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...completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1912-13. She was lost to a mine north of Ireland on 27 October 1914. ...He would prove to be the ship's only captain.<ref>Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.</ref>

...ana'' class]] pre-dreadnoughts completed for the [[United States Navy]] in the mid-1890s. ...ed on 19 November, 1890 for the price of $3,063,333 with a completion time of three years.

|nat=US ...es Navy]] which blew up at Havana, Cuba, becoming the ''causus belli'' for the [[Spanish-American War]].

...[[U.S. Navy]] in 1916. She served for many years, even after being sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941. ...iss Lorena Jane Cruce (the daughter of the Governor Lee Cruce of the state of Oklahoma), and commissioned at Philadelphia 2 May, 1916, Captain [[Roger We

[[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.

...lian lives, some of them American. This severely reduced the effectiveness of U-boats against merchant ships, Scheer decided that it would be better to e ...as planned for 17 May but had to be postponed for six days because some of the battleships developed condenser problems. It was expected that Admiral Sir

==Report of Proceedings== I HAVE the honour to report the following circumstances

...uadron to destruction against the [[Imperial German Navy]] in the [[Battle of Coronel]] in 1914. ...pass, and in May obtained a Third Class pass in Torpedo work and a Second Class pass in Gunnery work in August.

==Ship's Complement== ...Imperial German Navy)<ref>"Eight Officers Saved by the Germans" (News). ''The Times''. Monday, 12 June, 1916. Issue '''41191''', col E, p. 4.</ref>

...the War of 1812 and the first of a British naval squadron since the Battle of Grand Port in 1810. ...Spee left the German colony at [[Tsingtao]] in China, once Japan entered the war on Britain's side.

...Navy, Retired (28 June, 1843 &ndash; 24 September, 1927) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...RN}} in September, 1862.<ref name=obit>"Admiral Boardman" (Obituaries). ''The Times''. Monday, 26 September, 1927. Issue '''44696''', col A, p. 14.</re

...r, being an Admiral or Commander in Chief, and each Commodore of the First Class being a Commander in Chief, is to be allowed to nominate ''two'' Naval Cade A Captain, on commissioning a ship, is to be allowed to nominate ''one'' Naval Cadet.

...rative of the Gunnery Officer of H.M.S. ''Tiger''<ref>Fawcett & Hooper. ''The Fighting at Jutland'', pp. 50-57.</ref>== ...was the first time the 5th B.S. had come out with the battle cruisers from the Forth.

==Report of Proceedings== ...Horn Reef between the Grand Fleet and the German High Sea Fleet, or parts of those Fleets.

...dshipman [[Thomas Graeme Nelson Haldane]]. RNMN/HALDANE at the University of Leeds. (Battle-Ship)

...onnected to the fifth ''Britannia'' at right.<br><small>Image: By courtesy of Terry Dickens [astraltrader].</small>]] ...tannia''. From 1864 onwards the two-decker ''Hindostan'' was moored ahead of ''Britannia'' and connected by an enclosed gangway, providing extra accommo

..., Royal Navy (14 October, 1871 &ndash; 22 October, 1924) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...d 14 May, 1891. He was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} with seniority of 14 November, 1892.{{Gaz|26356|7551|23 December, 1892}}

==Report of Proceedings== ...orders, I have the honour to forward the following report of the action of the 31st May 1916.

...ad of the twenty-four dreadnought battleships of the [[Grand Fleet]] after the main action was joined. Battle-fleet was in divisions in line ahead columns disposed abeam to starboard, 8 cables apart, steering S. 50 E

...iversity of Leeds.<ref>RNMN/WOODHOUSE in the Liddle Collection, University of Leeds Special Collections, pp. 1-12.</ref> ...t trainer, as he had a sighting port and no apparent direct duty while the ship was under director firing.