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Common terms and phrasesable admiral Africa allied fleets Armada army Athenians attack battle of Ecnomus Britain British navy British sea-power captured Carausius Carthage Carthaginians century civilisation coast colonies cruisers Declaration of London defeat defence destroyed Dutch Dutch fleet effect efficiency endeavour enemy enemy's engaged England English fleet Europe fighting fire-ships force fought France French galleasses galleons galleys Government Greece Greek fire Greeks guns harbour held the command importance influence invasion island land later marine maritime Mediterranean ment merchant mother country mounting nation naval action naval alliance naval battle naval policy naval power naval tactics naval warfare neglect oars Octavius peace Persian Phoenicians ports Portugal principles of sea-power quinquiremes realised recognised result Roman fleet Rome sail sailors Salamis sea-borne commerce sea-power sea-sense seamanship seamen ships shore Sicily Spain Spanish Spanish Armada squadron strength success superiority Syracusans territory Themistocles tion to-day Torrington trade triremes Venetians Venice vessels victory warships whilst Popular passagesPage 203 - ... Absolute contraband is liable to capture if it is shown to be destined to territory belonging to or occupied by the enemy, or to the armed forces of the enemy. It is immaterial whether the carriage of the goods is direct or entails trans-shipment or a subsequent transport by land". Page 121 - ... whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself. Page 128 - Nothing equals the beautiful order of the English at sea. Never was a line drawn straighter than that formed by their ships ; thus they bring all their fire to bear upon those who draw near them. Page 15 - I think that the best and most perfect arrangement of things which I ever saw was when I went to look at the great Phoenician sailing vessel : for I saw the largest amount of naval tackling separately disposed in the smallest stowage possible. Page 185 - And, the truth is, I do fear so much that the whole kingdom is undone, that I do this night resolve to study with my father and wife what to do with the little that I have in money by me, for I give up all the rest that I have in the King's hands, for Tangier, for lost. Page 16 - For a ship, as you well know, is brought to anchor, and again got under way, by a vast number of wooden implements and of ropes, and sails the sea by means of a quantity of rigging, and is armed with a number of contrivances against hostile vessels, and carries about with it a large supply of weapons for the crew, and, besides, has all the utensils that a man keeps in his dwelling house for each of the messes. Page 204 - In accordance with the Declaration of Paris of 1856, a blockade, in order to be binding, must be effective — that is to say, it must be maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the enemy coastline. Page 29 - ... with such a population as ours. They will have no fortified place from which to commence their operations, but must rest them on no better base than a set of wretched tents, and such means as the necessities of the moment will allow them. But, in truth, I do not believe that they would even be able to effect a disembarkation. Let us, therefore, set at naught... Page 245 - ... (overcome) the obstructions, or testing the power of the torpedoes, I was convinced that persistence in the attack would only result in the loss of the greater portion of the iron-clad fleet, and in leaving many of them inside the harbor, to fall into the hands of the enemy. References from web pagesJSTOR: The Evolution of Sea Power SEA-POWER; Its Importance and Its Decadence in England Bibliographic information
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