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...he Fleet Sir Charles E. Madden, Bart.<br><small>Photograph: By courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...er, 1862 &ndash; 5 June, 1935) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]].

[[File:Bethell, IWM ART 1719.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Admiral The Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell, 1917.<br><small>Portrait: Francis Dodd. © ...t, 1855 &ndash; 13 June, 1932) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]].

...l Navy)|Home Fleets]], and from 1919 to 1932, when it was renamed the Home Fleet. ...miral Commanding the Channel Fleet. Letter M.14018 of 14 December, 1904. The National Archives. ADM 144/16. f. 208.</ref>

...the Fleet Sir Doveton Sturdee, as a Rear-Admiral.<br><small>Photo: Library of Congress.</small>]] ...rce in South American waters, thus avenging the British defeat at [[Battle of Coronel|Coronel]].

[[File:Brock, NPG x65615.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Osmond de B. Brock, 1934.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery, Londo .... (5 January, 1869 &ndash; 14 October, 1947) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].

...oss the North Sea during the conflict was the German's opposing [[High Sea Fleet]]. ...leet flag officers at the fleet boxing championship, 3 August, 1916. Left to right: Commodore, First Class [[Lionel Halsey]], Vice-Admiral [[Thomas Henr

...Chatfield, First Baron Chatfield|A. Ernle M. Chatfield]], Unknown, Captain The Hon. [[Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax|Reginald A. R. P.- ...16, was the name given to part of the reconnaissance forces of the [[Grand Fleet]].

On 16 November, 1905, Fisher told the Committee on Navy Estimates: ...rance, is to coerce the sultan, as the Russian navy has practically ceased to exist, and Austria and Italy will never be our foes.<ref>Quoted in Seligman