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  • 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
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  • ...On 17 October, 1883, he was appointed Acting {{LieutRN}} to the gunboat {{UK-1Flirt}} on the Cape station. He was formally promoted to the rank of Lieut ...S.S. ''Cuzco'', arriving back on 9 June. He was appointed to the cruiser {{UK-1Mersey}} for the annual manœuvres from 4 July to 22 August, then com
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  • ...m a long line of Anglo-Irish families. He entered the [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] as a naval cadet on 15 January, 1875<ref name=Record8 ...specialize in torpedo and spent two years in the [[H.M.S. Vernon (Torpedo Training School)|''Vernon'']] torpedo school with an additional six months as staff
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  • ...edo officer he served in several battleships, including two years in the {{UK-Majestic}}, flagship of the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadro ...]], who described him as "quite one of our very best and most accomplished officers."<ref>Quoted in Marder. ''Dreadnought to Scapa Flow''. '''I'''. p. 408.<
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  • ...fawning than average. Captain [[Atwell Peregrine MacLeod Lake|Lake]] of {{UK-1Nelson|f=p}}, under whom Cay served from October 1884 to April 1888 descri Cay commanded the {{UK-TB85|f=t}} in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1894]] and once again created the
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  • ...ounded royal school of naval architecture at South Kensington to undergo a training in naval architecture, higher mathematics, physics, and chemistry; and in 1 ...vinced of its merit by the defence, which was left largely to White. The {{UK-1Inflexible}} and four other vessels, of the same type but somewhat smaller
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  • ...''', col 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, 18 Arbuthnot was appointed to [[H.M.S. Excellent (Gunnery Training School)|H.M.S. ''Excellent'']] on 11 March, 1884 for his examinations for t
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  • ...d was appointed as a {{NavCadRN}} to the training ship [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] at Dartmouth on 15 January, 1876.<ref name=sr135>ADM ...e was appointed on the same say to ''Firequeen'' for the month-long Senior Officers' Signal Course, and thence for a series of Gunnery and Torpedo courses.<ref
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  • ...and on 15 July 1891 was appointed to the training ship [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] at Dartmouth.{{DreyerSeaHeritage|p. 25}} Out of the ...une he was awarded the First Prize for German in the examination of junior officers afloat, and on 22 August he returned to ''Anson''. On 7 September, 1896, (
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  • This '''Account of Life in {{UK-1Britannia|f=p}}"' is taken from ''Commander R.N.'' (1927), by [[George Bib All naval officers of the Executive Branch of about my seniority and above - many now distingu
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  • Appointed to {{UK-Tiger}} on 22 August, 1914, Blagrove would serve as Officer of the Turret i ...as promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 30 June, 1917 and appointed to {{UK-QueenElizabeth}} from ''Tiger'' on 24 November. He would finished out the
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  • ...nthly reports and restricting him to only that recreation required for his physical health.<ref>Cavendish Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} f. 1 ...in this command until April of 1911, when he was appointed in command of {{UK-TB108}} for five more months.<ref>Cavendish Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/
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  • ...for several days commencing on 20 July, 1897 and gained entrance to the {{UK-1Britannia}} term of August, 1897, his 1249 marks placing him thirty-sixth In 1900, while appointed to the {{UK-2Aurora|f=t}}, he participating in storming the Taku Forts.
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  • ...sh; 8 April, 1951) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. Like many junior officers, he found his metier in a series of destroyer commands during the [[Great W ...ritannia (Training Ship) Entrants of May, 1904|May 1904 intake term]] at {{UK-1Britannia|f=p}}.{{ToL|Cadetships in the Royal Navy|Thursday, Apr 21, 1904;
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  • ...uld command a good many ships, culminating with a stint in charge of the {{UK-Rodney|f=t}} in 1936, before going on to become an Admiral in World War II. ...ifteenth among 62 successful candidates in examinations for entry to the {{UK-1Britannia}} intake term of September 1899, with 2412 marks.{{NMI|Saturday,
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  • In March 1907 his name was noted for physical training duties, but in January, 1908 he was recommended by Captain de Robeck for co ...1|f=t}} in on 22 June, 1912 and placed in charge of reduced boats of the {{UK-DF|8}}. Captain Henderson's evaluation for him from this time said that he
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  • ...Edward Dannreuther]], senior surviving officer of the destruction of the {{UK-Invincible|f=tp}}. ...he examinations for the rank of {{LieutRN}}. He was lent to the cruiser {{UK-Iris}} from 21 July to 20 August for the annual man&oelig;uvres.
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  • Bayley was appointed to {{UK-Dolphin|f=p}} for instruction in submarines on 18 May, 1914. Captain Mawbe ...submarines. In November, he was assigned specifically, to serve aboard {{UK-D6}}.
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  • ...upiter|f=t}} of the [[Channel Squadron]]. After one year, he joined the {{UK-Astraea|f=t}} in the Mediterranean.<ref>Palmer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 1 ...Palmer was sent to the destroyer {{UK-Cherwell}} for a month and then to {{UK-Flirt}} for another.<ref>Palmer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/162.|D760
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  • ...d to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 29 February, 1912. While serving in the {{UK-Shannon|f=t}} later that year, he lost confidential books.<ref>Harvey Servi Appointed to the {{UK-1Maori|f=c}} on 9 March 1915, Harvey would be taken prisoner of war when th
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