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...existed in October 1914.<ref>Quoted in Bennett. ''Naval Battles of World War I''. p. 136.</ref></blockquote> ...st Baron Keyes|Sir Roger J. B. Keyes, Bart.]], the [[Deputy Chief of Naval Staff]]: "My recollection is that I simply affixed my initials to the draft prepa

|order=1906 Naval Programme ...y electrically powered mountings for the 12-inch guns - a first in British naval construction. She was fitted with two turrets each built by [[Vickers Ltd.

...uiser was provided for in the [[British 1910-1911 Navy Estimates|1910-1911 naval estimates]] as part of the [[1910-1911 Programme]]. On Thursday, 13 Januar ...their number when they left, and took it out when they returned.<ref>"New Naval Discipline" (News). ''The Times''. Thursday, 2 April, 1914. Issue '''404

...ssion on the Defence of British Possessions and Commerce Abroad, the First Naval Lord [[Astley Cooper Key|Sir Astley Cooper Key]] stated that fast merchant ...ise and handle a fleet under convoy under the altered conditions of modern naval warfare has been considered and forecasted as far as it was possible?

...g his career during the Crimean War and ending it during the [[First World War]]. From a comparatively poor background, he made friends in the right plac ...the adoption of oil-fuel, and soon after the outbreak of the [[First World War]] in 1914 he returned as [[First Sea Lord]].

[[File:Lord Walter Kerr 1901.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Lord Walter Kerr, First Naval Lord of the Admiralty, in the study of his Cromwell Road residence in 1901. ...' on 1 May, 1855. Both ships served in the Baltic Campaign of the Crimean War, and Kerr received the Baltic Medal. He was rated {{MidRN}} on 10 August,

The '''Battle of the Falkland Islands''' was a naval engagement fought between elements of the [[Royal Navy]] and the [[Imperial ...than all the others except ''Defence'' and ''Carnarvon''.<ref>Corbett. ''Naval Operations''. p. 411.</ref>

...n chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He served as [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] from 1911 to 1915. He was fo ...ime I had no doubt what to answer. All my mind was full of the dangers of war. I accepted with alacrity. I said, 'Indeed I would.' He said that Mr. Ha

...ugust, 1977) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. ...eutenant (G) on 31 August, 1904. Eight months spent on the junior gunnery staff on the books of ''Wildfire'' followed.<ref>Dannreuther Service Record. {{T

...Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Naval Service (1879).</div> ...formerly the authority charged with the command and administration of the Naval Service and [[Royal Navy]] from 1831 to 1964. Previously the navy had been

...chill]]. Still held in great esteem, at the outbreak of the [[First World War]] he was recalled to the Admiralty to serve in an advisory and unpaid capac ...on active service in the Black Sea during the later stages of the Crimean War.

...ember, 1948) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]] and a historian. ...Charles Fellowes. He went up to London for the examination at the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]] with ten others from Burney's, six of whom passed, one

...ore promotion to Flag Rank in 1913 he was appointed to the [[Admiralty War Staff]] as [[Intelligence Division (Royal Navy)|Director of the Intelligence Divi ...entralisation" has come in for much criticism from supporters of the Naval Staff system.

...April, 1958) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. He is chiefly remembered for his command of the [[First Battle Squadron ...ician who in retirement settled at Swanbourne, Bucks.<ref>Fremantle. ''My Naval Career''. p. 13.</ref> Admiral Sir Thomas Fremantle had bought a property

...quadron (Royal Navy)|Fifth Battle Squadron]] for most of the [[First World War]], notably at the [[Battle of Jutland]] in 1916. He joined the Royal Navy ...n at the request of the King, now George V, he took command of the [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]] while the heirs to the throne were under training ther

...the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812 and the first of a British naval squadron since the Battle of Grand Port in 1810. ...ee left the German colony at [[Tsingtao]] in China, once Japan entered the war on Britain's side.

...f the nineteenth century. He served as naval attaché to Chile during the War of the Pacific. He retired to Torquay after his last flag appointment ende ...rge Wellesley]] on the North American Station. In 1876 he became a Senior Staff Officer in ''Excellent'',<ref name=Obit/> and on 31 March, 1879 Acland was

...ving retired in 1939, he saw varied active service during the Second World War as a Commodore of Convoys, liason officer with the British Army, Inspector ...yal School, Armagh. In 1890 Dreyer "expressed a strong desire to become a naval officer" and his father was able to secure a nomination from the [[First Lo

...[Frederic Charles Dreyer]] which appeared in the May 1930 issue of ''[[The Naval Review]]''. (Vol. XVIII. No. 2.) ...various great works which have been converted to manufacture implements of war, and are filled with admiration for the initiative and resource displayed,

The British Navy did not win the war. The British Navy made it possible for the armies to win the war. The