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• First Class Protected Cruiser
  ...e deck. The type was often developed in alternation with early [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]], which were of similar displacement but featured armour ...d third class were smaller – apportioned more like the later [[Light Cruiser]].
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• Third Class Protected Cruiser
  ...f protection for shipping. They were similar in size to the later [[Light Cruiser]] type. * [[:Category:Third Class Protected Cruiser|List of third class protected cruisers]]
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• Second Class Protected Cruiser
  ...to the more humble [[Third Class Protected Cruiser]] and the later [[Light Cruiser]] type. ...tegory:Second Class Protected Cruiser Class|List of second class protected cruiser classes]]
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• William Blake Fisher
  On 11 January, 1897, he was appointed in command of the torpedo cruiser [[H.M.S. Cossack (1886)|''Cossack'']].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" ...y. From 16 July to 26 August 1901, he commanded the first-class protected cruiser [[H.M.S. Amphitrite (1898)|''Amphitrite'']] in the annual manœuvres. Afte
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• H.M.S. Raglan (1915)
  ...hips were required either in the Grand Fleet or on patrol duties, so a new class of ship, with a shallow draught for inshore work and a requisite small numb ...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 background. The monit
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• Gem Class Cruiser (1903)
  ...ed in 1904 and 1905. They were occasionally referred to as the ''Topaze'' class. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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• Challenger Class Cruiser (1902)
  The two cruisers of the '''''Challenger'' class''' were completed in 1904 and 1905. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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• David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty
  ...43}}. f. 156.</ref> On 25 October he was transferred to the new armoured cruiser [[H.M.S. Suffolk (1903)|''Suffolk'']] in the Mediterranean. He was discipl ...g George V's coronation he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the
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• Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss
  ...her, Rear-Admiral James Erskine Wemyss, was great-great-grandson of David, Third Earl of Wemyss, Vice-Admiral of Scotland, and his maternal great-grandfathe ...the annual manœuvres. On 5 November he was appointed to the second-class cruiser [[H.M.S. Astræa (1893)|''Astræa'']] in the Mediterranean as First Lieuten
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• Jutland:Preliminaries
  ...the Firth of Forth to intercept Vice Admiral Sir [[David Beatty]] [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]] as it left [[Rosyth]]. Another U-boat would force her way into the ...utland had heavier guns than the Germans, but the German ships were better protected.
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• William Thomas Sampson
  ...tates Naval Academy]] on 24 September, 1857. After graduating first in his class four years later, he served as an instructor at the Academy. In 1864, he be ...to fit out {{US-SanFrancisco}}, and assumed command when that [[protected cruiser]] was commissioned on 15 November, 1889. He was detached in June, 1892 to
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• Chatham Royal Dockyard
  |{{UK-1Conqueror|f=p}}||second class battleship||8 Sep, 1881||Sold 1907 |{{UK-1Calypso|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||7 Jun, 1883||Sold 1922
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• William Henry White
  ...ed with armour as in previous vessels. The lower portions of the ends were protected by strong under-water decks, but cork buoyancy was not provided. This desig ...at the sides. For many years this remained the accepted type of Admiralty cruiser, culminating in 1894 (after White had become director of naval construction
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• Hugh Evan-Thomas
  ...On 22 March, 1882 Evan-Thomas was promoted Acting {{SubRN}} with a First-Class pass in Seamanship<ref name=Record105/> and at Corfu he left ''Bacchante'' ...1884, having attained second class passes in torpedo, gunnery and a first class pass in pilotage.<ref name=Record105/>
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• Gerald William Vivian
  ...r (1863)|''Minotaur'']]. Vivian was on 22 February, 1895 appointed to the cruiser {{UK-1Crescent}}. He was then given command of the torpedo boat destroyer On 21 March, 1902 he was appointed First Lieutenant of the cruiser {{UK-Amphitrite}}. On 3 April he was transferred to the battleship {{UK-Ve
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• Zenta Class Cruiser (1897)
  The three '''Zenta Class Cruisers''' were protected cruisers completed between 1899 and 1901. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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• Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company
  |{{UK-1Surprise|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||17 Jan, 1885||Sold 1919 |{{UK-Alacrity|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||28 Feb, 1885||Sold 1913
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• Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford
  ...er thrashed him with orders not to remount until he learned to ride." The third son William later declared, "that he would rather meet an army of Zulus tha ...appointed to the frigate ''Galatea'', 26, Captain [[Alfred Ernest Albert, Third Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh]], in which he m
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• Cecil Irby Prowse
  ..., 1901.{{Gaz|27335|4780|19 July, 1901}} On 6 July he was appointed to the cruiser [[H.M.S. Amphitrite (1898)|''Amphitrite'']] for the annual manœuvres. He ...[[Royal Naval War College|War Course]] at Portsmouth, being adjudged First Class.<ref>ADM 203/99. f. 9.</ref> From 16 May to 1 August he was appointed to
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• Robert Falcon Scott
  .../ref> He left the training ship in July, 1883, passing out seventh in his class.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 6/469.}}</ref> On 24 July he was appointed to the corvette Having obtained a First Class certificate in Seamanship with 980 marks (out of a thousand) he was promote
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• Robert Archibald James Montgomerie
  On 15 June, 1877, Montgomerie was awarded the Albert Medal of the Second Class. An account of the action leading to the awarding of the medal reads: ...ueen's birthday, Montgomerie was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (C.B.) on
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• George John Scott Warrender, Seventh Baronet
  ...dron. He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1901. After command of a cruiser squadron he was given command of the [[Second Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)| ...ille.{{Gaz|24780|6314|7 November, 1879}} On 31 July, 1879 he took a First Class certificate in his Seamanship examination and was promoted Acting {{SubRN}}
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• Arthur Joseph Hungerford Pollen
  ..., and read history at Trinity College, Oxford (1884–8), gaining a second-class degree in modern history in 1888.<ref>Sumida. ''Oxford Dictionary of Natio ...ed [[Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon|Reginald Bacon]], [[Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|Sir Arthur Wilson]], and [[Frederic Charles Dreyer|Frederic Dreyer]
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