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...as a Rear-Admiral, 1920.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...dora|f=t}} on 10 June, 1904, but then whisked away to command the despatch vessel {{UK-1Surprise}} on 6 February, 1905, to remain in her until superseded on

...rmed part of the [[King George V Class Battleship (1911)|''King George V'' class]]. She saw constant service throughout the [[First World War]] and during ...-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 June, 1933 for continued work as a target vessel.{{NLOct35|p. 222}}

...>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Raglan'' (1915)|fate2={{DE-Breslau}} and {{DE-Goeben}}{{DittColl|p. 102}} ...new class of ship, with a shallow draught for inshore work and a requisite small number of big guns was specified.

...Royal Navy]], the lead ship of [[Invincible Class Battlecruiser (1907)|her class]] of three, and the first battlecruiser to be built by any country. After ...n a few minutes {{DE-Pillau|f=p}}, {{DE-Frankfurt|f=p}} were damaged and {{DE-Wiesbaden|f=p}} was reduced to a floating wreck.

...S. ''Baden''''' was one of two [[Bayern Class Battleship (1915)|''Bayern'' class battleships]] completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] during the Great W ...y of machine tools. Nothing comparable was found in the <u>Baden</u>. Such small workshops as there were equipped only with benches and vices. I do not reco

...d Fisher, 1916.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...was an officer of the 78th Regiment of Foot (Highlanders) serving as Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Ceylon. In 1841 he decided to leave the army, and

...t]] {{SIR}} '''Frederick William Richards''', G.C.B., D.C.L. (<small>OXON</small>), F.R.G.S., Royal Navy (30 November, 1833 &ndash; 28 September, 1912) was ...le-sloop ''Vixen'' on the China station. He brought home and paid off this vessel in 1861. From March 1862 to January 1866 he commanded the ''Dart'', a gunb

...ed in the Sea of Azoff. A few days later, on 11 October, he landed with a small party, made a hazardous march inland, and set fire to a large store of fora ...am Rickard, Quartermaster, and George Milestone, A.B. Having hauled their small boat across the Spit of Arabat, they traversed the Sivash to the Crimean sh

[[File:Lord Charles de la Poer Beresford.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Admiral Lord Beresford.]] [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford''', G.C.B., G.C.V.O., Royal Navy (

S<small>IR</small>, I<small>N</small> compliance with your orders, I have the honour to forward the following re

...quently delayed till mid-December because of machinery problems with the {{DE-VonDerTann|f=t}}.{{GoldrickKing'sShips|p. 191}} ...a potentially suspicious transit through the Kiel Canal. The submarine {{DE-U27}} was sent to reconnoitre Scarborough and Hartlepool, and reported weak

In order to avoid exaggerating the importance of any class of war-ship and to truly exhibit the functions it is called upon to perform ...arrow seas.[* Compare Mons. L. E. Bertin's work, "Etat actuel de la Marine de Guerre."]

...as one of seven ships of the [[Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)|''Boadicea'' class]]. ...gun, salvaged from her wreck.<br><small>In the collection of Tony Lovell.</small>]]

3-funnelled Light Cruiser, I think " {{DE-Elbing}}," from 9,700 to finger " and one other (possibly " {{DE-Lutzow}} ").

'''H.M.S. ''Fairy''''' was one of forty [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "30 knotter". ...ld in 1897 were 11' 2" long of galvanized iron. They each contained 1,356 small steel tubes of 1.33 and 1.25" out diameter, variously. The eight furnaces

31st May was armed with 9.4-in. guns, probably the " {{DE-Roon}} " or " {{DE-FurstBismarck}}."

...H.M.S. ''E 16''''' was one of fifty-seven [["E" Class Submarine (1912)|"E" class submarines]] completed in Britain before and during the [[Great War]]. ..., under {{LCommRN}} [[Cecil Ponsonby Talbot|Cecil P. Talbot]], E 16 sank {{DE-U6}} at 59deg 10' N., 5deg 9' E..{{UKTH1|p. 13}}

...''' was one of 24 submarines of the [[U 93 Class Submarine (1916)|''U 93'' class]]. Alloted to the United States after the Armistice, she was briefly commi ...leg of her homeward voyage, the submarine encountered a Norwegian sailing vessel laden with timber for English mines. Once again, she scorned the use of a t

A Stoker First Class from {{UK-Tipperary}} was picked up by the {{UK-Dublin|f=t}} in the night. :The vessel kept afloat for some time after this, going down

resembled the " {{DE-Seydlitz}}." The " Lion's " smoke becoming of the " {{DE-Seydlitz}} " or similar type). At 5.8 the enemy could no