The Price of Admiralty: War at Sea from Man of War to Submarine |
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aboard action Admiral Admiralty aircraft carrier Algésiras American armoured army Atlantic attack B-Dienst battle fleet battlecruisers battleships boats Britain British ships broadside Bucentaure Cadiz captains casualties century Collingwood Combined Fleet command convoy crew cruisers damage deck defeat depth charges destroyers Dönitz dreadnoughts Dutch enemy enemy's engagement escorts fight fire force fought Fougueux France French and Spanish frigate German Gibraltar Grand Fleet gunners guns High Seas Fleet HMS Victory hoists hull Indies island Japanese Jutland killed land launched Lieutenant Malta manoeuvre marines masts Mediterranean midshipman Midway miles Napoleon naval Navy's Nelson Neptune Nile North oceanic officers operations Pacific patrol port range Redoutable rigging Royal Navy sailing sailing-ship Santissima Trinidad seamen shell ship's shot signal sinking speed squadron stern strategic strike submarine suffered sunk surface survivors tactics targets torpedo torpedo-boat Toulon Trafalgar turret U-boat Victory Victory's Villeneuve Villeneuve's warfare warships wind wooden wounded yards