforced by U.S.
submarine chasers, 357; effects
overstated, 357, 358; Admiralty
discusses Calthorpe’s plans, 383-8;
British receive control, 398, 401,
411; possibility of more Austrian
raids, 410; reinforcements drawn
from Aegean, 422; destroyers will
be withdrawn if threat of Black Sea
Fleet imminent, 447, 471, 496 n.l,
518, 533, 534, 573; delay of
promised forces, 448; Stephenson
complains of lack of support, 448,
450; British and French destroyers
taken from, 502, 511; Calthorpe’s
additional requirements, 510-11;
prospects alluring to Wemyss, 527;
necessity for sufficient British
destroyers, 531, 533; considered
factor in decline of losses to
submarines, 543, 544. See also
Otranto, Straits
Otranto, Straits: and British drifters, 9,
27; and Italian patrols, 16; action of
15 May 1917, 212, 250-7, 259-60,
267, 270; and loss of Szent Istvdn,
356; British submarine successes,
490; Geddes considers operations
beneficial, 516; Americans propose
minefield, 521-2; new mine barrier
to be established, 528, 529. See also
Otranto Barrage
Palestine: naval support of military
operations; 4, 365, 513; British
campaign, 209, 216, 298, 337, 572,
578; and sortie of Goeben, 348;
mentioned, 399
Palladini, Contrammiraglio, 558
Pan Turanian Movement, 339
Paris, Major-General Sir Archibald,
81, 137
Parry, Lieutenant W. Edward, 186-7
Peirse, Vice-Admiral Richard H.:
career, 12 n.l; and Lapeyrere, 25,
29; and anti-submarine war, 28; on
need for more escorts, 39, 43; and
defence of Egypt, 43-4, 53-4;
leaves post, 79; criticized by
Wemyss, 95, 96, 110
Pelagosa, 21
Pender, Lieutenant Edward Pender
Usticke, 176-7
Pertev Pasha, 102
P6tain, General Philippe, 574
Phillimore, Rear-Admiral Richard
Fortescue, 99
Picot, Georges, 337 n.2
Pigeon de Saint Pair, Contre-Amiral
Fre’de’ric-Georges, 472
Pini, Contrammiraglio Pino, 119, 120
Pipon, Commander Murray: career,
261 n.4; on action of monitors and
drifters, 264-5; on staff at Malta,
397; mentioned, 261
Piraeus: use of dockyards by Allies,
292-4, 303, 317; visited by Geddes,
416-17; arsenal depleted, 422-3
Poe, Commander Basil R., 559, 661
Pola: Germans assemble submarines,
5; German submarine base, 6, 71,
469
Porro, Lieut-General Carlo, 312
Port Kalloni (Mytilene), 431, 444
Port Trebuki (Skyros): evaluated as
base, 431-2, 434, 444; favoured by
Calthorpe, 473, 476
Potts, Lieutenant Thomas M, 111
Pound, Captain A. Dudley, 365 n.l
Powell, Captain George Bingham, 52,
53
Power, Rear-Admiral Laurence Eliot,
319
Presbitero, Vice-Ammiraglio Ernesto,
21, 32
Pridham-Wippell, Lieut-Commander
Henry Daniel: career, 454 n.l; and
destroyer action of 22/23 April
1918, 454-6; praised by Coode,
458; at Durazzo bombardment, 559
Queenstown, 213, 214, 544
Rahmi Bey, 330-2, 337, 339, 340
Raty6, Capitaine de vaisseau
Jean-Etienne-Charles-Marcel:
INDEX 615
career, 313 n.2; appointed French
Admiral of Patrols, 313; and
Algerian coast convoys, 323; at
Malta mining conference, 523;
ceases to have direct control of
patrols and escorts, 542
Rebeur-Paschwitz, Vice-Admiral
Hubert von, 348, 349
Rennell Rodd, Sir James: career. 134
n.l; and Admiralissimo question,
355, 359, 360; suggests British
Admiralissimo to Orlando, 474-5;
warns Admiralissimo appointment
should include Adriatic, 483;
briefed by Geddes, 489-90; and
Revel, 489; reports Sonnino’s
version of Supreme War Council
meeting, 490-2, 504-8, 514;
conversation with Orlando about
Admiralissimo, 499-500; and
Roosevelt’s trip to Rome, 523, 524,
527-8; and revival of Admiralissimo
project, 545, 546; conference with
Revel, 548-54, 556, 567, 568;
mentioned 547, 557
Ribble, Mr, 125
Richmond, Captain Herbert W.:
career, 424 n.2; liaison officer with
Italian fleet, 8-9; critical of Thursby,
24 n.l; plans for amphibious
operations, 216 n.l, 336 n.l
Rizzo, Capitano di corvetta Luigi, 153
n.l
Revel see Thaon di Revel
Rey di Villarey, Capitano di fregata
Carlo, 284
Roberts, Lieut-Commander Arthur
M., 452-3, 559
Robertson, General Sir William R.,
238
Robinson, Rear-Admiral Sir Henry
Russell, 52, 96
Romanelli, Tenente di vascello, 425
Rombulow-Pearse, Commander
Claude A., 383
Rome, Allied Naval Conference (Nov.
