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  • ...Fleet, 1931.<br><small>Photograph: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] H<small>IS MAJESTY</small> '''George V, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the Britis
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  • ...n 20 March 1909 and joined the [[First Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|First Cruiser Squadron]] of the First Division, [[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fleet]]. ...saved the money. Certainly the proverbial little cherub was looking after us marvellously. This electric gear remained in the ''Invincible'' for some t
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  • |nat=US ...Maria Teresa'']] and [[Oquendo (1891)|''Oquendo'']], as ''Ericsson'' towed small craft from her squadron's larger ships to the burning hulks.
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  • ...d Fisher, 1916.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...British Navy by an Indian merchant at a cost of 84,000. It was the day of small things and of sailing-ships.<ref>Fisher. ''Records''. pp. 11-12.</ref></b
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  • ...being two pre-dreadnought battleships, three armoured cruisers and a light cruiser and did not realise that could see that the two largest ships were battlecr ...made the identification, it came as a great shock to them. There had been US newspaper reports that Invincible had been sent south, but Spee was unaware
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  • 6.15 p.m.—As "Hercules" started to deploy a salvo, with a small spread, of some five shots straddled our forecastle and deluged the Fore Br ...fine silhouette for the enemy, as some of our ships on the reverse side of us were clearly visible against the bright sunlit sky.
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  • ...K. Wilson (seen as a Vice-Admiral).<br><small>Image: Library of Congress.</small>]] ...Captain to Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Wilson, as senior captain, worked on cruiser scouting systems and exercised independent command.
    47 KB (7,656 words) - 12:42, 17 November 2023
  • ...ce-Admiral.<br><small>Portrait: Francis Dodd. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 1763).</small>]] ...'''Henry Francis Oliver''', G.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.V.O., H<small>ON. L.L.D.</small>, Royal Navy (22 January, 1865 &ndash; 15 October, 1965) was an officer of
    20 KB (3,054 words) - 11:56, 7 April 2022
  • ...letely destroyed when in action with the German Fleet at 5.25 <small>P.M.</small> on Wednesday, May 31. The total ...small> the ''Queen Mary'' was third ship in the line of the [[First Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|1st B.C.S.]], and action was sounded, and at 4.45 the
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  • .... A naval blockade of Tsingtao by a largely Japanese force that included a small British contingent began on 27 August. A land siege began on 31 October and ...The {{DE-1Emden|f=tp}} had sailed from Tsingtao on 31 July. Another light cruiser, {{DE-Leipzig|f=p}}, was on the west coast of Mexico, protecting German int
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  • ...h Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|5th Battle Squadron]] had come down to join us in the Forth in their place. It was the first time the 5th B.S. had come o ...aw drop was quite 2,000 yards short of us, and did not seem to have a very small spread. 3.50 ''Lion'' opened fire, and we opened fire. Target 4th ship fr
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  • {{pad|25px}}I <small>HAVE</small> the honour to forward the following report of the action fought on 31st Ma ...d then that the enemy's Battle Fleet were coming North and that the Battle cruiser fleet and [[Fifth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|5th Battle squadron]] were e
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  • ...Frederic C. Dreyer, 1936.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] On 1 April, 1895, Dreyer was lent to the the masted training ship ''Cruiser''. In June he was awarded the First Prize for German in the examination of
    48 KB (7,476 words) - 18:46, 6 April 2022
  • ...ecause love of England home and beauty comes first. But speak my Lord let us hear your voice in the Grand Fleet for we wish to hear it and when as I hop ...t none of us in the Grand Fleet ever saw a unit of that Army, but those of us who had a knowledge of the facts fell in with the idea and left to the popu
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  • ...n a fleet action, especially since they possess an actual superiority over us in these particular weapons. ...so that the latter may be manœuvred into any desired position behind the cruiser screen. This is a strong additional reason for fighting in the northern ar
    16 KB (2,741 words) - 13:46, 27 March 2014
  • ...emy without being engaged by them. After that however, fire was opened on us. After a short interval a short "straddle" was obtained across the "{{UK-B ...observed ahead of the enemy's Battle Cruisers. These ships opened fire on us after we turned and I personally observed their shots falling at a steep an
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  • ...' at right.<br><small>Image: By courtesy of Terry Dickens [astraltrader].</small>]] ...g me kindly by the shoulder and saying, "Well, my little man, you are very small for your age. Why are you being sent to sea?"<br>
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  • As you know, I was on the cruiser ''Cressy'' on September 22, 1914, when in company with the cruisers {{UK-Ab ...board side of the ''Aboukir'', while we stood by on the port side, both of us a good distance off.
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  • S<small>IR</small>, I<small>N</small> compliance with your orders, I have the honour to forward the following re
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  • ...knots. It was nothing but the usual air-raid stunt with the Engadine with us. Wednesday was a lovely day. We were expecting to rendez-vous with the Gr ...TS reported that there was no fire in X, only smoke. There actually was a small fire, but the report was made so as not to frighten the men in the turret.
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