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• Second L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland
  The {{UK-LCS|2}} operated in a screening role for the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]] at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. proceedings of the Second Light Cruiser Squadron, consisting of
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• British Wireless Systems
  ...and 500 by night on tunes "Q" to "W" at 2.4 Kw power. It was thought that small ships would do 200/400 miles.{{ARTS1909|Wireless Appendix, p. 21}} ...-mile set and cruisers an as-yet undesigned twenty-mile set in future, the cruiser set having two wave-lengths, one being the same as that for the battleships
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• Robert Archibald James Montgomerie
  ...though there was a half-moon, the sea was sufficiently disturbed to render small objects, even boats, difficult to discern. Had not Mr. MONTGOMERIE been a He was appointed a [[Naval Aide-de-Camp]] to King Edward VII on 15 March, 1904, vice [[Randolph Frank Ollive F
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• Battle of the Falkland Islands
  ...yal (1911)|''Princess Royal'']] (Captain [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|Osmond de B. Brock]]) was ordered detached from the Grand Fleet. ...DE-Gneisenau}} and the light cruisers {{DE-Dresden}}, {{DE-Leipzig}} and {{DE-Nurnberg}} arrived at the Falkland Islands on the morning of 8 December, a
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• H.M.S. Centurion (1911)
  ...ght by the wind and swung along side a moored cruiser, crushing one of the cruiser's boats while avoiding collision. ...o the Germans. As a last ditch measure, she was equipped with a number of small calibre weapons in the event of German invasion. As the threat of invasion
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• Jellicoe:Background and Early Life
  ...ocks or on the water front, and we had some experience of yachting both in small craft & large yachts, amongst the latter being the racing yacht belonging t ...commission the ''Newcastle'' and Jellicoe visited China, Port Stanley, Rio de Janeiro, South Africa and St. Helena, where Jellicoe visited Napoleon Bonap
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• H.M.S. Invincible (1907)
  ...n 20 March 1909 and joined the [[First Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|First Cruiser Squadron]] of the First Division, [[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fleet]]. ...atea|f=p}} heralding [[David Beatty, First Earl Beatty|Beatty]]'s [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]]'s (B.C.F.) sighting of the [[High Sea Fleet]]. At 16:00, after the
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• Battle of Dogger Bank
  ...t Scouting Group of three battlecruisers and the armoured cruiser S.M.S. {{DE-Blucher}}, the four light cruisers of the 2nd Scouting Group and two flotil 'The intention was to make an extended destroyer advance with cruiser support, in order to clear the course to the Dogger Bank of trawlers employ
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• John Rushworth Jellicoe, First Earl Jellicoe
  ...tinct from the impulsiveness of [[Battle Cruiser Fleet (Royal Navy)|Battle Cruiser Fleet]] commander, Vice-Admiral [[David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty| :[[Jellicoe:Background and Early Life|<small>Main Article</small>]]
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• H.M.S. Tiger at the Battle of Jutland
  ...of the usual weekly cruises towards the Fisher Banks. The [[Third Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|3rd B.C.S.]] had gone up to Scapa Flow for target pra ...aw drop was quite 2,000 yards short of us, and did not seem to have a very small spread. 3.50 ''Lion'' opened fire, and we opened fire. Target 4th ship fr
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• The Loss of the Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue
  ...enry Hervey Campbell|Henry H. Campbell]], Rear-Admiral Commanding, Seventh Cruiser Squadron, and Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Henry Christian|Arthur H. Christian]], ...ix weeks of the war both British and German submarines sank an enemy light cruiser. Some British admirals, such as Admiral Sir [[John Rushworth Jellicoe, Firs
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• Seventh Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)
  ...ith nucleus crews only. Her strength is now twenty-four old T.B.Ds. and a cruiser based on Devonport.<ref>"Torpedo Flotilla Organization" ''The Times'' (Lon |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Cruiser'''
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• H.M.S. Lion at the Battle of Jutland
  At 3.25 <small>P.M.</small>, G.M.T. enemy ships were reported on the starboard bow, bearing E. by N. At 3.30 <small>P.M.</small> enemy ships were in sight from {{UK-Lion}} and a range of 23,000 yards obt
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• Harper's Narrative
  1. T<small>HAT</small> the attached Statement of Facts dealing with the compilation of the Offici 2. A<small>ND</small> I make this solemn Declaration conscientiously believing the same to be tr
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• H.M.S. Invincible at the Battle of the Falkland Islands
  ...ser ; a few minutes later "Invincible" opened fire at the right hand light cruiser, the range being about 16,000 yards : the fire took no effect but the shots ...e the left hand ship, and then turned about 7 points to port leading the {{DE-Gneisenau}} into line ahead, and a few minutes later - at 1.30 p.m. - fire
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• Third Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)
  ...Vice-Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair signalled him on 20 April: "Flag of V.A. de Chair struck in "DREADNOUGHT" sunset today Saturday and 3rd. B.S. abolished ...{{UK-Russell}} from the newly-disbanded {{UK-BS|6}}, and also a new small cruiser.{{SMNLApr15|p. 10}}
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• Courageous Class Battlecruiser (1916)
  ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> ...onnel</u> in view of the 1000 in the {{DE-Derfflinger}} & the 885 in the {{DE-Blucher}} &c..<br>Yours truly<br>Fisher<br>25.1.15<br>I asked Crease to see
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• Battle of Coronel
  .... A naval blockade of Tsingtao by a largely Japanese force that included a small British contingent began on 27 August. A land siege began on 31 October and ...tecting German interests there during the Mexican Revolution. The third, {{DE-1Nurnberg|f=p}}, was on her way to relieve ''Leipzig''.
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• On the Present Position of Cruisers in Naval Warfare
  ...arrow seas.[* Compare Mons. L. E. Bertin's work, "Etat actuel de la Marine de Guerre."] ...As an example, the ''Vernon'' frigate may be compared with the third-class cruiser ''Pearl'' of nearly the same displacement.
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• Warship (Journal)
  * The First [[Town Class Cruiser (1909)|Town Class]]: 1908-31 (Part 1 of 3), by David Lyon * The ''Kiev'': Cruiser or Carrier?, by John Jordan
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