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...of 2- June 1913, pattern number corrected in Order 362 of 11 July}}||in {{UK-Dreadnought}} and later ...of 2- June 1913, pattern number corrected in Order 362 of 11 July}}||in {{UK-Dreadnought}} and later

...as a Rear-Admiral, 1920.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...} on 10 June, 1904, but then whisked away to command the despatch vessel {{UK-1Surprise}} on 6 February, 1905, to remain in her until superseded on 1 Aug

|nat=UK ...fusion as to whether 12-inch mountings ordered for {{UK-LordNelson}} and {{UK-Agamemnon}} were diverted to ''Dreadnought''. The order for the turntables

...Fleet, 1931.<br><small>Photograph: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] H<small>IS MAJESTY</small> '''George V, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the Britis

...ght by the wind and swung along side a moored cruiser, crushing one of the cruiser's boats while avoiding collision. ''Centurion'' served in the {{UK-BS|2}} from at least December 1913, remaining with that squadron throughout

...new class of ship, with a shallow draught for inshore work and a requisite small number of big guns was specified. ...s, ''Raglan'' being despatched on the 28 June in tow of the old protected cruiser ''Diana''. She arrived on 22 July and went straight into action, supporting

...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]]. ...t C.S. became the {{UK-BCS|1}}. On 17 March, 1913 she collided with the {{UK-C34|f=t}} in Stokes Bay in the Solent, suffering no damage in the process.

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|nat=UK '''H.M.S. ''Tiger''''', the only member of her class, was the last battle cruiser laid down for the [[Royal Navy]] before the [[Great War]].

...was at the Admiralty in charge of the design of the novel light cruiser {{UK-1Arethusa}}. His later description of this design in a lecture to American On his return to the UK, Goodall worked on the design of post-war battleships and battle cruisers,

The "target fleet" would be small models or cut-outs of ships of approximately 150 feet to the inch, arranged ...n table" set up, and Vice-Admiral commanding the {{UK-BS|4}} invited light-cruiser and destroyer officers to come putter with it.

...d Fisher, 1916.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...British Navy by an Indian merchant at a cost of 84,000. It was the day of small things and of sailing-ships.<ref>Fisher. ''Records''. pp. 11-12.</ref></b

...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>]]

...Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2007 [http://0-www.oxforddnb.com.wam.leeds.ac.uk/view/article/34134, accessed 10 Sept 2012]</ref> ...training, Jackson was put in charge of Whitehead torpedo instruction at {{UK-Vernon}} in 1885. The "Whitehead" was one of the main torpedoes being used

...the cruisers {{UK-Minotaur}}, {{UK-Warrior}}, {{UK-DukeOfEdinburgh}} and {{UK-BlackPrince}} were ordered to return from from overseas convoy service as s ...ith {{UK-1Suffolk}}, {{UK-Essex}} and {{UK-Caronia}}. That day that the {{UK-Canopus|f=t}} arrived at the Falkland Islands, mooring, signalled Captain G

...one of ten [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'' Class]] completed between 1903 and 1904. ...ble to do this in 7 minutes, 40 seconds.  The best time was achieved by {{UK-Cressy}} at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.{{

{{UK-Hercules|f=p}} ...rs were sighted on starboard bow, through the mist, in action. Range of {{UK-Tiger}}—11,000 yards.

| {{UK-Revenge}} struck | {{UK-Benbow}} felt a shock

...First World War]]. An officer of undoubted ability, he died leading the {{UK-BCS|3}} in action at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. ..., 1886, then in the ''Minotaur'' until January, 1887, when he joined the {{UK-2Calliope}}, and in her was present at Samoa in the hurricane of 16 March,

...miral Sir Murray F. Sueter.<br><small>Portrait: By courtesy of Mary Sias.</small>]] ...the {{UK-1Swiftsure}}, flagship on the Pacific station, but moved to the {{UK-1Warspite}} in June 1890. Sueter suffered a gunshot wound to his right foo

...K. Wilson (seen as a Vice-Admiral).<br><small>Image: Library of Congress.</small>]] ...nese Navy]]. Upon his return he spent a year on the cadet training ship {{UK-1Britannia}}, before serving as the junior member of a committee appointed

The '''Third Light Cruiser Squadron''' was a formation of light cruisers in the [[Royal Navy]]. Found ...3}} as post-war operations suggested the wisdom of merging heavy and light cruiser operations.

