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...>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Raglan'' (1915)|fate2={{DE-Breslau}} and {{DE-Goeben}}{{DittColl|p. 102}} ...was given the name Robert E. Lee in February, 1915 - the names of the four ships of the class being American Civil War Generals to reflect the guns backgrou

...p failed to get through them a sum of about half a million pounds would be lost from the current Estimates, and that this would very seriously handicap new ...coaling and proceeded to raise steam. In the meantime Sturdee ordered the ships' companies to breakfast so as to be ready for the expected battle.

...fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Majestic'' (1895)|fate2=by {{DE-U21}} off Helles ...ur guns inspected were found to be defective and were withdrawn from their ships. It was deemed that the sleeves were contracting near the muzzle, generall

...s|Edward M. Phillpotts]], acting Flag Captain to Admiral [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Lord Charles Beresford]]. In May, 1905, Captain [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|Osmond de B. Brock]] was appointed in command. Paid off in March, 1907, ''Bulwark''

...=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Triumph'' (1903)|fate2=by {{DE-U21}} off Dardanelles ...tColl|p. 31}} As a consequence, she did not resemble contemporary British ships.

''King Edward VII'' was lost to a mine on 6 January, 1916 while proceeding to Belfast to be refit.<ref>S ...be fitted with [[Service Gear Mark II]], in 1906, the ship was one of ten ships and two shore stations slated to receive [["C" Tune Gear]], capable of tran

...s in [[Indefatigable Class Battlecruiser (1909)|her class]]. She would be lost to a magazine explosion at the [[Battle of Jutland]] in 1916. ...{DE-Goeben|f=t}} and {{DE-Breslau|f=t}} on 4 August, 1914 after the German ships had bombarded the French Algerian port of Phillipeville.

...yly "had been recalled, owing to his rather indiscreet conduct there."<ref>De Chair. p. 115.</ref> ...ref>ADM 196/39. f. 84.</ref> On 22 March he was appointed a [[Naval Aide-de-Camp]] to King Edward VII, vice [[Thomas Philip Walker|Walker]].{{Gaz|28122

...aerial telegraphy. Invented a serviceable apparatus for signalling between ships at sea without wires. Proved that if the Hertzian oscillations are transmit ...ly Jackson was opposed to the continuing escalation of the size of capital ships, telling Admiral [[George Fowler King-Hall|Sir George F. King-Hall]] at the

...yal (1911)|''Princess Royal'']] (Captain [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|Osmond de B. Brock]]) was ordered detached from the Grand Fleet. ...DE-Gneisenau}} and the light cruisers {{DE-Dresden}}, {{DE-Leipzig}} and {{DE-Nurnberg}} arrived at the Falkland Islands on the morning of 8 December, a

...ed repeatedly that Richmond's subsequent appointments in command of lesser ships were some sort of punishment: "relegated", in the words of Barry Hunt,<ref> ...mes, Germany will be ready to barter any European conquests to recover her lost territories.<ref>Notes for 5 August, 1914. Richmond Papers. National Mari

...critical moment, the straining of a bulkhead under pressure, a few seconds lost in the time in the loading of the guns, or the difficulty of carrying out s ...p. 38.</ref> Following a disagreement over the matter of boilers in H.M. ships, on 18 March, 1901, Selborne offered Wilson the command of the Channel Squa

...he [[China Station]]. He would serve as navigating officer in a number of ships through 1903, when he was performing such work in {{UK-Glory}}. He was pro ...=t}} on 8 May, 1913,{{NLDec14|p. 324}} and died when she was torpedoed and lost in the early morning of 13 May, 1915.{{KindellROH2|p. 96}}

On 2 March, 1911 he was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George V, in place of [[Bernard Currey]], promoted to flag ran ...them with a stop-watch. As commodore in the destroyer flotilla he required ships' companies to land under arms and cover 5 miles in a set period of time. He

...th of the squadron would be increased from six battleships to eight as new ships joined the Fleet.<ref>''Hansard''. [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/com ...Vice-Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair signalled him on 20 April: "Flag of V.A. de Chair struck in "DREADNOUGHT" sunset today Saturday and 3rd. B.S. abolished

...Fifth''. p. 19.</ref> with the help of, amongst others, [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Lord Charles Beresford]]<ref>Gordo ...her and ''Bacchante'' lost a cutter and had her rudder jammed sideways and lost sight of the rest of the squadron. After two days control was eventually r

...and he was replaced by [[John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|Sir John M. de Robeck]], latterly commanding the {{UK-BS|3}}. ...anuary and possibly February of 1915 even though {{UK-Audacious}} had been lost at the end of October.{{SMNLSep14|p. 8}}{{SMNLOct14|p. 8}}{{SMNLDec14|p. 8}

...d an ultimatum to Germany on 15 August demanding that Germany withdraw its ships from Chinese and Japanese waters and hand it Tsingtao. It declared war eigh ...tecting German interests there during the Mexican Revolution. The third, {{DE-1Nurnberg|f=p}}, was on her way to relieve ''Leipzig''.

At 3.25 <small>P.M.</small>, G.M.T. enemy ships were reported on the starboard bow, bearing E. by N. At 3.30 <small>P.M.</small> enemy ships were in sight from {{UK-Lion}} and a range of 23,000 yards obtained.

At 3.45 we sighted enemy ships, apparently battle cruisers, five in number, which I estimated to be [[S.M. ...shes of overs between the enemy funnels. One of the enemy battle cruisers lost her place in the line, and came dropping back. It was either the leading o