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...1871 to 1918. Commanded by Prussian army officers between 1872 and 1888, it was initially built up to serve as a strong coast-defence force. When Wilh ...1871, the German Empire was proclaimed at Versailles on 18 January, 1871. It was formed of the Prussia-dominated North German Confederation and a host o

...ping capability, but with the main mast just forward of the second funnel, it was frequently inundated with smoke and proved nearly useless in bad weathe ...[[18-in R.G.F. Mark VI* Torpedo|Mark VI* H.]] or [[18-in R.G.F. Mark VI** Torpedo|Mark VI** H.]].{{ARTS1909|pp. 13-4}}

...[[18-in R.G.F. Mark VI* Torpedo|Mark VI* H.]] or [[18-in R.G.F. Mark VI** Torpedo|Mark VI** H.]].{{ARTS1909|pp. 13-4}} ...with with [[18-in Mark VI** Torpedo (UK)|Mark VII*]] or [[18-in Mark VI** Torpedo (UK)|Mark VI**]].{{ARTS1913|p. 8}} The Admiralty had simultaneously impose

...e; if there were a Pattern 50 light bulb, could there also be a Pattern 50 torpedo director? The numbers appeared after 1885, as no mention is found in ARTS ...e by Siemens, in use in ''Dreadnought'' c 1911.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1911'', p. 95.</ref>

...12-inch gun machinery started for the "Lord Nelson" class and appropriated it to the "Dreadnought," the date of the orders have therefore become intercha ...sguise, including a young Virginia Woolf and her Bloomsbury Group friends; it became known as the [[Dreadnought hoax|''Dreadnought'' hoax]]. Cole had pic

...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 263, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} The ships had three 21-in submerged torpedo tubes. ''Orion'''s broadside tubes were angled at 90 degrees, unlike her s

...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 194, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} ...competitive firing trials as part of the Mediterranean Fleet, her forward torpedo flat fired at intervals of 48, 66, 47, and 69 seconds, and the aft flat at

...bells the Royal Navy offered for sale to officers and others interested. It attracted a price of £1-£5, and men were to apply to win one at the fixed ...r, it was desired to provide an effective additional 9-foot instrument for torpedo control purposes, ''Barham'' was to skip getting one on the assumption this

...'. He had bypassed the ship's censor Surgeon Lorimer, R.N.V.R. by posting it ashore at Alness.<ref>Liddle Collection. University of Leeds Library. RNMN ...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 246, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}}

...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 248, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} ...r, it was desired to provide an effective additional 9-foot instrument for torpedo control purposes, ''Queen Elizabeth'' was to skip getting one on the assump

...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 250, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} Lieutenant-Commander [[Brian Egerton]] served as torpedo officer and first Lieutenant-Commander of ''Valiant'' between March 1915 un

...definite arrangements for the programme. The sentence was cancelled when it was argued that the squadron's Rear-Admiral [[Hugh Evan-Thomas]] was respon ...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 247, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}}

...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 255, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} ...er Torpedo Control Table]] around 1916, whereas her sisters all received [[Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II]]s.{{ARTS1916|pp. 27, 29}}

...for rescuing, with Boy Rose, a T. Hunt, who was stuck under an overturned boat.<ref>ADM 196/38. f. 459.</ref><ref>''The Royal Navy List'' (July, 1884). On 11 January, 1897, he was appointed in command of the torpedo cruiser [[H.M.S. Cossack (1886)|''Cossack'']].<ref>"Naval & Military Intell

...t to proceed to the position of the Fleet Action on learning from you that it is imminent.<ref>Quoted in ''Jellicoe Papers''. '''I'''. p. 79.</ref></bl Churchill later wrote (though it is unclear from the source when):

...Queen Elizabeth class and Revenge class battleships were being completed. It was then suggested that the 12-inch (305 mm) guns and barbettes of the obso ...iting dockside at Elswick until the monitor was launched and ready to have it fitted.<ref name=Buxton43>Buxton. ''Big Gun Monitors''. p. 43.</ref> The

...split fire on the same broadside, but if one 28-cm turret could not bear, it could be placed into local control to engage a suitable second target, the ...e fore conning tower being knocked out, the failure of communications with it would prompt the officers of quarters to assume local control of their grou

The dropping gear on the 40 foot boat was 22 feet from the stem, determined as the best place by trials. ...ional 24-inch models from their dockyards for placement on the shelter or boat deck. These were to be augmented by (or further upgraded to?) a pair of 36-

...ional 24-inch models from their dockyards for placement on the shelter or boat deck. These were to be augmented by (or further upgraded to?) a pair of 36- ...casemated on the first deck proved of little use in practical sea states. It was decided to remove the eight casemate guns, plate their ports over and m

...Lieutenant [[Arthur Pringle]] and two sailors died on 28 April 1902 when a boat derrick they were restowing after use fell on them at Terranova Pausania, I ...y, 1915 while on Channel patrol off Portland Bill by torpedoes of German U-boat {{DE-U24}}. The ship sank quickly during bad weather resulting in the loss