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...ers was the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]], as well as ships in reserve at the Home Ports. Smaller squadrons under Commanders-in-Chief ...fleets began to concentrate ships in Home waters and to save money having ships on overseas stations. Battleships were removed from the China Station. A

...for all matters concerning the construction and maintenance of the Navy's ships.<ref>Herwig. ''"Luxury" Fleet''. pp. 21-22.</ref> ...U.B. submarines, 95 minelaying U.C. submarines, and 196 minesweepers. It lost two battleships, one battle cruiser, six armoured cruisers, eighteen light

...[[Battlecruiser|battlecruisers]] completed in 1908 and 1909 were the first ships of their type. ==Ships==

...8{{HepperLosses|p. 140}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|precBy=New Command|note=vessel lost under his command}} ...September 1918.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919''. p. 15.</ref>

...class]] battleships completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1912-13. She was lost to a mine north of Ireland on 27 October 1914. ...s to land and beach the ship.<ref name=Goldrick140>Goldrick. ''The King's Ships were at Sea''. p. 140.</ref> {{UK-1Liverpool}} circled repeatedly in case

...le of Jutland]].<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', pp. 9-11.</ref> ...ref>Dick Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 204.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when vessel exploded under his command|end=9 July, 1917<ref>Dick

...any special attachment or claim they had to the item(s) applied for.{{ToL|Ships' Bells for Sale|Saturday, Aug 10, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47139}} ''Barham'' was completed with director firing installed, as all capital ships were supposed to do after 2 January, 1915.{{FCHMShips|pp. 10}}

...er completion.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships''. p. 18.</ref> {{UK-Revenge}} and ''Royal Oak'' were the only two ships in the class to fight at Jutland. ''Royal Oak'' was so newly placed into s

...was given the name Robert E. Lee in February, 1915 - the names of the four ships of the class being American Civil War Generals to reflect the guns backgrou ...y the Turks launched a heavy attack on the British lines and all available ships were moved up to lend fire support. The evacuation of the position was even

...p failed to get through them a sum of about half a million pounds would be lost from the current Estimates, and that this would very seriously handicap new ...coaling and proceeded to raise steam. In the meantime Sturdee ordered the ships' companies to breakfast so as to be ready for the expected battle.

...ur guns inspected were found to be defective and were withdrawn from their ships. It was deemed that the sleeves were contracting near the muzzle, generall ...ed 400 yards away and a torpedo wake streaming through a gap in the nearby ships. Despite her anti-torpedo nets being out, the torpedo fired by {{DE-U21}}

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...ate of Change, Dumaresq, Mark III, Pattern 760&mdash;Supply of, to certain Ships." N.S. 2066/13.&mdash;6.6.1913. The National Archives. ADM 182/4.</ref> ...Sclater Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/20.}} f. 21.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel exploded}}

...officers and men wearing strict uniform, which is cruelty. All the other ships in the Gulf have always worn shorts and vests, not so Caulfield (sic), who He was appointed in command of the {{UK-1Berwick|f=t}} as well as a group of ships on 20 August, 1919.{{NLSep19|p. 740}}

...Complaints of "very high temperatures" in ammunition passageways while the ships were under steam were evaluated by taking temperatures hourly.{{NMI|30 Jan. ...>Jellicoe Papers. British Library. Add MS 49000. f. 269.</ref> The two ships left Scapa for Rosyth at 17:00 on 4 November, arriving at 08:30 on the 5th.

...tColl|p. 31}} As a consequence, she did not resemble contemporary British ships. ...ate of Change, Dumaresq, Mark III, Pattern 760&mdash;Supply of, to certain Ships." N.S. 2066/13.&mdash;6.6.1913. {{TNA|ADM 182/4.}}</ref>

''King Edward VII'' was lost to a mine on 6 January, 1916 while proceeding to Belfast to be refit.<ref>S ...be fitted with [[Service Gear Mark II]], in 1906, the ship was one of ten ships and two shore stations slated to receive [["C" Tune Gear]], capable of tran

...s in [[Indefatigable Class Battlecruiser (1909)|her class]]. She would be lost to a magazine explosion at the [[Battle of Jutland]] in 1916. ...{DE-Goeben|f=t}} and {{DE-Breslau|f=t}} on 4 August, 1914 after the German ships had bombarded the French Algerian port of Phillipeville.

...n Stafford|Edward S. Fitzherbert]], Captain Superintendent, Contract Built Ships, Clyde District, was present on behalf of the Admiralty.<ref>"The Launch of ...e same efficiency could not be expected from the 'Tiger' as from the other ships. No you have not had any complaint from me or from Pelly, it is not the ti

...entered service.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', pp. 9-11, 16.</ref> ...k=William G. Tennant|appt=18 June, 1940|end=8 December, 1941|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship sunk under his command}}

...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}}

...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}}

|chain=Aviation Ships ...end=5 November, 1918{{HepperLosses|p. 144}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}

...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

...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:

...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

...''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

...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

...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>

...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

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.

...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.

...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

...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

...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}}

...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

...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

...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-

...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}

...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

...itted with turbine machinery, but shortly afterwards both these ships were lost at sea by accidents.

...modern gun," gave a "good account of themselves" in action against Spanish ships. Clearing Hampton Roads on 5 October, the monitor visited New Bedford, Mas ...o work with …" After "many vexatious delays," Evans writes, the American ships arrived off their destination, San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the afternoon of t

...d an ultimatum to Germany on 15 August demanding that Germany withdraw its ships from Chinese and Japanese waters and hand it Tsingtao. It declared war eigh ...sers and two smaller ships, all of them old, in the Pacific. Many of these ships were engaged in supporting operations against German possessions in the Sou

...ut 7.35 p.m. the track of a torpedo was observed to cross the track of our ships, about 200 yards ahead of ''Iron Duke''. Torpedo was travelling slowly. T During the night, in view of the proximity of heavy enemy's ships, the hands remained at action stations, the gun's crews at their guns, but

At 3.25 <small>P.M.</small>, G.M.T. enemy ships were reported on the starboard bow, bearing E. by N. At 3.30 <small>P.M.</small> enemy ships were in sight from {{UK-Lion}} and a range of 23,000 yards obtained.

...orne on the Books of, and actually served in, one or more of Her Majesty's Ships not less than five complete years, eighteen months as a Cadet and three yea ...ion in the subjects contained in Sheet No. I, as well as in the Rigging of Ships, Seamanship, the use of Nautical Instruments, &c.

At 3.45 we sighted enemy ships, apparently battle cruisers, five in number, which I estimated to be [[S.M. ...shes of overs between the enemy funnels. One of the enemy battle cruisers lost her place in the line, and came dropping back. It was either the leading o

...p gunlayers on correct object; there was so much confusion amongst enemy's ships, one ship was passing another; smoke from cruisers on fire often obliterate | 6.10 p.m. || Sighted British battle cruisers engaging enemy's ships.

...d in Dispatches by Admiral [[Jellicoe]] as part of a blanket award for all ships captains involved at Jutland. [[H.M.S. Vanguard at the Battle of Jutland|H ...vice Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 204.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''Vessel Lost'''}}

...ell into the hands of the Japanese, and a larger one in the centre for big ships which was protected by mines, which the Japanese attempted to destroy, but ...tained, did not see the boats until they were more or less amongst the big ships.