Search results

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to: navigation, search
  • ...G.C.B., Royal Navy (23 August, 1827 &ndash; 4 May, 1916) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. Hay was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 19 December, 1846.<ref name=clowes>Clowes. '''VII'''. p. 5
    5 KB (752 words) - 17:13, 30 October 2022
  • ...as a piece of British legislation regulating the retirement of officers of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...avy, with particular reference to the ages at which the Officers come upon the several lists.
    7 KB (1,217 words) - 12:59, 18 January 2022
  • '''H.M.S. ''Vanguard''''' (ex-''Rodney'') was one of three [[St. Vincent Class Battleship (1908)|''St. Vincent'' class battleshi ...>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 2 January, 1908. Issue '''38532''', col C, p. 8.</ref>
    6 KB (831 words) - 08:45, 19 June 2019
  • ...to sea that evening.<ref>"Grand Fleet Operations, August, 1914 - Narrative of Events." Jellicoe Papers. British Library. Add MS. 48995. f. 28-29.</re ==Letter of 30 October, 1914==
    9 KB (1,612 words) - 10:20, 28 December 2020
  • ...ourse.jpg|thumb|right|450px|A group portrait of Commanders and Captains on the War Course which began in September, 1902. From left to right, standing: [ ...and then at Portsmouth. Branch war colleges were located at Devonport and the Nore.
    19 KB (2,877 words) - 03:51, 1 November 2021
  • ...0.</ref> The [[Admiralty War Staff (Royal Navy)|Admiralty War Staff]] was the result. Admiralty
    15 KB (2,561 words) - 05:21, 27 March 2010
  • [[File:Fisher, NPG x12902.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable Lord Fisher, 1916.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrai ...kground, he made friends in the right places and forged his way up through the ranks.
    48 KB (7,708 words) - 14:56, 27 June 2022
  • ...1912 he was dismissed in acrimonious circumstances by [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] [[Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill|Winston Churchill]] and went into ret He entered the Royal Navy as Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman Simpson.
    29 KB (4,431 words) - 02:26, 11 April 2022
  • ...le:Wemyss Orpen.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet Rosslyn Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss, portrayed as an Admiral.<br><small>Portrait: Sir Willi ...ng the [[First World War]], followed by his elevation to the position of [[First Sea Lord]] in 1917.
    29 KB (4,511 words) - 12:46, 7 April 2022
  • [[File:Sir Henry B. Jackson.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry B. Jackson.]] ...1915 to 1916 during the [[First World War]] and being promoted to the rank of {{FleetRN}} in 1919.
    34 KB (5,086 words) - 12:42, 17 November 2023
  • ...Haven, NPG x28756.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet the Marquess of Milford Haven, as an Admiral.<br><small>Photograph: © National Portrait Ga ...K.C.M.G., P.C. (24 May, 1854 &ndash; 11 September, 1921) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
    29 KB (4,401 words) - 03:43, 24 February 2023
  • [[File:ArthurHood.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral Lord Hood of Avalon.]] ...B., Royal Navy (14 July, 1824 &ndash; 15 November, 1901) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
    10 KB (1,594 words) - 17:14, 30 October 2022
  • ...of the Admiralty]], the politician responsible to Crown and Parliament for the Navy. ===Order in Council of 14 January, 1869===
    32 KB (4,649 words) - 07:48, 30 July 2023
  • ...stom and design he was the pre-eminent Lord Commissioner on the [[Board of Admiralty]]. ...14 January, 1869]], the powers of the First Lord were fixed in law for the first time:
    20 KB (2,806 words) - 12:00, 24 June 2022
  • ...Navy]]. He was in charge of manning the ships, and training and educating the men. ...the First Naval Lord, assisted by the Junior Naval Lord. The other Naval Lords were also given an increase in pay.<ref>Hamilton. pp. 189-190.</ref>
    23 KB (3,214 words) - 02:40, 26 July 2023
  • ...''Deputy First Sea Lord''' was an officer on the [[Board of Admiralty]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...n E. Wemyss]] was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty as Deputy First Sea Lord on 6 September, 1917. An office memorandum from that date reads:
    7 KB (1,162 words) - 08:37, 27 March 2022
  • ...a Member of the House of Commons or House of Lords he usually changed with the Government. ...rangement was to persist for nearly a century until the final abolition of the Board.
