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...} 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1904, but then whisked away to command the despatch vessel {{UK-1Surprise}} on 6 February, 1905, to remain in her until superseded on 1 Aug On 20 August 1907, he was appointed in command of the {{UK-Amphitrite|f=t}}, remaining in her until September 1908.<ref name=f418>Brue

...} with seniority of 20 August, 1883. He was appointed in command of the {{UK-1TB33|f=t}} on 7 July 1887, for manoeuvres.<ref>"Naval & Military Intellige On 11 July, 1893, Bacon was appointed to {{UK-TB81}} for the annual manoeuvres.<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres". ''The Times'

...e=fredbot:officeCIC otitle="Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station" nat="UK"> ...M 196/42}}. p. 223.</ref>|ass=25 january, 1916<ref>Predecessor struck his flag that day. Peirse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1026.</ref>|end=

|nat=UK ...fusion as to whether 12-inch mountings ordered for {{UK-LordNelson}} and {{UK-Agamemnon}} were diverted to ''Dreadnought''. The order for the turntables

''Centurion'' served in the {{UK-BS|2}} from at least December 1913, remaining with that squadron throughout ''Centurion'' operated as part of the {{UK-BS|2}} at the Battle, under the command of Captain [[Michael Culme-Seymour,

...1911.<ref name=thetimes1911/> A few weeks later on 12 December, eighteen officers and men were injured when an explosion occurred onboard while ''Orion'' was ...January, 1912 the old battleship {{UK-1Revenge}}, which was a tender to {{UK-Excellent}}, broke free from her moorings and drifted across Portsmouth Har

From at least December 1913, she served in the {{UK-BS|1}}. In 1913, ''Hercules'' was slated as part of the [[British Adoption By the end of 1913, she and the rest of the {{UK-BS|1}} were all equipped with [[British_Wireless_Systems#Short_Distance_Set

...ref>Campbell. p. 42.</ref> Rear-Admiral [[Hugh Evan-Thomas]] hoisted his flag in her on 1 October.<ref>Evan-Thomas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} Re-commissioned on 4 January 1923 at Portsmouth to become part of the {{UK-BS|1}} in 1925.{{NLApr25|pp. 216, 217}}

...bells were made for the Captain, the Wardroom, the Gunroom and the Warrant Officers' Mess. Admiral Jellicoe rang the bell into service by sounding off eight b Re-commissioned at Devonport on 3 September, 1931 for service with the {{UK-BS|2}}.{{NLJul34|p. 254}}

...tion through the end of the war and until at at least July 1919.<ref>See {{UK-BS|1}} for citations.</ref> Re-commissioned on 16 September, 1924 for service with the {{UK-BS|2}} in the [[Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]].{{NLApr25|p. 2

...Following the course, he was appointed to commission the new battleship {{UK-Cornwallis}}, effective 9 February, 1904.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligenc ==Flag Rank==

...t C.S. became the {{UK-BCS|1}}. On 17 March, 1913 she collided with the {{UK-C34|f=t}} in Stokes Bay in the Solent, suffering no damage in the process. In August, 1913 ''Invincible'' joined the {{UK-BCS|2}} in the [[British Mediterranean Fleet|Mediterranean Fleet]] after an

...s of the [[Royal Navy]] established in 1900. It was commanded by a junior flag officer or senior Captain of distinction, based first at [[Royal Naval Coll ...the Council) to consider the question of the Course of Study of the Senior Officers at the Royal Naval College, and to offer such suggestions as may be deemed

...ohn Pakenham Pipon|John P. Pipon]], C.B., C.M.G., with a complement of 757 officers and men for service on the [[Mediterranean Station]].<ref>"Naval & Military ...able to do this in 5 minutes, 45 seconds. The best time was achieved by {{UK-Cressy}} at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.{{ARTS1904|pp. 45-7

[[File:H.M.S. Prince George - 1898.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The three senior officers in ''Prince George'', 1898. From left to right: Commander [[Montague Edwar In October 1903, ''Prince George'' collided with the {{UK-Hannibal|f=t}} as the two ships manoeuvred without lights.<ref>Campbell Ser

...t'' and became port depot ship for Rosyth, bearing a great many additional officers for duties ranging from boom defence to various "special service".{{NLJan21 ...ef>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 323.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}

...er Commander [[Edward Montgomery Phillpotts|Edward M. Phillpotts]], acting Flag Captain to Admiral [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Bere ...m M. Chambers]] took command, with the crew from the paid-off battleship {{UK-1Resolution}}.