...ce-Admiral.<br><small>Portrait: Francis Dodd. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 1763).</small>]] ...'''Henry Francis Oliver''', G.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.V.O., H<small>ON. L.L.D.</small>, Royal Navy (22 January, 1865 &ndash; 15 October, 1965) was an officer of

...te 1917, the pre-dreadnoughts were slowly detached, leaving it with just {{UK-Dreadnought}}, its only-ever "dreadnought", at the time of its abolition in ...ilton|Sir Frederick T. Hamilton]], that he would be hoisting his flag in {{UK-Dreadnought}} in April.<ref>Bradford to Hamilton. Letter of 20 January, 19

..., as an Admiral.<br><small>Photo: Imperial War Museum. © IWM (Q 71928).</small>]] ...une, 1904. He then spent a year (1904–5) in command of the ex-Chilean {{UK-Triumph|f=t}} in the [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]. His suc

...onary of English Surnames''. p. 307.</ref> G.C.B., K.C.V.O., H<small>ON.</small> L.L.D. (Durham), Royal Navy (5 July, 1856 &ndash; 20 September, 1929) was ...air, June 1900.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]]

...newly organized electrical department. In those days electric dynamos were small machines driven usually at 1000 to 1500 revolutions per minute by a belt fr ...of C. A. Parsons & Co. He bought back his patent rights, and established a small works at Heaton on a site about 2 miles from the centre of Newcastle upon T

...letely destroyed when in action with the German Fleet at 5.25 <small>P.M.</small> on Wednesday, May 31. The total ...small> the ''Queen Mary'' was third ship in the line of the [[First Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|1st B.C.S.]], and action was sounded, and at 4.45 the

...] on 28 November, 1890. Subsequently he was appointed to the battleship {{UK-1Dreadnought}} on 24 November. ...UK-1Crescent}}. He was then given command of the torpedo boat destroyer {{UK-1Decoy}} in the [[Devonport Flotilla]].

.... 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 ...The {{DE-1Emden|f=tp}} had sailed from Tsingtao on 31 July. Another light cruiser, {{DE-Leipzig|f=p}}, was on the west coast of Mexico, protecting German int

...les Beresford in 1896.<br><small>Photograph: ''Navy & Army Illustrated.''</small>]] ...d any feeling of regret on the part of French Capt<small><super>n</super></small> at the recovery of his ship being due to services of a foreign nation." L

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 obtained.

...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

{{pad|25px}}I <small>HAVE</small> the honour to forward the following report of the action fought on 31st Ma ...d then that the enemy's Battle Fleet were coming North and that the Battle cruiser fleet and [[Fifth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|5th Battle squadron]] were e

H.M.S. {{UK-Revenge}}, S<small>IR</small>,

...oelig;uvres, and paid off on 28 August. He was appointed to the protected cruiser ''Amphion'' on the [[Pacific Station (Royal Navy)|Pacific Station]] on 21 D ...from a spell in ''Curlew'' for the annual man&oelig;uvres of 1892 and in {{UK-TB87}} in those of 1893,<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres". ''The Times''. Monda

...from 1892 in the cruiser {{UK-Orlando}} in Australian waters, and in the {{UK-1Centurion}} and [[H.M.S. Endymion (1891)|''Endymion'']] on the China Stati ...g. He commanded the boys' training ship ''Lion'' at Devonport, then the {{UK-2Pandora|f=t}} in the reserve at Portsmouth. He was then appointed for ser