    12 KB (1,697 words) - 06:07, 4 July 2023
  • ...the [[Board of Admiralty]] and the naval officer responsible for supply in the [[Royal Navy]]. ...t, as shall be assigned to them or each of them, from time to time, by the First Lord."
    20 KB (2,862 words) - 01:37, 23 May 2022
  • ...d Sea Lord in 1918, once more becoming '''Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy'''. ==History of Controller of the Navy==
    32 KB (4,694 words) - 08:51, 1 September 2023
  • ...om 1911 to 1915. He was forced from office following the formation of the First Coalition government. ...rticle on Churchill will focus only on his first term as First Lord of the Admiralty.''
    14 KB (2,230 words) - 15:07, 20 November 2021
  • ...of Admiralty]] from 1907 to 1911, having spent his entire career at the [[Admiralty]]. ...on 1 September, 1885, and was placed in charge of the Legal Branch at the Admiralty.
    3 KB (457 words) - 15:07, 20 November 2021
  • ...more of the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom.''</div> ...">—The Queen's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Naval Service (1879).</div>
    8 KB (1,264 words) - 11:10, 10 October 2014
  • [[File:May, IWM Q 80193.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir William H. May.<br><small>Photograph: © IWM (Q 80193).</small>]] ...30) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] in the period leading up to the [[First World War]].
    15 KB (2,293 words) - 08:22, 1 September 2023
  • ...et Sir Arthur K. Wilson (seen as a Vice-Admiral).<br><small>Image: Library of Congress.</small>]] ...fused a Peerage and only succeeded to the Wilson Baronetcy after the death of his brother in 1919.
    47 KB (7,656 words) - 12:42, 17 November 2023
  • [[File:Oliver, 1917, IWM ART 1763.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry F. Oliver, portrayed in 1917 as an Acting Vice-Admiral.<br> ...[Admiralty War Staff]] as [[Intelligence Division (Royal Navy)|Director of the Intelligence Division]].
    20 KB (3,054 words) - 11:56, 7 April 2022
  • [[File:Callaghan, NPG x65163.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir George A. Callaghan, 1918.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery ...influence on Royal Navy war planning in the last years of peace as the Sea Lords.
    21 KB (3,136 words) - 18:22, 6 April 2022
  • ...t Secretary to the Admiralty]] during a time of unparalleled change within the [[Royal Navy]]. ...ay as their chief, and he was created a baronet in 1795, resuming the name of MacGregor in 1822.
    5 KB (769 words) - 15:07, 20 November 2021
  • ...to revise the navy's signal book and later served as Second-in-Command of the [[Portsmouth Signal School]]. ...uadron (Royal Navy)|First Battle Squadron]], before being given command of the Fifth Battle Squadron which he led at Jutland.
    59 KB (9,117 words) - 18:51, 6 April 2022
  • [[File:Phipps Hornby.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby, as an Admiral.]] ...vy (20 February, 1825 &ndash; 3 March, 1895) was an influential officer in the late-Victorian [[Royal Navy]].
    15 KB (2,408 words) - 17:14, 30 October 2022
  • ...B., D.L., J.P. (12 September, 1879 &ndash; 9 June, 1968) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. ...ef>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 18 November, 1895. Issue '''34737''', col E, p. 7.</ref>
    10 KB (1,473 words) - 19:17, 6 April 2022
  • ...Bentinck John Davies''', was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. ...Rocket'', and was appointed to ''Excellent'' for examinations for the rank of {{LieutRN}}.
