The Naval Annual (Google eBook)

J. Griffin, 1886 - Naval art and science

Contents

• CHAPTER I: 1
• Armoured ships in the English and French programmes 18856: 6
• Times 1885EngineerViews of the CompilerPall Matt Gazette: 8
• Italian and Russian ironclads built and buildingGerman Navy: 19
• CostIncreased power of the gunMore speed demandedSteady: 31
• Estimates for 18867French Estimates might be imitated with: 41
• CHAPTER VI: 47
• Admiral class advantages of this class over Devastation classColossus: 56
• Comparison with French designsBritish ships protected from raking: 63
• Tables of unarmoured ships laid down 187485 and in 188085: 69
• Times on ArcherCurlew and LandrailEngineer on Grasshopper 7679: 76
• Turnabout torpedo boat by Mr WhiteFirstclass seagoing torpedo: 82
• gramme for 18878Strength of seagoing torpedo boats to: 85
• CHAPTER XIII: 96
• CHAPTER: 104
• NAVAL INCIDENTS 1885: 110
• Departure from PortlandTorpedo boat with Heronry in chase: 116
• Departure of attacking divisionSignals by electric lightDouble: 120
• Arrival in Black Sod bayTorpedo netsBad weatherNight attack: 128
• ViceAdmiral San BonList of shipsPlan of operationsScene: 141
• Departure from BrestCamaretDouarnenezMorgat bayBelle: 146
• ConclusionsExtreme speed of torpedo boats in heavy sea results: 152
• Details of construction and trials of recent shipsAurora and sister: 165
• CoUingwood gun trials 171175: 171
• Collingwood speed trials 175177: 175
• DevastationAlterations in HecateNile and Trafalgar 184186: 184
• Smaller vessels gunboatsPaddlewheel vesselsTorpedo gunboats: 195
• Mersey Severn and Thames KacerScoutArcherCurlew: 200
• Descriptive list of foreign ships armoured and unarmoured with: 288
• SECTION III: 295
• Trials of plates Cammell and Brown Cammell Wilsons plate: 298
• Ochta competitive plate trial Schneider plateAdmiral Acton: 301
• Copenhagen plate competition Krupps steel shells Marrels Cam: 308
• Bucharest turret competition SchumannGriison turret Mougin: 315
• Spezia trial of Griisons armourBallistic power of 100ton breech: 319
• Comparison of wrought armour and Griisons armourKrupp gun v: 323
• Hard armourShellsPalliser shellsDeck attack 327329: 327
• Colonel Maitland on British OrdnanceCaptain Andrew Noble: 342
• Colonel Maitland on heavy gunsDiagramsAdvantages of waiting: 348
• Wire gunsCaptain A Noble and Sir Frederick Abels powder experi: 356
• Vavasseur gun mountings the 6inch centre pivoting the 5inch road: 364
• Inchkeith and Portland experimentsBursting of a 43ton gun: 367
• Machine guns value in repelling boarders and best means of meeting: 372
• Nordenfelt gunsNordenfelt v GatlingNordenfelt targetNorden: 382
• Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty: 400
• Ditto with reserves and volunteers: 406
• List of armoured and unarmoured ships laid down to build since: 412
• Abstract of Navy Estimates from 18723 to 18867 418420: 418
• Stations of troop transport supply and surveying ships: 427
• Statement of cost of construction repairs and maintenance also tons: 438
• Armoured and unarmoured ships built by contract and in H M dock: 444
• Statement of amounts brought to account for H M ships and vessels: 450
• Report for 1884Effects of the nonenforcement of the effectual clauses: 451
• Table showing the death rate between 1856 and 1884: 458
• Personnel and Mattrld 466490: 466
• Comparison of artillery in France England and Germany Coast: 476
• French Estimates for 1887: 482
• GERMAN NAVY ESTIMATES: 491
• Number of officers and men provided for: 498
• GeneralShips in course of construction 501502: 501
• Report of Committee on Naval atfairsLieutenant Jaquoss pamphlet: 507
• Tables giving population of the United Kingdom engaged in occupations: 513
• Area and population of Colonial and other possessions of the British: 522
• La Progres Militaire describes manoeuvresViceAdmiral Sterneck: 529
• Expenditure on construction of ships and machinery for the French: 533

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Naval Annual
• Publisher: J. Griffin, 1886
• Original from: Princeton University
• Digitized: Feb 25, 2009