1917), 311-14
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano: career,
523 n.l; and Admiralissimo
question, 359, 527-8; visits Rome,
535-7; reports on conversations
with Italians, 537-40
Roumania, 184, 193
Rowe, Commander George M.A., 230
Royal Air Force, 511. See also Air
Operations
Royal Marines, 70, 333, 335
Royal Naval Division: withdrawn for
France, 68; after evacuation of
Gallipoli, 81-2; question of naval or
military discipline, 86, 94; and
Aegean operations, 127; and War
Office, 133, 137, 138; mentioned,
126
Royal Naval Reserve, 4, 54
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 4
Royal Navy: and Mediterranean, 3, 4,
211; and Italy, 6-7; and Adriatic, 7,
8; and Salonika expedition, 10; and
Aegean cattle raids, 68; and
coercive measures against Greece,
70; carries major burden of
anti-submarine war in
Mediterranean, 9, 356, 470, 581.
See also Admiralty, British Adriatic
Squadron, Eastern Mediterranean
Squadron, British Aegean Squadron
Royal Navy (Formations): Battle
Cruiser Force, 426; 2nd Battle
Squadron, 504; 3rd Battle
Squadron, 145 n.2, 146; 2nd
Destroyer Flotilla, 531, 532, 535;
4th Destroyer Flotilla, 531, 532; 5th
Destroyer Flotilla, 166, 294, 317,
458, 532, 559; 1st Detached
Squadron (Aegean), 155, 158, 175,
234; 2nd Detached Squadron
(Aegean), 234 n.2; 3rd Detached
Squadron (Aegean), 234 n.2; 4th
Detached Squadron (Aegean), 160,
234 n.2; 5th Detached Squadron
(Aegean), 234 n.2, 236; 6th
Detached Squadron (Aegean), 234
n.2; 8th Light Cruiser Squadron,
300, 395. See also British Adriatic
Squadron, British Aegean
Squadron, Eastern Mediterranean
Squadron, Grand Fleet, Royal Naval
Division
Royden, Sir Thomas, 408
Ruck-Keene, Lieutenant Ernest L.,
522
Russia: warns of sortie by Austrian
fleet, 67, 125, 134; situation, 239;
leaves war, 337, 338, 350. See also
Russia, Black Sea Fleet
Russia, Black Sea Fleet: British want it
to play greater role, 100; threat
Germans may seize ships, 350, 351,
353, 382, 426-8, 438-40, 465;
potential of destroyers, 358,
530-33; portions scuttled, 358,
616 INDEX
516-17; actual threat a mirage, 361;
strength estimated, 429, 432, 433,
517; threat evaluated by Calthorpe,
428-32; discussed by Admiralty
staff, 432-5, 446-8, 476; threat to
Salonika expedition, 459-60; ships
acquired by Germans, 489;
possibility of sortie, 569, 570;
mentioned, 355, 468, 496 n.l, 519,
568, 576
Saint-Seine see Le Gouz de
Saint-Seine
Salamis: and seizure of Greek fleet,
187; and refits of Allied ships, 295,
303, 317; in the event of Italy
making a separate peace, 389;
visited by Geddes, 416-17;
potential base for Allied fleet,
431-2, 444
Salaun, Contre-Amiral Henri, 165
Salonika: and attempt to rescue
Serbia, 10, 32; threat of Austrian
fleet, 67, 112; expedition supported
by de Robeck, 69, 124, 131; troop
transport via Marseille, 71, 72; naval
guns for army, 82-3, 102; base for
expedition at Alexandria, 112-13,
131; army declines naval assistance,
115, 124, 125; zeppelin raid, 146;
and French Navy, 165; Jellicoe’s
views on expedition, 209, 210,
238-9; and submarine campaign,
223; volume of shipping, 234; effect
on expedition of Italy making
separate peace, 305-6; final Allied
offensive, 360; threat of Black Sea
Fleet, 434, 459-60
Samson, Wing-Commander Charles
R., 232
Sanderson, Mr Oswald, 350, 441, 503
San Giovanni di Medua: and
evacuation of Serbian Army, 41,
54-55, 65, 76-9; raided by
Austrians, 50. See also Albania,
Troubridge
Sarrail, General Maurice-PaulEmmanuel:
career, 83 n.l; and
de Robeck, 102, 135; mentioned,
136, 193
Sato, Rear-Admiral Kozo, 282,
284-5, 290, 327
Scarlett, Wing Captain Francis
Rowland, 105, 165, 421, 513
Schenck, Baron, 102
Sebastopol, 358, 517 n.l
Seddon, Wing Commander John W.,
443
Seitz, Linienschiffskapitan Herman,
11
Senussi, 39 n.2, 44, 53, 69, 110 n.l
Serbia: overrun, 10; evacuation of
army, 10-11, 57, 65, 75, 76-8, 85,
92, 107-8; possible operations
against Cattaro, 21; army at Corfu,
112; forces at Salonika, 135, 149
n.2; and final Allied advance, 558
Sims, Vice-Admiral William Sowden
(USN): career, 520 n.l; and
reinforcements for the
Mediterranean, 520-1; on
Mediterranean mining projects,
521-2; mentioned, 546, 564
Skey, Fleet Surgeon Arthur R. H.,
381
Smart, Commander Morton, 115, 123
Smith-Dorrien, General Sir Horace,
541
Smuts, Lieut-General Jan Christian,
391, 399, 400
Smyrna: British operations at, 12, 68,
82, 102-3, 106, 132-3, 136, 146-8;
fixed barrage proposed for gulf, 245,
247-8; and Fremantle’s proposal for
resumption of raids, 330, 332, 340;
potential submarine base, 529. See
also Long Island
