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The two [[Coast Defence Battleship|coast defence battleships]] (sometimes referred to as [[Monitor|monitors]]) of the '''''G | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

...y or neutral powers. In order to harass the Germans occupying the Belgian coast, and to prevent the use of ports by Imperial German Navy warships, vessels ...Due to a mass re-allocation of resources caused by the halting of capital ship construction, the construction of the former battleship, now battle cruiser

|nat=UK ...Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 486.</ref>|note=ship is a gunnery training ship}}

Lowry was given command of {{UK-1Ramillies|f=t}} in January, 1900.{{MackieRNW}} Thereafter, he was appointed in command of the {{UK-1Hood|f=t}} from 19 April, 1902 to 25 June, 1903 in the [[Home Fleet (Royal

...rch 1862 to January 1866 he commanded the ''Dart'', a gunboat, on the west coast of Africa, and on his return he was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 6 ...was appointed commodore and senior officer on the West Coast of Africa, {{UK-2Boadicea|f=p}}.

...but was ordered to the other side of the Atlantic, where he served in one ship or another almost continuously until 1868. On paying off the Hydra in 1862 ...al Ordnance]]. On 6 April, 1880, he was appointed Senior Officer on the [[Coast of Ireland]].{{NLJun81|p. 235}} He was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}}

...on 31 December, 1883, and reappointed to the ''Flirt'' from that date. The ship paid off on 29 February, 1884, and he went on a month's full pay leave. ...S.S. ''Cuzco'', arriving back on 9 June. He was appointed to the cruiser {{UK-1Mersey}} for the annual man&oelig;uvres from 4 July to 22 August, then com

...time on passing out of {{UK-1Britannia}}. His first appointment was to {{UK-1Grafton}} on the [[China Station]], commencing from 18 August, 1896 and te ...working as an Interpreter in French on 7 February, 1915 until he left the ship in late April to take up an appointment with the [[Director of Naval Ordnan

...pher Cradock]]. He entered the training ship [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] on 15 January, 1875, and left on 21 December, 1876. He la ...adron]] in May of 1877. He remained in ''Achilles'' until being sent to {{UK-1Tourmaline}} for nearly two years.

...A, p. 14.</ref> He entered the training ship [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] at Dartmouth on 15 July, 1877 and left on 24 July, 1879. A minute of 23 September, 1889 while Arbuthnot was at {{UK-Vernon|f=p}}, records:

...sh naval history, however &mdash; the next flotilla created would be the {{UK-SloopF|10}}, in February, 1916. ...created some time in June, with just three sloops ({{UK-Sunflower}} and {{UK-Lily}} are to join shortly).{{SMNLJul15|p. 14}}

...ond Highlanders. Christopher Cradock entered [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] on 15 January, 1875 which he left with Third Class passes. ...rigade for garrison duties in Upper Egypt and as first lieutenant of the {{UK-Dolphin}}, served with the Eastern Sudan field force, being chosen by the G

...nnant in the ''Rattlesnake'', was appointed commander-in-chief on the west coast of Africa. ...ng the Navy. He was thus largely instrumental in bringing about the Naval Defence Act of 1889, though he was not then in parliament, having resigned his seat

..., and was thus present at all the operations in the Archipelago and on the coast of Syria in 1839 and 1840. ...hristopher Wyvill (1792–1863), for two years' slaver-hunting on the east coast of Africa. In the summer of 1846 he was sent to the Cape in command of a pr

...War I naval '''Battle of Coronel''' took place on 1 November, 1914 off the coast of central Chile near the city of Coronel. German [[Kaiserliche Marine]] f ...tao on 31 July. Another light cruiser, {{DE-Leipzig|f=p}}, was on the west coast of Mexico, protecting German interests there during the Mexican Revolution.

...ted {{MidRN}} on 21 June, 1862. He was transferred in July, 1863 to the ''Defence'', a new wooden hulled ironclad which he later described as "a slovenly, un ...o the rescue of Charles William Wilson in the ''Safieh'', when he kept his ship steadily engaged under heavy fire while his engineer, Benbow, repaired her

..., far above high-water mark. When the sea returned to its usual level, the ship was dry to within a few feet of her stern-post, and imbedded in the sand to ...a C.B. In 1857 he went out to China in command of the screw line-of-battle ship ''Sanspareil'', in which he was at once sent with a detachment of marines t

.... ''Iron Duke'']] during the Action with the German High Sea Fleet off the Coast of Jutland on the 31st May 1916. ...Duke'', which was not hit by the Enemy's fire, no strain was thrown on the Ship's personnel or organization and consequently, I am not specially mentioning

...me of the other cruisers were firing on the port bow. As we came up the {{UK-Lion}}, leading our Battle Cruisers, appeared to be on fire the port ...into the mist. By this time it was too dark to fire and we went to Night Defence stations. The 4" guns were manned to repel destroyer attacks. Our 12" fir

The '''Diary of Alec S. Tempest''' (1899-1978), signal boy aboard {{UK-Lion|f=p}} from 20 May 1915 through 26 April, 1919 can be found at the Cair If found please return to A.S. Tempest Siglm. 47 Mess {{UK-Lion|f=p}} or 37 Hunslett Road Leeds. If not able to do so please destroy