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...p. 403.</ref> and at 21:10 Beatty ordered the Fifth Battle Squadron out of port five miles astern of the First Battle Cruiser Squadron<ref>''Battle of Jutl ...which is more than those confounded politicians do so perhaps he will suit us quite well. He had rather an ordeal the other night&mdash;poor man when he

...til 24 August. He was detached from the ''Dolphin'' to serve aboard the {{US-Olympia|f=p}} on 6 November that same year, but was ordered to the U.S.S. ' ...[[Connecticut Class Battleship (1904)|''Connecticut'' Class battleship]] {{US-Kansas}}. He commanded the battleship for the next two years, which was an

...down and had quite a comfortable sleep, having nothing on our mind to keep us awake. :Then came the big explosion, which shook us a bit, and on looking at the pressure gauge I saw the pressure had failed.

...t) and a return visit to Port Royal (12 to 20 August), interspersing these port visits with operations out of Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay. Early in t ...at Key West, drilling naval militia, for six months, departing the Florida port on 10 June for a succession of ports, Brunswick, Savannah, and Southport, u

...f 1812 and the first of a British naval squadron since the Battle of Grand Port in 1810. ''Cormoran'' entered the US territory of Guam on 14 December 1914 with her coal bunkers almost empty. S

...o enter each Naval Cadet as a Supernumerary on board the Flag Ship at that port, from the date of the Candidate passing the required Examination (pending a ...ced at their examinations; and during the last six months of their service us Midshipmen it must contain the working of the Observations as given in Shee

...h Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|5th Battle Squadron]] had come down to join us in the Forth in their place. It was the first time the 5th B.S. had come o ...''Hindenburg'', was there). Their bearing was approximately north, on our port bow; the weather was misty in patches, the visibility varying from 12 to 6

...y be nullified now by the subsequent advent of the destroyer. However, let us first review the Chino-Japanese operations at Wei-hai-Wei. ...to bear in mind the sort of attack, or what is likely to be the attack on us, may not be on similar lines to that which the Chinese met. I do not think

...be summed up in a few words by saying that he speeded things up and saved us some 5 or 6 years. ...kill the very difficult task of writing the Life of Lord Fisher and giving us a picture of this extraordinary man and the demoniacal energy, inspired by

...observed to be firing; it was then about eight miles away, slightly on our port bow, and steaming at great speed from left to right. Although the flashes ...number of destroyers, accompanied by the {{UK-1Arethusa}}, passed down our port hand, retiring from an invisible enemy who was pitching projectiles amongst

...re earlier than we did at the enemy as he closed us after his turn towards us at about 6.56 p.m. ...ps were in the way of the leading ships of the centre squadron altering to port.

...d, soon after "Stations" had been closed up, the enemy were sighted on the Port-bow. Shortly after the Captain ([[Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe|Capt. ...emy without being engaged by them. After that however, fire was opened on us. After a short interval a short "straddle" was obtained across the "{{UK-B

We know from what contemporary writers, especially naval officers, have told us how naturally the midshipman became the prey of everyone in authority over ...instructional officers consisted of a navigating commander, R.N., to teach us practical navigation, four naval instructors, R.N., and several civilian in

...board side of the ''Aboukir'', while we stood by on the port side, both of us a good distance off. ...s, and I had taken five when I saw the white line of a torpedo approaching us in the starboard side, in line with the aft-bridge.

...ng back on the Battle Fleet. As we were deploying, they seemed to turn to port. ...to be coming through her forecastle deck. They eventually passed ahead of us and disappeared in the mist. " {{UK-Lion}} " was seen to be straddled once

|valign=top| 6.26.||Altered course to port. |valign=top| 7.20.||Altered course 4 points to port together by signal.

It seems that he may have been the turret trainer, as he had a sighting port and no apparent direct duty while the ship was under director firing. ...knots. It was nothing but the usual air-raid stunt with the Engadine with us. Wednesday was a lovely day. We were expecting to rendez-vous with the Gr

...Conning Tower next door knew, I do not know but he never said anything to us. It must be remembered in those days there were no 'Public Address' system Then I remember the Battle-Cruisers passing us on opposite course on our engaged side and checking our fire for them but w

...p the {{UK-Lion}}, leading our Battle Cruisers, appeared to be on fire the port ...turret, which burst into a fierce flame. After this she turned away from us and disappeared into the mist. By this time it was too dark to fire and we

<br>3.0 PM Zeppelins sighted off our port beam, following us about 30 miles astern xxxxxxx. <br>4.30. Altered course 16 points just in time to prevent us from striking enemy mines. 8 were exploded in area whilst we were there. 3