Volume 145, The Maritime Blockade of Germany in the Great War: The Northern Patrol, 1914-1918
ed. John D. Grainger (2003)

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The blockade of Germany and its allies in the Great War was part of the strategy which brought about their defeat, and the responsibility for enforcing that blockade rested firmly with the Royal Navy. Operating with a gradually changing network of rules and practices, the Tenth Cruiser Squadron, a force of ships which grew from eight to over forty vessels, asserted an increasingly firm control over all the maritime traffic sailing the waters north of the British Isles. For three and a half years the Northern Patrol was the most continuously active naval force of any participant in the Great War.

Contents

Acknowledgements
xi
Abbreviations
xiii
Maps
xv-xviii
Introduction
1
1) The First Patrol: the Edgars, August-November 1914
25
2) The Armed Merchant Cruisers, December 1914-March 1915
64
3) The Patrol Established, March-June 1915
119
4) A New Base; Submarines, June-August 1915
178
5) Life on Patrol, August-November 1915
257
6) De Chair's Last Months, November 1915-February 1916
313
7) Tupper Takes Command, March-May 1916
390
8) Tightening the Blockade, June-August 1916
447
9) The Effective Blockade, September-December 1916
503
10) The Submarine Menace Renewed, December 1916-March 1917
565
11) The Successful Blockade, March-June 1917
639
12) The End of the Northern Patrol, June 1917-January 1918
723
Sources of Documents
789
Bibliography
812
Index
815

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