    14 KB (2,021 words) - 12:55, 7 April 2022
  • ...itter feud which threatened to tear the navy in half in the early years of the Twentieth Century. ...The third son William later declared, "that he would rather meet an army of Zulus than his reverend father in a bad temper."<ref>Bennett. ''Charlie B'
    51 KB (7,917 words) - 17:13, 30 October 2022
  • {{pad|800px}}''Admiralty'', 3''rd October'', 1848.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1855). p. 225.</ref ...Officer, being an Admiral or Commander in Chief, and each Commodore of the First Class being a Commander in Chief, is to be allowed to nominate ''two'' Nava
    45 KB (7,545 words) - 10:46, 21 September 2013
  • ...ible command philosophy which would de-emphasise central command in favour of independent command initiative harmonised by a strong doctrine reinforced b ...of H.M.S. ''Victoria'']] in 1893, an accident he precipitated while using the stringent command patterns he disdained.
    14 KB (2,194 words) - 12:38, 7 April 2022
  • ...don. p. 21.</ref> Dr. Gordon evidently hadn't seen the actual letter nor the responses to it, which are reproduced below. Jellicoe's letter, reproduced here, was received at the Admiralty on 31 October:<ref>ADM 137/995. ff. 133-135.</ref>
    16 KB (2,741 words) - 13:46, 27 March 2014
  • ...K.C.B., Royal Navy (15 July, 1858 &ndash; 16 July, 1951) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...would be ushered out of active service just a month before the outbreak of the [[Great War]].
    10 KB (1,389 words) - 14:22, 7 January 2024
  • ...oyte Harper|JOHN ERNEST TROYTE HARPER]] of "Ilam", Hawkhurst in the County of Kent, Vice-Admiral (retired), do Solemnly and Sincerely Declare— ...cial Record of the Battle of Jutland was prepared by me and is to the best of my belief a true statement in every respect.
    25 KB (4,265 words) - 23:12, 1 November 2014
  • ...t|Lord Carson campaigning against Home Rule.<br><small>Photograph: Library of Congress.</small>]] ...of Appeal in Ordinary and sat in the House of Lords, the highest court in the land.
    6 KB (910 words) - 18:04, 26 April 2022
  • ...from ''Commander R.N.'' (1927), by [[George Bibby Hartford]], pp. 13-40. The original can be found at Paul Benyon's [http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Command ''"Or told, to make the time pass by,''
    32 KB (5,848 words) - 12:09, 16 July 2018
  • [[File:Harbord-Hamond, 1917, IWM ART 1747.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Admiral The Rt. Hon. Lord Suffield as a Commodore, Second Class, 1917.<br><small>Portra ...Navy, Retired (24 August, 1865 &ndash; 2 February, 1951) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
    8 KB (1,145 words) - 19:12, 6 April 2022
  • ...ir William Fanshawe Martin, latterly a Lord Commissioner on the [[Board of Admiralty]].<ref>Rasor. p. 170.</ref> ...e of Admiralty business, is likely not only to possess merit, but merit of the highest order.
    33 KB (5,491 words) - 13:39, 23 June 2014
  • ...l, ''circa'' 1905.<br><small>Detail from Japanese postcard from collection of Christopher Buckey.</small>]] ....C.M.G., Royal Navy (5 March, 1845 &ndash; 23 May, 1918) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
    13 KB (1,987 words) - 11:54, 7 April 2022
  • ...16 to 1919, and as [[Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty]] from 1903 to 1905. ...y, "Pretyman was not the most congenial of my chiefs, but he was certainly the ablest and it was sheer bad luck that he never reached Cabinet rank."<ref>M
    2 KB (253 words) - 15:08, 20 November 2021
  • ...stead of the second political member of the Board, the [[Civil Lord of the Admiralty|Civil Lord]]. ...Baring, Bart. (later Lord Northbrook), First Lord from 1849 to 1852, told the Commons Select Committee on Official Salaries in 1850 that:
    10 KB (1,401 words) - 03:52, 28 August 2022
  • ...al Navy, Retired (3 June, 1869 &ndash; 31 October, 1954) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...k Thorp was born on 3 June, 1869, the son of the Reverend Frederick Thorp, of Burton Overy, Leicestershire.
