INDEX 



San Domingo, W. Indies : attacked by Penn, 126 ; 



death of Ojida, 253; Drake's fleet at, 255 

 Son Felipe, Spanish ship, taken by Drake (1587), 63 

 San Juan, Drake repulsed at, 90 ; taken by Cumber- 

 land, 92 

 San Martin, Spanish flagship, 61 

 San Salvadore, Spanish Armada ship, 72, 85 

 San Salvador, see Watling Island, 251 

 Sandwich, Earl of, 138, 139, 144, 151 

 Sandwich, Kentish port ; battle with Romans, 6 ; 

 battle with Vikings, 12 ; Cinque Port, 18 ; ships 

 at siege of Calais, 32 ; sacked in 1457, 43 ; Lord 

 Rivers seized at, 44; base for Edward IV 's in- 

 vasion, 46 ; port for wine, 213 ; pilgrim trade, 225 

 Santa Anna, Maltese warship {1530), 186 

 Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, attacked by Blake, 137 

 Santa Cruz, Marquis of. Admiral, plans Armada, 



60; refuses Drake's challenge, 63; death, 60 

 Santa Maria, Columbus' flagship, model of, 177 ; 



expedition of 1492, 251 ; wrecked, 251 

 Santiago de Compostela, 225 

 Sao Thome, Portuguese ship, capture of, 243 

 Sao Valentino, Portuguese treasure ship, capture 



by English, 92 

 Saracen Ships : defeat at Cyzicies, 170 ; giant, in 



1191, 171 

 Sargasso Sea : Columbus' expedition (1492), 251 

 Saxon Commerce, with France, 212 

 Saxon Warships, King Alfred's design, 12 

 Scheveningen, Battle of (1653), 125, 127, 129 

 Schooneveld, Battle of (1673), 147 

 Scilly Islands : Phoenician legend, 192 

 Scolus, Johannes, 245 



Scotland, English wars against: Edward I, 22; 



Edward III, 26; Jeane de Vienne, 36; Henry 



IV, 39; Henry VIII, 54; Queen Mary, 56; 



Queen Elizabeth, 56 



Scottish Navy : importance of, 52 ; under Duke of 



Albany, 54 

 Scottish pirates : in Roman period, 7 ; against 



Edward I, 22; Henry V's reign, 41 

 Sea Fire, see Greek Fire 



Sea Serpent, woodcut from book by Olaus Magnus, 



295 

 Seamen, Naval, driven to piracy, Edward IV, 39 

 Seamen's Affrays and Brawls, 22, 171 

 Searchthrifty, ship in expedition to White Sea, 236 

 Seasoned Wood for Shipbuilding, use by King 



Alfred, 13 

 Selkirk, Alexander, 295 

 Senlac, Battle of (1066), 17 



Sextensesse, Viking ship type, description of, 168 

 Shantying, in early galleys, 169 

 Sheathing, Lead, in 16th cent, ships, 186 

 Sheer, legendary origin of, 168 

 Sheppey, Isle of, Viking occupation, 11 

 Shields Round Gunwhale, decorative, 186 

 Ship Design ; development of, 166 ; Royal Commis- 

 sion of 1618, 190; copying French, 191 

 Ship Money, imposed by Charles I, 104 

 Shipbuilding : contracts by Henry V, 40 ; divided 



contracts, 42 ; Tudor methods, 187 

 Shipwrecked Mariners, under Laws of Oleron, 171 

 Shipwrights : Tudor terms of employment, 187 

 " Shooting the Sun," 250 

 Shoreham : ships at siege of Calais, 32 

 " Silver Fleet," Spanish, capture of, in 1628, 268 

 Simon of Utrecht, suppression of Victualling 



Brothers, 274 

 Sines, Governor of, Vasco da Gama, 232 

 Singeing the King of Spain's Beard, operations by 

 Drake, 60 



Sizes of Ships, 166, 168, 171, 172, 185, 186 



Slave Trade, development of, 230 



Sluys, Battle of (1339), 26, 28; piratical strong- 

 hold, 51 



Smith, Captain John, 257, 271 



Smugglers, British, treason by, 165 



Snorri, Viking, 202 



Solebay, Battle of, 144, 145, 151 



Soleil Royal, French warship, 199 



Somerset, John Beaufort, Earl of. Lord High 

 Admiral (1406), 39 



Soper, William, Southampton merchant, supervises 

 ship construction, 40 



South Foreland, battle of the (1217), 22 



Southampton: warship building, 40; Henry V's 

 base, 41 ; invasion of Normandy, 42 ; Aquitaine 

 expedition (1439), 43 ; early trade, 212 ; port for 

 wine, 213 



Sovereign, British warship, battle of Camaret Bay, 



52 



Sovereign of the Seas, title claimed by Edward III, 



26 



Sovereign of the Seas, British warship, 113, 193 



Spain : help to English at siege of Calais, 32 ; vic- 

 tory off La Rochelle, 35 ; fleet with Jean de 

 Vienne, 36 ; raids English coast (1405), 40 



Spanish Armada, see Armada 



Spanish Corsairs : Don Carlos de la Cerda, 32 



Spanish Ships : excessive leeway (1588), 66 ; com- 

 parison with English, 187 



Speaker, British warship (1649), 198 



Speed of Ships, Romans' use of wax, 169 



Speedwell, Pilgrim ship, chartered by Pilgrim 

 Fathers, 272 



Spice Islands, Magellan's effort to obtain, 235 



Spragge, Admiral, killed in action, 152 



Spritsails, introduction of 189 



Stayner, Captain, blockades Cadiz (1656), 137 ; at 

 Santa Cruz, 137 



Steelyard : Hanseatic League, 230 



Steering : Viking method, 168 ; rudders, 185 



Stephen, English King, neglects the Navy, 20, 214 



Stortebeker, pirate in 15th cent., 274 



Studding Sails, introduction of, 189 



Sumatra: Lancaster's expedition, 238 



Superbe, French warship, copied by English, 191 



Sun, Shooting the, 250 



Sunshine, Davis' ship, 264 



Surrey, Earl of, defeats Andrew Barton, 51 



Susan, ship, in East Indian expedition (1601), 243 



Svarvarson Goddar, visit to Iceland, 201 



Swally Hole, Battle of (1612), 244 



Swearing on Shipboard, punishment for, 187 



Sweyn, King of Denmark, conquers England, 13 



Swivel Guns, early purpose, 185 



Talavera, pirate, connection with Ojida, 253 



Tarret, Jacques, French shipbuilder, builds Great 

 Michael, 52 



Tarring and Feathering, sea punishment, 187 



Tavernor, John, Hull shipowner, builds giant ship, 



185 



Teignmouth : ships in Aquitaine expedition (1439), 



43 



Teneriffe, attacked by Blake, 137 



Terschelling, Holmes' raid on, 140 



Texel, The : French warships built, 104 ; Dutch 

 fleet destroyed, 125 ; blockaded (1665), 138 ; battle 

 of 1673, 148, 152 ; Jean Bart boarding ship, 290 



Thames, River, Roman defence of, 7 ; Danish in- 

 vasion of, 18 ; French raid on (1380), 30 ; German 

 wine merchants, 229 



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