Sollum, 39, 69, 110, 122
Somerville, Commander James
Fownes, 101, 109
Sonnino, Baron Sidney: career, 490
n.2; and Admiralissimo question,
354, 355, 359, 499, 500; comments
on Supreme War Council meeting,
490-4, 505-6; ready to resume
Admiralissimo talks, 506-8; and
Geddes, 514-15; and revival of
Admiralissimo project, 536-7, 548,
550-2, 554, 567; mentioned, 495,
546
Souchon, Rear-Admiral Wilhelm, 349
Spain: territorial waters used by Allied
shipping, 197, 207, 219, 226, 274,
320; suspicions Germans do not
respect territorial waters, 324;
Godfrey anxious to divert coastal
traffic to convoys, 364; provides
Commissioners for hospital ships,
381 n.5; potential refuge for
Goeben, 394
INDEX 617
Spitz, Contre-Amiral Anne-HenriFerdinand-Gaston
de, 169, 188 n.3,
231 n.3, 232
Stavros: naval support for army, 4,
102; de Robeck to visit, 82; to be
netted, 166; Darrieus proposes
minefield, 497; and final campaign,
575
Steel, Mr Gerald Arthur, 134
Stephanos, Hadji, 177, 178
Stephenson, Captain Gilbert Owen:
career, 287 n.l; trains flotillas in use
of hydrophones, 217, 287-90, 293,
315; complains of non arrival of
promised equipment, 347; at
Admiralty, 369, 383; remarks on
lack of support for barrage, 448, 450
Stewart, Captain Arthur C, 382
Strauss, Rear-Admiral Joseph (USN),
522, 546
Stroud, Brigadier Edward James, 333
Submarine Campaign
(Mediterranean): Germans resume
unrestricted submarine warfare,
209; effectiveness of convoy system,
215; German successes in April
1917, 238; and Corfu Conference
(Apr. 1917), 245-6; German
success fluctuates in summer of
1917, 292; results in second half of
1917, 317, 366, tide turns in favour
of Allies, 358; primary German
effort in Mediterranean, 391-4;
submarines begin attacks close to
ports, 397; remains major
preoccupation in Mediterranean,
468-9; Allied anti-submarine
efforts improve, 490, 502-3, 504,
508-9, 510; shipping losses
continue (July 1918), 515-16;
shipping losses decline, 541-2, 543;
success of British anti-submarine
methods, 544-5. See also Convoys,
Mediterranean, Sea, Hydrophones,
Kite Balloons
Suda Bay: British to establish base,
112, 126, 132; netted by British,
137; retained as W/T station, 314;
evaluation of potential as main
Allied base, 432-4
Sueter, Captain Murray Eraser, 241,
291, 363
Suez Canal: defence of, 44, 53-4,
95-6,110,123; Turkish attack, 12;
free from attack, 231; potential
threat of Goeben, 394. See also
Egypt
Supreme War Council: meeting at
Abbeville, 352, 465-7, 486, 488;
and Admiralissimo question, 354,
486, 536; meeting at Versailles
(June 1918), 355, 488-91, 505-6,
515; and proposal Italian
dreadnoughts join French fleet, 439,
466, 486-8; and threat of Black Sea
Fleet, 440, 460; relationship to
proposed Admiralissimo, 481, 482,
546-9, 553, 554, 567
Sutherland, Commander, 5th Duke of
(George Granville-SutherlandLeveson-Gower),
96
Swift, Lieutenant-Commander
Clement C., 397
Sykes, Sir Mark, 337 n.2
Sykes-Picot Agreement (May 1916),
337 n.2
Syria: and French, 110, 188, British
naval demonstration on coast, 216;
proposed reduction of vessels on
blockade, 245; Wemyss-Kirke
discussions about coastal operations,
296-7; Turkish sensitivity about
raids on coast, 338
Talaat Pasha, 330 n.l, 331, 337,
339
Taranto: and Italian fleet, 3, 7; and
British Adriatic Squadron, 8, 69,
187; advantages, 33; disadvantages
for intercepting Austrian fleet, 67;
conference (Oct. 1916), 73, 184-5;
British withdraw battleships, 209;
danger of narrow exit, 312, 437
Tenedos, 82
Terndrup, Lieutenant John H., 159
Thaon di Revel, Vice-Ammiraglio
Paolo, Count: career, 241 n.l;
meeting with Kerr, 241-3; favours
net in Straits of Otranto, 242; and
protection of drifters, 242, 268; and
action of 15 May 1917, 251, 252;
and pooling of escorts, 284; and
Wemyss, 312; at Rome conference
(Nov. 1917), 313; opposes sending
dreadnoughts to Corfu, 352, 466-7;
and Admiralissimo question, 354,
359, 536-7; opposes Jellicoe as
Admiralissimo, 359, 360, 550, 553;
agreement with Geddes over
barrage, 373 n.l; criticized by
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Geddes over appointments, 401;
negotiations with Lanxade, 485,
489; doubts likelihood of attack by
Austrian fleet, 487, 551-2; and
minelayers for British, 489 n.l;
reluctant to send fleet to sea,
489-90; at Supreme War Council
meeting, 493, 494, 505, 506, 553;
regarded as uncooperative, 489,
495, 507; on relationship of
proposed Admiralissimo with
Supreme War Council, 546, 552-3;
conference with Rodd, 548-54,
567-8; terms for appointment of
Admiralissimo, 555, 567; and
bombardment of Durazzo (Oct.
