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• Alexander Edward Bethell
  ...o Britain soon enough, for he studied to qualify as a torpedo officer in {{UK-Vernon}} from 30 September 1879 until the end of the following June. He ser ...yal Navy)|Assistant Director of Torpedoes]] and was appointed captain of {{UK-1Hindustan}} until January of 1908.
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• Edward Harpur Gamble
  Gamble commanded the {{UK-1Racoon|f=t}} in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1890]]. His ship acted as part ...ber 1894, he left ''Raleigh'' and he was appointed in command of the new {{UK-StGeorge|f=t}} the following day.<ref>Gamble Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196
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• John Denison
  Denison commissioned the {{UK-Gossamer|f=t}} at Sheerness on 30 June, 1891.<ref>"Naval and Military Intel On 2 October, 1900 he was appointed in command of the {{UK-Niobe|f=t}}.
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• Jellicoe:Controversy and Dismissal
  ...], formerly on Jellicoe's staff in the Grand Fleet and now in command of {{UK-Royalist|f=p}}, wrote in his diary on 27 December: ==Revolt of the Admirals==
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• Charles Henry Cross
  In March of 1900, he was placed in command of {{UK-Victorious}}, remaining there for nearly three years. {{CatPerson|UK|1852|1915}}
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• Rudolf Miles Burmester
  ...s>[http://www.admirals.org.uk/admirals/individual.php?RecNo=322 Royal Navy Admirals 1904–1945]</ref> ...b-Lieutenant (Royal Navy)|Sub-Lieutenant]] on 14 September, 1894.<ref name=admirals/>
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• Philip Howard Colomb
  In March 1909, he assumed command of the {{UK-1Encounter|f=t}}.{{MackieRNW}} {{CatPerson|UK|1867|1958}}
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• George Henry Cherry
  ...ficer of the [[Royal Navy]], best known for his notorious command of the {{UK-Argonaut|f=t}} from 1900 to 1904. Cherry was appointed in command of the {{UK-Argonaut|f=t}} on 19 April, 1900.{{NLJan01|p. 225}}
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• John Scott Luard
  He was appointed command of the {{UK-Albemarle|f=t}} on 8 February, 1910.<ref>Luard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 1 {{CatPerson|UK|1865|1936}}
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• Arthur Murray Farquhar
  ...thur_Farquhar_Magnificent.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Farquhar as a Captain in {{UK-Magnificent}}, c. 1905.<br><small>From official officers' photograph in alb ...Gaz|25969|4738|30 August, 1889}} On 20 December he was appointed to the {{UK-2Ajax|f=t}}, additional, for the Highlands and Islands Commission.<ref>"Nav
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• Arthur Henry Limpus
  On 18 July, 1889, he was loaned to command the {{UK-TB64|f=t}} for manoeuvres.<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres". ''The Times''. Mon ...st Lieutenant and Gunnery Lieutenant ("1st and G") of the new battleship {{UK-Jupiter}} on 8 June, 1897.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Ap
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• Douglas Lionel Dent
  He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Aeolus|f=t}} on 2 July, 1906.{{NLJan07|p. 272}} He was appointed to {{UK-Blenheim}}, in command, on 31 March, 1910.{{CN}}
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• Richard Poore, Fourth Baronet
  ...jpg|300px|thumb|right|Sir Richard Poore (right) in 1898 while Captain of {{UK-Illustrious}}.<br><small>Photograph: ''Navy & Army Illustrated''.</small>]] He assumed command of the {{UK-Hawke|f=t}} in November 1896.{{MackieRNW}}
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• Victor Albert Stanley
  He was appointed as captain of the {{UK-Essex|f=t}} in March 1909. Stanley was appointed to command the {{UK-Pomone}} and for command of the [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]] on 14 Au
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• Paul Warner Bush
  Bush commanded the {{UK-1Sandfly|f=t}} in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1890]], the ship acting as par He was appointed to the {{UK-1Eclipse|f=t}} dated 5 June, 1899, as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral [[Day Ho
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• Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet
  ...2,{{NMI|Tuesday, Jan 19, 1892; pg. 7; Issue 33538}} but was appointed to {{UK-Pilot}} on 25 March.{{NMI|Monday, Mar 21, 1892; pg. 6; Issue 33591}} On 1 July, 1892, he was appointed to the {{UK-VictoriaAndAlbertII|f=t}} along with [[David Beatty]].{{NMI|Wednesday, Jun
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• Arthur Archibald Campbell Galloway
  He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Anson|f=t}} on 4 September, 1903.<ref>Galloway Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 1 On 17 May, 1904, he was appointed in command of the {{UK-1Revenge|f=t}}.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments
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• Robert Leonard Groome
  He was appointed in command of the {{UK-1Repulse|f=t}} on 21 December, 1897.{{NMI|Monday, 20 December, 1897. Issue In June 1899, he was appointed in command of the {{UK-Flora|f=t}}.
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• H.M.S. Constance (1915)
  In the [[Battle of Jutland]], she one of five light cruisers in the {{UK-LCS|4}}, screening the Battle Fleet.{{UKJutlandOD|p. 34}} ...1922, her cruise in the West Indies was extended to await the arrival of {{UK-Curlew}}, which commissioned at Devonport on 24 November, 1922. ''Constanc
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• Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
  ...s arrival he instituted the "ordeal by sunlight." He liked to see as many admirals and captains as possible. When ...l [[Montague Edward Browning|Montague E. Browning]], Rear-Admiral in the {{UK-BS|3}}, wrote to Vice-Admiral [[Edmond John Warre Slade|Sir Edmond J. W. Sl
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