...er service in the Great War with a shifting roster of her sisters in the {{UK-BS|3}}. ''Dominion'' was assigned to the {{UK-BS|3}} upon its creation in May, 1912.

...orge Francis Maurice Cradock|Sir Christopher G. F. M. Cradock]], and the {{UK-1Berwick}} arrived.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appoint On 21 August, 1914, ''New Zealand'' was ordered to join {{UK-Invincible}} on the Humber.<ref>"Grand Fleet Operations - Narrative of Even

As Captain of the ironclad {{UK-2Achilles}} he was described by ''Vanity Fair'' caricaturist 'Spy' (Sir Les When a muzzle-loading gun aboard the ironclad {{UK-1Thunderer}} exploded in January 1879 during gunnery practice, Heneage disp

Lowry was given command of {{UK-1Ramillies|f=t}} in January, 1900.{{MackieRNW}} Thereafter, he was appointed in command of the {{UK-1Hood|f=t}} from 19 April, 1902 to 25 June, 1903 in the [[Home Fleet (Royal

...Navy]] as a Navigating Cadet on 15 July, 1870, and was appointed to the {{UK-1Britannia|f=t}} at Dartmouth, and left on 18 July, 1872, after the customa He was appointed to {{UK-Vernon}} on 9 September, 1883 to qualify as a torpedo Lieutenant.{{NLJul84|

...r was later to claim, and Andrew Gordon to repeat, that the average age of officers promoted Captain at the time was forty-two.<ref>Chalmers. p. xxi. Gordon. ...196/87}}. f. 102.</ref> On 30 September he took command of the cruiser {{UK-1Diana}}. On 12 October he was given command of the battleship [[H.M.S. Ma

...N. (25 January, 1841 &ndash; 10 July, 1920) was one of the most celebrated officers in the history of the [[Royal Navy]]. He was actively involved in the serv ...it and on account of old Shadwell's report of me, he should take me as his Flag Mate, and that he would take care to look out for me always.<ref>Quoted in

Kerr was one of three officers later to achieve high rank in the Navy to be awarded the India 1857-1858 ca ...1875. Seymour, by now Vice-Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour, hauled down his flag on 9 November, 1877, and was superseded by Rear-Admiral [[John Hay|Lord Joh

...s requalified, on 5 January, 1884, he was appointed to the barbette ship {{UK-Temeraire|y=1876}} in the Mediterranean<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/39}}. f. 1187.</ ...mmand) the battleship [[H.M.S. Triumph (1870)|''Triumph'']] for service as flag ship on the [[Pacific Station (Royal Navy)|Pacific Station]]. The Commande

...Wemyss. p. 35.</ref> On 18 February, 1890, Wemyss was appointed to the {{UK-1Undaunted|f=t}} in the Mediterranean, captained by Captain [[Charles Willi ...was paid off on 29 August, and on 11 September he joined the battleship {{UK-EmpressOfIndia}} in the Channel Squadron,<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 223.<

...Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2007 [http://0-www.oxforddnb.com.wam.leeds.ac.uk/view/article/34134, accessed 10 Sept 2012]</ref> ...training, Jackson was put in charge of Whitehead torpedo instruction at {{UK-Vernon}} in 1885. The "Whitehead" was one of the main torpedoes being used

...on 10 February and went on Half Pay. He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Andromache|f=t}} in the annual man&oelig;uvres from 21 July to 10 September ...oria.{{Gaz|26809|3|1 January, 1897}} He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Majestic|f=t}} in the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]] on

|nat=UK ...John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|Sir John A. Fisher]] hoisted his flag as Commander-in-Chief on the [[North America and West Indies Station]].<ref

...ternoon I went over to the Admiralty; he presented his Board and principal officers and departmental heads to me, and then took his leave. I knew he felt grea Captain [[Richard Webb]], Flag Captain at the [[Royal Naval War College]], dined on board the ''Enchantres

There was a {{UK-Suffolk|f=t}} launched in the 1920s. ...t on 27 February, 1913 under Captain [[Philip Francklin]] as flagship of {{UK-CS|4}}.{{NLJul13|p. 379}}

...the most senior officers of the rank of {{AdmRN}} as vacancies occurred. Officers of outstanding merit could be specially promoted Admiral of the Fleet super ...Provided that the most senior officer on the Admirals' list had flown his flag at sea for two years or served as a Commander-in-Chief, he was guaranteed e

Nicholson participated in the manoeuvres of July, 1988 as commander of the {{UK-TB79|f=t}}, on loan.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence". ''The Times''. On 23 March, 1906, he started a one year stint as Captain of the {{UK-Dido|f=t}}.<ref>Nicholson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 291.</re

