CHAPTER I. CUSTOM AND CEREMONIAL
i. Gun Salutes.
ii. The Admiral's Flag.
iii. The Boatswain's Pipe.
iv. Greeting the Time of Day.
v. Little Changes.
CHAPTER II. NAVIGATION LORE
i. Speed and Knots
ii
. Soundings and Fathoms.
iii. Correcting the Compass.
iv. Squadrons in Fog.
CHAPTER III. SHIP WORK .
i. The Ship's Bell.
ii. Ship Adornment.
iii. Buoys and Blacksmiths.
iv. Fire, Collision and Grounding.
v. Mooring Ship.
CHAPTER IV. BOATS .
i. Boat Etiquette.
ii. Picket Boats and Drifters.
iii. Fleet Regattas.
iv. Hoisting the Sea Boat.
CHAPTER V. GUNS, TORPEDOES AND SMALL ARMS
i. Gunnery and Target Parties.
ii. The Tin Fish.
iii. A Ship Manoeuvred by Wireless.
iv. Playing at Soldiers.
CHAPTER VI. FLEET WORK
i. Manoeuvring by Flag Signal.
ii. Fleet Training Cruises.
iii. War Routine.
iv. Hide and Seek on the Trade Routes.
CHAPTER VII. MINELAYERS AND SMALL CRAFT
i. Destroyers and Sloops.
ii. The Yangtse Gunboats.
iii. Mines and Sweepers.
CHAPTER VIII. UNDERWATER WORK .
i. Submarines.
ii. Anti-Submarine.
iii. An Unrecorded Sea Episode.
CHAPTER IX. REMINISCENT.
i. Early Naval Wireless.
ii
. Our First Naval Submarine.
iii. A Cruiser's Christmas and New Year in China.
iv. Tales of Resource.
CHAPTER X. OLD AND NEW NAVY
i. Coal and Oil.
ii. Stunsail Work.
iii. The Lubber's Hole.