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- ...not a single vessel of war that could keep the seas against a first-class vessel of any important power. Such a condition ought not longer to continue. Th ...nt coal-burning battleships ventured across the Atlantic to comprise the {{UK-BS|6}} and act in concert with the [[Royal Navy]]'s [[Grand Fleet]], but th4 KB (629 words) - 09:02, 28 April 2020
- ...as a Rear-Admiral, 1920.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...} 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1904, but then whisked away to command the despatch vessel {{UK-1Surprise}} on 6 February, 1905, to remain in her until superseded on 1 Aug11 KB (1,566 words) - 18:19, 6 April 2022
- ...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 ''Centurion'' served in the {{UK-BS|2}} from at least December 1913, remaining with that squadron throughout15 KB (2,063 words) - 07:52, 9 June 2022
- ...new class of ship, with a shallow draught for inshore work and a requisite small number of big guns was specified. ...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 background. The monit8 KB (1,285 words) - 17:58, 6 November 2019
- ...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 ...t C.S. became the {{UK-BCS|1}}. On 17 March, 1913 she collided with the {{UK-C34|f=t}} in Stokes Bay in the Solent, suffering no damage in the process.20 KB (3,166 words) - 21:11, 6 November 2021
- ...902 and 1904. They are sometime considered a subclass of the [[Formidable Class Battleship (1898)|''Formidables'']]. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:14 KB (1,966 words) - 14:58, 1 August 2017
- ...d Fisher, 1916.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...British Navy by an Indian merchant at a cost of 84,000. It was the day of small things and of sailing-ships.<ref>Fisher. ''Records''. pp. 11-12.</ref></b48 KB (7,708 words) - 14:56, 27 June 2022
- ...t]] {{SIR}} '''Frederick William Richards''', G.C.B., D.C.L. (<small>OXON</small>), F.R.G.S., Royal Navy (30 November, 1833 – 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 gunb16 KB (2,629 words) - 21:12, 8 March 2023
- ...er|armoured cruisers]] of the [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'' Class]] completed between 1903 and 1904. ...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.{{6 KB (784 words) - 19:47, 8 December 2018
- {| class="wikitable" border="1" | {{UK-Revenge}} struck9 KB (1,408 words) - 11:57, 1 September 2022
- ...newly organized electrical department. In those days electric dynamos were small machines driven usually at 1000 to 1500 revolutions per minute by a belt fr ...of C. A. Parsons & Co. He bought back his patent rights, and established a small works at Heaton on a site about 2 miles from the centre of Newcastle upon T13 KB (2,033 words) - 15:07, 20 November 2021
- ...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 sh8 KB (1,303 words) - 18:32, 6 April 2022
- ...les Beresford in 1896.<br><small>Photograph: ''Navy & Army Illustrated.''</small>]] ...are only equalled by his daring". He was appointed a Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the51 KB (7,917 words) - 17:13, 30 October 2022
- ...Frederic C. Dreyer, 1936.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...in April he received a First Class in Gunnery with 543 and in May a First Class in Torpedo with 184 marks.<ref>ADM 196/44. f. 353.</ref> On 27 May 1898,48 KB (7,476 words) - 18:46, 6 April 2022
- This '''Account of Life in {{UK-1Britannia|f=p}}"' is taken from ''Commander R.N.'' (1927), by [[George Bib ...ooden monsters had become utterly obsolete for fighting purposes, and this vessel, having had her machinery removed and with her new name of ''Britannia'', b32 KB (5,848 words) - 12:09, 16 July 2018
- S<small>IR</small>, I<small>N</small> compliance with your orders, I have the honour to forward the following re7 KB (1,082 words) - 14:39, 15 May 2018
- On 7 April, 1908, Present was appointed in command of the {{UK-TB81|f=t}}, and of her flotilla.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Offic Preston was appointed in command of the {{UK-1Tartar|f=t}} on 4 January, 1910.{{NLApr10|p. 382}}13 KB (1,846 words) - 12:06, 7 April 2022
- I <small>HAVE</small> the honour to inform you that "Inflexible" left Scapa Flow at 9 p.m. on Tu ...destroyers "{{UK-Ophelia}}," "{{UK-Christopher}}," "{{UK-1Shark}}," and "{{UK-1Acasta}}." This Squadron, which left in advance of the main fleet, which8 KB (1,356 words) - 15:24, 19 April 2018
- |nat=UK ...d with 15.2-inch guns. The [[Renown Class Battlecruiser (1916)|''Renown'' Class]] battle cruisers were judged to be insufficient for fleet needs owing to t15 KB (2,183 words) - 10:12, 14 February 2022
- ...publicised presence of the British battle cruisers {{UK-Invincible}} and {{UK-Inflexible}} at the Falklands lowered the British numerical superiority in ...d fresh. For the present the patrols to prevent contraband passing are of small importance.<ref>Admiralty to C-in-C Grand Fleet. 11 December, 1914. Sent14 KB (2,220 words) - 09:53, 1 November 2021