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The '''''Courageous'' class''' of warship consisted of two vessels, variously described as battle cruis {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

{| border=1 class="wikitable sortable" |1875 || Cruiser Arc Lantern<ref>Admiralty Weekly Orders. 28 Feb, 1913. {{TNA|ADM 182/4}}.

...as a Rear-Admiral, 1920.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] Bruen was referred to as "Tiny" by some sailors due to his small stature. As to temperament, he was judged "completely unemotional"; a plac

The only member of her class, she was the first all-big-gun battleship to be laid down, launched, and co ...Vickers had "taken the 12-inch gun machinery started for the "Lord Nelson" class and appropriated it to the "Dreadnought," the date of the orders have there

...rmed part of the [[King George V Class Battleship (1911)|''King George V'' class]]. She saw constant service throughout the [[First World War]] and during ...ght by the wind and swung along side a moored cruiser, crushing one of the cruiser's boats while avoiding collision.

...new class of ship, with a shallow draught for inshore work and a requisite small number of big guns was specified. ...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 background. The monit

...Royal Navy]], the lead ship of [[Invincible Class Battlecruiser (1907)|her class]] of three, and the first battlecruiser to be built by any country. After ...n 20 March 1909 and joined the [[First Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|First Cruiser Squadron]] of the First Division, [[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fleet]].

...902 and 1904. They are sometime considered a subclass of the [[Formidable Class Battleship (1898)|''Formidables'']]. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

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'''H.M.S. ''Tiger''''', the only member of her class, was the last battle cruiser laid down for the [[Royal Navy]] before the [[Great War]]. ...ord Fisher]], the [[First Sea Lord]], objecting to the removal of a battle cruiser from his command:

...By 1911 he was at the Admiralty in charge of the design of the novel light cruiser {{UK-1Arethusa}}. His later description of this design in a lecture to Amer ...als of protection though including the early studies for the King George V class battleships. In 1934 he was made O.B.E., which he attempted to refuse seein

...d Fisher, 1916.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...British Navy by an Indian merchant at a cost of 84,000. It was the day of small things and of sailing-ships.<ref>Fisher. ''Records''. pp. 11-12.</ref></b

...tinct from the impulsiveness of [[Battle Cruiser Fleet (Royal Navy)|Battle Cruiser Fleet]] commander, Vice-Admiral [[David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty| :[[Jellicoe:Background and Early Life|<small>Main Article</small>]]

..., 1869. He was entitled to a First Class Certificate in Study and a First Class Certificate in Seamanship, obtaining 1,629/2,000 marks and 783/1,000 marks ...' to qualify in Torpedo Duties. He passed on 21 March, 1883, with a First Class certificate, and on 2 April was appointed to join ''Vernon'' as a Staff Off

...er|armoured cruisers]] of the [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'' Class]] completed between 1903 and 1904. ...ortunity on the passage to conduct a full-power test and drew ahead of her small formation. At about 4.50am on the 21st she ran hard aground on the Samaran

6.15 p.m.—As "Hercules" started to deploy a salvo, with a small spread, of some five shots straddled our forecastle and deluged the Fore Br ...red her first salvo at an enemy ship—four funnels—apparently of "Roon" class. She was noticed to be already disabled and stopped.

{| class="wikitable" border="1" ...trike underwater debris (or debris that was awash), as judged by nicks and small damage to propellors and skegs. Other ships just report sounds of scraping

...g George V's coronation he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the ...od as a Rear-Admiral.<br><small>Image: In the collection of Simon Harley.</small>]]

...miral Sir Murray F. Sueter.<br><small>Portrait: By courtesy of Mary Sias.</small>]] ...ir Service]] (R.N.A.S.). He was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Ba

...K. Wilson (seen as a Vice-Admiral).<br><small>Image: Library of Congress.</small>]] ...ictoria's golden jubilee, he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the

The '''Third Light Cruiser Squadron''' was a formation of light cruisers in the [[Royal Navy]]. Found ...3}} as post-war operations suggested the wisdom of merging heavy and light cruiser operations.

...ce-Admiral.<br><small>Portrait: Francis Dodd. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 1763).</small>]] ...'''Henry Francis Oliver''', G.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.V.O., H<small>ON. L.L.D.</small>, Royal Navy (22 January, 1865 &ndash; 15 October, 1965) was an officer of

..., as an Admiral.<br><small>Photo: Imperial War Museum. © IWM (Q 71928).</small>]] ...n of the King's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order

...onary of English Surnames''. p. 307.</ref> G.C.B., K.C.V.O., H<small>ON.</small> L.L.D. (Durham), Royal Navy (5 July, 1856 &ndash; 20 September, 1929) was ...air, June 1900.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]]

...newly organized electrical department. In those days electric dynamos were small machines driven usually at 1000 to 1500 revolutions per minute by a belt fr ...of C. A. Parsons & Co. He bought back his patent rights, and established a small works at Heaton on a site about 2 miles from the centre of Newcastle upon T

*[[Boy, First Class (Royal Navy)|Boy, First Class]] Thomas Charles May J42494 (Po.)<ref name=Times/> ...letely destroyed when in action with the German Fleet at 5.25 <small>P.M.</small> on Wednesday, May 31. The total

As the conflict spread to northern Japan, Tōgō participated as a third-class officer aboard the ''Kasuga'' in the last battles against the remnants of t ...Tōgō also surprised these young Englishmen by graduating second in the class.