1918), 558, 564; mentioned, 356,
565
Thursby, Rear-Admiral Cecil Fiennes:
career, 13 n.5; commands British
Adriatic Force, 8; criticized by
Richmond, 9; and anti-submarine
campaign, 9, 27, 55-6, 71, 84; and
drifters, 9, 25-7, 31-2, 40, 56; on
meeting with Allied admirals,
14-15, 16, 29; on situation at
Dardanelles, 15; purchases ships for
Dardanelles campaign, 18-20, 23;
on Adriatic situation, 20-22, 24,
31-4, 92, 93, 120-1, 142-3; on
Albanian situation, 41, 49-50, 55;
and evacuation of Serbian army, 65,
75, 78-9, 85, 107,108, 111-13; and
Otranto Barrage, 66, 191; and
French fleet at Argostoli, 67, 98;
and cattle raids on Anatolian coast,
68, 160, 165, 182; on Aegean
command, 69, 145 n.2, 157-8, 266;
criticizes French anti-submarine
methods, 72, 149, 191-2; suggests
Jellicoe, 72; and action of 29 Dec.
1915, 74-6; proposals for Adriatic
operations, 92-3, 143-5; and
possible sortie by Austrian fleet,
114; on relations between Allies,
143-5, 159, 166, 189; on Aegean
situation, 164-6; describes Aegean
station, 189-92; on Greece, 193;
suggests restoration of British
Mediterranean C.-in-C, 210, 246,
247; leaves Aegean, 216;
mentioned, 22, 46, 79, 104, 109,
112, 124, 138, 146,237, 380
Thursfield, Lieut-Commander Aubrey
C, 559
Tollemache, Lieut-Commander
Frederick A., 559
Tomkinson, Commander Wilfred, 26
n.2, 27
Townshend, Major-General Sir
Charles, 576
Transports (Austro-Hungarian): Lent,
153 n.l’,Lokrum, 153 n.l
Transports (British): Arabian, 37, 52;
Aragon, 101; Arcadian, 338 n.3;
Bison, 77; Braemar Castle, 192;
Britannic, 192; Cameronia, 238 n.3;
Cayo Bonito, 324; Clan
Maccorquodale, 318; Clan
Macpherson, 328; Collegian, 318;
Fauvette, 107,108; Folkestone, 108;
Gazelle, 107, 108; Gorsemoor, 315;
Hudworth, 222; Huntsend, 221,
222; Ivernia, 208, 221-2, 223 n.l;
Kaisar-i-Hind, 310; Karapara,
379-81, 418, 421, 436; Karema,
318; Kohistan, 318; Lumina, 118;
Malawa, 310; Minnewaska, 192;
Ness, 318; Norseman, 83, 104;
Oruba, 116; Overton, 158; Panama,
56; Pera, 318; Persia, 119; Quito,
164; Ramazan, 29; Rewa, 421;
Royal Edward, 25,106; St. Andrew,
85, 93; Sheafblade, 318; Stratheden
222; Woodfield, 118, 119
Transports (French): Burdigala, 192
n.l
Transports (Greek): Agios Joannis,
156; Carron, 42
Transports (Italian): Brindisi, 76;
Gallipoli, 26, 40; Konig Albert, 93;
Mazzini, 93; Palatino, 41 n.l; Pina,
23; Re Umberto, 50 n.l; Romania,
458; Speranza, 365
Transports (Norwegian), Erviken, 318
Trenchard, General Hugh, 574 n.3
Triangi di Maderno, Contrammiraglio
Arturo, Count, 494, 496 n.l
Triple Alliance, 6
Tripolitania, 292, 294, 300
Troubridge, Rear-Admiral Ernest
Charles Thomas: career, 50 n.2; and
evacuation of Serbian army, 11; at
San Giovanni di Medua, 54-5, 65,
78-9; describes situation at San
Giovanni, 56-8, 76-7
Tupper, Lieut-Commander Henry de
Beauvoir, 170, 559
Turkey: and attack on Suez Canal, 12;
and British operations on coast of
INDEX 619
Asia Minor, 68,102, 103; rumoured
to be seeking separate peace, 113,
115-16; and proposal to resume
Anatolian raids, 329-32, 334, 340;
seeks armistice, 360, 361, 368, 576,
579; potential reinforcements from
Central Powers, 433, 434; and the
United States, 353, 435, 445; after
collapse of Bulgaria, 556; object of
final British offensive in northern
Aegean, 570-2, 575-6, 581; and
negotiations with Calthorpe, 583-5;
mentioned, 572, 578. See also
Dardanelles, campaign, Syria,
Smyrna, Palestine, Enver Pasha,
Constantinople
Turkey, Navy: blocked from
enterprises in Aegean, 236; possible
