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  • ...name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Vanguard'' (1909)|fate2=accident Laid down in mid-1908, she completed in early 1910, joining the {{UK-BS|1}}. She would serve with this squadron until April, 1916. At the outb
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  • ...ble to do this in 7 minutes, 40 seconds.  The best time was achieved by {{UK-Cressy}} at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.{{ ...funnels were painted red for the exercises. "present[ing] a vivid contrast to her grey hull."{{NMI|Monday, Jun 11, 1906; pg. 7; Issue 38043}}
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  • ...but he enjoyed almost universal respect because he would never ask anyone to perform a task he himself could not do. ...Arbuthnot was appointed to the ''Northumberland'', until he was appointed to the ''Amethyst'' on 21 March, off Brazil.
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  • The '''Diary of Alec S. Tempest''' (1899-1978), signal boy aboard {{UK-Lion|f=p}} from 20 May 1915 through 26 April, 1919 can be found at the Cair ...d as being for the Battle Cruiser Force in January 1917 has enough context to be useful. Its data is reflected in the pages for the [[:Category:Royal Na
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  • {{CaptRN}} [[Morgan Singer]] was commander of {{UK-Vernon|f=p}} at the start of the war, and appointed [[Director of Naval Ord ...er in the next few days, making arrangements for a room in Jermyn Street & to live at the Club [Army and Navy].
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  • incredible value and merit to serious students of fighting ships. While it has in recent years moved to an annual format, it remains the "periodical" that deserves a space on your
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  • There was an earlier destroyer launched in the 1890s also named {{UK-2Salmon}}. ...rospective commissioning captain [[Lionel George Dawson|Lionel G. Dawson]] to assume these duties, at the risk of the builders, though he noted that the
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  • Early in her career, ''Thasher'' was observed to require 8-10 knots speed to steer reliably and she made a knot per 12 revolutions.{{NMI|Thursday, Oct 1 She arrived at Devonport on 9 April to be completed for sea.{{NMI|Saturday, Apr 10, 1897; pg. 15; Issue 35174}} S
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  • [[Hubert Edward Dannreuther]] was notably the gunnery officer in {{UK-Invincible|f=p}} at the [[Battle of Jutland]], and one of the few survivors Collins Octavo Diary for 1906 belonging to Hubert Edward Dannreuther.
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  • ...e=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''L 24'' (1919)|fate2=with {{UK-Resolution}} ...was dispatched to the scene, and ships dropped 11-pound indicator charges to encourage any survivors that help was at hand.
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  • ...esponsible''. Plowden was sent back to ''Ramillies'' upon his promotion to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 March, 1903.<ref>Plowden Service Record. {{T ..., 1911. His experience commanding small ships did not seem to prepare him to please Captain [[Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt|Gaunt]], whose final evalu
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  • ...of reports by {{LCommRN}} [[Richard Thornton Down]] following a 1917 trip to Washington, D.C.. He and his American hosts exchanged information and obse With minimal formatting changes to suit the Wiki medium, the contents of what were actually two separate repor
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