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...not a single vessel of war that could keep the seas against a first-class vessel of any important power. Such a condition ought not longer to continue. Th ...ica built over 260 "four piper" destroyers as it fell into war, but only a small handful of these saw action in World War I. A few recent coal-burning batt

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but then whisked away to command the despatch vessel {{UK-1Surprise}} on 6 February, 1905, to remain in her until superseded on

...-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 June, 1933 for continued work as a target vessel.{{NLOct35|p. 222}} ...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

...new class of ship, with a shallow draught for inshore work and a requisite small number of big guns was specified. ...rt off Palestine, on 26 December Raglan returned to Imbros, where with the small monitor M.28 she formed the Second Detached Squadron of the Ægean Squadron

...ational Maritime Museum contain two letters, the second of which has three small photographs. The signatures are not very legible, and it is a bit of a my The second letter contains three small photographs, and is posted to Dannreuther in {{UK-Renown}} from {{UK-Consta

...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> Prior to [[Small Arms and Edged Weapons (Royal Navy)|reductions in such provisions enacted i

...y of machine tools. Nothing comparable was found in the <u>Baden</u>. Such small workshops as there were equipped only with benches and vices. I do not reco ...>[http://www.gwpda.org/naval/hsfcpco.htm Dave Alton on GWPDA]</ref>|succBy=Vessel Scuttled}}

...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

...t]] {{SIR}} '''Frederick William Richards''', G.C.B., D.C.L. (<small>OXON</small>), F.R.G.S., Royal Navy (30 November, 1833 &ndash; 28 September, 1912) was ...le-sloop ''Vixen'' on the China station. He brought home and paid off this vessel in 1861. From March 1862 to January 1866 he commanded the ''Dart'', a gunb

...ortunity on the passage to conduct a full-power test and drew ahead of her small formation. At about 4.50am on the 21st she ran hard aground on the Samaran ...{{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 524.</ref>|note=ship lost under his command|succBy=Vessel Lost}}

...trike underwater debris (or debris that was awash), as judged by nicks and small damage to propellors and skegs. Other ships just report sounds of scraping ...ut suggest a collision with a semi-sunk ship or an explosion aboard such a vessel.

...tions, which delighted the French and produced results that, although on a small scale, could not be ignored by the British authorities. His mixed collecti .... 401''l''}} &ndash; 11 Jan, 1917{{HepperLosses|p. 77}}|Succeeded by<br>'''Vessel Lost'''}}

...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

...ed in the Sea of Azoff. A few days later, on 11 October, he landed with a small party, made a hazardous march inland, and set fire to a large store of fora ...am Rickard, Quartermaster, and George Milestone, A.B. Having hauled their small boat across the Spit of Arabat, they traversed the Sivash to the Crimean sh

...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

:4. If he has served in a Steam-Vessel, an acquaintance with the different parts and working of the Steam-Engine. ...onnng Ships and getting under-way. He must likewise know the Great Gun and Small Arm Exercise, the use of Tangent Sights, tin- charges for the Guns of the S

I <small>HAVE</small> the honour to report that at 6.54 p.m. on the 31st May, the ship was struc ''Marlborough'' passed Spurn Light Vessel at 7.35 a.m., and secured to No. 3 buoy off Immingham at 10 a.m.

...that the ''Vanguard'' is still remembered. I have great affection for the vessel for I started my career on her using antiquated diving equipment for which ...e boiler. As the result of part of a propellor blade having broken off the vessel had a certain rythm when doing her best six knots - I can only describe it

I<small>T</small> has been thought desirable by their Lordships that the Minutes of Evidence ...ave been very great. It caused a tremor throughout the whole length of the vessel, and the noise of the collision was heard on board other vessels at some di

...Frederic C. Dreyer, 1936.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...d of boats' falls altered, and a hundred and one other items adjusted, all small in themselves, but making just the difference to the efficiency of the ship

B<small>E</small> pleased to inform the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that in accorda ...able." It is true that the enemy suffered very heavily later, and that one vessel, the " Lützow," was undoubtedly destroyed, but even so the result cannot b

...ooden monsters had become utterly obsolete for fighting purposes, and this vessel, having had her machinery removed and with her new name of ''Britannia'', b ...of it found himself in difficult places, and how grateful he was, in some small chamber of his memory, for all the kind interest that had been taken in his

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

...rate for range, but frequently bad for line, the spread was as a rule very small. It appears to be uncertain whether the spread was not occasionally opened Although heavy ships were infrequently hit by shell of small calibre, the enemy made no great use of their secondary armament, except ag

