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  • ...any]] and engined by [[John Brown & Company]], she was the fastest capital ship in the fleet until {{UK-Tiger|f=p}}, the last of the so-called [["Big Cats" ..., the same day that it was announced in ''The Times'' that the name of the ship would be ''Queen Mary'', in honour of the consort of [[George V|King George
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  • ..., Pursers, Mates, Mid<sup>n</sup> &c. Superintends the Excellent, Gunnery Ship (under the orders of Captain Chads) as well as Scientific Education of the | Service and Appointments of Officers of all Branches, including Auxiliary Patrol (except as reserve to ''First Lord'').
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  • | 3.&mdash;Ship-building. ...ecting vessels proposed to be purchased for the Fleet or to be employed in auxiliary services.
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  • In 1908, the ship was one of just nine equipped with the [["C" Tune Gear]], capable of transm ...id-1913, it was decided to purchase a [[Type 9 Wireless Set|Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set]] for her.{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}}
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  • ...id-1913, it was decided to purchase a [[Type 9 Wireless Set|Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set]] for her.{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}} In late July 1914, the ship received one of five [[Waymouth-Cooke Rangefinder]]s purchased for evaluati
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  • That year, she was one of just nine ship equipped with [["C" Tune Gear|"C" Tune wireless equipment]], capable of tra The ship re-commissioned at Devonport on 8 February, 1910. By mid-1911, she was par
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  • The ship completed to full complement at Devonport on 18 June, 1907.{{NLJan08|p. 291 ...is time, it was decided to purchase a [[Type 9 Wireless Set|Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set]] for her.{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}}
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  • ...yed sixteen miles ahead of the battle fleet. She was acting as the linking ship for communications.{{UKJutlandOD|p. 15}} ...id-1913, it was decided to purchase a [[Type 9 Wireless Set|Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set]] for her.{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}}
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  • ...the incident, which is somewhat unusual. That same month, command of the ship was being turned over from Captain [[Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe|The Ho ...in Plymouth Sound, £500 of public money was found to be missing from the ship. A forensic inquiry into her books was so extensive that she was unable to
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  • ...n equipped with [[British Wireless Systems#Battleship Auxiliary|Battleship Auxiliary W/T sets]].{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}} |colspan=2|'''Repair Ship'''
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  • ...24 August, 1881, and on 19 December, 1882, he was appointed to her sister-ship ''Audacious''. On 25 July, 1884, he was appointed to the battleship ''Sult ...f operations on the 31st October, to the 2nd November, 1917, when a German Auxiliary Cruiser and several Trawlers were sunk in the Kattegat. Their Lordships' ap
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  • ...vember, 1939. This evolved into mine-sweeping work and he took command of auxiliary craft at Yarmouth tasked with this mission. *[[George Bibby Hartford Account of Life in H.M.S. Britannia (Cadet Training Ship)]]
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  • ...al Japanese Navy]]. Upon his return he spent a year on the cadet training ship {{UK-1Britannia}}, before serving as the junior member of a committee appoi ...ay for this. On 5 March, 1881, he was appointed to the new torpedo depôt ship {{UK-Hecla}} in the Mediterranean,<ref>Wilson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 19
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  • ...keep the "DREADNOUGHT" in Thames, but if not I could send her as a private ship to you to reinforce 4th. B.S.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 137/1898}}, f. 19.</ref></block ...n equipped with [[British Wireless Systems#Battleship Auxiliary|Battleship Auxiliary W/T sets]].{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}}
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  • ...n equipped with [[British Wireless Systems#Battleship Auxiliary|Battleship Auxiliary W/T sets]].{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}} Attached: {{UK-1Boadicea|f=t}}, repair ship ''Assistance''.
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  • ...tune|f=t}} on 11 February, 1916,{{NLDec16|p. 396''ee''}} and commanded the ship through the [[Battle of Jutland]] and submitted [[H.M.S. Neptune at the Ba ...of the Dockyard at Portland,{{NLDec18|p. 893}} and officer in charge of [[Auxiliary Patrol Area XIII]].{{SMNLNov18|p. 2}}
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  • ...in her, being promoted to the rank of {{MidRN}} on 21 July 1879. When the ship paid off on 26 January 1882, Boyle cooled his heels for two months at {{UK- ...ining Service (Royal Navy)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Caledonia'', Boys' Training Ship]]'''<br>21 Aug, 1901<ref>Boyle service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/172.|}}</re
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  • ...a very popular man in the Service. Billy would have preferred a seagoing ship to life in a 'Stone Frigate'.{{FleetMyLife|p. 286}} ...in, R.N.R.. On 20 February, 1915, he was given charge of the vessels in [[Auxiliary Patrol Area XVII]]. This appointment lasted only until early April. On 39
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  • bearing S.S.W. 3 to 4 miles steering east, ''Lion'' the leading ship. The [[Fifth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|5th Battle Squadron]] then came 9. Marlborough now shifted fire to a three-funnelled ship, and at 6.34 <small>P.M.</small> formed up astern of the line and opened fi
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  • ...ously been projected high into the air and landed some 150ft away from the ship burying itself breach down to a depth of 15ft. One gun turret complete with The above photograph shows the ship's propellor which was lying free of the ship which we lifted with the later vessel.
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