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...attleships completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1912-13. She was lost to a mine north of Ireland on 27 October 1914. ...''Victory'' for command of ''Audacious'' on 30 May, 1913. He would prove to be the ship's only captain.<ref>Dampier Service Record. The National Archi

...coast bombardment vessels to harass Germans on the Belgian coast, in order to frustrate their making naval use of it. All battleships were required eithe ...esident of the Bethlehem Steel Company paid a call at the Admiralty to try to sell armaments. It transpired that he had eight 14-inch guns of the latest

...en recommissioned and for the Dardanelles Campaign she was despatched as a mine clearer. She was struck by two torpedoes while anchored off Gaba Tepe on 2 ...have been delayed by armour plate being diverted to the construction of {{UK-Magnificent|f=p}} at [[Chatham Royal Dockyard]].

...Her service until her loss in the Great War was as the flagship of the {{UK-BS|3}} which was centered upon these semi-useful but then-obsolescent battl ...Channel Fleet, ''King Edward VII'' underwent a refit from 13 December 1907 to 24 February 1908.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 April 1908 in

...ct who rose through the ranks of the [[Royal Corps of Naval Constructors]] to become the [[Director of Naval Construction]] during the [[Second World War ...ded to become a naval engineer officer but soon, in July 1901, transferred to the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors. He graduated from the Royal Naval Co

...-Churchill régime. A modest man, he refused a Peerage and only succeeded to the Wilson Baronetcy after the death of his brother in 1919. ...o, vicar of Swaffham, 1799–1845. Wilson attended Eton College from 1852 to 1855; he entered the navy in 1855, and was immediately employed on active s

...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.

...He became a signals specialist and was appointed secretary of a committee to revise the navy's signal book and later served as Second-in-Command of the ...under training there. In 1912 he was promoted to Flag Rank and from 1913 to 1915 was Rear-Admiral in the [[First Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|First Bat

...e Robeck, First Baronet|Sir John M. de Robeck]], latterly commanding the {{UK-BS|3}}. The Fleet flagship at this time was {{UK-1Neptune}}, which was not part of any Battle Squadron. 2BS was comprised a

{{UK-Agincourt|f=p}}, {{pad|25px}}I<small>N</small> accordance with your signal, I have the honour to submit the following report on the action of 31st May, as far as H.M.S, "Ag

H.M.S. " {{UK-RoyalOak}}," W<small>ITH</small> reference to your signal of to-day, I have the honour to submit the following report on the action of 31st May—1st June.

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

...ould commence every ship of [[I. Aufklärungsgruppe|Scouting Group I]] had to be available. The bombardment was consequently delayed till mid-December b ...reconnoitre Scarborough and Hartlepool, and reported weak defences and no mine fields.{{GoldrickKing'sShips|pp. 190-191}}

In October 1914, the ship was to be given 24 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.{{AWO1914|512 o ...was the best gunnery ship of the 11 tested of the [[Atlantic Fleet]] and {{UK-CS|5}}, scoring 67.27 &ndash; well ahead of the average 41.303.<ref>{{TNA|A

{{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].

...royers and monitors would be featured in its moderate force count. A need to work closely with Italian and French allies would demand patience and diplo ...iatic, intended to prevent Austro-Hungarian submarines from gaining access to the broader Mediterranean.

...t receive news of the battle favourably, a fact substantially attributable to the lofty expectations they'd developed for a force as expensive as the Gra ...n warranted, at least in initial accounts, as continuing efforts were made to discover and enumerate true injuries inflicted upon the enemy.

...e similarly equipped [[First Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|First]] and {{UK-DF|3}}s.{{NLJun06|pp. 269, 270''a''}} |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Attached to the Channel Fleet'''

...t year resulted in shots that were 79%, 82% and 80% likely to be dangerous to the enemy.{{ARTS1916|p. 87}} ...rs) and "[[Cricket Class Torpedo Boat (1906)|Coastals]]". It was assigned to the Third Division of the Home Fleet.{{NLApr10|p. 269''a''}}

...royers]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred. ...me=fredbot:officecaptD otitle="Captain (D), Sixth Destroyer Flotilla" nat="UK">