He was appointed Captain of the {{UK-1Andromeda|f=t}} on 20 May, 1907.<ref>Singer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196 He was appointed command of the {{UK-Dominion}} on 25 January 1910. In September, her practice firing somehow e

...On 17 October, 1883, he was appointed Acting {{LieutRN}} to the gunboat {{UK-1Flirt}} on the Cape station. He was formally promoted to the rank of Lieut ...S.S. ''Cuzco'', arriving back on 9 June. He was appointed to the cruiser {{UK-1Mersey}} for the annual man&oelig;uvres from 4 July to 22 August, then com

In 1880 he went to the {{UK-1Ruby}}, a corvette in the East Indies Squadron, for two and a half years, On 7 July 1887, he was loaned to command the {{UK-TB72|f=t}} for manoeuvres.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence". ''The T

On 29 August, 1881, he was appointed to the battleship {{UK-2Achilles}} in the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]]. He He was appointed to the corvette {{UK-1Sapphire}} on 18 January, 1883.

...o Britain soon enough, for he studied to qualify as a torpedo officer in {{UK-Vernon}} from 30 September 1879 until the end of the following June. He ser ...yal Navy)|Assistant Director of Torpedoes]] and was appointed captain of {{UK-1Hindustan}} until January of 1908.

...nd then on the [[North America and West Indies Station]], before joining {{UK-Powerful|f=p}}. In the South African War, he commanded a battery of naval ...4, he served as Executive Officer in the new {{UK-GoodHope|f=t}}, in the {{UK-CS}}.

...Hamilton.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Admiral Sir Frederick T. Hamilton seen as a Flag Officer afloat.]] ...March, 1881. Issue '''30141''', col B, p. 6.</ref> He was appointed to {{UK-Vernon}} on 11 January, 1884 as a torpedo Lieutenant.{{NLJul84|p. 249}}

...y, 1928. Issue '''44953''', col D, pg. 18.</ref> He then served in the {{UK-Sultan|f=t}} in the [[Channel Squadron]] until being sent to the Royal Nava ...867)|''Avon'']] for navigating duties. In December 1889, he was sent to {{UK-Grappler}} for the same work, this time for six months.<ref>Underhill Servi

...edo officer he served in several battleships, including two years in the {{UK-Majestic}}, flagship of the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadro ...]], who described him as "quite one of our very best and most accomplished officers."<ref>Quoted in Marder. ''Dreadnought to Scapa Flow''. '''I'''. p. 408.<

...nd}} and {{UK-DukeOfWellington}} of the Channel Squadron before going to {{UK-Excellent}} for examinations.<ref>Allenby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42 After spending a little over three years in command of the {{UK-1Wanderer|f=t}}, Allenby was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 Januar

...First World War]]. An officer of undoubted ability, he died leading the {{UK-BCS|3}} in action at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. ..., 1886, then in the ''Minotaur'' until January, 1887, when he joined the {{UK-2Calliope}}, and in her was present at Samoa in the hurricane of 16 March,

...only a few months until he was appointed to command the new torpedo ram {{UK-Polyphemus}}, taking command on 25 November, 1881.{{NLDec83|p. 232}} The s ...in which a submerged torpedo tube he had designed was being evaluated in {{UK-2Severn}}.{{ARTS1887|p. 3}} The tube needed some adjustments in design bef

Seymour was appointed in command of the despatch vessel {{UK-1Iris}} on 27 April, 1880.{{NLJun81|p. 220}} ...Navy, in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]]. His flagship was, perhaps, {{UK-Anson}}.{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres of 1893|Tuesday, Jul 11, 1893; pg. 11; I

...s of service at sea, he held the distinction of becoming the first British Flag Officer to become a qualified aeroplane pilot. Kerr was appointed Flag Lieutenant to [[Anthony Hiley Hoskins|Sir Anthony H. Hoskins]], [[Mediterra

On 26 February, 1913 he commissioned the {{UK-Proserpine}} at Malta.{{NLJul13|p. 363}} ...the Falkland Islands]] on 8 December ''Invincible'' and her sister ship {{UK-Inflexible}} sank the German armoured cruisers {{DE-Scharnhorst}} and {{DE-

...fawning than average. Captain [[Atwell Peregrine MacLeod Lake|Lake]] of {{UK-1Nelson|f=p}}, under whom Cay served from October 1884 to April 1888 descri Cay commanded the {{UK-TB85|f=t}} in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1894]] and once again created the