...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 In March 1898, he assumed command of the {{UK-Bonaventure|f=t}}. He remained in the ship until May 1900.{{MackieRNW}}

...Frederic C. Dreyer, 1936.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] On 1 April, 1895, Dreyer was lent to the the masted training ship ''Cruiser''. In June he was awarded the First Prize for German in the examination of

...e shoot at sea. Accordingly, he went afloat in the second-class protected cruiser [[H.M.S. Dido (1896)|''Dido'']].<ref>Sumida. ''In Defence of Naval Suprema ...he war Pollen returned to business, serving on the board of the Birmingham Small Arms Company and again as managing director of the Linotype Company. Pollen

...David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|Sir David Beatty]] in the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]] and then in the [[Grand Fleet]]. ...t Dartmouth. He passed out on 15 January, 1902, and was appointed to the {{UK-Mars|f=t}} in the [[Channel Squadron]] from the same date, as well as being

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

H.M.S. "{{UK-Valiant}}" ...and a destroyer picking up survivors (This wreckage was the wreckage of "{{UK-Indefatigable}}").

...' at right.<br><small>Image: By courtesy of Terry Dickens [astraltrader].</small>]] ...g me kindly by the shoulder and saying, "Well, my little man, you are very small for your age. Why are you being sent to sea?"<br>

The '''Second Battle Cruiser Squadron''', also known as '''Cruiser Force K''' from 1914 to 1915, was a formation of battlecruisers in the [[Ro ...sly based on Gibraltar, would become the {{UK-BS|3}} based on Portland. A cruiser squadron was to be left at Malta. These changes took effect on 1 May, 1912

...George Henry Collier]], B.A. of the [[Royal Navy]], who was on board the {{UK-Cressy|f=pt}} when that ship was torpedoed in 1914. This account is taken ...September 22, 1914, when in company with the cruisers {{UK-Aboukir}} and {{UK-Hogue}} she was torpedoed by a German submarine. My life has been spared in

S<small>IR</small>, I<small>N</small> compliance with your orders, I have the honour to forward the following re

In July 1914, rangefinders from {{UK-KingEdwardVII}} and {{UK-KingGeorgeV}} which had been put badly out of calibration by the shock of h ...aboard ships were a 30 foot model in {{UK-Warspite}} and a 9-fot one in {{UK-Delhi}}. It was also decided in 1923 to drop the "low power" magnification

...t 5 minutes, that is at about 4.0 pm the T.S. passed up to all turrets, "{{UK-1Galatea}} reports 1st LCS engaged with 3 enemy cruisers". Then of course ...TS reported that there was no fire in X, only smoke. There actually was a small fire, but the report was made so as not to frighten the men in the turret.

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd light cruiser squadrons were spread ahead with the 13th T.B.D. Flotilla. 3.15. Passed the {{UK-Engadine}} with a seaplane in the water alongside. Officers and men double

...d]] at the [[Battle of Jutland]], where he served as [[Rate Officer]] in {{UK-Valiant}}. Taken from RNMN/BRAND in the Liddle Collection in the Universit ...to have quietened down generally, I went on deck to look around. We had a small shrapnel hole on the starboard side of the foremost funnel and the 'Battle

The two [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the '''Duke of Edinburgh Class''' were completed in ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

H.M.S. " {{UK-StVincent}}," S<small>IR</small>,

H.M.S. " {{UK-Collingwood}}," I<small>N</small> accordance with your signal 0600 of to-day, I have the honour to submit th

H.M.S. "{{UK-Benbow}}," {{pad|25px}}I <small>HAVE</small> the honour to forward the following report on the action with the German [

On 7 April, 1908, Present was appointed in command of the {{UK-TB81|f=t}}, and of her flotilla.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Offic Preston was appointed in command of the {{UK-1Tartar|f=t}} on 4 January, 1910.{{NLApr10|p. 382}}

