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Tables of Contents for The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness Naval Battles
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
xi
GALLEYS
Ancient Greeks
3
58
The Battle of Salamis 480 BC
3
1
Map of the Mediterranean showing locations of battles fought by galleys
4
2
Cross-section of the rowing positions on an ancient Greek trireme
6
5
Map of the Battle of Salamis
11
7
The Peloponnesian War Introduction
18
4
The Battle of Syracuse 414 BC
22
2
Map of the Battle Of Syracuse
24
10
The First Punic War - Introduction
34
1
The First Punic War 264-241 BC
35
1
Map of the Mediterranean during the First & Second Punic Wars
36
7
The Second Punic War Introduction
43
1
The Siege of Syracuse 214 BC
43
5
The Battle of Actium 31 BC
48
7
Postscript: The Battle of Lepanto - Introduction
55
1
The Battle of Lepanto 1571
56
1
Map of the Battle of Lepanto
57
4
THE AGE OF SAIL
61
210
The Spanish Armada
63
14
The Spanish Armada
65
1
Map of the route taken by the Spanish Armada
66
2
Diagram of Elizabethan tactic
68
1
Diagram of English gálleon, including typical sail plan
69
8
Anglo-Dutch Wars
77
48
Map of the United Provinces
79
1
The First Anglo-Dutch War
80
1
Map of the Battles of the First Anglo-Dutch War
81
1
Ayscue's Fight 1652
82
1
Diagram of naval tactics 1652
83
1
The Battle of the North Foreland (Kentish Knock) 1652
84
1
Map of the Battle of the North Foreland
85
2
Diagram of a typical seventeenth century sail plan
87
1
The Battle of Portland Bill 1653
88
2
Map of the Battle of Portland Bill
90
1
The Battle of the Gabbard 1653
91
1
The Battle of Scheveningen 1653
92
2
The Second Anglo-Dutch War
94
1
Map of the Battles of the Second & Third Anglo-Dutch Wars
95
2
The Battle of Lowestoft 1665
97
2
The Four-Day Fight 1666
99
1
The St James' Day Fight 1666
100
3
The Dutch Raid on the Medway 1667
103
1
Map of the Dutch Raid on the Medway
104
1
The Third Anglo-Dutch War
105
1
The Battle of Sole Bay 1672
106
5
The First Battle of Schooneveld 1673
111
1
The Second Battle of Schooneveld 1673
112
2
The Battle of the Texel 1673
114
5
Map of the Battle of the Texel
119
6
The War of the Grand Alliance
125
12
Map of the Battle of Beachy Head
126
1
The Battle of La Hogue 1692
127
1
Map of the Battle of La Hogue
128
9
The Seven Years' War
137
12
The Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759
138
1
Map of the Battle of Quiberon Bay
139
10
American War of Independence
149
14
Bonhomme Richard v HMS Serapis 1779
149
4
The Battle of Chesápeake1781
153
1
Map of the Battle of the Chesapeake
154
3
The Battle of the Saintes 1782
157
1
Map of the Battle of the Saintes
158
5
The French Revolutionary Wars
163
69
The Siege of Toulon 1793
163
1
Map of Europe during the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars
164
4
Corsica 1794
168
1
Admiral Hotham's Action 1795
169
5
The Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797
174
1
Map of the Battle of Cape St Vincent
175
3
The Great Mutinies at Spithead & the Nore 1797
178
2
Map of Spithead, the Nore & Camperdown
180
9
The Attack on Vera Cruz, Tenerife 1797
189
4
The Battle of Camperdown 1797
193
1
Map of the Battle of Camperdown
194
5
The Battle of the Nile 1798
199
1
Map of the Battle of the Nile
200
13
The Capture of Le Généreux 1800
213
2
The Capture of the Guillaume Tell 1800
215
9
The Battle of Copenhagen 1801
224
1
Map of the Battle of Copenhagen
225
7
The Napoleonic Wars
232
19
Admiral Calder's Action 1805
233
1
The Battle of Trafalgar 1805
233
7
Map of the Battle of Trafalgar
240
11
The War of 1812
251
20
Cross-sections of ordinary frigate & Constitution-clays frigate
252
2
USS Constitution v HMS Guerriers 1812
254
1
Diagram of USS Constitution v HMS Guerriere
255
2
USS United States v HMS Macedonian 1812
257
7
USS Constitution v HMS Java 1812
