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...' was commissioned at Devonport on 14 November, 1912, for service in the {{UK-BCS|1}},<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and N ...L. Bashford]] was appointed to her as torpedo officer. An interpreter in German, he would remain in her until 31 May, 1919. He was scolded for losing a to

...etty free hand out of school." He passed the examination for entry into {{UK-1Britannia|f=p}} first out of batch, and with his term of twenty-three cade ...an Interpreter in French and on the 18th was appointed in command of the {{UK-TB66|f=t}} for manoeuvres.<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres". ''The Times''. Mon

Adams was appointed to {{UK-PrincessRoyal|f=p}}, possibly as gunnery officer, from 9 October 1916 to 1 He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Legion|f=t}} on 8 July, 1918.{{NLFeb19|p. 830}}

In 1905, he was awarded an Interpreter's Certificate in German. He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Cornwallis|f=t}} on 9 August, 1910{{NMI|Tuesday, 9 August, 1910. Issue '''

...'Boadicea'' on 9 July, 1878.{{NLDec78|p. 199}} On 10 July he passed as an interpreter in French.<ref name=Record1383/> ...24 August to re-qualify, and on 27 October he became Gunnery Officer in {{UK-DukeOfWellington}}.

...the [[Escape of Goeben and Breslau|escape]] of the [[Imperial German Navy|German]] warships [[Yavuz Sultan Selim (1911)|''Goeben'']] and ''Breslau'' at the He was appointed captain of {{UK-Jupiter|f=p}} in December 1900, remaining there two years.{{MackieRNW}}

...well be spared, and were replaced on 4th June by a field gun's crew from {{UK-1Centurion}}. ...[[Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday|Lewis S. T. Halliday]], R.M.L.I., {{UK-Orlando|f=p}}; Captain [[Edmund Wray]], R.M.L.I., Wei-hai-wei detachment; 2

On 15 March, 1897 Duncan was appointed to the {{UK-1Sealark|f=t}}.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments On 5 July, 1898 Duncan joined the battleship {{UK-Howe}} for a summer cruise.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official A

Dewar was appointed to the {{UK-2Hardy|f=t}} on 1 February, 1897.{{NLApr97|p. 227}} After his retirement on 22 July, 1910, Dewar was appointed to the {{UK-Hannibal|f=t}} for the 1912 manoeuvres on 2 July.<ref>Dewar Service Record.

...Station (Royal Navy)|Australia Station]], but official appointments as an interpreter would be infrequent for him. On 30 October, 1905 he married Mary Elizabeth ...ry appointment at {{UK-Excellent}} and then a role as gunnery officer in {{UK-Cressy}}, dated from 13 March, 1906.<ref>Townsend Service Record. {{TNA|AD

...04571}} f. 253.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=and as Acting Interpreter in German}} {{CatShipDestroyer|UK}}

...ioned at Chatham on 15 September, 1924. By March, 1925 she was with the {{UK-DF|2}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 283}} ''Viscount'' was re-commissioned at the Nore on 27 May, 1927 to join {{UK-DF|2}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 283}}

...November, 1917.{{NLAug20|p. 879''b''}} In December 1917, she joined the {{UK-DF|13}}.{{SMNLDec17|p. 12}} ...Devonport on 4 December, 1923. By March, 1925 she was serving with the {{UK-DF|9}} with the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 279}}

...1915, ''Marksman'' was the initial and sole leader for the newly formed {{UK-DF|12}}.{{SMNLNov15|p. 12}}. In January, arrival of the {{UK-Royalist}} as flotilla cruiser placed ''Marksman'' in a subordinate role.{{

...om the official report on the exercises, it appears that he instead took {{UK-Kangaroo|f=p}}.{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|11 July 1901, p. 8}} ...ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>|note=and as Acting Interpreter in German}}

{{UK-1Snapper}} was commissioned at Chatham in late February 1901 to replace ''A She and ten other T.B.Ds. of the Devonport Reserve followed the {{UK-Skirmisher|f=tp}} from Plymouth on 21 August 1905 for a practice cruise alo

...d for charge of a group of vessels in reserve and as Acting Interpreter in German}} {{CatShipPatrolBoat|UK}}

...x months time on passing out of {{UK-1Britannia}} and being appointed to {{UK-1Repulse}} of the [[Channel Squadron]] on 15 September, 1898. Hemans was appointed {{LieutRN}} & Commander of the {{UK-Avon|f=t}} on 20 March, 1909.{{NLApr10|p. 281}}

Bolster was qualified as an Interpreter in German in April of 1910, first drawing comment for this skill in 1909.<ref>Bolster Bolster was appointed in command of the {{UK-Lightning|f=t}} on 12 December, 1911.{{NLApr14|p. 339}}

...and told to be more careful in future as he began a half-year command of {{UK-Cygnet|f=p}}. In August of 1910, he was appointed in command of the {{UK-Savage|f=c}}. In May of 1912, Barrow was judged solely to blame for damagi

...ed third among 62 successful candidates in examinations for entry to the {{UK-1Britannia}} intake term of September 1899, with 2806 marks.{{NMI|Saturday, Mainguy was an interpreter in German and French, gaining his exams in October, 1906.<ref>Mainguy Service Record.