role in Aegean, 330, 391; and sortie
of Goeben, 379; and Russian Black
Sea Fleet, 382; strength estimated,
517
Turpin, Henry, 453
Tyrwhitt, Rear-Admiral Reginald
Yorke, 483
Ukraine, 350
United States: entry into war
discussed, 100; enters war in 1917,
213; declares war on
Austria-Hungary, 214; not at war
with Turkey and Bulgaria, 353, 435,
445; provides mines for
Mediterranean, 529; and Adriatic
offensive, 539; building programme,
557 n.l; indifferent over command
in Aegean, 570. See also United
States, Navy
United States, Navy: in European
waters, 213, 214, 267, 269, 270; and
assistance to Italians, 284; forces at
Gibraltar, 285, 295, 296, 356, 469,
541; future reinforcements for
Mediterranean, 324; submarine
chasers sent to Otranto, 356, 357,
511; and Mediterranean mine
barrages, 357, 521-2; joins convoy
escorts in Mediterranean, 364; and
Adriatic, 372, 430; possible role in
Aegean, 429, 435, 436, 443, 445;
battleships with Grand Fleet, 466;
additional light forces planned for
European waters, 520-1; at
Queenstown, 544; submarine
chasers at bombardment of
Durazzo, 558-9, 561, 564-6. See
also Sims
Valona: Italian troops land, 40, 41, 57;
and evacuation of Serbian army, 55,
65, 78, 113; retained by Italians,
107, 108, 120; Italians fear attack,
228; in contingency Italy might
make a separate peace, 300, 389;
British forces at, 370. See also
Albania
Veale, Captain Henry R., 382
Venice: British submarines at, 8, 26
n.2, 27, 33-4, 135, 187; and Italian
‘Pisa’ division, 20, 22, 24
Venizelos, Eleutherios, 10, 70, 132
n.l, 214
Verdun, 123
Villarey see Rey di Villarey
Vivian, Captain Gerald William:
career, 250 n.l; and action of 15
May 1917, 212, 250-7, 260
Volo, 432, 444
Vyvyan, Wing Captain A. Vyell, 99
Wace, Captain Stephen C. (RMA), 15,
109
Wardle, Captain Thomas Erskine, 413
Warships (Australian): Brisbane, 573;
Swan, 451, 559, 560; Torrens, 451,
453-6; Warrego, 451, 559, 560
Warships (Austro-Hungarian):
Balaton, 151 n.3; Csepel, 142 n.3,
353 n.l;Dukla, 353 n.l; Erzherzog
Franz Ferdinand, 351 n.l;
Helgoland, 11, 41 n.6, 60 n.2, 61
n.l, 212; Lika, 11; Lika (II), 353
n.l; Novara, 212, 228, 230, 254,
259 n.3; Orjen, 151 n.3; Prinz
Eugen, 351 n.l; Radetzky, 351 n.l;
Saida, 41 n.l, 212; Sankt Georg, 56,
259 n.2; Scharjschutze, 202 n.2;
Szentlstvdn, 153 n.l, 351 n.l, 356,
506 n.l; 7.77, 151 n.3; 7.79, 151
n.3; T.81, 151 n.3; Tegetthoff, 351
n.l; Triglav, 11; Triglav (II), 353
n.l; U.4, 19 n.l; U.6, 121 n.3, 149
n.l; £7.77, 93 n.l; U.27, 292 n.l’,
U.28, 455 n.l; U.3I, 360; Viribus
Unitis, 351 n.l; Zrinyi, 351 n.l
Warships (Austro-Hungarian)
(Classes): ‘Admiral Spaun’, 250,
256; ‘Erzherzog Karl’, 23 n.l;
‘Habsburg’, 251; ‘Huszar’, 202 n.2;
‘Novara’, 8, 58, 60, 61, 74, 75, 174,
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183 n.l, 259; ‘Radetzky’, 55, 186,
187; ‘Sankt Georg’, 22, 251, 259;
Tatra’, 11, 41 n.l, 74, 75, 142, 151
n.3, 353 n.l., 458
Warships (British): Abercrombie, 117;
Acheron, 559, 561; Acorn, 87, 92,
99, 104, 451, 559, 561; Adamant,
152, 291, 300, 315, 422 n.l;
Aegusa, 138 n.2, 142 n.l; Africa,
185; Agamemnon, 15, 209, 229 n.l,
349, 355, 373 n.4, 377-9, 381, 392,
394, 395, 404, 405, 414, 419, 431,
470, 476 n.l, 497, 498, 556, 573,
583; Alarm, 451, 453-7, 559, 576;
Albion, 116, 124; Amethyst, 8, 13
n.4, 17, 24, 31, 133; Aquarius, 301,
418, 422 n.l; Archer, 378; Ark
Royal, 334, 443; Arno, 378; Aster,
139-41; Badger, 558, 559, 561,
562; Beaver, 559; Beneficent, 151
