The British Navy Book

PROLOGUE

The Command of the Seas

(A.D. 1915)

"It may truly be said that the Command of the Sea is an Abridgement or a Quintessence of an Universal Monarchy."

SIR FRANCIS BACON.

It is a grey morning out on the North Sea, with but little wind. There is no swell, but considerable movement on the surface of the waters, with here and there an occasional ...