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  • ...ervice in history has ever had a tradition so long and glorious as that of the Royal Navy.''</div> ...ships of the World—Victory Edition<ref>Kafka; Pepperburg. ''Warships of the World—Victory Edition''. p. 535.</ref></div>
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  • ...Reserve and the two Assistants to Chief Engineers in the Steam Factories. The full pay was £1 7''s''. 5''d''. a day for £500 7''s''. 1''d''. a year. ...Inspector of Machinery Afloat, which was accordingly raised slightly under the same order in council.{{UKOrdersinCouncilIII|pp. 184-185}}
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  • ...as a piece of British legislation regulating the retirement of officers of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...avy, with particular reference to the ages at which the Officers come upon the several lists.
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  • ...866 &ndash; 22 November, 1952) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. Bruen was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1889.{{Gaz|25969|4738|30 August, 1889}}
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  • ...D.S.O., Royal Navy (25 May, 1853 &ndash; 9 March, 1939) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. Denison was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 16 April, 1878.{{Gaz|24574|2637|19 April, 1878}}
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  • ...O., Royal Navy (28 September, 1857 &ndash; 16 May, 1938) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...on 18 October. He was appointed to the frigate ''Ariadne'', which cruised the Atlantic and Mediterranean for a year.<ref>Bayly. p. 18.</ref><ref>Bayly S
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  • ...m Orpen David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Admiral of the Fleet David, Earl Beatty.<br><small>Portrait: Sir William Orpen.</small>]] ...C., Royal Navy (17 January, 1871 &ndash; 11 March, 1936) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
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  • [[File:Fisher, NPG x12902.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable Lord Fisher, 1916.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrai ...kground, he made friends in the right places and forged his way up through the ranks.
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  • ...oyal Navy (30 November, 1833 &ndash; 28 September, 1912) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...on the west coast of Africa, and on his return he was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 6 February, 1866.{{Gaz|23068|773|9 February, 1866}}
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  • ...In 1912 he was dismissed in acrimonious circumstances by [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] [[Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill|Winston Churchill]] and wen He entered the Royal Navy as Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman Simpson.
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  • [[File:Wemyss Orpen.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet Rosslyn Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss, portrayed as an Admiral.<br><sma ...during the [[First World War]], followed by his elevation to the position of [[First Sea Lord]] in 1917.
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  • ...aw the introduction of convoy and the evolution of a proper Naval Staff at the Admiralty. ...d in the Beatty-Jellicoe spectrum continues to dominate public thinking of the Dreadnought Era.
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  • [[File:Sir Henry B. Jackson.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry B. Jackson.]] ...1915 to 1916 during the [[First World War]] and being promoted to the rank of {{FleetRN}} in 1919.
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  • ...Haven, NPG x28756.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet the Marquess of Milford Haven, as an Admiral.<br><small>Photograph: © National Portrait Ga ...K.C.M.G., P.C. (24 May, 1854 &ndash; 11 September, 1921) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
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  • ...B., Royal Navy (1 September, 1828 &ndash; 21 June, 1901) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...e.{{ClowesVI|pp. 345-6}} Afterwards, in the ''President'', he continued on the same station, employed on similar service.
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  • ...of the Admiralty]], the politician responsible to Crown and Parliament for the Navy. ===Order in Council of 14 January, 1869===
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  • ...custom and design he was the pre-eminent Lord Commissioner on the [[Board of Admiralty]]. ...of 14 January, 1869]], the powers of the First Lord were fixed in law for the first time:
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  • ...he Fleet supernumerary to the establishment by Order-in-Council, either on the Active or Retired Lists. ...(or Her Majesty during the reign of a female monarch).<ref>See commission of [[John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|Lord Fisher]]. Fisher Papers. C
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  • ...y, Retired (11 October, 1865 &ndash; 10 September, 1936) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. Educated at the Royal Naval School.
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  • ...often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred. For tactical reasons the squadron was divided into two divisions. ...adron, 1915.jpg|thumb|right|512px|The First Battle Squadron of the [[Grand Fleet]] at sea at sunset, April, 1915.<br><small>Photo: United States Navy. Nava
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