The Submarine Hunters: A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War
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Chapters (43)
- The Submarine Hunters
- A Story of Naval Patrol Work in the Great War
- PERCY F. WESTERMAN
- Illustrated by E. S. Hodgson
- BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY 1918
- Illustrations
- "THE BLACK CROSS FLAG WAS HAULED DOWN AND RE-HOISTED UNDER THE WHITE ENSIGN" . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece THE INTERVIEW WITH THE GERMAN CAPTAIN (missing from book) "'D'YE KEN YON?' ASKED THE BRITISH SKIPPER, AS HE EYED THE PODGY GERMAN LEUTNANT WITH CONTEMPT" "THE 'TREMENDOUS' WAS HEADING STRAIGHT FOR THE DOOMED SUBMARINE" THE SINKING OF THE "ORONTABELLA" (missing from book) "THE WORK OF DEMOLITION WAS ACCOMPLISHED"
- THE SUBMARINE HUNTERS
- CHAPTER I The Mysterious Meeting on St. Mena's Island
- CHAPTER II The Tables Turned
- CHAPTER III Kidnapped
- CHAPTER IV The Awakening
- CHAPTER V Aboard U75
- [Illustration: THE INTERVIEW WITH THE GERMAN CAPTAIN (missing from book)]
- CHAPTER VI The Tramp
- CHAPTER VII On the Bed of the Sea
- CHAPTER VIII Balked by a Sea-plane
- "'D'YE KEN YON?' ASKED THE BRITISH SKIPPER, AS HE EYED THE PODGY GERMAN LEUTNANT WITH CONTEMPT"
- CHAPTER IX The Landing at Port Treherne
- CHAPTER X A Treacherous Plot
- CHAPTER XI Preparations
- CHAPTER XII The White Flag—and Afterwards
- "THE TREMENDOUS WAS HEADING STRAIGHT FOR THE DOOMED SUBMARINE"
- CHAPTER XIII The Arm of the Law
- CHAPTER XIV A Fruitless Quest
- CHAPTER XV The Admiral Works the Oracle
- CHAPTER XVI H.M.S. "Capella"
- CHAPTER XVII A Double Bag
- CHAPTER XVIII The Smoke-signals
- CHAPTER XIX That Friday Night
- CHAPTER XX To the Rescue
- [Illustration: THE SINKING OF THE "ORONTABELLA" (missing from book)]
- CHAPTER XXI Adrift in the Channel
- CHAPTER XXII An Unexpected Capture
- CHAPTER XXIII Mined
- CHAPTER XXIV "Shrap"
- CHAPTER XXV Off the Belgian Coast
- CHAPTER XXVI Disabled in Mid-air
- "THE WORK OF DEMOLITION WAS ACCOMPLISHED"
- CHAPTER XXVII Not on Parole
- CHAPTER XXVIII Almost Recaptured
- CHAPTER XXIX Bound for the Baltic
- CHAPTER XXX The Affair off Kiel
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