I <small>HAVE</small> the honour to inform you that "Inflexible" left Scapa Flow at 9 p.m. on Tu ...destroyers "{{UK-Ophelia}}," "{{UK-Christopher}}," "{{UK-1Shark}}," and "{{UK-1Acasta}}." This Squadron, which left in advance of the main fleet, which

...lity Engineering Company, Limited of London.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-45868798 BBC Story].</ref> ...ial plate can be moved independently of the revolving ring by means of two small pinions. <br>On the dial plate of the Mark VI are screwed 4 thin brass stri

|nat=UK ...armour protection. Consequently, the D.N.C. switched to preparing battle cruiser designs.{{RobertsBattlecruisers|p. 56}}

...n dreadnoughts ready at Scapa Flow and the eight pre-dreadnoughts of the {{UK-BS|3}} and five battlecruisers at Rosyth in the Firth of Forth. The battlec ...anz Hipper's]] 1st Scouting Group of three battlecruisers and the armoured cruiser S.M.S. {{DE-Blucher}}, the four light cruisers of the 2nd Scouting Group an

...ecruisers with tardy, remote support from four super-dreadnoughts of the {{UK-BS|5}} engaged the five battlecruisers of the High Seas Fleet's [[Scouting ...the average or mean of their capabilities. Rather, battles often pitted a small subset of one fleet against a subset of the other, and these engagements il

The three [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the '''''Minotaur'' Class''' were completed in 1908 ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

...ships are considered a subclass of the preceding [[Duke of Edinburgh Class Cruiser (1904)|''Duke of Edinburgh'' class]], with 7.5-in guns rather than 6-in gun ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

...publicised presence of the British battle cruisers {{UK-Invincible}} and {{UK-Inflexible}} at the Falklands lowered the British numerical superiority in ...d fresh. For the present the patrols to prevent contraband passing are of small importance.<ref>Admiralty to C-in-C Grand Fleet. 11 December, 1914. Sent

The four [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the '''''Drake'' Class''' were completed in 1902 and ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

The eight [[Protected Cruiser|protected cruisers]] of the '''''Diadem'' Class''' were completed between 1 ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

The nine [[Protected Cruiser|protected cruisers]] of the '''''Edgar'' Class''' were completed between 18 ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

The four [[Light Cruiser|light cruisers]] of the '''Weymouth Class''' (sometimes called ''Improved B ...ham Class Cruiser (1913)|''Birmingham'' class]] and two [[Birkenhead Class Cruiser (1915)|''Birkenhead'' class]] cruisers.

The six [[Light Cruiser|light cruisers]] of the '''''Chatham'' Class''' were completed between 1912 ...irmingham Class Cruiser (1913)|''Birmingham'']] and two [[Birkenhead Class Cruiser (1915)|''Birkenhead'' class]] cruisers.

Three of the four [[Light Cruiser|light cruisers]] of the '''''Birmingham'' Class''' were completed in 1914, ...(1911)|''Chatham'' class]] as well as the following two [[Birkenhead Class Cruiser (1915)|''Birkenhead'' class]] cruisers.

The eight [[Light Cruiser|light cruisers]] of the '''Arethusa Class''' were completed in 1914 and 191 ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

The six [[Light Cruiser|light cruisers]] of the '''Caroline Class''' (sometimes called the '''Comus ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

...ome contemporary sources regard them as a subclass of the [[Cambrian Class Cruiser (1915)|''Cambrian'' class]].<ref>''Technical History and Index'' Fig 1.</re ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

The two [[Light Cruiser|light cruisers]] of the '''Birkenhead Class''' were completed in 1915 and 1 ...[[Chatham Class Cruiser (1911)|''Chatham'']], and four [[Birmingham Class Cruiser (1913)|''Birmingham'' class]] cruisers.

