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...raphy]]. A Yorkshireman by birth, Jackson reached the twin pinnacles of a naval officer's career, serving as [[First Sea Lord]] from 1915 to 1916 during th ...late nineteenth century and was the world's first effective self-propelled naval torpedo, developed by an English engineer, [[Whitehead & Company|Robert Whi

...ld be most easily convinced of the necessity of scientific preparation for naval war by someone who already had carried out similar preparations with the on ...er Admiral Sir) [[William Archibald Howard Kelly|W. A. Howard Kelly]], the Naval Attache in Paris, later wrote of Churchill:

...from the Navy he was elected to the Vere Harmsworth Chair of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge, and was then elected Master of Down ...fusing an Assistant to the D.N.O. with the office of Assistant Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes or Assistant Director of Torpedoes.<ref>''Mahan is n

...n at the request of the King, now George V, he took command of the [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]] while the heirs to the throne were under training ther ...examination thirty-second out of the forty-two successful candidates,<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Time

...the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812 and the first of a British naval squadron since the Battle of Grand Port in 1810. ...Japanese waters and hand it Tsingtao. It declared war eight days later. A naval blockade of Tsingtao by a largely Japanese force that included a small Brit

...ingwood'' to South America, where he learned Spanish as well as the normal naval curriculum. He had been interested in Arctic exploration from an early age ...nal Antarctic Expedition]]) of 1901–4 under [[Robert Falcon Scott]], the naval officer of his choice rather than the scientist others would have preferred

The German Naval Attaché in London, von Coerper, wrote to Tirpitz that Selborne: ...and Naval Papers of the Second Earl of Selborne, 1895-1910''. London: The Historians' Press. ISBN 0950890081.

...sion I find in recording this is that strongly stated conclusions by naval historians who have not closely studied the technical function of fire control systems ==A Heterogeneous Naval Battle==

...sham Heights School, where he met his first wife Charlotte. His hopes of a naval career were dashed by colour-blindness but he was accepted for aircrew trai ...nd ''The Murder of Captain James Cook''. He wrote popular histories of the naval side of both world wars but he discovered a talent for biography when writi

...ur Jacob Marder''', C.B.E. (8 March, 1910 &ndash; 25 December, 1980) was a naval historian from the United States of America who wrote a large number of wel ...''Historical Dreadnoughts: Arthur Marder, Stephen Roskill and Battles of Naval History''. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781848322.

...tions and the use of fast divisions by an inferior fleet.<ref>Friedman. ''Naval Firepower''. p. 296. The report on the exercises is in {{TNA|ADM 1/8268.} ...erred his Flag from {{UK-Hercules}} to {{UK-Colossus}} at Portsmouth.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Time

...recently (2015) been re-examined by Morgan-Owen, who concluded that “the naval portion of his [Wilson’s] strategy &hellip; was far more credible than ha ...mall>]], C.M.G., [[Director of Naval Intelligence (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Intelligence]].</p>

...by {{RearRN}} [[Samuel Long]] to the Spring Meeting of the Institution of Naval Architects on 23 March, 1893. Sadly, Admiral Long died just a month later ...me points connected with their use which, falling within the province of a naval officer, it is hoped may be of sufficient interest to merit your attention,

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...nstructors|R.C.N.C.]] (29 June, 1928 &ndash; 15 April, 2008) was a British naval architect and prodigious author of books and articles on British warship de ...obtained a First Class Certificate in Naval Construction from the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]] in 1953.

'''Andrew Gordon''' (23 July 1951 &ndash; ) is an active British naval historian who often covers topics of interest to students of the [[Dreadnou ...ersity of London. He later served as a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. ''President''.

...1904 to 1910. This opposition was not organised, yet has been portrayed by historians as a monolithic bloc opposing Fisher and his reforms at the [[Admiralty]], ...ay before yesterday that the "Syndicate of Discontent" (as they call these Naval Adullamites!) were now about to redouble their efforts against the Admiralt

...of the Admiralty, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, and the Directors of Naval and Military Intelligence.<ref>''Memorandum on the Improvement of the Intel ...more miss its meetings than they would a Cabinet Council. The Directors of Naval and Military Intelligence should not only be members with a right of speech