    9 KB (1,375 words) - 12:34, 7 April 2022
  • ...Royal Navy (20 September, 1847 &ndash; 30 August, 1935) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...eldest daughter of Thomas Meggison, of Walton, Northumberland. He entered the [[Royal Navy]] in 1860, being appointed to {{UK-1Britannia}} at Portsmouth.
    12 KB (1,720 words) - 18:38, 6 April 2022
  • ...st politician and [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] in 1905, responsible for the notable "[[Cawdor Memorandum]]". ...13 Feb. 1847 at St. Leonard's Hill, Windsor. Known before his accession to the earldom as Viscount Emlyn, he was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxfor
    7 KB (1,169 words) - 18:00, 26 April 2022
  • ...dash; 15 September, 1909) was a Liberal politician and [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] from 1905 to 1908. ...the seat until the death of his father in 1894 removed him to the House of Lords.
    11 KB (1,702 words) - 15:08, 20 November 2021
  • ...dGeorgeGoschen.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Viscount Goschen during his tenure as First Lord.<br><small>Photograph: ''Navy & Army Illustrated''.</small>]] ...a British politician who served as a Liberal served as [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] from 1871 to 1874 and from 1895 to 1900 as a Liberal Unionist.
    28 KB (4,681 words) - 15:08, 20 November 2021
  • ...) was a Liberal politician and statesman who served as [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] from 1892 to 1895. ...ical history as Viscount Althorp, was the latter's eldest son and uncle of the fifth earl.
    19 KB (3,000 words) - 15:08, 20 November 2021
  • ...an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. He enjoyed making watercolour paintings of naval life. ...>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 25 June, 1879. Issue '''29603''', col E, p. 7.</ref>
    3 KB (492 words) - 12:41, 7 April 2022
  • ...arguments surrounding British gunnery and the effectiveness of the control of its fire. ...have not closely studied the technical function of fire control systems on the strengths and weaknesses in British gunnery are inappropriate.
    15 KB (2,374 words) - 23:04, 4 March 2023
  • ...e National Archives. ADM 116/1606. Reproduced in ''Documents Relating to the Naval Air Service''. '''I'''. pp. 497-499.</ref> makes perfect sense. ...ice as Second Sea Lord on 27 September.<ref name=Marder223>Marder. ''From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow''. '''IV'''. p. 223.</ref>
    15 KB (2,585 words) - 16:13, 14 September 2012
  • ...Beatty, First Earl Beatty|David, First Earl Beatty]] in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, London. ...Adm Sir [[Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|Walter Cowan's]] recollections of Beatty's early life.
    50 KB (6,652 words) - 05:48, 12 March 2023
  • ...Retired (23 or 25 April, 1864 &ndash; 3 February, 1927) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. Benson was born in Dover, the son of Ralph Augustus Benson, Esquire, a barrister in Malvern, Worcestershire.<ref
    10 KB (1,404 words) - 18:08, 6 April 2022
  • ...avy, Retired (30 January, 1867 &ndash; 30 January, 1935) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...><small>Photograph: ''Navy and Army Illustrated''. Reproduced by courtesy of Rob Brassington.</small>]]
    10 KB (1,427 words) - 12:15, 7 April 2022
  • ...oyal Navy, Retired (7 March, 1866 &ndash; 15 July, 1935) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. Henderson was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1901.{{Gaz|27335|4780|19 July, 1901}}
    4 KB (555 words) - 19:17, 6 April 2022
  • ...}, R.N., Retired (14 January, 1866 &ndash; 3 June, 1941) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. Learmonth was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 24 August, 1887.{{Gaz|25735|4778|2 September, 1887}}
    6 KB (800 words) - 11:31, 7 April 2022
  • <center>''For the Nineteenth Century author on naval strategy see [[Philip Howard Colomb (183 ...Navy, Retired (13 December, 1867 &ndash; 18 April, 1958) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
    6 KB (832 words) - 18:31, 6 April 2022
  • ...B.E., R.N., Retired (13 June, 1864 &ndash; 17 May, 1940) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...ut of the successful batch of forty-six.<ref>"Naval Cadetships" (News). ''The Times''. Saturday, 30 June, 1877. Issue '''28982''', col A, p. 14.</ref>
    11 KB (1,656 words) - 18:57, 6 April 2022
  • ...to the [[Royal Navy]] and tenure as [[Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty]]. ...he succeeded Thomas again and became [[Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty]].