...were sometimes considered repeats of the earlier two-ship [[Calliope Class Cruiser (1914)|''Calliope'' class]]. ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

The two [[Light Cruiser|light cruisers]] of the '''''Centaur'' Class''' were completed in 1916. ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

The four [[Light Cruiser|light cruisers]] of the '''''Caledon'' Class''' were completed in 1917. ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

The five [[Light Cruiser|light cruisers]] of the '''Ceres Class''' were completed in 1917 and 1918. ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

...ruiser (1917)|''Ceres'' class]]. Her name was so variously spelled that a small article was written in Warship 2012 to resolve the name as ''Curacoa''.<ref ...ioned in February, 1918.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}} She immediately went to {{UK-LCS|5}}, becoming the flagship of Rear-Admiral, [[Harwich Force]] Tyrwhitt.

The eight [[Light Cruiser|light cruisers]] of the '''''Danae'' Class''' (sometimes called the '''''Dr ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

{{CaptRN}} [[Morgan Singer]] was commander of {{UK-Vernon|f=p}} at the start of the war, and appointed [[Director of Naval Ord [Ditto] Battle cruiser action N. Sea "Blucher" sunk "Lion" damaged.

...th Cruiser Squadron''', also called '''Cruiser Force I''' from 1914, was a cruiser squadron of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...dbot:office0 otitle="Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ninth Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">

The '''Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron''' was a [[Royal Navy]] formation during the [[First World War]]. ...he newly-created [[Harwich Striking Force]], joining the {{UK-DF|3}} and {{UK-DF|10}}. The entire Force is under the command of Commodore (T) Tyrwhitt, w

...George V Class Battleship (1911)|''King George V'']] classes, as well as {{UK-Thunderer|f=p}}, though the Mark III* T.C.Ds. did receive a new disc. User ...ck that could be slipped into the device which would bear the markings. A small index hole in this slip-in disc was engaged by a pin brought in by a leaf s

The final wrinkle was that all ships from {{UK-Dreadnought|f=p}} and later were retrofitted or completed with [[Open Direc ..., "graticulated telescopes", with cross hatching on their wires to measure small angles, and thus, to help check director alignment were being supplied, wit

* {{UK-Blonde}} (flag) * {{UK-Venus}} (depot ship)

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...in March claims to show ships of the flotilla some time in 1917. While {{UK-Prince}} may be incorrectly identified as a member of the flotilla, that ph * {{UK-1Kempenfelt}} G.10 (flagship)

...gle pedestal mountings still resembled the British model of an early light cruiser. ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

Light cruiser '''H.M.S. ''Amphion''''', completed in 1913, was the first ship of the [[Ro ...s contemporary documents do, as one of seven ships of the [[Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)|''Boadicea'' class]].

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...of light cruisers created in June or July, 1917, initially to assist the {{UK-LCS|4}} in screening the British Battle Fleet. ...ld last until at X, though the formation would move to screen the [[Battle Cruiser Force]] in August 1917.{{SMNLJul17|p. 10}}

On 14 July, 1916, the Vice-Admiral Commanding the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]], Vice-Admiral [[David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|Sir David B ...rd Battle Cruiser Squadron]] and [[First Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|1st Cruiser Squadron]], passed the whole length of the Battle Line under heavy fire, an

...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

===Captain's Report, H.M.S. "{{UK-Valiant}}"=== {{pad|25px}}I<small>n</small> compliance with your signal of to-day, 2nd June, I have the honour to repo

The eleven [[Third Class Cruiser|third class cruisers]] of the '''''Pelorus'' Class''' were completed betwee ...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>

...rom {{UK-Chester}} later, presumably because she'd been so badly mauled. {{UK-Chatham}} was "not applicable", as she had struck a mine and was under repa ...four light cruisers, with another detached to screen the {{UK-BCS|3}}. {{UK-Engadine|f=t}} operated in a detached manner.{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}

...ni personally adjusted the equipment and great results were obtained. The small factors that allowed for such improvements were continually revealing thems ...ks of doubled antenna wires were allowing {{UK-Canopus}}, ''Hector'' and {{UK-Jaseur}} to reliably converse across twelve miles. Wireless telegraphy now