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...yal Navy (8 February, 1842 – 12 March, 1913) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...[[David William Shafto Douglas]] would die at the [[Battle of Jutland]] in the {{UK-BlackPrince|f=tp}}, in which he was Gunnery Officer.

...al Navy (15 June, 1836 – 10 February, 1929) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. Fremantle was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 15 April, 1867.{{Gaz|23242|2313|16 April, 1867}}

..., Royal Navy (30 July, 1847 &ndash; 3 April, 1934) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...s accepted for naval cadetships.<ref>"Military And Naval Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 12, 1860; pg. 10; Issue 23801.</r

...1863 &ndash; 4 November, 1947) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. Browning was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1885.{{Gaz|25485|3002|30 June, 1885}}

[[File:Callaghan, NPG x65163.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir George A. Callaghan, 1918.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery ...tant an influence on Royal Navy war planning in the last years of peace as the Sea Lords.

...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.

[[File:De Robeck, NPG x122196.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir John M. de Robeck, Bart., portrayed as an Admiral in 1923.<br><sm ...ron]] in the [[Grand Fleet]], and after the war ended held the commands of the Mediterranean and Atlantic Fleets.

[[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.

...itter feud which threatened to tear the navy in half in the early years of the Twentieth Century. ...The third son William later declared, "that he would rather meet an army of Zulus than his reverend father in a bad temper."<ref>Bennett. ''Charlie B'