264
3
HMS Shannon v USS Chesapeake 1813
267
4
IRONCLADS
271
62
The American Civil War
274
37
Map of the Chesapeake during the Civil War
276
2
The Battle of Hampton Roads (Merrimac v Monitor) 1862
278
1
Diagram of Merrimac and Monitor
279
17
Riverine warfare on the Mississippi 1862-3
296
1
Map of the Mississippi Valley
297
6
CSS Alabama v USS Hatteras 1863
303
3
CSS Alabama v USS Kearsage 1864
306
3
Confederate Torpedo Boat v USS Housatonic
309
2
Spanish-American War
311
8
The Battle of Manila Bay 1898
311
2
Map of the Battle of Manila Bay
313
5
Map of Asia showing the location of the ironclad battles of Manila Bay and Tsúshima
318
1
The Russo-Japanese War
319
14
The Battle of Tsushima 1905
320
1
Map of the Battle of Tsushima
321
2
Side-view of Imperial Japanese ship Mikasa
323
10
DREADNOUGHT Part 1
333
50
The First World War 1914-1918
335
3
Map of N.Europe during WW1
336
2
Surface Ship Actions during the First World War
338
45
The Battle of Heligoland Bight 28 August 1914
338
1
Side-view & plan of HMS Lion
339
3
The Battle of Dogger Bank 24 January 1915
342
7
The Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916
349
1
Map of the Battle of Jutland 1
350
4
Side-view & plan of Imperial German battlecruiser Deriflinger
354
9
Side-view & plan of HMS Queen Elizabeth
363
4
Side-view & plan of Imperial German battlecruiser Seydlitz
367
3
Map of the Battle of Jutland 2
370
5
Map of the Battle of Jutland 3
375
6
Battle of Jutland: List of Ships Sunk
381
2
TORPEDO Part 1
383
44
Submarine Warfare
385
42
Map of the WW1 Submarine Warfare zones
386
1
The Fist Battle of the Atlantic 1917-1918
387
40
DREADNOUGHT Part 2
427
58
Surface Ship Actions during the Second World War
429
56
The Naval Evacuation of Dunkirk 26 May-4 June 1940
430
1
Map of the Fall of France & retreat to Dunkirk
431
7
Hunt the Bismarck 20-27 May 1941
438
2
Map of the Bismarck campaign
440
3
Side-view & plan of Bismarck
443
2
Side-view & plan of HMS Hood
445
3
Side-view & plan of HMS Ark Royal
448
3
Side-view & plan of HMS King George V
451
4
Side-view & plan of HMS Rodney
455
2
Force Z 10 December 1941
457
2
Map of the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse (Force Z) 10 December 1941
459
6
Side-view & plan of HMS Repulse
465
4
The Channel Dash 11-13 February 1942
469
9
The Battle of the North Cape 26 December 1943
478
2
Side-view & plan of Scharnhorst
480
5
TORPEDO Part 2
485
32
The Second Battle of the Atlantic
487
30
Map of the Battle of the North Atlantic during World War 2
489
4
Cross-section of a typical World War 2 submarine
493
10
Ballast tanks of a typical World War 2 submarine
503
14
FLATTOPS
517
96
Naval Air Power during the Second World War
519
67
The Battle of Taranto 11 November 1940
519
1
Map of Europe& the Mediterranean in 1940
520
3
Map of Taranto
523
6
Pearl Harbor - Introduction
529
1
Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941
530
6
Map of the Pacific 1942
536
1
The Battle Of Midway 3-4 June.1942
537
2
Side-view & plan of USS Lexington
539
4
Side-view & plan of Imperial Japanese Ship Akagi
543
4
Side-view & plan of USS Yorktown
547
13
The Naval Battles of Guadalcanal - Introduction
560
1
The Battle of Cape Esperance 11 October 1942
561
1
Map of the Naval Battles of Guadalcanal 1
562
3
Map of the Naval Battles of Guadalcanal 2
565
1
The Final Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 13-14 November 1942
566
14
Map of the Naval Battles of Guadalcanal 3
580
6
Naval Air Power during the Korean War 1950-1953
586
27
Map of Korea during the Korean War 1950-1953
596
17
MISSILES
613
26
The Falklands War 2 April 14 June 1982
615
22
Map of the Falklands during the Falklands War
616
6
Diagram of an Aerotspatiale Exocet AM39 Anti Ship Missile
622
2
Side-view & plan of HMS Invincible
624
13
The Gulf War 17 January 28 February 1991
637
2
Bibliography & Sources
639