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  • ...[[Battlecruiser|battlecruisers]] completed in 1908 and 1909 were the first ships of their type. ==Ships==
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  • ...8{{HepperLosses|p. 140}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|precBy=New Command|note=vessel lost under his command}} ...September 1918.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919''. p. 15.</ref>
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  • ...class]] battleships completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1912-13. She was lost to a mine north of Ireland on 27 October 1914. ...., where it met the {{UK-Liverpool|f=t}} with the targets. At 08:45 the {{UK-BS|2}} was steaming twenty miles N. ¼ E. of Tory Island in line ahead, ''A
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  • Laid down in mid-1908, she completed in early 1910, joining the {{UK-BS|1}}. She would serve with this squadron until April, 1916. At the outb On 22 January, 1916 Captain [[James Douglas Dick|J. D. Dick]] (late of {{UK-BlackPrince}}) became captain of ''Vanguard''.
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  • Re-commissioned on 4 January 1923 at Portsmouth to become part of the {{UK-BS|1}} in 1925.{{NLApr25|pp. 216, 217}} ...any special attachment or claim they had to the item(s) applied for.{{ToL|Ships' Bells for Sale|Saturday, Aug 10, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47139}}
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  • ...er completion.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships''. p. 18.</ref> .... ''Royal Oak'' was so newly placed into service that she fought in the {{UK-BS|4}}, a formation she was never listed under in the Navy List.
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  • ...was given the 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 backgrou ...y the Turks launched a heavy attack on the British lines and all available ships were moved up to lend fire support. The evacuation of the position was even
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  • ...p failed to get through them a sum of about half a million pounds would be lost from the current Estimates, and that this would very seriously handicap new ...t C.S. became the {{UK-BCS|1}}. On 17 March, 1913 she collided with the {{UK-C34|f=t}} in Stokes Bay in the Solent, suffering no damage in the process.
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  • ...have been delayed by armour plate being diverted to the construction of {{UK-Magnificent|f=p}} at [[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]. ...ur guns inspected were found to be defective and were withdrawn from their ships. It was deemed that the sleeves were contracting near the muzzle, generall
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  • ...r Captain [[Frederick Tower Hamilton|Frederick T. Hamilton]], to relieve {{UK-1RoyalOak}} in the [[Mediterranean Station|Mediterranean]], where she would ...m M. Chambers]] took command, with the crew from the paid-off battleship {{UK-1Resolution}}.
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  • An appointment in command of the {{UK-Hyacinth}} for 29 January, 1912 seems to have been reconsidered.<ref>Caulfe ...officers and men wearing strict uniform, which is cruelty. All the other ships in the Gulf have always worn shorts and vests, not so Caulfield (sic), who
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  • ...Complaints of "very high temperatures" in ammunition passageways while the ships were under steam were evaluated by taking temperatures hourly.{{NMI|30 Jan. ...] commissioned ''Albemarle'' on 12 November, 1903 at Chatham, to relieve {{UK-1Repulse}} as flagship of Rear-Admiral [[William Des Vœux Hamilton|William
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  • ...tColl|p. 31}} As a consequence, she did not resemble contemporary British ships. ...h nucleus crew paid off from {{UK-Sutlej}}, for temporary service in the {{UK-BS|8}}. She made for Devonport the following day.<ref>"Naval And Military
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  • ...Her service until her loss in the Great War was as the flagship of the {{UK-BS|3}} which was centered upon these semi-useful but then-obsolescent battl Upon the formation of the {{UK-BS|3}} in May, 1912, ''King Edward VII'' was made its flagship.
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  • ...s in [[Indefatigable Class Battlecruiser (1909)|her class]]. She would be lost to a magazine explosion at the [[Battle of Jutland]] in 1916. ...was re-commissioned at Devonport on 17th June, 1913 for service with the {{UK-BCS|1}}.{{NLApr14|p. 328}}
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  • |nat=UK ...n Stafford|Edward S. Fitzherbert]], Captain Superintendent, Contract Built Ships, Clyde District, was present on behalf of the Admiralty.<ref>"The Launch of
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  • ...entered service.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', pp. 9-11, 16.</ref> Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1929 for service with the {{UK-BCS}} supporting the [[Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]].{{NLJul
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  • She was involved in a collision with the {{UK-Winchester|f=t}} in 1931.<ref>Coombs Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/213. ...commissioning.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships''. p. 16.</ref>
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  • ...r commissioning.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', p. 16.</ref> ...es|appt=May, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=8 June, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship sank}}
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