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...d service in history has ever had a tradition so long and glorious as that of the Royal Navy.''</div> ...Warships of the World—Victory Edition<ref>Kafka; Pepperburg. ''Warships of the World—Victory Edition''. p. 535.</ref></div>

...:William Orpen David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Admiral of the Fleet David, Earl Beatty.<br><small>Portrait: Sir William Orpen.</small ...P.C., Royal Navy (17 January, 1871 &ndash; 11 March, 1936) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].

...Haven, as an Admiral.<br><small>Photograph: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...., K.C.M.G., P.C. (24 May, 1854 &ndash; 11 September, 1921) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].

...ruction against the German [[High Sea Fleet]]. Arbuthnot had a reputation of being a martinet, but he enjoyed almost universal respect because he would ...buthnot placed forty-second out of the successful batch of forty-six.<ref>"Naval Cadetships" (News). ''The Times''. Saturday, 30 June, 1877. Issue '''289

...For a very brief period in 1919, warships with nucleus crews formed part of a Home Fleet. In 1932 the chief command, the Atlantic Fleet, was renamed t ...Coast Guard ships was increased to two years, with not more than a quarter of the crew rotated every six months, to help prevent a destabilising turnover

...ugh Evan-Thomas, 1921.<br><small>Photograph: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...tee to revise the navy's signal book and later served as Second-in-Command of the [[Portsmouth Signal School]].

[[File:Phipps Hornby.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby, as an Admiral.]] [[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Admiral of the Fleet]] {{SIR}} '''Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby''', G.C.B., Royal Navy

...the Fleet Sir Doveton Sturdee, as a Rear-Admiral.<br><small>Photo: Library of Congress.</small>]] ...rce in South American waters, thus avenging the British defeat at [[Battle of Coronel|Coronel]].

===NAVAL CADETS=== ...rst Class being a Commander in Chief, is to be allowed to nominate ''two'' Naval Cadets on his appointment.

...px|Vice-Admiral Sir George J. S. Warrender, Bart.<br><small>Photo: Library of Congress.</small>]] ...ire from the Navy in December of that year, dying early in 1917 at the age of fifty-six.

...ir A. Berkeley Milne, Bart., 1917.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...hips [[Yavuz Sultan Selim (1911)|''Goeben'']] and ''Breslau'' at the start of the [[First World War]].

This '''Account of Life in {{UK-1Britannia|f=p}}"' is taken from ''Commander R.N.'' (1927), by ''Droll legends of his infancy."''

...Admiral Bertram M. Chambers, 1919.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ....B., R.N., Retired (3 October, 1866 &ndash; 27 April, 1945) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].

;Bonham-Carter memorandum of 20 May, 1915, for the Prime Minister, on 10 Downing Street headed paper. ...icoe is considered it will be found that all those who have had experience of high command can be discarded almost off hand viz Prince Louis, May, Bridge

...padding-right: 10em; text-align: left; color: gray; ">At the commencement of a great war, with innumerable fresh problems confronting the belligerents, ...uiser Force C) of the [[Southern Force]], were under the temporary command of {{CaptRN}} [[John Edmund Drummond|John E. Drummond]]. Rear-Admiral [[Henry

...Albert S. Lafone, 1919.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...Navy, Retired (14 October, 1863 &ndash; 26 December, 1933) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].

...nvincible|f=p}} at the [[Battle of Jutland]], and one of the few survivors of her destruction. ...d uninjured following the sinking of HMS INVINCIBLE on 31 May 1916 (Battle of Jutland).

...r William C. Pakenham]] in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, London. Share receipts for the purchase of a share of ARIEL, 1892-1894.

...Sir Gerard H. U. Noel]] in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, London. Reports of Committees.

...d. It is a man-made harbour lying north of the Isle of Portland and south of Weymouth. There are also port cities in the United States named [[Portland, Maine]] and [[Portland, Orego