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...ly, and has the 2nd Class of the Order of the Rising Sun of Japan, and the US of America Distinguished Service Medal; awarded Beaufort Testimonial, 1888;

...ld cock bird. Sea lions were sighted and many seal, and for a time both of us forgot our troubles."<ref>Grant. "H.M.S. ''Canopus'', August, 1914, to Marc ...fitting resting-place for men of our race&mdash;his body is separated from us by half the world, and he and his gallant comrades lie far from the pleasan

...nless absolutely necessary: "Our organisation makes all Battle Fleet RA's [Rear-Admirals] lead divisions & therefore I hope they won't be moved, except to a similar ...which is more than those confounded politicians do so perhaps he will suit us quite well. He had rather an ordeal the other night&mdash;poor man when he

...ised of the four dreadnoughts of the US Navy's [[Battleship Division Nine (US Navy)|Battleship Division Nine]], increasing to five dreadnoughts in Januar

...til 24 August. He was detached from the ''Dolphin'' to serve aboard the {{US-Olympia|f=p}} on 6 November that same year, but was ordered to the U.S.S. ' ...[[Connecticut Class Battleship (1904)|''Connecticut'' Class battleship]] {{US-Kansas}}. He commanded the battleship for the next two years, which was an

...tates Naval Academy]], graduating in 1873. Badger served in the cruiser {{US-Cincinnati}} during the [[Spanish-American War]], and climaxed his career a {{CatPerson|US|1853|1932}}

...down and had quite a comfortable sleep, having nothing on our mind to keep us awake. :Then came the big explosion, which shook us a bit, and on looking at the pressure gauge I saw the pressure had failed.

.... However, we were doing our best with the tools the Government had given us to work with …" After "many vexatious delays," Evans writes, the American <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Amphitrite''" nat="US">

''Cormoran'' entered the US territory of Guam on 14 December 1914 with her coal bunkers almost empty. S ...tions of visibility, and whereas in the failing light it was difficult for us to see the enemy, our ships became clearly silhouetted against the afterglo

...lles|f=t}}.<ref>Naval historian Antonio Moreno García, document mailed to us 20240426.</ref> ...rnet Joseph Wolseley|Lord Wolseley]] having reported that Boardman "helped us in fitting out our boats, in working them over the worst cataracts in the N

...d a first-rate seaman and disciplinarian to go on with, and though he kept us all in terrific order he was none the less very popular."<ref>Fortescue. '

...fresh sign of the neighbourly relations existing between Great Britain and us, and a manifestation which cannot but render our relations still more cordi

...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 ...my opened fire. The first salvo I saw drop was quite 2,000 yards short of us, and did not seem to have a very small spread. 3.50 ''Lion'' opened fire,

...Navy, identified us immediately as a bunch of amateurs and decided to show us how it was done. When moored up, he was dressed up to the corsellette stage ...wide area. We kept quiet about this episode and hoped nobody would connect us with it.

...ak the spirit of the young officers, and we found that once he had subdued us to his particular form of discipline we were able to satisfy him, while he ...prejudices against smoking in any form, and against spirits. He once gave us a lecture which ended up, "A gentleman may be excused an occasional cigar,

...rofessor of Mathematics at Cambridge, where he had also been a coach, told us that we were being taught in three months by Professor [[Carlton John Lambe

...be summed up in a few words by saying that he speeded things up and saved us some 5 or 6 years. ...kill the very difficult task of writing the Life of Lord Fisher and giving us a picture of this extraordinary man and the demoniacal energy, inspired by

...n a fleet action, especially since they possess an actual superiority over us in these particular weapons. ...ay from an advancing fleet, I should assume that the intention was to lead us over mines and submarines, and should decline to be so drawn.

...B. Kiddle]], later remembered Tottenham as "a sour pessimist who disliked us all and his appointment. Luckily a few months saw him promoted and he left [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Devonport Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]]

...re earlier than we did at the enemy as he closed us after his turn towards us at about 6.56 p.m.