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  • ...Queen Elizabeth class and Revenge class battleships were being completed. It was then suggested that the 12-inch (305 mm) guns and barbettes of the obso ...915)|H.M.S. ''Prince Rupert'']] was built at William Hamilton & Company of Port Glasgow and another at Scotts' shipyard at Greenock. This left the monitor
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  • ...g out in Clydebank, and it was observed that she had a more elegant plan. It was mimicked for ''Inflexible'' and ''Indomitable''.{{JohnstonClydebankBatt ...ve also had a [[Type 3 Wireless Set|Type 3 Battleship Auxiliary set]], but it was to be replaced by a [[Type 10 Wireless Set|Type 10 Cruiser Auxiliary se
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  • ...g out in Clydebank, and it was observed that she had a more elegant plan. It was mimicked for ''Inflexible'' and ''Indomitable''.{{JohnstonClydebankBatt ...'s East Asia Squadron. One day after the British battlecruisers arrived at Port Stanley on 7 December, 1914, the German squadron arrived to discover they'd
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  • ...sly. This electric gear remained in the ''Invincible'' for some time, but it always gave trouble, and luckily, just before the War, orders were given th ...'s force arrived in the Falkland Islands, the battlecruisers anchoring off Port William to draw provisions and coal. The next morning smoke was sighted, a
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  • ...d interdict and German vessels attempting to break out into the Atlantic. It served as the main anchorage for the British Grand Fleet for most of the [[ ...His position was "similar to that of admiral Superintendent of a dockyard port."<ref>Grand Fleet Orders. "106. Fleet base at Scapa Flow, Orkneys and She
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  • As of 1901, while serving as a Port Guard ship,. she was slated to receive a [[Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus Ma ...went to Portsmouth to have the wireless installed. It was estimated that it would take several weeks, and the Admiral became unhappy at the idea of bei
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  • ...casemated on the first deck proved of little use in practical sea states. It was decided, on ''Hannibal'' and ''Magnificent'' to remove the eight casema In early 1905, it was approved that the 6-in guns in ''Majestics'' and later battleships shou
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  • ...inspected were found to be defective and were withdrawn from their ships. It was deemed that the sleeves were contracting near the muzzle, generally aft ...{{DE-U21}} passed straight through the heavy mesh and hit her amidships. It was followed by another one and within seven minutes ''Majestic'', betrayin
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  • ...casemated on the first deck proved of little use in practical sea states. It was decided to remove the eight casemate guns, plate their ports over and m In early 1905, it was approved that the 6-in Q.F. guns in ''Majestics'' and later battleships
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  • ...orce as it awaited the arrival of Sturdee's battlecruisers and anchored in Port Stanley. She fired the first shots of the [[Battle of the Falkland Islands
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  • ...delivery of important castings, her launch was delayed until March, 1898. It had been hoped that she could be launched in February and ''Irresistible'' ...degree, ''Goliath'' finally departed for China on 30 May, arriving at the port of [[Weihaiwei]] on 18 June, in time for the [[Boxer Rebellion]].
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  • ...casemated on the first deck proved of little use in practical sea states. It was decided to remove the eight casemate guns, plate their ports over and m ...s at which rapid fire would be most suitable (about 4,000 yards here), and it sped the firing cycle, as a return to firing elevation usually happened mor
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  • ...casemated on the first deck proved of little use in practical sea states. It was decided to remove the eight casemate guns, plate their ports over and m .... The sight line was 52.75 inches above the bore, and 48.6 inches abreast it. There was no temperature corrector or a "C" corrector.
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  • ...casemated on the first deck proved of little use in practical sea states. It was decided to remove the eight casemate guns, plate their ports over and m ...lined as unnecessary. The foremost starboard casemate gun and the aftmost port gun's left scopes were wooded at about 7 degrees from the centerline. An a
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  • ...ercy Scott]], captain of ''Excellent'' considered this too slow. In 1902, it had been determined that an acceptable time for flooding the 12-in magazine ...one hour 11 minutes would have been required were it in use. Fromt this, it was determined that the following alterations were required to make all mag
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  • The turrets on each side were numbered 1-3, fore to aft, qualified by "port" or "starboard".<ref>''Manual of Gunnery in H.M. Fleet (Volume I), 1907'', In 1909, it was decided that ships of this class were to carry 10 heater torpedoes, dis
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  • ...on 4 August, 1914 after the German ships had bombarded the French Algerian port of Phillipeville. ...ve also had a [[Type 3 Wireless Set|Type 3 Battleship Auxiliary set]], but it was to be replaced by a [[Type 10 Wireless Set|Type 10 Cruiser Auxiliary se
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  • ...1913. Issue '''40337''', col C, p. 10.</ref> On the 27th she arrived at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.<ref>"News in Brief" (News in Brief). ''The Times''. T ...[[Battle of Jutland]], the right gun in "Q" turret had a 30 foot crack in it, but was fired nonetheless.<ref>At {{TNA|ADM 137/1645.}} pp. 41, 95.</ref>
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  • ...the higher ratings are excellent and gradually making themselves felt, but it takes time.<ref>Beatty to Hamilton. Letter of 17 February, 1915. Hamilton ...hip. Shall we gain by swapping horses while crossing the stream? I doubt it.<ref>Diary entry of 7 March, 1915. Duff Papers. National Maritime Museum.
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  • ...ertainly not strong enough to carry a gun like that. Every time she fired it was like a snowstorm in my cabin, only instead of snowflakes sheared rivet- ...len's 200 kw reciprocating steam generators and one 175 kw oil-fired one. It is possible that another 200 kw steam generator was added to the design or
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