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• Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt
  ...7 marks. Gaunt would subsequently be appointed to join the Home Fleet's {{UK-1Colossus|f=t}} on 4 June.<ref>Gaunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D75 Gaunt next went to Somaliland, in command of the elderly {{UK-2Mohawk|f=t}}. While commanding a landing party on Durbo, Gaunt sustained
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• William Edmund Goodenough
  He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Albemarle|f=t}} on 25 August, 1907.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 433.</ref> Goodenough was appointed in command of the {{UK-Vengeance|f=t}} on 12 September, 1908.{{NLOct08|p. 389}}
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• Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet
  Cowan was appointed in command of the {{UK-Boxer|f=t}} on 20 January, 1898.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Offic He was appointed to command the {{UK-Cressy|f=t}} in August, 1909.{{MackieRNW}}
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• Mark Edward Frederic Kerr
  ...899. This was followed by appointments in command of {{UK-Mermaid}} and {{UK-Cheerful}}. He was again appointed from ''Cheerful'' for a half-year in co He served as captain of {{UK-Implacable}} from May 1907 through September of the following year.
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• Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet
  ...rom the lazy ones; but he secured his explanation."<ref>Phillimore. "Three Admirals." p. 111.</ref></blockquote> A minute of 23 September, 1889 while Arbuthnot was at {{UK-Vernon|f=p}}, records:
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• James Startin
  He was appointed captain of {{UK-Jupiter|f=p}} in September 1903, remaining there until mid-August of 1905. ...January, 1914.<ref>''Edinburgh Gazette'': [http://www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/12630/pages/7 no. 12630. p. 7.] 2 January, 1914.</ref>
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• Osmond de Beauvoir Brock
  His first command was of the despatch vessel {{UK-Alacrity}} on the [[China Station]], lasting exactly one year from appointm On 1 May, 1905 he was appointed to the battleship {{UK-Bulwark}}.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and
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• The Loss of the Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue
  ...the German submarine {{DE-U9}} in the North Sea. The ships, part of the {{UK-CS|7}} (also known as Cruiser Force C) of the [[Southern Force]], were unde ...th British and German submarines sank an enemy light cruiser. Some British admirals, such as Admiral Sir [[John Rushworth Jellicoe, First Earl Jellicoe|John Je
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• John de Mestre Hutchison
  ...ndidates who passed the examination for naval cadetships and entered the {{UK-1Britannia|f=t}} at Dartmouth as a {{NavCadRN}} on 15 January, 1876.<ref>"N ...the torpedo course, obtaining a 2nd class certificate in June, and on to {{UK-Excellent}} for the gunnery course, where he again obtained a 2nd class in
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• Stanley Cecil James Colville
  ..., 15 July, 1889. Issue '''32751''', col B, p. 4.</ref> He then went to {{UK-Buzzard}} until 20 August, 1890.<ref>Colville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 19 ...} occupied part of 1893, and in May, 1893, he began a three year turn in {{UK-Trafalgar}} in the Mediterranean.<ref>Colville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 1
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• Edward Francis Benedict Charlton
  ...e Director of Naval Ordnance. He was appointed Commander of the cruiser {{UK-Orlando}} on the [[China Station]] on 16 February, 1899. On 21 July, 1901, he was appointed Commander of {{UK-Vernon|f=p}}. However, he did not receive news of the appointment until th
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• Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes
  In November 1910, he assumed command of the {{UK-Arrogant|f=t}}.{{MackieRNW}} Keyes was appointed in command of the {{UK-Dolphin|f=t}} as {{Com2RN}} on 31 August, 1912, remaining with her until Fe
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• Gerard Henry Uctred Noel
  ...Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}} f. 956.</ref> He was appointed to {{UK-Nile}} in command on 30 June, 1891.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" ( ...is is no time for frivolous compliments."<ref>Quoted in Lowis. ''Fabulous Admirals''. p. 44.</ref>
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• Home Fleet (Royal Navy)
  ...p. 6.</ref> hoisting his flag in {{UK-PrinceGeorge}}, transferring it to {{UK-Jupiter}} on 3 February and striking it on 17 November, 1909.<ref>Bush Serv ...{{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 202.</ref> hoisting his flag in the battleship {{UK-Hercules}} at Portland.<ref name=TimesDec>"Naval and Military Intelligence"
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• Limpus Papers at the National Maritime Museum
  Reports of inspection of {{UK-Gibraltar|f=p}}. {{UK-Albion|f=p}}: "The Preparation of the Ship for War" etc. - Captain's Copy,
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• Archibald Berkeley Milne, Second Baronet
  He was appointed captain of {{UK-Jupiter|f=p}} in December 1900, remaining there two years.{{MackieRNW}} ...he Admiralty formally ordered Milne to return to Chatham on 29 August in {{UK-Inflexible}} and to hoist his flag at Admiralty House there on 30 August.<r
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• George Tryon
  ...spent three years in this role before being appointed in command of the {{UK-2Surprise|f=t}}, vice Whyte, on 5 August, 1864.{{NMI|Monday, August 8, 1864 ...s recalled for service as "additional captain" borne on the books of the {{UK-1Octavia}}, Flagship of the East Indies Station. He was detailed to act as
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• First Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)
  *{{UK-1Neptune}} [[File:VAdmRN.png|25px]] *{{UK-StVincent}}
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• Louis Alexander Mountbatten, First Marquess of Milford Haven
  ...on 10 February and went on Half Pay. He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Andromache|f=t}} in the annual man&oelig;uvres from 21 July to 10 September ...oria.{{Gaz|26809|3|1 January, 1897}} He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Majestic|f=t}} in the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]] on
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• Henry Francis Oliver
  ...time towards the rank of {{MidRN}}. On 23 July he was appointed to the {{UK-1Agincourt|f=t}},<ref>Oliver Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 319.< On 21 March, 1882, he was appointed to the {{UK-1Amethyst}} in the Brazils.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 319.</ref>
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