...large numbers, is ineffective for offence in open waters, as is any other vessel, by reason of the fact that the submarine has a submerged radius of action ...mising method of evolving new methods appears to lie in the formation of a small committee of such officers who have shown in the past special inventive apt

...K-Lilac|f=t}} struck a mine on 18 August, 1915, Preston helped salvage the vessel.<ref>Preston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.|D7576588}} f. 79.</ref> ...Admiralty in a variety of positions. In 1940, he was made Director of the Small Vessels Pool. He would work within until 16 February, 1945 before being f

I <small>HAVE</small> the honour to inform you that "Inflexible" left Scapa Flow at 9 p.m. on Tu ...class, and some direct hits were considered to have been obtained on this vessel. At 6.30 p.m., the "{{UK-Invincible}}" blew up, apparently owing to being

===I<small>NTRODUCTION</small>.=== T<small>HE</small> Board of Admiralty desire to present to Parliament (and through Parliament

...ojectile's flight by hitting a vessel before it reaches the water is quite small.

...M 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel destroyed}} ...rection capable of indicating 30 degrees elevation, Pattern V.E. 2. The [[Small Type Training Receivers]] were pattern number 20 on P1 to P4 and S1 to S4,

D<small>ESPATCHES</small> of which the following are Copies, have been received from the Commander-i On 5th June I received a requisition from H.M. Consul at Tientsin for a vessel to protect Pei-tai-ho (a watering-place a few miles south of Shan-hai-kuan)

...on the target. When this is done, he has trained the mount correctly. In small geared mountings, he may endeavour to work his controls to continuously neg ...on an unsafe bearing or when the line of fire was endangered by a friendly vessel. He was equipped with a switch he could throw to break the firing circuits

...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 Around 1115, the {{UK-Nottingham|f=tp}} briefly spotted an unidentified vessel to the south west, which seemed to be steering north west. About 15 minutes

...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 ...p|1199}}|end=2 October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}

A '''Light Cruiser''' is a small, fast, sea-going vessel with some small degree of armour protection. It was a maturation of what had formerly been ...iser|List of light cruisers]], or, more loosely, [[:Category:Small Cruiser|small cruisers]]

...or the Tercentenary in July, 1908.<br><small>Library and Archives Canada.</small>]] ...class of vessel.<br>A strong programme of destroyers and a moderate one of small cruisers will also be necessary but our present superiority in armoured cru

Admiralty letter relating to the design of a small, fast vessel to escort torpedo boat destroyers.

Naval Manoeuvres, 1903, Small album of photos taken on board HMS EMPRESS OF INDIA and KING ALFRED. Three small notebooks, preliminary research.

...h this speed cannot be maintained, besides which the supply of coal is too small to allow of its maintenance for more than a short time, under any circumsta ...ime the invention of the locomotive torpedo by Mr. Whitehead, has rendered small vessels capable of inflicting serious, if not fatal, injury on large ones.

Modern sources often treat her as a member of a three-vessel ''Active'' class, but we treat her as contemporary documents do, as one of ...gun, salvaged from her wreck.<br><small>In the collection of Tony Lovell.</small>]]

{{pad|25px}}I<small>n</small> compliance with your signal of to-day, 2nd June, I have the honour to repo ...tion. It was observed that the splashes from the big shells were extremely small, seldom rising above the level of the hull of the ship.

certain of the vessel's identity. :Ships were occasionally struck by shrapnel and small pieces

...ya}} on 28 November, 1915.{{NLDec16|p. 395''zz''}} He commissioned the new vessel on 1 January, 1916 and commanded her at the [[Battle of Jutland]] as part o ...erson]] dated 29 May 1919 indicates that this was to include command of "a small Force of Light Cruisers and Destroyers" which would be sent to Flensborg "i

...ate 1942, he was made Inspector of Merchant Ship Gunnery and as Adviser on Small Ships' Gunnery. A series of similar appointments followed before he was re ...ustin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 78.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''Vessel Decommissioned'''}}

...ld in 1897 were 11' 2" long of galvanized iron. They each contained 1,356 small steel tubes of 1.33 and 1.25" out diameter, variously. The eight furnaces .... ?.</ref>|end=31 May, 1918{{HepperLosses|p. 134}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}

...ed “unexceptional” when, despite desperate attempts to prevent it, the vessel capsized and rapidly sank with the loss of 473 lives including that of her ...to a corresponding extent, and that her stability proved to be dangerously small, combined with an area of sail, under those circumstances, excessive. The c

:(19). <u>Small collision mats.</u> ::The small collision mats made in the ship (size 6ft

...ent ended when, in late January 1902, he was injured in the capsizing of a small boat.<ref>Tisdall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/539.| D7579001}} f. 130