    3 KB (394 words) - 15:08, 20 November 2021
  • ...Division''') was the intelligence-gathering body of the [[Royal Navy]]'s [[Admiralty War Staff]] and successor [[Naval Staff (Royal Navy)|Naval Staff]]. ...Maurice]], had been additional Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence in the N.I.D.
    14 KB (1,942 words) - 11:23, 8 August 2020
  • ...t until April in 1917. This tenure provided him a valuable perspective on the navy's decision-making. ...ext few days, making arrangements for a room in Jermyn Street & to live at the Club [Army and Navy].
    22 KB (3,896 words) - 16:41, 28 July 2014
  • ...ns''' for the office of [[Director of Naval Ordnance (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance]]. ...other fittings, including all the arrangements necessary to be provided by the shipbuilder for their proper and efficient working, as well as for their be
    14 KB (2,241 words) - 01:17, 24 October 2019
  • ...Navy, Retired (18 August, 1846 &ndash; 6 October, 1929) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...A|ADM 196/38/329.|D7578818}} f. 292.</ref> Davis was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 4 April, 1870.{{Gaz|23605|2099|8 April, 1870}}
    8 KB (1,156 words) - 18:41, 6 April 2022
  • ...to the [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] who assisted the political head of the Navy on senior appointments. ...d he manipulates them all and oils the machine for his special master, the First Lord, to perpetrate a job when necessary!"<ref>Fisher. ''Memories''. p. 1
    13 KB (1,838 words) - 08:44, 13 April 2021
  • ...of the Admiralty, he functioned as a member of the Board, and attended all of its meetings. ...e charge of the Secretariat, under the directions of the First Lord of the Admiralty." His salary was fixed at £1,500 per annum.{{UKOrdersinCouncilIII|pp. 254-
    10 KB (1,463 words) - 09:07, 2 October 2021
  • ...ne Scheme.<ref>''The New Scheme of Naval Training. Lecture by the Director of Naval Education. 11th May 1906''. p. 23/</ref>]] ...d the scheme was the [[Second Sea Lord]], Admiral [[John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|Sir John A. Fisher]].
    20 KB (3,146 words) - 18:19, 9 April 2021
  • [[File:Milne.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne, Bart.<br><small>Photograph: ''Navy & Army Illust ...Victorian era, who served twice as [[Senior Naval Lord]] on the [[Board of Admiralty]].
    4 KB (630 words) - 17:13, 30 October 2022
  • ...areer was brought to a premature end as a result of the Invergordon Mutiny of 1931. ...ks out of 2,500, coming fourth in his term.<ref>"The Britannia" (News). ''The Times''. Thursday, 19 December, 1895. Issue '''34764''', col B, p. 10.</r
    12 KB (1,638 words) - 12:39, 7 April 2022
  • ...epartment (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes]] at the [[Admiralty]]. ...irst and Fourth Sea Lords fully informed of all details in connection with the Naval Ordnance Service which ought to be brought to their notice respective
    14 KB (2,231 words) - 15:11, 8 December 2018
  • ...employ, and created the rank of {{LCommRN}} to replace that of {{LieutRN}} of eight years' seniority. ...wn as to the retirement for non-service of Officers of the Military Branch of Your Majesty's Navy:
    5 KB (814 words) - 12:59, 18 January 2022
  • ...ch introduced a comprehensive system of retirement in the officer ranks of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...made, applicable to all ranks in these portions of the Executive Branch of the Naval Service.
