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The Dreadnought of the Air
The Dreadnought of the Air
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CONTENTS.
CHAP.
I. CONCERNING SUB-LIEUTENANT DACRES
II. THE FRENCH INSTRUCTOR
III. REMOVED FROM THE NAVY LIST
IV. THE MYSTERIOUS AIRSHIP
V. A MOMENTOUS TRAIN JOURNEY
VI. CHALLENGED
VII. THE RETURN OF THE AIRSHIP
VIII. WHITTINGHAME'S NARRATIVE
IX. THE FLIGHT TO LONDON
X. THE STOLEN PLANS
XI. THE "METEOR"
XII. THE "METEOR'S" DEBUT
XIII. AN OFFICIAL AND AN UNOFFICIAL INSPECTION
XIV. ACROSS GREENLAND
XV. THE NORTH POLE
XVI. IN THE NICK OF TIME
XVII. ZAYPURU'S BOLD STROKE
XVIII. THE DISASTER TO THE "LIBERTAD"
XIX. INVESTIGATING THE WRECK
XX. A HAZARDOUS PROPOSAL
XXI. WITHIN THE CAVARALE PRISON
XXII. DACRES REMINDS THE ADMIRAL
XXIII. LOCOMOTIVE VERSUS AEROPLANE
XXIV. A BRUSH WITH THE INDIANS
XXV. THE CAPTURE OF THE CAVARALE
XXVI. UNABLE TO RISE
XXVII. PREPARING FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT
XXVIII. A PRISONER OF WAR
XXIX. WORK FOR THE SEAPLANES
XXX. THE FALL OF NAOCUANHA
XXXI. A SURPRISE FOR DACRES
XXXII. A SUBMARINE ENCOUNTER
XXXIII. NEWS OF DURANGO
XXXIV. THE CHASE
XXXV. THE THUNDERSTORM
XXXVI. THE ABANDONED FLYING-BOAT
XXXVII. THE GALAPAGOS FISHERMEN
XXXVIII. CORNERED
XXXIX. DACRES' PROMOTION
IT was Thursday afternoon—Make and Mend Clothes Day as it is known in the Royal Navy. H.M.S. "Royal Oak," a Super-Dreadnought now relegated to the second class, lay at moorings off Singapore. Two cables' length ahead of her swung her sister ship the "Repulse," flying the flag of Admiral Maynebrace commanding the Special Squadron, now on a cruise round the world in order to display the White Ensign in foreign waters as a gentle reminder to petty potentates that the British Lion's tail could not be twisted with impunity.
The heat was terrific. The sun's scorching rays beat down with relentless violence upon the white awnings that shrouded the warships from bow to stern. The glare, reflected from the oily sea, seemed to penetrate everywhere on board in spite of electric fans and the latest type of ventilators. Officers and men, used though they were to the heat of the Tropics, were reduced to a state of perspiring listlessness. Alacrity seemed for the time being no longer the characteristic of the British seamen. One and all they barely existed in Nature's stew-pan and waited for the sun to set.
To add to the discomfort the crew of the "Royal Oak" were rankling under a grievance. Hitherto first in the list for prize-firing, they had been ousted from their proud position by the flagship: and the flagship didn't forget to crow over her success. Had the contest been carried out under equal conditions and the "Royal Oak" had "gone under" the disappointment would not have been so great; but the "Repulse" had gained the position of "top-dog" more by a fluke than anything else.
CHAP.
I. CONCERNING SUB-LIEUTENANT DACRES
II. THE FRENCH INSTRUCTOR
III. REMOVED FROM THE NAVY LIST
IV. THE MYSTERIOUS AIRSHIP
V. A MOMENTOUS TRAIN JOURNEY
VI. CHALLENGED
VII. THE RETURN OF THE AIRSHIP
VIII. WHITTINGHAME'S NARRATIVE
IX. THE FLIGHT TO LONDON
X. THE STOLEN PLANS
XI. THE "METEOR"
XII. THE "METEOR'S" DEBUT
XIII. AN OFFICIAL AND AN UNOFFICIAL INSPECTION
XIV. ACROSS GREENLAND
XV. THE NORTH POLE
XVI. IN THE NICK OF TIME
XVII. ZAYPURU'S BOLD STROKE
XVIII. THE DISASTER TO THE "LIBERTAD"
XIX. INVESTIGATING THE WRECK
XX. A HAZARDOUS PROPOSAL
XXI. WITHIN THE CAVARALE PRISON
XXII. DACRES REMINDS THE ADMIRAL
XXIII. LOCOMOTIVE VERSUS AEROPLANE
XXIV. A BRUSH WITH THE INDIANS
XXV. THE CAPTURE OF THE CAVARALE
XXVI. UNABLE TO RISE
XXVII. PREPARING FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT
XXVIII. A PRISONER OF WAR
XXIX. WORK FOR THE SEAPLANES
XXX. THE FALL OF NAOCUANHA
XXXI. A SURPRISE FOR DACRES
XXXII. A SUBMARINE ENCOUNTER
XXXIII. NEWS OF DURANGO
XXXIV. THE CHASE
XXXV. THE THUNDERSTORM
XXXVI. THE ABANDONED FLYING-BOAT
XXXVII. THE GALAPAGOS FISHERMEN
XXXVIII. CORNERED
XXXIX. DACRES' PROMOTION
IT was Thursday afternoon—Make and Mend Clothes Day as it is known in the Royal Navy. H.M.S. "Royal Oak," a Super-Dreadnought now relegated to the second class, lay at moorings off Singapore. Two cables' length ahead of her swung her sister ship the "Repulse," flying the flag of Admiral Maynebrace commanding the Special Squadron, now on a cruise round the world in order to display the White Ensign in foreign waters as a gentle reminder to petty potentates that the British Lion's tail could not be twisted with impunity.
The heat was terrific. The sun's scorching rays beat down with relentless violence upon the white awnings that shrouded the warships from bow to stern. The glare, reflected from the oily sea, seemed to penetrate everywhere on board in spite of electric fans and the latest type of ventilators. Officers and men, used though they were to the heat of the Tropics, were reduced to a state of perspiring listlessness. Alacrity seemed for the time being no longer the characteristic of the British seamen. One and all they barely existed in Nature's stew-pan and waited for the sun to set.
To add to the discomfort the crew of the "Royal Oak" were rankling under a grievance. Hitherto first in the list for prize-firing, they had been ousted from their proud position by the flagship: and the flagship didn't forget to crow over her success. Had the contest been carried out under equal conditions and the "Royal Oak" had "gone under" the disappointment would not have been so great; but the "Repulse" had gained the position of "top-dog" more by a fluke than anything else.
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