...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> It was soon recognized that their small size limited their seaworthiness severely.<ref>"Naval and Military Intellig

In 1915, it was envisioned that these would become the standard large and small charges. The first orders of the Type D were made in September 1915, and t Until mid-June, 1917 a standard load-out of depth charges for any vessel was but two Type D or D*s, but it was realised that patterns of depth charg

...tified threads throughout, B_{<small>2</small>} generators and air vessel pressures increased to 2,200 psi to deliver 29 knots to 7,00 yards.{{ARTS19 Introduced in 1914, these combined some additional small improvements to those of the VII**.{{ARTS1914|p. 8}}

Introduced in 1914, these featured rectified threads throughout, air vessel pressures of 2,350 psi for 10,750 yard range and two other improvements.{{A ...in 1914, these included the improvements of the II** and added three other small features.{{ARTS1914|p. 9}}

...was vigorously hunted and could not maintain contact. On May 1 she sank a small gunboat with a torpedo and failed to sink a larger target due to a torpedo ..., 1918{{UKNavalOpsV|pp. 90-1}}|note=killed by shellfire as she sank|succBy=Vessel Lost}}

...d by a screen of a torpedo boat, a small sloop, 4 trawlers, several tugs & small craft, on 22/12/15. The attack was very ably carried out & Lt. Cdr Duff-Du ...{TNA|ADM 196/50/190.|D7604602}} f. 269.</ref>{{KindellROH2|p. 267}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship lost under his command}}

''H 48'' collided with the fishing vessel ''Junita'' in 1920. ...ichard Sheridan-Patterson|appt=20 October, 1930|end=10 November, 1930|note=small chance the submarine is another, here}}

...leg of her homeward voyage, the submarine encountered a Norwegian sailing vessel laden with timber for English mines. Once again, she scorned the use of a t

...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> This varied by vessel by 1914:{{DittColl|p. 105}}

:The vessel kept afloat for some time after this, going down :Some men had previously got away on a small raft, and

not consider I ought to hamper myself with a disabled vessel in :8. About midnight, G.M.T., a large vessel, which appeared to

heavy object, possibly a submarine or a sunken vessel. small piece has been removed from one blade, and a cone from

...r''' was an assembly for dropping torpedoes into the water abreast a small vessel. It could be used with the following torpedoes, which each required a small hole to be added to admit a steadying pin from the gear abaft the afterbody

...s first lieutenant on 16 December &ndash; his first appointment to a small vessel. He remained in her until being appointed in command of the {{UK-Bullfinch

...Marmora]] in September, 1922. Wilkinson was found to be to blame only in small degree.<ref>Wilkinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/89.|D7604188}} f. ...Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/89.|D7604188}} f. 47.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''Vessel Lost'''}}

...orders in writing; most of these I considered unnecessary in such a small vessel. The officers believed that Lieut. Hester set a C.P.O. to see that they ca I do not recommend this officer for command of a large vessel, and vessel he commands should be under the immediate eye of the Senior Officer, R.N.''

...d by a screen of a torpedo boat, a small sloop, 4 trawlers, several tugs & small craft, on 22/12/15. The attack was very ably carried out & Lt. Cdr Duff-Du .../50/190.|D7604602}} f. 269.</ref>{{KindellROH2|p. 267}}|Succeeded by<br>'''Vessel Lost'''}}

On 3 August 1914 he was appointed to the {{UK-Aboukir|f=tp}}, playing a small part in the [[Battle of Heligoland Bight]] on 28 August. He would survive h ...es-farquhar-smith R.A.N. page on Farquhar-Smith].</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''Vessel Decommissioned'''}}

...ection of the tactical unit. .It was possible to fix the unit at a certain small number of ships—three or four—and then, according to the size of the fl ...erences of helm angle, but so far as experiment has yet gone, these are so small that they are of no practical importance.

...action, it is of the utmost important that all turns should be made under small helm, to avoid disturbance of gunfire. The Flag Officers of fast Divisions must be <s>most</s> careful to use small helm, and make as few turns as possible whilst getting into position, so th

<center>I.<br>D<small>ISCRETION ALLOWED</small>.</center> <center>II.<br>M<small>UTUAL</small> S<small>UPPORT</small>.</center>

...November, 1911 and confirmed in the rank two days later. His first small vessel service started on 31 December 1911 with an appointment to the {{UK-Savage|

...the Channel, an impressive achievement for the small 58 foot long, 26 GRT vessel. ...ADM 240/54/205.|}} f. 205.</ref>{{HepperLosses|p. 126}}|Succeeded by<br>'''Vessel Lost'''}}

...class though she was different enough to merit treatment here as a unique vessel.