    30 KB (4,834 words) - 12:48, 18 January 2022
  • M. 00145.<ref>The National Archives. ADM 137/1645. ff. 322-333.</ref> ...duplicate Revised Orders for the Grand Fleet in which the points raised at the conference have been included where applicable.
    13 KB (2,162 words) - 05:45, 26 September 2011
  • ...at the historiography on the issue, and a brief examination of the fate of the then-[[Third Sea Lord]], Rear-Admiral (later Admiral Sir) [[Frederick Charl ...Graham Greene|Sir W. Graham Greene]], for the attention of the [[Board of Admiralty|Board]]:
    60 KB (10,001 words) - 20:36, 28 May 2022
  • ...e commencement of a great war, with innumerable fresh problems confronting the belligerents, it is inevitable that mistakes will be made...</div> ...uiser Force C) of the [[Southern Force]], were under the temporary command of {{CaptRN}} [[John Edmund Drummond|John E. Drummond]]. Rear-Admiral [[Henry
    24 KB (3,901 words) - 20:13, 12 March 2021
  • ...of the [[Board of Admiralty]]. It was rescinded by the [[Order in Council of 19 March, 1872]]. ...vy, in regard to the Board, and the general transaction of business at the Admiralty Offices.
    4 KB (627 words) - 13:06, 18 January 2022
  • ...major changes to the [[Board of Admiralty]] made by the [[Order in Council of 14 January, 1869]]. ...n the said Order; We most humbly beg leave to propose to Your Majesty that the said Order should be rescinded, and that
    3 KB (543 words) - 12:46, 18 January 2022
  • ...dmiralty]] and abolished the position of [[Naval Secretary to the Board of Admiralty|Naval Secretary]]. ...should be more than one Secretary to the Board of Admiralty in addition to the Parliamentary Secretary, we most humbly beg leave to propose to your Majest
    3 KB (568 words) - 15:11, 19 October 2021
  • ...lligence Department (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Intelligence]] at the [[Admiralty]]. ...take care that they are put in possession of all intelligence received by the Department with which they should be acquainted.
    11 KB (1,770 words) - 08:08, 30 April 2019
  • ...in'']], subsequent court-martial and investigation between 1870 and 1872. The Committee and its report would have far-reaching effects on naval design an ...ers of the crew would survive. The sinking would count as probably one of the Royal Navy’s greatest peacetime losses.<ref>http://www.hmscaptain.co.uk</
    7 KB (1,093 words) - 22:20, 8 July 2014
  • Catalogue of papers of [[William Graham Greene|Sir W. Graham Greene]] at the National Maritime Museum, London. ...60) (1914-1930); Secretaries (after 1800); and civilian First Lords of the Admiralty.
    3 KB (437 words) - 06:46, 14 December 2013
  • ...tion on 31st May, 1916, to the westward of the Jutland Bank, off the coast of Denmark.''</div> ...padding-right: 10em; text-align: right; color: gray; ">—Introduction to the Official Despatch from Sir John Jellicoe, 6th July, 1916</div>
    5 KB (598 words) - 11:38, 14 January 2022
  • ...y, pensions, or other allowances in the nature thereof, payable in respect of services in Your Majesty's Naval or Marine Force to a person being or havin ...ernment of Your Majesty's Naval Service it is laid down that the Officers, of Your Majesty's Navy are to be divided into six branches, viz.—Military, E
    3 KB (475 words) - 13:09, 18 January 2022
  • ...keley Arnold-Forster|Hugh O. Arnold-Forster]], explained the background of the Committee: ...millbanksystems.com/commons/1901/feb/15/joint-naval-and-military-committee-of#S4V0089P0_19010215_HOC_60 HC Deb 15 February 1901 vol 89 c172.]</ref></bloc
    4 KB (526 words) - 16:05, 6 October 2020
  • ...et [[Gerard Henry Uctred Noel|Sir Gerard H. U. Noel]] in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, London. Reports of Committees.