...r (1863)|''Minotaur'']]. Vivian was on 22 February, 1895 appointed to the cruiser {{UK-1Crescent}}. He was then given command of the torpedo boat destroyer On 21 March, 1902 he was appointed First Lieutenant of the cruiser {{UK-Amphitrite}}. On 3 April he was transferred to the battleship {{UK-Ve

.... A naval blockade of Tsingtao by a largely Japanese force that included a small British contingent began on 27 August. A land siege began on 31 October and ...The {{DE-1Emden|f=tp}} had sailed from Tsingtao on 31 July. Another light cruiser, {{DE-Leipzig|f=p}}, was on the west coast of Mexico, protecting German int

...les Beresford in 1896.<br><small>Photograph: ''Navy & Army Illustrated.''</small>]] ...are only equalled by his daring". He was appointed a Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the

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 obt

...of the usual weekly cruises towards the Fisher Banks. The [[Third Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|3rd B.C.S.]] had gone up to Scapa Flow for target pra ...aw drop was quite 2,000 yards short of us, and did not seem to have a very small spread. 3.50 ''Lion'' opened fire, and we opened fire. Target 4th ship fr

I <small>HAVE</small> the honour to report that at 6.54 p.m. on the 31st May, the ship was struc ...opened fire on battleship of [[König Class Battleship (1913)|''Markgraf'' class]], one point before the starboard beam, distant 10,200 yards, steering sout

{{pad|25px}}I <small>HAVE</small> the honour to forward the following report of the action fought on 31st Ma ...d then that the enemy's Battle Fleet were coming North and that the Battle cruiser fleet and [[Fifth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|5th Battle squadron]] were e

.../ref> He left the training ship in July, 1883, passing out seventh in his class.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 6/469.}}</ref> On 24 July he was appointed to the corvette Having obtained a First Class certificate in Seamanship with 980 marks (out of a thousand) he was promote

On 15 June, 1877, Montgomerie was awarded the Albert Medal of the Second Class. An account of the action leading to the awarding of the medal reads: ...though there was a half-moon, the sea was sufficiently disturbed to render small objects, even boats, difficult to discern. Had not Mr. MONTGOMERIE been a

...Frederic C. Dreyer, 1936.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...in April he received a First Class in Gunnery with 543 and in May a First Class in Torpedo with 184 marks.<ref>ADM 196/44. f. 353.</ref> On 27 May 1898,

..., and read history at Trinity College, Oxford (1884–8), gaining a second-class degree in modern history in 1888.<ref>Sumida. ''Oxford Dictionary of Natio ...e shoot at sea. Accordingly, he went afloat in the second-class protected cruiser [[H.M.S. Dido (1896)|''Dido'']].<ref>Sumida. ''In Defence of Naval Suprema

...David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|Sir David Beatty]] in the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]] and then in the [[Grand Fleet]]. ...sar}} for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1906]] in June before taking a second class certificate in torpedo on 17 August.

'''Life on a French Cruiser in War Time''' by René Milan, translated from the ''Les Vagabonds de la Gu ...admit, but Austria might very well have offered us an adversary of our own class. But let us be satisfied with the windfall. Too many days have been thrown

B<small>E</small> pleased to inform the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that in accorda :Available vessels. Battle-cruiser Fleet, Fifth Battle Squadron and T.B.D.s including Harwich T.B.D.s proceed

...now deployed and turned to starboard and as we turned one of the "Defence" class (it was H.M.S. "{{UK-Defence}}") steamed through the line on to the engaged ...once more appeared in sight and we opened fire. At 8.8 we passed an enemy cruiser [7] with either 3 or 4 funnels and 2 masts, very heavily hit and in a sinki

...' at right.<br><small>Image: By courtesy of Terry Dickens [astraltrader].</small>]] ...g me kindly by the shoulder and saying, "Well, my little man, you are very small for your age. Why are you being sent to sea?"<br>

The '''Second Battle Cruiser Squadron''', also known as '''Cruiser Force K''' from 1914 to 1915, was a formation of battlecruisers in the [[Ro ...sly based on Gibraltar, would become the {{UK-BS|3}} based on Portland. A cruiser squadron was to be left at Malta. These changes took effect on 1 May, 1912

S<small>IR</small>, I<small>N</small> compliance with your orders, I have the honour to forward the following re

...On R.F.s intended for individual use, these were generally integral. On small RFs, this might just be an open sight. On larger models, they would be sep ...{HBSRFs|Plate 2}} Finder looked through the scale illumination window. a small circle in the eyepiece, when placed over the target, put it in the RF view.

...TS reported that there was no fire in X, only smoke. There actually was a small fire, but the report was made so as not to frighten the men in the turret. ...en firing at was seen to be on fire at 7.15. 7.20 the range of the battle cruiser was 7200 & we felt rather uncomfortable as we only had 5 guns in action. S

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd light cruiser squadrons were spread ahead with the 13th T.B.D. Flotilla. ...uld, viz:&mdash; That we might expect to meet anything from an enemy Light Cruiser to the High Sea Fleet and that B Turret had to get off the maximum number o

...to have quietened down generally, I went on deck to look around. We had a small shrapnel hole on the starboard side of the foremost funnel and the 'Battle ...g broke out on our beam which seemed awfully close. It was the 2nd. Light Cruiser Squadron suddenly sighting the German 4th. Scouting Group and I could see t

The two [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the '''Duke of Edinburgh Class''' were completed in 1906. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: