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...K-Lilac|f=t}} struck a mine on 18 August, 1915, Preston helped salvage the vessel.<ref>Preston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.|D7576588}} f. 79.</ref> Preston was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the

I <small>HAVE</small> the honour to inform you that "Inflexible" left Scapa Flow at 9 p.m. on Tu ...class, and some direct hits were considered to have been obtained on this vessel. At 6.30 p.m., the "{{UK-Invincible}}" blew up, apparently owing to being

===I<small>NTRODUCTION</small>.=== T<small>HE</small> Board of Admiralty desire to present to Parliament (and through Parliament

...d with 15.2-inch guns. The [[Renown Class Battlecruiser (1916)|''Renown'' Class]] battle cruisers were judged to be insufficient for fleet needs owing to t ...M 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel destroyed}}

...d fresh. For the present the patrols to prevent contraband passing are of small importance.<ref>Admiralty to C-in-C Grand Fleet. 11 December, 1914. Sent ...ee available dreadnoughts of the [[Orion Class Battleship (1910)|''Orion'' Class]]. {{UK-Thunderer|f=p}} was missing because she was undergoing a refit.{{UK

...ruiser (1917)|''Ceres'' class]]. Her name was so variously spelled that a small article was written in Warship 2012 to resolve the name as ''Curacoa''.<ref ...p|1199}}|end=2 October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}

...iendly compromises: the [[Second Class Cruiser|Second Class]] and [[Third Class Cruiser]]s. ...vessels hitherto designated as Scouts, Protected Cruisers Second and Third Class, and Unarmoured Cruiser, would be designated as "Light Cruisers."<ref>The N

...or the Tercentenary in July, 1908.<br><small>Library and Archives Canada.</small>]] ...n armoured cruisers admits of a smaller programme in vessels of the latter class.<br>The more correct information available at the Admiralty will naturally

2nd Class certificate in Naval Gunnery. Passing certificate, 1st Class, for a Navigating Lieutenant.

In order to avoid exaggerating the importance of any class of war-ship and to truly exhibit the functions it is called upon to perform ...ssor. As an example, the ''Vernon'' frigate may be compared with the third-class cruiser ''Pearl'' of nearly the same displacement.

...as one of seven ships of the [[Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)|''Boadicea'' class]]. ...gun, salvaged from her wreck.<br><small>In the collection of Tony Lovell.</small>]]

{{pad|25px}}I<small>n</small> compliance with your signal of to-day, 2nd June, I have the honour to repo 23. At 4.51 p.m. passed one of our "L" class destroyers picking up survivors from scattered wreckage of a big ship. She

certain of the vessel's identity. :Ships were occasionally struck by shrapnel and small pieces

...ate 1942, he was made Inspector of Merchant Ship Gunnery and as Adviser on Small Ships' Gunnery. A series of similar appointments followed before he was re ...ustin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 78.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''Vessel Decommissioned'''}}

'''H.M.S. ''Fairy''''' was one of forty [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "30 knotter". ...ld in 1897 were 11' 2" long of galvanized iron. They each contained 1,356 small steel tubes of 1.33 and 1.25" out diameter, variously. The eight furnaces

:(19). <u>Small collision mats.</u> ::The small collision mats made in the ship (size 6ft

...numeric designation of the [[Cricket Class Torpedo Boat (1906)|''Cricket'' class coastal destroyers of 1906]]) was constructed by [[John I. Thornycroft & Co ...There was some variety to their particulars, but we treat them as a common class with sub-types.

...he [[Iron Duke Class Battleship (1912)|''Iron Duke'']] and [[King George V Class Battleship (1911)|''King George V'']] classes, as well as {{UK-Thunderer|f= Introduced in 1914, these featured rectified threads throughout, air vessel pressures of 2,350 psi for 10,750 yard range and two other improvements.{{A

...H.M.S. ''E 14''''' was one of fifty-seven [["E" Class Submarine (1912)|"E" class submarines]] completed in Britain before and during the [[Great War]]. ...was vigorously hunted and could not maintain contact. On May 1 she sank a small gunboat with a torpedo and failed to sink a larger target due to a torpedo

...H.M.S. ''E 16''''' was one of fifty-seven [["E" Class Submarine (1912)|"E" class submarines]] completed in Britain before and during the [[Great War]]. ...d by a screen of a torpedo boat, a small sloop, 4 trawlers, several tugs & small craft, on 22/12/15. The attack was very ably carried out & Lt. Cdr Duff-Du