    34 KB (4,848 words) - 03:29, 24 July 2023
  • ...the rank of [[Mate (Royal Navy)|Mate]], increase pay, and change the title of Third Sea Lord and Controller to [[Third Sea Lord]]. ...Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated the 15th day of July, 1912, in the words following, viz.:—
    8 KB (1,232 words) - 13:02, 18 January 2022
  • ...Fleet, compared to the four years and eight months of those who joined in the usual way. ...s and Warrants Branch), was convened to discuss the scheme of training for the Special Entry Naval Cadets, and tendered its report on 21 April.<ref>{{TNA|
    8 KB (1,292 words) - 12:23, 19 January 2022
  • ...piece of legislation affecting the definitions of service for officers of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...jesty was graciously pleased to sanction certain changes in the definition of Sea and Harbour Service, which was divided into—
    8 KB (1,341 words) - 13:09, 18 January 2022
  • ...of committees appointed to examine matters related to the Naval Service of the United Kingdom, &c. ...r Extracts "of the Report and Appendix of the Committee of 1852 on Manning the Navy."
    6 KB (926 words) - 11:02, 9 January 2014
  • ...[Henry Frederick Stephenson|Sir Henry F. Stephenson]] in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, London. ...TLER, (lost in La Perouse Straits, 1868), including reports on the loss of the ship.
    3 KB (423 words) - 08:37, 15 December 2013
  • ...f Admiral [[Arthur Mostyn Field|Sir Arthur M. Field]] in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, London. ...CKLE in 1839. The dates of his birth, marriage and death were added inside the front cover in January 1870 by his elder son George Mostyn Field.
    16 KB (2,440 words) - 15:36, 13 December 2013
  • ...ineer Lieutenant-Commander (Royal Navy)|Engineer Lieutenant-Commander]] in the [[Royal Navy]]. ...ords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated the 11th day of March, 1914, in the words following, viz:&mdash;
    2 KB (239 words) - 13:07, 18 January 2022
  • ...[[Herbert William Richmond|Sir Herbert W. Richmond]] in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, London. Illustrated private journal of Admiral Sir H. W. Richmond, 1886 - 1887.
    16 KB (2,305 words) - 02:26, 24 July 2023
  • ...the [[Royal Navy]]. It was reintroduced in 1914 by the [[Order in Council of 9 March, 1914]]. ..., but shall be considered, as to their right to half-pay when they are out of employment, as captains only, according to their seniority.
    4 KB (624 words) - 12:54, 18 January 2022
  • ...hame Quayle''' (1 September, 1871 &ndash; 13 June, 1919) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. Quayle was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1893.<ref>Quayle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/
    6 KB (889 words) - 12:08, 7 April 2022
  • Admiralty, S.W., December 22, 1906. ...as you shall from time to time receive from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty or any other your superior officer in His Majesty's Service.
    8 KB (1,386 words) - 09:52, 17 March 2014
  • ...rom 1877 he headed the Naval, or Secretary's department at the Admiralty. The office was held by one officer, Vice-Admiral [[Robert Hall]]. ...], expressed the belief that a Naval Secretary would relieve the strain on the Parliamentary and Permanent Secretaries.<ref>HC Deb 18 March 1872 vol 210 c
    6 KB (900 words) - 05:08, 4 July 2019
  • ...1804''' was a piece of British primary legislation regulating promotion in the [[Royal Navy]]. ...ords Commissioners of the Admiralty, Dated at the 11th of this Instant, in the Words following &mdash; viz
    5 KB (792 words) - 12:46, 18 January 2022
  • ...March, 1771''' was a piece of British legislation regulating promotion in the [[Royal Navy]]. ...rom a Committee of the Lords of His Majesty's most Honble Privy Council in the words following viz:
    2 KB (257 words) - 12:59, 18 January 2022
  • ...vember, 1855''' was a piece of British legislation concerning promotion in the [[Naval Service]]. ...[[First Lord of the Admiralty]], [[William Waldegrave Palmer, Second Earl of Selborne|Lord Selborne]], said:
    3 KB (431 words) - 12:48, 18 January 2022
  • ...ling Erskine Childers|H. C. E. Childers]] on Admiralty Reform in the House of Commons on 18 March, 1872. ...etter should be written to the Treasury requesting that a considerable sum of money should be given to him. Upon this, Mr. Reed, to use his own words, sa
    52 KB (9,419 words) - 05:59, 19 July 2014
  • ...member of the [[Board of Admiralty]] from 1882 to 1885 and 1912 to 1919. The office was held by a person who was neither a naval officer nor a politicia ...the fact that there had been a change of government and a customary change of Board as a result makes this claim partially suspect. That his brother was
    6 KB (812 words) - 06:08, 4 July 2023
  • ...cats|C.B.m}}, R.N., Retired (5 July, 1817 &ndash; 11 June, 1882) served in the [[Royal Navy]]. ...n Canada, entered the [[Royal Navy]] in 1835, and was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 28 November, 1843.
