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A '''Flotilla Leader''' was a type of large destroyer intended to lead a flotilla or division of destroyers in fleet op At various times, [[Scout Cruiser]]s or [[Light Cruiser]]s were assigned the same duties.

...ened by other ships of the 2nd Division.<br>About this time one of the 1st Cruiser Squadron on starboard quarter blew up and totally disappeared. | 6.32. || Sighted ship of [[Kaiser Class Battleship (1911)|Kaiser class]] bearing 105° green on slightly diverging course, range by rangefinder, 1

Laird's began with warship construction in the 1840s and was a leader in large vessels by 1885. Their primary yard was at Birkenhead.{{Burt1986|p. 9}} |{{UK-1Benbow|f=p}}||second class battleship||15 Jun, 1885||Sold 13 Jul, 1909

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...e, being straddled frequently. They were seen severely to damage a German cruiser, setting her on fire aft. | 6.25. || " {{UK-IronDuke}} " opened fire on damaged cruiser, followed at 6.28 p.m. by " Thunderer," then by " {{UK-Conqueror}} " and ot

'''Battlecruiser''' (sometimes '''Battle Cruiser''' prior to 1915 or so) is a generic term for a fast capital ship similar t ...rved for [[Pre-Dreadnought|battleships]]. His hope was that adoption of a large [[Displacement|displacement]] with a sacrifice in armour protection that wo

|{{UK-1Surprise|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||17 Jan, 1885||Sold 1919 |{{UK-Alacrity|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||28 Feb, 1885||Sold 1913

:Available vessels. Battle-cruiser Fleet, Fifth Battle Squadron and T.B.D.s including Harwich T.B.D.s proceed :Third Battle Cruiser Squadron, "Chester" and "Canterbury" will leave with me. I will send them o

* {{UK-Calliope}}, Commodore 2nd class [[Charles Edward Le Mesurier|Charles E. Le Mesurier]][[File:Com2.png|25px]] ==LETTER OF PROCEEDINGS—FROM COMMODORE, 4TH LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON==

...h'' class]], the [[King George V Class Battleship (1911)|''King George V'' class]], and {{UK-Erin}}.<ref>''Manual of Gunnery in H.M. Fleet, Volume III, 1920 ...class]], the {{UK-Tiger}}, the [[Chatham Class Cruiser (1911)|''Chatham'' class]], the light cruisers {{UK-1Aurora}}, {{UK-1Galatea}}, {{AU-Melbourne}} and

| 6.25. || " {{UK-IronDuke}} " opened fire on 3 funnelled cruiser. | 6.29. || " Royal Oak " opened fire with 15-in. guns on the same 3 funnelled cruiser. Fired 4 salvoes, the first salvo fired was seen to have straddled the tar

2. At 3.15 p.m., enemy reports between the Light Cruiser Squadrons and Battle Cruisers and the Commander-in-Chief began to be receiv 4. At about 6.15 p.m., our Battle Cruiser Squadron, consisting of two [[Lion Class Battlecruiser (1910)|"Lions,"]] "{{UK-Tiger}}," and "{{UK-NewZealand}}," ap

...', sometimes referred to as a "broadside director",{{HTC1916|p. 16}} was a large, semi-circular British [[Torpedo Director|torpedo director]] designed for u ...till being in use in the [[Pelorus Class Cruiser (1896)|H.M.S. ''Pelorus'' class]].{{HTC1916|p. 16}}

...about S.S.W. (flashes only), which eventually turned out to be our Battle Cruiser Fleet with Light Cruisers engaged with an unseen enemy to the Southward and ...a three-funnelled enemy ship, [[Kolberg Class Cruiser (1908)|"''Kolberg''" class]], was observed steaming an opposite course.

The '''Third Light Cruiser Squadron''' was a formation of light cruisers in the [[Royal Navy]]. Found ...3}} as post-war operations suggested the wisdom of merging heavy and light cruiser operations.

...ive [[Protected Cruiser|protected cruisers]] of the '''''Victoria Louise'' class''''' were completed in 1898 and 1899. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

The name ship for her class of four armoured cruisers, '''H.M.S. ''Warrior''''' was commissioned by Cap ...or'' was launched by Lady Windsor in bad weather that did not discourage a large public audience on 25 November, 1905 at Pembroke Dock in the Number 5 Slipw

Laird's began with warship construction in the 1840s and was a leader in large vessels by 1885. Their primary yard was at Birkenhead.{{Burt1986|p. 9}} |{{UK-TB97|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1893||Sold 1920

Commander-in-Chief, was stationed 10 miles ahead of the armoured cruiser screen; speed of advance of fleet was 17 knots. ...ry by "Invincible," presumably with the idea of joining up with the Battle Cruiser Fleet, reports having been intercepted that "{{UK-Lion}}" was engaging the

...|11}} in the [[Battle of Jutland]] was 14 [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class destroyers]] and two leaders, organised as follows{{UKNavalOpsIII|p. 432}}{ and Half Flotilla proceeded to attack, the Commodore of [[Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|4th