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The '''Grand Fleet''' was the British [[Royal Navy]]'s main naval fleet during the [[First World War]]. | The '''Grand Fleet''' was the British [[Royal Navy]]'s main naval fleet during the [[First World War]]. | ||
[[File:Grand Fleet Admirals 1916.jpg|thumb|right|512px|Grand Fleet | [[File:Grand Fleet Admirals 1916.jpg|thumb|right|512px|Grand Fleet flag officers at the fleet boxing championship, 3 August, 1916. Left to right: Commodore, First Class [[Lionel Halsey]], Vice-Admiral [[Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram|Sir T. H. Martyn Jerram]], Admiral [[Cecil Burney, First Baronet|Sir Cecil Burney]], Rear-Admirals [[Herbert Leopold Heath|Herbert L. Heath]], [[Hugh Evan-Thomas]] and [[William Coldingham Masters Nicholson|William C. M. Nicholson]], and Vice-Admirals [[Charles Edward Madden, First Baronet|Sir Charles E. Madden]] and [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee|Sir F. C. Doveton Sturdee]].]] | ||
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At the end of the letter direct reference was made to Jellicoe's letter of 30 October, 1914, and Their Lordships' approval of its contents at the time. "Later experience has shown no reason to modify the approval then expressed."<ref>ADM 196/1645. f. 355.</ref> | At the end of the letter direct reference was made to Jellicoe's letter of 30 October, 1914, and Their Lordships' approval of its contents at the time. "Later experience has shown no reason to modify the approval then expressed."<ref>ADM 196/1645. f. 355.</ref> | ||
[[File:Flag Officers and Belgian Royalty.jpg|thumb|right|512px|The King and Queen of the Belgians on the Quarter Deck of the fleet flag ship [[H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth (1913)|''Queen Elizabeth'']] in July, 1918. Left to right: [[William Edmund Goodenough|Sir William Goodenough]], | [[File:Flag Officers and Belgian Royalty.jpg|thumb|right|512px|The King and Queen of the Belgians on the Quarter Deck of the fleet flag ship [[H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth (1913)|''Queen Elizabeth'']] in July, 1918. Left to right: Rear-Admiral [[William Edmund Goodenough|Sir William E. Goodenough]], Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas, Admiral [[David Beatty, First Earl Beatty|Sir David R. Beatty]], King Albert of Belgium, Vice-Admiral [[John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|Sir John M. de Robeck]], Elizabeth (Queen Consort of the Belgians), Rear-Admirals [[Richard Fortescue Phillimore|Sir Richard F. Phillimore]] and William Nicholson, and Vice-Admiral [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|Osmond de B. Brock]].<br><small>Photo: Imperial War Museum.</small>]] | ||
Revision as of 17:04, 3 May 2012
The Grand Fleet was the British Royal Navy's main naval fleet during the First World War.
Grand Fleet flag officers at the fleet boxing championship, 3 August, 1916. Left to right: Commodore, First Class Lionel Halsey, Vice-Admiral Sir T. H. Martyn Jerram, Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, Rear-Admirals Herbert L. Heath, Hugh Evan-Thomas and William C. M. Nicholson, and Vice-Admirals Sir Charles E. Madden and Sir F. C. Doveton Sturdee.
Post-Jutland
Following the conference at Rosyth, on 23 September the Admiralty sent Jellicoe a letter entitled "Considerations as to the Employment of the Grand Fleet in the North Sea."[1]
At the end of the letter direct reference was made to Jellicoe's letter of 30 October, 1914, and Their Lordships' approval of its contents at the time. "Later experience has shown no reason to modify the approval then expressed."[2]
The King and Queen of the Belgians on the Quarter Deck of the fleet flag ship Queen Elizabeth in July, 1918. Left to right: Rear-Admiral Sir William E. Goodenough, Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas, Admiral Sir David R. Beatty, King Albert of Belgium, Vice-Admiral Sir John M. de Robeck, Elizabeth (Queen Consort of the Belgians), Rear-Admirals Sir Richard F. Phillimore and William Nicholson, and Vice-Admiral Osmond de B. Brock.
Photo: Imperial War Museum.
Photo: Imperial War Museum.
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