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...eing fitted in all capital ships. It was intended to give gunnery control officers an idea of what was going on in the {{TS}}. Presumably, this meant they we ...ble than had been anticipated" - a statement that seems to contradict most gunnery reports from the battle, and that "spotting had proved more difficult than

...0.''' was a file comprising the records and certificates of [[Royal Navy]] officers during their service as Naval Cadets, Midshipmen, Acting Sub-Lieutenants as :Gunnery.

Johnstone was appointed to the {{UK-Defence|f=tp}} as gunnery officer on 5 April, 1913. Johnstone had been appointed, in May 1916, to be gunnery officer in the {{UK-Resolution|f=t}} when she completed, but as she was sti

...g Officer was to be informed as well as the Captain. As one of the senior officers, the Navigating Officer was entitled to have a separate cabin aboard ship. ...for the instruction of [[Midshipman (Royal Navy)|Midshipmen]]. For other officers being trained a Navigating Officer received 5''l'' per annum for each offic

...eets and squadrons as he may be directed, for the purpose of observing the gunnery practices and firings carried out by them, and when possible he is to be pr ...atever relieve the Commanders-in-Chief from their responsibility as to the gunnery efficiency of their fleets or squadrons. The Inspector of Target Practice

...D.N.A. & T. to by-pass him and communicate directly with subordinate flag officers.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 116/1803.}}</ref> (1) Principles and methods of conducting Gunnery and Torpedo practices, including preparation of reports and returns on resu

[[File:Sheerness Gunnery School.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Sheerness Gunnery School at the turn of the Twentieth Century.]] ...C. Keppel]]. Operations ceased in mid-1908 and moved to the new [[Chatham Gunnery School]].

...uld have been quite a feather for the young man, who had yet to qualify as gunnery lieutenant, as the ship proved herself to be the best-shooting ship in the ...-Vivid}}, additional, until being appointed to the {{UK-Vengeance|f=t}} as gunnery officer on 24 June, 1910 to participate in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1910]

...It was created in 1907 from the former gunnery school, [[H.M.S. Cambridge (Gunnery Training School)|H.M.S. ''Cambridge'']]. ...ed by ''Devonport''<br>August, 1914 - August, 1918<ref>''Progress in Naval Gunnery, 1914-1918'', pp. 21-22.</ref>

...his class who also had three firsts. The Admiralty decided that the five officers would be promoted according to seniority. Jellicoe, being the most junior, ...ter recalled with pride. In the meantime, he had applied to specialise in gunnery, but first had to complete one year's service as a watch-keeping Lieutenant

...m Gunnery School''' was instituted in 1908, when operations at [[Sheerness Gunnery School]] were relocated to Chatham. ...a sort of practical gunnery trade school tasked with providing the bulk of gunnery manpower for small and armed merchant craft with non-professional crews for

| Foreign officers under training&mdash;Particulars of armament and construction to be regarde | Lectures to be given by Medical Officers of ships.

...rpedoes'''. The division was split into a [[Gunnery Division (Royal Navy)|Gunnery]] and a [[Torpedo Division (Royal Navy)|Torpedo Division]] in 1920. ...will be in charge of a new Division of the Naval Staff to be known as the Gunnery and Torpedo Division (G.T.D.) He will carry out his duties directly under

...o the {{UK-Penelope}} of the [[Harwich Force]] in August, 1916.{{ToL|Fleet Gunnery Officer|Tuesday, Nov 14, 1933; pg. 19; Issue 46601}} ...er the ship's senior officers had been killed or incapacitated.{{ToL|Fleet Gunnery Officer|Tuesday, Nov 14, 1933; pg. 19; Issue 46601}}

...g done by estimating, or by a deflection plotter, inclinometer or from the gunnery plot. This was regarded as an unsound method, as it these measures were ta ...iser force and battle fleet should transmit the range and bearing of their gunnery target at regular intervals via W/T. Flagships, with their greater accommo

...rvice under the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth and ten months as first and gunnery officer in {{UK-Triumph}} in the Mediterranean before being promoted to the [[Category:Royal Navy Officers Educated at Stubbington House School]]

...y as an Midshipman in {{UK-Magnificent}}, c. 1905.<br><small>From official officers' photograph in album of [[George Napier Tomlin]].</small>]] ...ApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''?'''|'''[[Third Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Gunnery Duties, Third Destroyer Flotilla]]'''<br>27 Jun, 1914<ref>Gray Service Reco

...ent to {{UK-Excellent|f=p}}. Before the war ended, he would also serve as gunnery officer in {{UK-Superb}} and {{UK-Monarch}}, being promoted to the rank of ...he was moved to the Naval Ordnance Department at Woolwich and, with other officers, issue a report and investigation on 4-in Mark V guns on 4-in H.A. Mark III

...ost-war American intelligence report based on interviews with the ordnance officers of ''Lutzow'' and ''Derfflinger''. The [[O.N.I.]] considered the informat ===Gunnery Control===

...lance) is a room deep within a large ship where calculations pertaining to gunnery are worked and from which orders, ranges and deflections are transmitted to * (+) The spotters and rate officers aloft not distracted by transmission details