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  • ...commissioning.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships''. p. 16.</ref> ...end=17 September, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when ship lost}}
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  • ...r commissioning.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', p. 16.</ref> ...es|appt=May, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=8 June, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship sank}}
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  • |chain=Aviation Ships ...end=5 November, 1918{{HepperLosses|p. 144}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
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  • ...nstruction]], Sir Eustace Tennyson-D'Eyncourt. Goodall's views on American ships were reported at length and summarized in Engineering in 1922. His work was ...sistant director in 1932, mainly concerned with the modernization of older ships and trials of protection though including the early studies for the King Ge
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  • ...on Roads bound for Key West, arriving on the 15th. She was joined there by ships of the North Atlantic Squadron on maneouvers, then left Key West on 24 Janu ...aine'', the public domain version of ''The Dictionary of American Fighting Ships'' states:
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  • ...evidence to the commission overwhelmingly considered that convoy of their ships would be an inconvenience, an anachronism, or even a hazard. Cooper Key op ...ything about it during the night. They found that they lost some of their ships during the night without knowing where or how they had gone. But an enterp
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  • ...''Topaze'' and ''Diamond'', out of a complement of 780 men ''Formidable'' lost 35 officers and 512 men dead, including Captain [[Arthur Noel Loxley|Arthur Fisher was scathing, writing to Churchill on 14 January, "He has lost our confidence and that is sufficient reason for his removal <u>and no othe
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  • ...aerial telegraphy. Invented a serviceable apparatus for signalling between ships at sea without wires. Proved that if the Hertzian oscillations are transmit ...ly Jackson was opposed to the continuing escalation of the size of capital ships, telling Admiral [[George Fowler King-Hall|Sir George F. King-Hall]] at the
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  • ...ught]] [[battleship]]s built for the [[Imperial Russian Navy]]. All three ships fought in the [[Russo-Japanese War]]; two were destroyed and one was captur <div name=fredbot:ships>
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  • ...al station had been established on Sapper Hill in order to watch for enemy ships and to direct ''Canopus''{{'}}s fire. A row of electric mines laid across t ...d coaling. The battlecruisers and Bristol were coaling and the other three ships had not yet started to do so. ''Kent'', as guardship, had steam at 30 minut
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  • On 20 August, 1910, ''Bedford'' sailed from Weihai with three other ships from the squadron for Nagasaki. ''Bedford'' took the opportunity on the pa ...its sympathy with the relatives and friends of those whose lives have been lost. The Lord Lieutenant is anxious for further information.
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  • ...ruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|1st Cruiser Squadron]]. Fire opened by other ships of the 2nd Division.<br>About this time one of the 1st Cruiser Squadron on ...emy's after turrets when fourth salvo fell. Immediately after this, enemy lost sight of in spray and mist resulting from a short salvo from another ship.
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  • ...ed repeatedly that Richmond's subsequent appointments in command of lesser ships were some sort of punishment: "relegated", in the words of Barry Hunt,<ref> ...mes, Germany will be ready to barter any European conquests to recover her lost territories.<ref>Notes for 5 August, 1914. Richmond Papers. National Mari
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  • ...critical moment, the straining of a bulkhead under pressure, a few seconds lost in the time in the loading of the guns, or the difficulty of carrying out s ...p. 38.</ref> Following a disagreement over the matter of boilers in H.M. ships, on 18 March, 1901, Selborne offered Wilson the command of the Channel Squa
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  • ...he [[China Station]]. He would serve as navigating officer in a number of ships through 1903, when he was performing such work in {{UK-Glory}}. He was pro ...=t}} on 8 May, 1913,{{NLDec14|p. 324}} and died when she was torpedoed and lost in the early morning of 13 May, 1915.{{KindellROH2|p. 96}}
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  • ...them with a stop-watch. As commodore in the destroyer flotilla he required ships' companies to land under arms and cover 5 miles in a set period of time. He ...line stifled his naturally aggressive instincts and a rare opportunity was lost. The Admiralty knew from intelligence that German battle cruisers would rai
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  • ...th of the squadron would be increased from six battleships to eight as new ships joined the Fleet.<ref>''Hansard''. [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/com ...as being {{UK-1Neptune}}, which was not part of any Battle Squadron. The ships are listed in a different order, but remain unchanged from the previous yea
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  • ...her and ''Bacchante'' lost a cutter and had her rudder jammed sideways and lost sight of the rest of the squadron. After two days control was eventually r ...n 22 June, 1893 off the coast of Tripoli, Lebanon, the Mediterranean fleet lost its flagship and its Commander-in-Chief, Sir George Tryon, under whom Evan-
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  • ...e British line of battle at the [[Battle of Jutland]] on 31 May, 1916, but lost touch with the German fleet as night fell. Sir Martyn Jerram declined to r ...anuary and possibly February of 1915 even though {{UK-Audacious}} had been lost at the end of October.{{SMNLSep14|p. 8}}{{SMNLOct14|p. 8}}{{SMNLDec14|p. 8}
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  • ...enger steamer fitted out as a seaplane carrier, and attended by two slower ships as escorts. Based on [[Port Said]], he ranged the coasts of Palestine, Syr ...gunfire that erupted, unanticipated, from the Asian shore. His two escort ships, already equipped to carry a few seaplanes, were now fitted out for indepen
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