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...e gunnery range, and ''Audacious'' struck a mine, which exploded under the port engine room about 5-10 ft forward of the of the after transverse engine roo The port engine room was flooded, along with the port auxiliary M/C, water tight compartments below and outside these rooms, and

...ff Provincetown, embarked marines from {{US-Maine}}, {{US-Missouri}} and {{US-Kearsarge}} and landed them at Havana 1 October to protect American interes ...circumnavigated the globe receiving warm and enthusiastic welcomes at each port of call. As the famous voyage got underway from Hampton Roads 16 December,

...saved the money. Certainly the proverbial little cherub was looking after us marvellously. This electric gear remained in the ''Invincible'' for some t ...'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

...am power and the guns elevated by hand. Two of the turrets were mounted to port and two to starboard. ...an athwartship belt 14 inches thick. These atwartship belts along with the port and starboard water line belts formed the vertical bulkheads of the armoure

...on account of the Boxer Rebellion, she departed 23 June for that northern port; and, on the 28th, while steaming through the Straits of Pechili, she groun ...f historic and sentimental interest, and to lay her up permanently at some port in Oregon.

|nat=US ...onditions in Cuba and the supposed Spanish destruction of the battleship {{US-1Maine}} in Havana harbor in February, 1898. By 18 May, ''Texas'' was at Ke

|nat=US Arriving in Havana on 25 January, ''Maine'' anchored in the center of the port; she remained on vigilant watch, allowed no liberty, and took extra precaut

...; Sydney; Tokyo; Manila; Amey, China; Hong Kong; Manila; Columbo; Suez and Port Said; Smyrna; and Gibraltar before returning home 22 February 1909. {{CatShipPreDreadnought|US}}

...s company into three watches (Red, White and Blue) as opposed to the usual Port and Starboard watches. A bookstall was installed on board. Thanks to a fr ...ary'' and the rest of the First Battle Cruiser Squadron visited the French port of Brest.{{NMI|Thursday, 12 February, 1914. Issue '''40445''', col E, p. 4

...Officer' in London was directed to invite the masters of the ships then in port to a meeting on the following day in sufficient numbers, with the only rese ...alongside of us and steamed east for an hour and a half. Then she hailed us through a megaphone: 'Steamer ahoy! Hallo! Where are you bound to?' 'Sal

...the [[United States Atlantic Fleet|Atlantic Fleet]] with Norfolk her home port, ''Oklahoma'' trained on the eastern seaboard until sailing 13 August 1918 {{CatShipDreadnought|US}}

...ed for Trinidad on 17 March, arriving there five days later or a three-day port visit. She then returned to Guantanamo Bay on 29 March or a brief period, s ...eship carried the United States consul-at-large, Leland E. Morris, to that port before sailing for New York on 15 June. Proceeding via Gibraltar, ''Arizona

...the ship conducted shakedown in the Caribbean before returning to her home port, San Pedro, 17 April 1935. {{CatShipDreadnought|US}}

...anama Canal]]; and, on 17 June, arrived at San Pedro, California, her home port for the next, 19 years. {{CatShipDreadnought|US}}

|nat=US ...1897, ''Ericsson'' arrived at Newport, Rhode Island, which became her home port. Through the summer months, she cruised New England waters for trials and

...a myth that the sailors lived ashore in barracks when their ships were in port. Some U-boat and destroyer crews based in Flanders did so but not the men o ...et got to sea first, the chance of a meeting in waters not unfavourable to us was remote; our object was to try to get to sea before or shortly after the

...Stanley at 10:30 on 7 December, and was piloted through the minefield into Port William. ...k, with the rest of his squadron standing off in support. They would enter Port Stanley behind a line of minesweeping boats. ''Gneisenau'' would take the G

...arboard to port, the {{UK-Lion}} being slightly on fire on her forecastle, port side. ...fine silhouette for the enemy, as some of our ships on the reverse side of us were clearly visible against the bright sunlit sky.

| 6.00. || Deployed to port. Cruisers above mentioned under heavy fire, being straddled frequently. Th ...efore we could fire had to check fire owing to " Iron Duke " again masking us. By the time we had cleared, enemy had disappeared in the smoke. She was

...ld cock bird. Sea lions were sighted and many seal, and for a time both of us forgot our troubles."<ref>Grant. "H.M.S. ''Canopus'', August, 1914, to Marc ...slands. He had met Cradock almost every day while the admiral had been in Port Stanley.<ref>Ross. ''Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman''. p. 272.</ref> An e

...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

...t a glimpse of them in a few seconds when H.M.S. New Zealand got astern of us. It was when H.M.S. ''New Zealand'' & ''Indefatigable'' had taken station ...he firing of the Enemy got hotter as time went and soon they began hitting us. Shells were all over the place and splinters by thousands were flying all

...ted on for extending the periods for which ships were hired? Would he have us forget the shameful violation of contract in the supply of preserved meats; Let us now consider the means and positions of private yards for fitting out and f

...my being sighted by the Cruisers from Rosyth—some 70 miles to the Sd. of us. At 2.40 p.m. steam was raised for full speed. Speed of advance was increa ...ring, and L.C.S. took station in rear of B.C.F., Cruiser Squadron being on port quarter of B.C.F. throughout.

...elimination of older ships reduces the number of men required; it permits us to keep the Navy up to the most modern requirements, while limiting the cha ...t the head of by far the most important of the Naval Establishments in the Port, the general administration of such of the business as is more or less comm

...n forces, and soon after these appeared on the scene the enemy returned to port, though not before receiving severe damage from our battleships.<br>The bat ...final and there would have been no German Fleet left, whatever happened to us. But that can't be helped. It is ludicrous for the Germans to claim a vic

...e drifter force, {{UK-Dartmouth}} and {{UK-Bristol}} would sortie from the port of [[Brindisi]] to fight alongside French and Italian destroyers and cruise ...ch.{{SMNLJan17|p. 21 and March's Supplement; February was not available to us}}

...tself, as he had said, upon the south. Our command of the sea would enable us to change our base as we required. Reserve supplies sufficient for three mo ...iven back, we always had the advantage that our command of the sea enabled us to change our base. It was, however, important to consider with whom the de

...n forces, and soon after these appeared on the scene the enemy returned to port, though not before receiving severe damage from our battleships.<br>The bat ...final and there would have been no German Fleet left, whatever happened to us. But that can't be helped. It is ludicrous for the Germans to claim a vic

...''Konigen Luise'' on 5 August. {{UK-Amphion}} was sunk as she returned to port.{{March|p. 141}} Commodore (T) was in the {{UK-Amethyst|f=t}}.{{March|p. 1 ...ert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|Sir Robert]] thought would be good for us. It was no wonder the flotilla became known as the 'Other Gabbard Yacht Cl

...ld propose to Your Majesty, in order to effect the changes which appear to Us so manifestly imperative:— ...e graciously pleased to sanction the following propositions, and authorise Us to carry the several arrangements herein contemplated into operation from t