...e joined the Royal Navy. He gained eight months' time on passing out of {{UK-1Britannia}} in December, 1886.<ref>Carey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43 Carey was commander of the {{UK-1TB8|f=t}} in May, 1894.{{ARTS1894|p. 196}}

...ualified as an interpreter. By 1911, he would be an acting interpreter in German.<ref>Dickens Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 138.</ref> Dickens was appointed in command of the {{UK-Chelmer|f=t}} in November, 1911.{{NLJul13|p. 292}}

...the Royal Artillery. Charles gained three months time on passing out of {{UK-1Britannia}}. In 1905, White was appointed as an interpreter during a visit of the French Fleet.

...is name be removed from those being considered for examination as a German Interpreter.<ref>Saltren-Willett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/126.|D7604538}} f. ? ...6, he was sent to Portsmouth, and five days later was appointed into the {{UK-Shannon|f=c}}.<ref>Saltren-Willett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/126.|D

...erpreter in Russian.{{NLApr10|p. 433''a''}} He was also an interpreter in German from some point. ...{{UK-A13}} in September, 1910 and was now functioning as an interpreter in German.

...blishment on 15 January, 1912.{{NLMar13|p. 19}} He was appointed to the {{UK-Colossus|f=t}}, and served in her through the [[Battle of Jutland]], being ...s|f=p}}. This lasted through late April, 1919, when he was appointed to {{UK-Thames|f=p}} and for the two and a half month Periscope Course.<ref>Cumming

In April 1910 he passed the preliminary exam to be an interpreter in German. Hall was appointed {{LieutRN}} (I) & Commander of the {{UK-TB19|f=t}} on 10 September, 1912.{{NLMar13|p. 400}}

...g an acting interpreter in German, Danish and French and a fully qualified interpreter in Dutch. Thomson's first command, the {{UK-A11}}, collided with the barge ''Rosa'' in September, 1910, but he was not

...ge, Greenwich]]. Despite this facility, he qualified as an Interpreter in German at some point. ...ess, when Hozier was appointed to {{UK-Hibernia}} as acting Interpreter in German, her captain was asked to appraise Hozier's conduct in six months' time.<re

...ported, afterward, that he was able to observe the battle turn away of the German fleet from his position in the {{TCT}}.<ref>See [[H.M.S. Collingwood at the Fitzgerald was appointed in command of the {{UK-Caledon|f=t}} in December, 1929.

He was appointed to the {{UK-1Glasgow|f=t}} of the South Atlantic Squadron as first lieutenant on 17 Sep Having been repeatedly recommended for promotion by {{UK-1Glasgow}}'s Captain [[John Luce]], Thompson served in the [[Battle of the

...ed until 29 May 1902. He spent much of the remainder of the year in the {{UK-1Revenge}}.<ref>Nash Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/143.|}} f. 547.</ref> ...that year, he was appointed to {{UK-Vernon}}, additional, for command of {{UK-TB109}}.

...at Law was born in Walton and gained two months' time on passing out of {{UK-1Britannia}}. Hewitt qualified as an interpreter in German at some point.

...ommander for armament duties with aircraft and as an acting interpreter in German.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), T * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Robert+Hamilton+Clark-Hall Service Records]

...chant uncle C. E. Hawes, Melville was destined to become an interpreter in German and a gunnery specialist.<ref>Hawes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.| ...nterpreter from 8 January, 1913 to 6 January, 1914 and moved directly to {{UK-Colossus}}.

In April, 1910, Hilliard qualified as an interpreter in German. * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Ronald+Hubert+Hilliard Service Records]

...1944) served in the [[Royal Navy]]. An expert surveyor who was fluent in German, and with some French and Spanish, he was well suited for intelligence work ...aised by his mother, Brandon gained eight months' time on passing out of {{UK-1Britannia}}.

...vice in submarines and as Interpreter in Dutch. He was also able to speak German and French at a lesser level. * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Colin+Mayers Service Records]

...} to work with the [[Downs Boarding Flotilla]] as an acting interpreter in German, but he was sent ashore before mid-August, suffering from "general debility * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Robert+Hudleston+Keate Service Records]

...y 1913 through 1 February 1915. On 22 February, he was appointed to the {{UK-1Maori|f=t}}. He was fortunate to survive her loss to a mine in May 1915, ...erman. His French, however, was good enough for him to serve as an acting interpreter in the language.

...ier]] of the {{UK-LCS|2}}. He also functioned as an acting interpreter in German in this appointment.<ref>Nicolson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/108.|}} ...er of flag to the {{UK-Chatham|f=t}}. Likewise, he followed the flag to {{UK-Glorious}} on 8 April, 1917.

After eight months in command of the {{UK-Opossum|f=t}}, Ennals went to France to study the language for four months. ...was re-appointed as her navigator (not additional), and as Interpreter in German and French.<ref>Ennals Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/124.|}} f. 127.</r

...of Temporary Lieutenant with seniority of 9 June, 1915 and appointed to {{UK-Benbow}}, to "assist the Torpedo Lieutenant", which must actually have been ...to be permitted to take examinations to be qualified as an interpreter in German. It was granted that this should happen in January 1919, but he failed an