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- ...[[Battlecruiser|battlecruisers]] completed in 1908 and 1909 were the first ships of their type. ==Ships==15 KB (2,217 words) - 16:37, 31 May 2022
- ...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>2 KB (207 words) - 09:56, 6 April 2018
- ...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, ''A15 KB (2,327 words) - 09:41, 28 October 2022
- 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''.6 KB (831 words) - 08:45, 19 June 2019
- 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}}10 KB (1,362 words) - 10:02, 30 June 2021
- ...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.8 KB (1,061 words) - 11:11, 19 December 2019
- ...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 even8 KB (1,285 words) - 17:58, 6 November 2019
- ...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.20 KB (3,166 words) - 21:11, 6 November 2021
- ...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, generall14 KB (1,949 words) - 09:38, 1 January 2020
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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}}.11 KB (1,591 words) - 15:41, 30 December 2022
- 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), who7 KB (1,013 words) - 18:25, 6 April 2022
- ...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|William10 KB (1,355 words) - 10:40, 20 May 2023
- ...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 Military6 KB (741 words) - 16:09, 6 October 2020
- ...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.6 KB (879 words) - 18:04, 14 April 2020
- ...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}}6 KB (759 words) - 03:42, 26 September 2022
- |nat=UK ...n Stafford|Edward S. Fitzherbert]], Captain Superintendent, Contract Built Ships, Clyde District, was present on behalf of the Admiralty.<ref>"The Launch of31 KB (4,874 words) - 10:53, 25 March 2024
- ...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]].{{NLJul6 KB (738 words) - 18:08, 24 May 2022
- 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>8 KB (1,022 words) - 20:46, 23 June 2021
- ...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}}7 KB (876 words) - 09:32, 9 May 2022