n.3; Ben-My-Chree, 203, 231, 232;
Berberis, 282; Biarritz, 442, 446,
475; Birmingham, 408; Blenheim,
317, 380, 420, 422 n.l, 451, 452,
575; Boy Harold, 111 n.2; Brig 1
(Special Service), 316; Brig 2
(Special Service), 316; Brig 3
(Special Service), 316; Bristol, 33,
40, 250, 252-5, 257, 259, 260;
Britannia, 361; Bull Dog, 136;
Calistoga, 149 n.l; Cameleon, 559,
560; Canopus 124; Catania, 96 n.3,
300; Chelmer 148; Cilicia, 48;
Clacton, 166; Clematis, 39, 53;
Colne, 158, 167; Comet (destroyer),
42, 451, 452, 454, 455, 457, 458;
Comet (armed tug), 49 n.l;
Cornwallis, 122, 208, 222, 228;
Cyclamen, 315; Dartmouth, 8, 11,
13 n.4, 17, 19, 26, 58-61, 74, 212,
250-7,259,268,559, 561;
Defender, 448; Doris, 103, 106,
124; Dublin, 8, 13 n.4, 17, 19, 22,
34, 55; Duchess ofNorfolk, 164 n.l;
Duchess of Richmond, 164 n.l;
Duchess of York, 164 n.l; Dulcie
Doris, 149 n.l; Duncan, 41, 114,
165, 230; E.2, 280; E.ll, 15; E.12,
348, 379, 404, 414, 420, 559; E.14,
348, 382, 383; £.27, 50 n.3, 55;
E.35, 503; E.46, 446; Earl of
Peterborough, 213, 243 n.l, 260 n.l,
300; Edgar, 117, 137, 241,415,
416, 436; Egmont, 26; Eleanor,
445; Endeavour, 530; Endymion,
241, 436; Europa, 373, 378-83,
420, 435, 436; Evening Star II, 149
n.l; Exmouth, 170; Firefly, 44 n.l;
Foresight, 170, 241, 377, 378, 422
n.l, 442 n.l, 443, 568; Forward,
241; Forester, 576; Fury, 42, 558,
559, 561, 576; Geranium, 282;
Glasgow, 559, 560; Glory, 122;
Gloucester, 202 n.2, 558-60;
Gosforth, 436; Goshawk, 559, 561;
Gowan Lea, 212; H.I, 120, 465,
466 n.l;H.4, 121, 490 n.l, 503, 544
n.l; Hannibal, 47; Harden, 445,
475; Harpy, 175-8; Harrier, 28;
Hawk, 280; Hibernia, 42; Hornet,
450-6, 459; Hussar, 237, 450;
Implacable, 8, 13 n.3, 17, 18, 44,
122, 185; Ingleside, 42, 48; 7sw, 24,
32, 50, 54, 76, 79, 93, 107; Isonzo,
121, 149, 229-31; Jackal, 450-6,
459, 559, 560; Jonquil, 48; Jupiter,
44, 122; Kennet, 378; La<ty Cory
Wright, 445; Lammeroo, 80;
Lapwing, 559, 561; Larne, 451;
Latona, 142, 149, 176, 422 n.l; L//y
Reaich, 111 n.2; Liverpool, 212,
250, 252, 256, 406, 423, 442 n.l,
443; L/zflrd, 378, 403, 451;
London, 8, 13 n.3, 17, 23, 41, 114;
Lord Nelson, 15,101, 158, 209, 229
n.l, 349, 355, 373, 378, 379, 382,
383, 392, 394, 395, 403-5, 408, 414,
419, 420, 431, 470, 476 n.l, 497,
498, 556, 573; Lottie Leask, 75;
Louvain, 379, 382; Lowestoft, 189,
377, 379, 380, 394, 395, 412, 413,
559, 56lLunka, 39; Lychnis, 502,
504n.l;M.22 (monitor), 16S’,M.28
(monitor), 348, 377-9, 383, 403;
M.30 (monitor), 68, 146 n.l, 147;
M.33 (monitor), 160-2; ML.413,
503; Majestic, 5, 15; Manxman,
321, 422 n.l; Margit (Q-ship), 80
n.2, 92; Marguerite, 282; Mosquito,
175-8; Nasturtium, 138 n.2, 142
n.l’,Nereide, 559, 561; Newmarket,
160, 162; Northesk, 559; Nymphe,
448, 559, 561; Oomala, 160, 162;
Osiris II, 417, 418, 421, 422 n.l;
Parthian, 559; Partridge II, 504 n.l;
Paulina, 450; Pearl II, 158, 159;
Pelorus, 47, 241; Pentstemon, 282;
Peony, 334; Perdita, 436; Petunia,
282; Pincher, 170; Pioneer, 99;
Polshannon, 418, 421; Primula, 91;
INDEX 621
Prince George, 84, 101; Prince of
Wales, 8,13 n.3, 32, 40, 41, 85,186,
228; Princess Mary (trawler), 221,
222; Princess Mary II (patrol paddle
vessel), 164 n.l; Queen (battleship),
8, 13, n.3, 41, 85, 92, 114, 138, 142,
149, 155, 184, 185, 209, 228, 229
n.l, 230, 237, 301, 373 n.l, 389;
Queen IV (patrol paddle vessel),
164 n.l; Queen Elizabeth, 3 n.2,
566; Raglan, 348, 377-80, 382,
383, 4Q3′,Redpole, 451, 452;
Reliance, 420; Remembrance
(Q-ship), 80 n.3; Renard, 160-2.
