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  • ...rner, she had not been deployed to European waters owning to a scarcity of fuel oil in the British Isles-the base of other American battleships sent to aid ...ion on 12 December to rendezvous with the transport George Washington, the ship carrying President Woodrow Wilson to the Paris Peace Conference. ''Arizona'
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  • ...ted States Navy]] "super-dreadnought" battleships. She was the third Navy ship named for the state of Pennsylvania. ...oil rather than coal, and tankers could not be spared to carry additional fuel to Britain. In the light of this circumstance, only coal-burning battleshi
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  • .... Having retired in 1910, he was then instrumental in the adoption of oil-fuel, and soon after the outbreak of the [[First World War]] in 1914 he returned ...on's own niece, and she asked Sir William for me, and, curiously, my first ship of war was the ''Victory'', Nelson's flagship.<ref>Quoted in Mackay. p. 4.
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  • ...in the dockyard and the new dreadnought {{DE-Baden|f=p}}, the first German ship with 15-inch guns, was still working up.{{MarderFDSFII| p. 437}} ...ial speeds of the ships. Welsh steam coal was superior to German coal as a fuel for ships and poor coal sometimes restricted the speed of German warships.{
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  • ...October, 1880, he was appointed Acting {{SubRN}}, having obtained a First Class Certificate in Seamanship, with 940 marks. He was appointed to [[H.M.S. Ex ...ton on account of [[George V|H.R.H. Prince George]] being appointed to the ship. Fremantle also wrote of Pakenham:
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  • ...E, p. 8.</ref> He entered the training ship [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] on 15 July, 1881, and gained eleven months time on passing On 1 December, 1913 he was superseded as Joint Secretary of the Oil Fuel Commission by [[Sydney Stewart Hall]].<ref>Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM
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  • time practically in line with the rear ship of the 5th battle which were dropping all round the ship.
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  • A Stoker First Class from {{UK-Tipperary}} was picked up by the {{UK-Dublin|f=t}} in the night. :When abandoning the ship the Motor Boat was tried, the
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  • course, and when ship had been steadied after avoiding torpedoes, disengaged side of the German B.C. line, took us under heavy
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  • smoke, the ship was turned about 32 points, and station taken 4.23. Salvo appeared to hit last ship in enemy's line.
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  • ::" {{UK-Lion}} " ordered us to go away, I turned 16 points 11.30. Fire was opened on us by a line of large ships
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  • ...as appointed to the Naval Academy from the same state, graduating with the Class of 1878. During his career he frequently served as a Judge-Advocate at cour ...il, 1898 for a passage from Germany to Britain, but then took command of {{US-Topeka|f=t}} for a perilous journey to the United States, lasting from 5 Ap
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  • One hundred and twelve '''''Eagle'' class patrol craft''' were ordered for the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] in 19 {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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  • ...o Tristan Dannreuther entitled "Navigating Officer's Report of Position of Ship at Noon" for HMS FOXHOUND (24 Mar 1893 - 20 Aug 1894) and HMS MELITA (7 Dec ...o Tristan Dannreuther entitled "Navigating Officer's Report of Position of Ship at Noon" for HMS FIREFLY (3 - 21 Oct 1894) and HMS MELITA (21 Mar 1895 - 12
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