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...>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Raglan'' (1915)|fate2={{DE-Breslau}} and {{DE-Goeben}}{{DittColl|p. 102}} ...ustrate their making naval use of it. All battleships were required either in the Grand Fleet or on patrol duties, so a new class of ship, with a shallow

...he Falkland Islands]] and the [[Battle of Jutland]], where she was sunk in action on 31 May, 1916. ...tion, namely electrically powered mountings for the 12-inch guns - a first in British naval construction. She was fitted with two turrets each built by

...ring the [[First World War]] and being promoted to the rank of {{FleetRN}} in 1919. ...d bleacher, and Mrs. Jane Jackson, née Tee.<ref>Copy of birth certificate in the Jackson Papers. National Maritime Museum. JAC 1-3.</ref>

...k Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet|Sturdee]] was appointed Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South Pacific. The Northern boundary of his stat ...yal (1911)|''Princess Royal'']] (Captain [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|Osmond de B. Brock]]) was ordered detached from the Grand Fleet.

...n required to view article.</ref> Herbert had first developed an interest in joining the navy when, at the age of ten, he had visited Portsmouth. He at ...As a torpedo officer he served in several battleships, including two years in the {{UK-Majestic}}, flagship of the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channe

...and only succeeded to the Wilson Baronetcy after the death of his brother in 1919. ...e entered the navy in 1855, and was immediately employed on active service in the Black Sea during the later stages of the Crimean War.

...ly remembered today for being killed at the [[Battle of Jutland]] in 1916, in which he led most of his [[First Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|First Cruise ...the customary foreign service leave he was appointed to the ''Minotaur'', in the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]], on 27 October. The

...of a committee to revise the navy's signal book and later served as Second-in-Command of the [[Portsmouth Signal School]]. ...n 1912 he was promoted to Flag Rank and from 1913 to 1915 was Rear-Admiral in the [[First Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|First Battle Squadron]], before be

...IWM SP 1703.jpg|thumb|right|350px|H.M.S. ''Orion'', flagship of the Second-in-Command, Second Battle Squadron, leads ''Monarch'', ''Conqueror'' and ''Thu ...Bart.]], at the end of 1912. Upon the outbreak of the [[First World War]] in August, 1914, the First Fleet was redesignated the [[Grand Fleet]].

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

...[[Evan Campbell Bunbury|Evan C. Bunbury]] was the torpedo officer, located in the Conning Tower on the Mess Decks. * {{SubRN}} [[Roger Prideaux Selby|Roger P. Selby]] was in the {{TS}}

* 6-in control officer Lt. [[Alexander Stuart MacKay|Alexander S. MacKay]], R.N.R. ...n (Royal Navy)|5th Battle Squadron]] had come down to join us in the Forth in their place. It was the first time the 5th B.S. had come out with the batt

...ish command and retire from the Navy in December of that year, dying early in 1917 at the age of fifty-six. ...on 9 July, 1878.{{NLDec78|p. 199}} On 10 July he passed as an interpreter in French.<ref name=Record1383/>

...with your signal, I have the honour to submit the following report on the action of 31st May, as far as H.M.S, "Agincourt" was concerned. ...e Cruiser Squadron and firing at the enemy, but the flashes of these enemy ships' guns only came into sight through the mist one at a time.

2. On 31st May at 5.10 p.m., the Fleet steaming S.E. by S. in organization 5 disposed to Starboard, the signal was made for Light Cruiser ...oyal Navy)|2nd Cruiser Squadron]], were abaft our starboard beam, steaming in a N.N.W. direction, when one of them blew up.

...ce in January 1917 has enough context to be useful. Its data is reflected in the pages for the [[:Category:Royal Navy Formations|formations]] described. ...ies run daily from 20 May to 23 August, 1915, and then becomes more sparse in their flow. They carry through to 26 April, 1919.

...m; padding-right: 10em; text-align: left; color: gray; ">—signal hoisted in H.M.S. ''Lion''</div> The '''Battle of Dogger Bank''' was fought in the [[North Sea]] on 24 January, 1915 the British sortied to intercept a Ge

...concerted operation of some consequence was attempted against the Germans in the Helgoland Bight … According to the information that has reached the A The '''Battle of Heligoland Bight''' was the first naval action of [[Great War]], fought on 28 August 1914 near the island of Heligoland ne

...Germans sent minesweepers up to 100 miles from Heligoland almost every day in an attempt to clear them. They were normally escorted by light cruisers an ...er squadron. The {{UK-BS|1}} of six battleships and eleven destroyers was in a supporting position several hours steaming away.{{MarderFDSFIV |pp. 300-1

...ces where transcription are particularly uncertain are footnoted. Numbers in parentheses that may have been part of their cataloguing have been removed. ...> of which the following are Copies, have been received from the Commander-in-Chief and the Rear-Admiral on the China station, relative to the attempted