378; Restore, 31; Richmond Castle,
176-8; Rifleman, 221, 223 n.l, 451,
452; Ruby, 559; Russell, 138, 142
n.l, 147; St. Clair, 130 n.l, 156,
175-8; St. George, 101; St. Nikolas
(caique), 175-8; Sapphire, 8, 13
n.4, 40, 55, 183 n.l; Savage, 167,
168; Scourge, 159, 167, 170;
Seabird (motor launch), 140;
Sentinel, 170, 241; Shark, 559, 561;
Sir Thomas Picton, 213, 243 n.l,
260 n.l, 300; Skirmisher, 241, 377;
Slasher, 159, 175-8; Stirling Castle,
164 n.l; Superb, 361, 362, 556, 573,
575; Sutlej, 44; Swiftsure, 93, 101;
Tara, 39 n.2, 122; Temeraire, 361,
573, 575; Theseus, 241, 436;
Tigress, 378, 403, 559, 560; Topaze,
40, 75, 183, 203, 230; Triad, 111
n.l, 158, 380-2, 404, 405, 442 n.l,
443; Tribune, 559, 561, 575;
Triumph, 5, 15; Usk, 158; Valhalla,
421, 436; Venerable, 40; Venus, 99;
Vindictive, 112, 126, 133; Wahine,
89, 105; Wear, 159, 167, 168;
Welland, 159; Wexford Coast, 116;
Weymouth, 11, 26, 33, 58-9, 61, 74,
75, 268, 360, 559, 561-3, 565;
Whitby Abbey, 128 and n.4, 129,
139-41, 148, 288, 293, 315, 422
n.l, 448; Zaida, 169
Warships (British) (Classes):
‘Arethusa’, 268, 271; ‘B-Class’
(submarines), 4, 8, 26, 135;
‘Bristol’, 267, 394, 395; ‘C-Class’
(cruisers), 410; ‘Calliope’, 268, 271;
‘Concord’, 268; ‘Dartmouth’, 260,
267; ‘E-Class’ (submarines), 4, 50,
112, 124, 142, 151, 152, 154, 236,
258, 280, 291, 315, 393, 445, 514;
‘Formidable’, 13; ‘H-Class’
(destroyers), 281, 531, 532, 533;
‘H-Class’ (submarines), 4, 111, 112,
124, 151, 300; ‘Hibernia’, 55;
‘I-Class’ (destroyers), 470, 531,
533; ‘Kil’, 508 n.l; ‘King Edward
VII’, 228; ‘L-Class’ (destroyers),
115; ‘Lord Nelson’, 23, 186;
‘M-Class’ (destroyers), 359, 531-5;
‘P-Boats’, 357, 470, 511-13, 514
n.l; ‘Queen’, 21, 267, 269; ‘River’,
183, 363, 470, 535; ‘S-Class’
. (destroyers), 531, 534, 535;
‘Sapphire’, 22; ‘Scout’, 368; ‘Town’,
406; Tribal’, 535
Warships (Egyptian), Abbas, 39 n.2;
Nurelbahr, 39 n.2
Warships (French): Ailly, 490 n.l;
Amiral Charner, 13; Archimede,
111; Ariane, 231 n.2; Bernouilli,
142 n.3, 253; Boutefeu, 202 n.2,
252, 253, 255, 256 n.l; Bretagne,
351 n.l; Bruix, 13; Casque, 58, 74,
202 n.2, 255; Charlemagne, 13;
Cimeterre, 93, 451, 453-6;
Commandant Riviere, 202 n.2, 252;
Condorcet, 351 n.l; Courbet, 351
n.l; Danton, 351 n.l; Democratic,
126,132; Diderot, 351 n.l; Dupleix,
13; Faulx, 104; France, 351 n.l;
Gaulois, 13; Hallebarde, 28, 30;
Henri IV, 13; Jaureguiberry ,13;
Jean Bart, 5, 351 n.l; Kleber, 13;
Latouche-Treville, 13; Leon
Gambetta, 5; Lorraine, 351 n.l;
Mirabeau, 351 n.l; Op ale, 406;
Patrie, 13, 419; Pierrier, 231 n.2;
Protet, 202 n.2; Provence, 210, 245
n.l, 351 n.l; Renaudin, 121 n.3;
Republique, 419; St. Louis, 13;
Suffren, 13; Topaze, 406;
Vergniaud, 351 n.l; Verite, 351,
427, 446; Voltaire, 351 n.l
Warships (French) (Classes):
‘Commandant Bory’, 531; ‘Danton’,
351, 355; ‘Patrie’, 209, 229 n.l, 436
Warships (German): Breslau, 99, 113,
116, 117, 189, 240, 335, 346, 348,
350, 369, 377-80, 382, 391, 392,
394, 395, 402-6, 414, 423; Goeben,
15, 67, 93, 99, 113, 116, 117, 124,
165, 189, 240, 335, 346, 348-51,
369, 373 n.4, 377-83, 391-5,
402-6, 414, 419-21, 423, 429, 431,
436, 462, 463, 468, 475; U.2I, 5;
U.32, 222 n.2; U.33, 37 n.2, 175;
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U.35, 29 n.l, 39 n.2, 80 n.2, 118
n.l, 175 n.l, 184, 222 n.3; U.38, 35
n.l, 80 n.3, 118 n.l, 119 n.l, 169
n.2; U.39, 31 n.2, 75 n.l, 83 n.2,
503; U.64, 502, 504 n.l; U.73, 138
n.2, 166 n.l, 192 n.l; £7.754,503
n.l; UB.14, 23 n.2, 25 n.2; UB.47,
221 n.2; UB.50, 361; UB.52, 490
n.l, 503, 544 n.l; UB.53, 357, 544
n.l; UB.70, 503; UC.12, 121 n.l;
UC.22, 379 n.l, 458 n.l; UC.23,
