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Category: Torpedo Warfare

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Submarine Warfare, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1905, Wood, W. , Submarined 

Walter Wood (1905) Submarined – Pearson’s Magazine, February 1905 A short story of a disabled British battleship taking refuge and defending itself […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1906, General Staff [pseud.] , The Writing on the Wall 

General Staff [pseud.] (1906) The Writing on the Wall, London, William Heinemann The author was Major-General Thomas Picher. Presented as an excerpt […]

Speculative SF, Submarine Warfare, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1907, Griffith, G. , The world peril of 1910 

George Griffith (1907) The world peril of 1910, London,  F. V. White & Co. Ltd. CHAPTER I – A MOMENTOUS EXPERIMENT On […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1912, Naval Officer , Great Was the Fall 

Naval Officer [Signed A H M] (1912) Great Was the Fall, London, J. Long An invasion by Germany on an unprepared Britain. […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1913, Eardley-Wilmot, S.M. , The battle of the North Sea in 1914 

Captain S. M. Eardley-Wilmot (1894) The Next Naval War , London, Edward Stanford A description of a future naval war between Britain […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Submarine Warfare, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1914, Conan Doyle, A. , Danger! and Other Stories 

The Riddle by Maldwin Drummond (1985) Nautical Books, London This is the definitive study of the background to the writing of The […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1871, Anonymous , Der Ruhm or The Wreck of German Unity 

Anonymous (1871) Der Ruhm or The Wreck of German Unity – The Narrative of a Brandenburger Haupmann – Macmillan’s Magazine A counter […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1871 , Chesney, G. T. , The Battle of Dorking 

George Tomkyns Chesney (1871) The Battle of Dorking, Blackwood’s Magazine For many, this is the work that is regarded as the start […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1871, Payn, J. , The Cruise of the Anti-Torpedo 

James Payn (1871) The Cruise of the Anti-Torpedo, Chambers Journal [Being an account of the voyage of the last ship left to […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1877, Anonymous , Fifty Years Hence – An Old Soldiers Tale of England’s Downfall 

Anonymous (1877) Fifty Years Hence – An Old Soldiers Tale of England’s Downfall, London, G.W. Bacon & Co. A soldier’s reminiscences from […]

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