    5 KB (725 words) - 14:56, 27 June 2022
  • ...offrey Thomas Phipps Hornby|Sir G. T. Phipps Hornby]] in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. ...Africa, of the Flying Squadron and the Channel Squadron: Admiral's journal of HMS LIVERPOOL, Jun 1869-Nov 1870.
    31 KB (4,294 words) - 04:35, 26 May 2017
  • ...ord. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. 161.</ref> and made no specific reference to the Department in his memoirs. ...nge List 1918." Revised August, 1918. Accessed at the National Museum of the Royal Navy.</ref>
    6 KB (844 words) - 06:39, 23 July 2015
  • ...der Milne, First Baronet|Sir Alexander Milne, Bart.]] in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, London. Logbook of LEANDER, North America, 1817-19.
    27 KB (3,629 words) - 06:05, 8 December 2017
  • ..., 1889) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] who served as [[Controller of the Navy|Controller]] from 1861 to 1871. ...ptRN}} on 5 November, 1840, for his service in the ''Hydra'' off the coast of Syria.<ref>O'Byrne, ''A Naval Biographical Dictionary'', 994.</ref>
    8 KB (1,258 words) - 14:56, 27 June 2022
  • ...resigned their commission, but who volunteered to serve again in the event of an emergency. ...pay or pension or promotion (except as provided for in [[Order in Council of 11 July, 1905]]) when not employed.
    575 B (89 words) - 13:27, 13 June 2018
  • ...f the Admiralty]] and the appointment of an [[Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty]]. ==Salary of the First Lord of the Admiralty==
    3 KB (474 words) - 13:17, 18 January 2022
  • A list of the personal papers of [[Reginald McKenna]] in the possession of Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge. ...cKenna". Printed list to part of McKenna's correspondence, prepared by the Admiralty in 1912. 1 file. Mar 1912.
    43 KB (6,301 words) - 05:27, 12 June 2019
  • ...of Royal United Service Institution Naval Manuscripts in the possession of the National Maritime Museum. ...ween volunteers, containing account of ship's complement, officers, duties of crew, etc, 1742.
    19 KB (2,919 words) - 14:39, 31 March 2022
  • ...on and salaries of the [[Board of Admiralty]] in the closing months of the First World War. ==Board of Admiralty&mdash;Constitution and Business==
    3 KB (598 words) - 07:45, 22 August 2022
  • ...Council of 10 May, 1872''', set the salaries of members of the [[Board of Admiralty]]. ==Admiralty Board; Secretaries and Controller.==
    2 KB (333 words) - 15:05, 19 October 2021
  • ...the Second World War in 1939 it was merged into the new War Cabinet.<ref>''The Organisation for Joint Planning''. pp. 3-4.</ref> ...ubmitted a "Memorandum on the Improvement of the Intellectual Equipment of the Services". Its main proposal was:
    13 KB (2,076 words) - 11:41, 20 January 2024