192 n.l; f/C.25, 212; UC.35, 490
n.l, 503
Warships (German) (Classes): ‘UB.F
(submarines), 5; ‘UB.II’
(submarines), 5
Warships (Greek): Giorgios Averoff,
394-6, 417, 423, 517; Helle, 417,
423, 517; Leon, 462
Warships (Greek) (Classes): Leon,
531
Warships (Italian): Abba, 58, 74, 202
n.2; Amalfi, 20 n.l, 23; Andrea
Doria, 351 n.’,Aquila, 251-5, 257,
268, 560; Citta di Catania, 489 n.l;
Citta di Siracusa, 489 n.l; Conte di
Cavour, 351 n.l; Dante Alighieri,
351 n.l, 558, 560; Duilio, 351 n.l;
Etna, 251, 256, 257; Giulio Cesare,
186, 351 n.l; H.5 (submarine), 465
n.l; Intrepido, 50 n.l; Leonardo da
Vinci, 231; Marsala, 255, 257, 270,
560; Mas. 5, 153 n.l and n.2;
Mas.7, 153 n.l and n.2; Mas.15,
153 n.l; Mas.19, 153 n.l;
Mirabello, 252, 256, 257; Mosto,
58. 74; Napoli, 252; Nibbio, 560;
Nievo, 58, 74, 560; Nino Bixio, 11,
59. 61, 74, 270; Pepe, 560; Pilo, 58,
74; Pwfl, 20 n.l, 558, 560, 561;
Poerio, 560; Quarto, 58, 60, 74,
270: Racchia, 255, 560; fleg/mz
E/emz, 21; Uifco/y, 252, 560;
Rossarol, 560; Son Giorgio, 20 n.l,
558, 560, 561; San Marco, 20 n.l,
558, 560, 56l;Schiaffino, 252, 255,
560; Sparviero, 268, 560; Vittorio
Emanuele, 58; Volcano, 253;
24.OS, 153 n.l; 34./W, 153 n.2;
38.PN, 153 n.2
Warships (Italian) (Classes): ‘Aquila’,
270; ‘Benedetto Brin’, 21;
‘Mas-boats’, 153 n.l; ‘Mirabello’,
270; ‘Pisa’, 20, 22, 24, 56, 251;
‘Regina Elena’, 21
Warships (Japanese): Sakaki, 292
Warships (Russian): Askold, 83;
Svobodnaya Rossiya, 516, 517 n.l
Warships (Russian) (Classes):
Tcerigo’, 530, 531
Warships (Turkish): Hamidieh, 394,
405, 417, 423; Torgood Reis, 94
Warships (United States): Buffalo,
541; Dyer, 541; Gregory, 541;
Melville, 544
Warships (United States) (Classes):
‘Ford’, 521
Watt, Skipper Joseph, 212, 261
Watt, Walter, 261
Watts, Edgar, 425
Webb, Captain Richard: career, 36
n.l; and protection of merchant
shipping, 36-8, 117-19, 201; and
convoys, 181; opposes fixed routes,
195,219
Weir, William Douglas, 574
Wellington, Duke of, 77
Wemyss, Rear-Admiral Rosslyn
Erskine: career, 37 n.l; becomes
C.-in-C. East Indies, 69, 79;
criticizes French anti-submarine
methods, 72, 232; suggests convoys,
72-3, 193-5, 211; and Malta
Conference (March 1916), 91, 97,
103, 109; on situation in Egypt,
95-7, 231; criticizes Italian and
French patrols, 168-9; favours
conference to assure cooperation on
routes, 207, 225; designated
Mediterranean C.-in-C., 214, 266;
and Rome conference (Nov. 1917),
217, 310-14; on French suspicions
over Syria, 232; and decisions of
Corfu Conference (1917), 249; at
Admiralty conference on trade
protection, 272, 275; on dockyard
situation in Mediterranean, 295-6;
discussions with Kirke over Syrian
coast operations, 296-7; opposes
resumption of raids on Anatolian
coast, 339, 341; becomes First Sea
Lord, 365 n.l; and Calthorpe’s
plans, 373, 383-4, 526, 527; on
Black Sea Fleet, 460, 519; and
Greek Navy, 464, 519-20; on
necessity of Italian dreadnoughts
moving to Corfu, 465-7; on revival
of Admiralissimo project, 524-6;
disappointed in hydrophones,
526-7; and destroyer
INDEX 623
reinforcements for Mediterranean,
534-5; and Admiralissimo question,
556, 557, 567-9; and command in
Aegean, 556, 569-73; on
bombardment of Durazzo, 565;
mentioned, 75, 76, 99, 118, 319,
380, 396, 548
Westminster, 2nd Duke of (Hugh
Richard Arthur Grosvenor), 122 n.3
Whitehead, Captain Frederic Aubrey,
217,285,318
Wilson, Thomas Woodrow (President
of the United States), 577
Wireless interception, 152, 154, 292
Woods, Commander Alexander R. W.,
228
Wyld, Lieut-Commander Herbert W.,
170, 559
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