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'''H.M.S. ''Vanguard''''' (ex-''Rodney'') was one of three [[St. Vincent Class Battleship (1908)|''St. Vincent'' class battleshi Vickers won the contract for the construction of ''Vanguard'' with a tender of £628,000 for the hull and machinery. The unsuccessful tenders were: John

...by [[Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill]] soon after becoming [[First Lord of the Admiralty]].<ref>Churchill. ''Companion Volume II Part 3 1911-1914''. ...quire to be designed on the scale or in the same form as the General Staff of the Army.

[[File:Fisher, NPG x12902.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable Lord Fisher, 1916.<br><small>Portrait: © Na ...he history of the [[Royal Navy]]. He was actively involved in the service of the Navy for over sixty years, starting his career during the Crimean War a

[[File:Wemyss Orpen.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet Rosslyn Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss, portrayed as an Admira ...during the [[First World War]], followed by his elevation to the position of [[First Sea Lord]] in 1917.

...lian lives, some of them American. This severely reduced the effectiveness of U-boats against merchant ships, Scheer decided that it would be better to e .... was planned for 17 May but had to be postponed for six days because some of the battleships developed condenser problems. It was expected that Admiral

...Haven, NPG x28756.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet the Marquess of Milford Haven, as an Admiral.<br><small>Photograph: © National Portrait Ga ...., K.C.M.G., P.C. (24 May, 1854 &ndash; 11 September, 1921) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].

The '''Deputy First Sea Lord''' was an officer on the [[Board of Admiralty]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...on Wester Wemyss|Sir Rosslyn E. Wemyss]] was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty as Deputy First Sea Lord on 6 September, 1917. An office memo

...dron effectively annihilated by a powerful British force under the command of [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee]] especially assembled to avenge the lo ...mmander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South Pacific. The Northern boundary of his station was Latitude 5° North, bounded to the East and West by the Cap

...ly active from its earliest days until amalgamation with the Military Wing of the R.F.C. to form the [[Royal Air Force]], in April, 1918. ...hese political battles increased in ferocity throughout the critical years of the war and resulted in the 1917 decision to create a unified Royal Air For

...y)|Tenth Cruiser Squadron]] on blockade duty in 1917. He saw out the rest of the war as Admiral Superintendent at Bermuda, and in 1921 was appointed [[A ...r Naval Cadetships, Singer placed thirty-third out of the successful batch of forty-six candidates.<ref>"Naval Cadetships" (News). ''The Times''. Satur

...Naval History at the University of Cambridge, and was then elected Master of Downing College, which position he held until his death. ...rbert had first developed an interest in joining the navy when, at the age of ten, he had visited Portsmouth. He attended St Mark's School, near Windsor

...et Sir Arthur K. Wilson (seen as a Vice-Admiral).<br><small>Image: Library of Congress.</small>]] ...fused a Peerage and only succeeded to the Wilson Baronetcy after the death of his brother in 1919.

...', C.B., Retired (7 March, 1862 &ndash; 15 September, 1948) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]] and a historian. ...ollege, Greenwich]] with ten others from Burney's, six of whom passed, one of whom was [[Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock|Christopher Cradock]]

[[File:Sir-Percy-Moreton-Scott-1st-Bt-Men-of-the-Day-No-893-Gunnery, NPG D45188.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral Percy M. S ...od leading up to the [[First World War]]. It is particularly in the field of naval gunnery, and the concurrent drive for accuracy, for which he is most-

...f the [[Royal Navy]] formed in October, 1909 to perform the basic function of a naval staff, and to formulate naval war plans and study naval strategy. ...ligence for carrying out the Duties of a General Staff and Re-organisation of the Naval Intelligence Department." 15 May, 1909. The National Archives.

...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]].

Born on Gloucester Road, the son of James Bailey, M.P.. He passed out of {{UK-1Britannia}} in December, 1897 ranked eleventh of the sixty-four cadets who passed out, with 1731 marks.{{NMI|Thursday, Dec 1

...brother [[Alfred Charles Dewar|Alfred]]) of the ''Naval Staff Appreciation of Jutland'' &mdash; an account so pointed and contentious that copies were re ...tchison|John de M. Hutchison]], commanding Devonport Naval Barracks, wrote of Dewar:

...Navy, Retired (24 October, 1870 &ndash; 23 December, 1939) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...ed in her only until late November. An appointment to {{UK-1Bellerophon}} of the North America and West Indies Station came on 16 December. He would st

...the British Army, Inspector of Merchant Navy Gunnery and finally as Chief of Air Services at the Admiralty. ...aining Ship)|''Britannia'']] at Dartmouth.{{DreyerSeaHeritage|p. 25}} Out of the sixty successful candidates for cadetships in the [[Royal Navy]] examin