...the Navy was dismayed to find that the ''Manley'''s coal capacity was too small for her to work at sea, and that "owing to her peculiar construction the na ...endurance, she was assigned to the [[Naval Auxiliary Force]] as a dispatch vessel. Soon after the end of the war the ''Manley'' was laid up in ordinary for

'''H.M.S. ''Perdita''''' was a small civil vessel that saw service in the [[Royal Navy]] as a minelayer. She displaced a mer

|chain=Small Fry,Torpedo Gunboats ...completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1887 &mdash; her first of this type of vessel.

|chain=Small Fry,Gunboats ''Plucky'' was the first iron vessel built at [[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]].{{NMI|16 July 1870, p. 5}} She was

|chain=Small Fry,Gunboats ...by late March, 1868. 79 feet long by 25 feet in the beam, she was a wide vessel, drawing 6 feet and displacing 150 tons to carry a single 12.5 ton Armstron

An unpublished article written by Tristan Dannreuther entitled 'Small Arms and Gunnery Stories', 1887 to 1916. Undated. ...t Bates taken prisoner by a German submarine whilst in charge of the prize vessel PESTALESSI.

...yal Naval Reserve]]. He appeared to be the object of blame in a number of small misfortunes. ...mmand of {{UK-Banchory}}. Once again, Savage was faulted for damaging the vessel as she navigated near foul ground at night. Savage was demobilised on 24 O

...o {{SubRN}} on 15 September 1916 and becoming the executive officer of the small ship. ...<br>17 Nov, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 251}} &ndash; 26 Jan, 1932|Succeeded by<br>'''Vessel Lost'''}}

...and was judged as "very capable" and "most suitable in command of a small vessel."<ref>Pearce Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/55/67.|}} f. 67.</ref>

...oss of visibility, ''Iron Duke'' rammed ''Vanguard'' after a small sailing vessel's appearance required ''Vanguard'' to slow and turn to port into the path o ...dia.org/wiki/HMS_Vanguard_(1870) Wikipedia].</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}

|chain=Small Fry,Gunboats ...OWShips-WW1-11-HMS_Kinsha.htm Ship's Log].</ref>|end=30 April, 1921|succBy=Vessel Sold}}

...iving an adverse report in connection with the loss of small arms from the vessel in early 1917.<ref>Keigwin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/53/155.|}} f. 155

Shortly after the war, Captain Simpson wrote of Brewer, "An experiencedd small ship and destroyer commander who has done sterling work in command of 1st E ...1935{{NavAppts|Monday, July 8, 1935, Issue 47110, p.8}}|Succeeded by<br>'''Vessel Decommissioned'''}}

...copies of certificates, 11 July 1850; Orders to join the FISGARD (training vessel) at Woolwich, 10 February 1851; Certificate for services on HMS FISGARD, 5 ...HMS FORTE, RAINBOW, GEYSER, RALEIGH, ILLUSTRIOUS, VICTORY and HM Surveying Vessel THUNDER. The Pacific Station, often referred to as the Pacific Squadron, wa

...ncentrating fire on German heavy batteries inland; a suggestion of a decoy vessel for enemy submarines; a scheme for the absorption of engineer officers as a ...services; minefield positions; proposals for submarine nets and the use of small airships against submarines; airship design; the Dardanelles, including an

...before the [[Great War]] and played an ancillary part in the war itself as small numbers of increasingly capable platforms were fielded and employed. The d ...915.<br><small>The tail number suggests this may be the original No. 184.</small>]]

...14/15 February, 1918. The raid was a success, and the Germans sank eight small ships and damaged several others. A clumsy, confused response failed to br ...searchlights and his division was under fire. Presumably fearing that his vessel might be captured, he threw his confidential books overboard. The ''Shipmat

d=18810517|s=H.M.S. Constance (1880)|s=VES a moored vessel|w=Chatham Dockyard|n=blown together by wind d=18840508|s=H.M.S. Vivid (1883)|s=VES small pleasure boat|w=in the Hamoaze|n=2 dead

...tails of his service, though he did serve on {{US-Eagle11|f=t}} while that vessel was fitting out in early 1919. Other sources indicate he briefly commanded

By November 1915, at least, Winn was being placed in command of small coastal boats. He would command at last five before March 1917, when his s ...Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/149.|}} f. 505.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''Vessel Decommissioned'''}}

...ral Behncke, who was wounded and in hospital; his wounds are slight, a few small splinters in his head, elbow and knee, and he will probably soon be well ag ...T messages were received, but they were corrupt, appeared to refer only to small formations and gave no clue to the movements of the Grand Fleet. The airshi