pt. III. Naval reserves and merchant seamen. Naval artillery volunteers, and a colonial naval volunteer force. pt. IV. Auxiliary cruisers. Colonial defence and coaling stations. Naval training and education. Naval manœuvresLongmans, Green, and Company, 1894 |
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Admiral Admiralty advantage afloat annual appointment apprentices armament armoured armoured cruisers batteries battle-ships Berehaven Brigade British Captain Class Boats coast defence Coast Guard colonies Commanding Officer consideration Corps crews cruise cruisers Cyprus dredging drill duty efficiency employed England enrolled established expenditure favour fishermen fleet flotilla force foreign Frederick Grey French Government Greenwich Greenwich Hospital gunboats gunnery guns harbour increased instruction ironclads large number lieutenants Lord Majesty's ships maritime ment mercantile marine merchant service Naval Artillery Volunteers naval officers Naval Volunteers navigation Navy necessary Nets and lines number of boys number of seamen Officer-instructor organisation pension Petty Officers ports present proposed protected cruisers rank receive recent Royal Commission Royal Naval Artillery Royal Naval Reserve sailors school ships sea-going seamanship seamen Second Class shipowners shore speed squadron steam steamers strength subsidies sufficient tion tonnage tons torpedo boats torpedo gunboats training ships Trawling unarmoured vessels Volunteer movement wages
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296 psl. - The moment he perceived the position of the French, that intuitive genius with which Nelson was endowed, displayed itself; and it instantly struck him, that where there was room for an enemy's ship to swing, there was room for one of ours to anchor.
120 psl. - The dangers and hair-breadth escapes of a life of adventures, instead of disheartening young people, seem frequently to recommend a trade to them. A tender mother, among the inferior ranks of people, is often afraid to send her son to school at a seaport town, lest the sight of the ships and the conversation and adventures of the sailors should entice him to go to sea.
223 psl. - The most triumphant death is that of the martyr ; the most awful that of the martyred patriot ; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory ; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory. He has left us, not indeed his mantle of inspiration, but a name and an example which are at this hour inspiring thousands of the youth of England— a name which is our pride, and an example which...
216 psl. - They cheerfully conform to discipline, and are desirous of improving themselves in every way when embarked for then- annual drill. In some places they might supply the place of the Coastguard temporarily, if that force should be suddenly embarked. They might furnish guards at rendezvous and places of embarkation to preserve order. Many of them have become expert artillerists. I think the movement assists in making the Naval service better appreciated and understood at certain places, and consequently...
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