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...or the British [[Royal Navy]] in the early 1890s under the [[Naval Defence Act]] of 1889. The ships of the class were armed with four 13.5-inch arranged order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 32}}

|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 32}} |launch=7 May, 1891<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times'

|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 32}} ...r|nick=William H. Baker-Baker|appt=18 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}|end=|note=as Flag

|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 32}} ...or service in the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times'

|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 32}} ...e]], wife of the [[Director of Naval Construction (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Construction]]. In attendance were Sir C. M. Palmer, Admiral [[Richard Duc

|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 32}} ...rry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=6 November, 1896<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times'

|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 32}} ...in|name=Ernest Gillbe Barton|nick=Ernest G. Barton|appt=15 July, 1905<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Time

|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 32}} ...on 8 June, 1897, {{CaptRN}} [[Edward Henry Meggs Davis]] in command.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Time

...be swiftly and decisively retrieved. For these and similar other reasons a Naval War Staff does not require to be designed on the scale or in the same form ...ts action, applied continuously to the scientific and speculative study of naval strategy and preparation. It is to be an instrument capable of formulating

|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 32}} ...the terms of the [[Naval Defence Act 1889]]. At the behest of the [[First Naval Lord]], [[Arthur William Acland Hood, First Baron Hood|Sir Arthur W. A. Hoo

==Early Life & Naval Career== ...an of Killala. After education at the Naval School, New Cross, he became a naval cadet in 1848. He served for several years on the Australian station and wa

...laced eighteenth out of the successful batch of forty-six candidates.<ref>"Naval Cadetships" (News). ''The Times''. Saturday, 30 June, 1877. Issue '''289 ...e course of study for the rank of {{LieutRN}}, divided between the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]], and ''Excellent''. His spare time was spent at his m

...Sandwich, by his wife, Frances Agnes Malone. He was educated at the Royal Naval School, Camberwell, and entered the royal navy in 1843, proceeding in the V In 1878 he became [[Director of Naval Ordnance (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance]]. On 6 April, 1880, he was appointed Senior Officer on the [[Coa

The '''Battle of the Falkland Islands''' was a naval engagement fought between elements of the [[Royal Navy]] and the [[Imperial ...t Spee had defeated a British squadron at Coronel. They had formed a local defence force in case of invasion, whilst Captain Heathcoat Grant had deliberately

...from the Navy he was elected to the Vere Harmsworth Chair of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge, and was then elected Master of Down ...fusing an Assistant to the D.N.O. with the office of Assistant Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes or Assistant Director of Torpedoes.<ref>''Mahan is n

...ayed an extremely important part in the Navy's long-term plans to maintain naval superiority in Home waters and in the Mediterranean. The bill was ultimate ==Text of the Naval Aid Bill==

...appointed to [[H.M.S. Rodney (1833)|H.M.S. ''Rodney'']] and embarked on a naval mission to Japan under Commander Richard Tracey which helped to lay the fou ...February, attached himself during the advance to the right half battery, Naval Brigade, in the place of Lieutenant [[Frank Massie Royds|Royds]], R.N., mor

...February, 1913) was a prolific British warship designer and [[Director of Naval Construction]] at the [[Admiralty]]. ...school of naval architecture at South Kensington to undergo a training in naval architecture, higher mathematics, physics, and chemistry; and in 1867 he pa

...(Gunnery Training School)|''Excellent'']] for examinations at the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]]. In March, 1883 he passed the College with a Third Cl ...Sudan field force, being chosen by the Governor-General of the Red Sea to act as his Aide-de-Camp.

...avy. He was thus largely instrumental in bringing about the Naval Defence Act of 1889, though he was not then in parliament, having resigned his seat in ...June, 1887}} At Portsmouth it fell to his lot in 1889 to command at the naval review, and to receive the German emperor, Kasier Willhelm II, who afterwar

...the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812 and the first of a British naval squadron since the Battle of Grand Port in 1810. ...Japanese waters and hand it Tsingtao. It declared war eight days later. A naval blockade of Tsingtao by a largely Japanese force that included a small Brit

...ton House]], near Fareham, Portsmouth. Beresford had been earmarked for a naval career on account of a "delicate constitution" and a need, "perhaps justifi ===Early Naval Career===

...vage vessel which was acquired at the end of the first year was an ex-boom-defence ship, the ''Barneath'', and in order to get maximum lift a four-fold set of ...) - "In that case I'm not going". He left that evening on a passing ferry. Naval training might be correct but the world of commercial diving is totally dif

...of data, but the absence of any, what I may call, "sealed pattern plan of defence." There were altogether four attacks upon Wei-hai-Wei, and the defence consisted of 1'' or 1½'' iron steel hawsers with wooden floats every ten y

...f the Navy]] and [[Director of Naval Construction (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Construction]]. The report was published on 15 September, 1893, in respons ...sion. Captain [[Maurice Archibald Bourke|Bourke]] (Q. 67-69 and Par. 20 of Defence) attributes the circumstance directly to the inflow of water consequent on

...duties and served in the Pacific and on the China Station. He commanded a Naval Brigade during the Boxer Rebellion, and later commanded the East Indies Squ .... ''Excellent'']] to study for his Lieutenancy examinations at the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]], which he passed on 26 May, 1880. He took three first

...yal School, Armagh. In 1890 Dreyer "expressed a strong desire to become a naval officer" and his father was able to secure a nomination from the [[First Lo ...4 October for [[Malta]]. The usual drill consisted of rigging torpedo net defence, sailing races and occasional target practice and torpedo firings. At his

...House, the First Lord had been called upon by Admiral Robinson, the Second Naval Member of the Board, to retract the assertion. The notorious result of the ...t of sympathy for the active service, and the disdainful extinction of the naval element at the Board, have destroyed feelings the loss of which is deplorab

...aughter of William Stephen Poyntz of Cowdray, Sussex. His father, who as a naval officer had commanded the Talbot at the battle of Navarino, was the third s ...ath Act’ (16 June). He believed his task was greatly facilitated by that Act. In August 1871, when he entertained the Prince of Wales in Dublin, a riot

...mainline train station to the Orkneys, Jellicoe was given an envelope by a naval officer. Upon the front of the envelope were hand-written orders for openi ...ell him. We discussed various arrangements, including the question of the defence of Scapa Flow, for which temporary, but naturally inadequate, measures were

...'' for the office of [[Director of Naval Ordnance (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance]]. ...and to consult with him on all points connected with the ''matériel'' of Naval Gunnery, and by direct communications in writing whenever desirable. The c

...hitects of March, 1893, entitled "[[On the Present Position of Cruisers in Naval Warfare]]", Rear-Admiral [[Samuel Long]] stated that the size of cruisers h ...cruisers attending on fleets, I shall confine myself to those intended to act as look-out ships, observing that it is possible first-class or battle-crui

...by {{RearRN}} [[Samuel Long]] to the Spring Meeting of the Institution of Naval Architects on 23 March, 1893. Sadly, Admiral Long died just a month later ...me points connected with their use which, falling within the province of a naval officer, it is hoped may be of sufficient interest to merit your attention,

...3}} and {{UK-TB24}} to the {{UK-DF|6}} and {{UK-TB22}} to the [[Portsmouth Defence Flotilla]]. ...left to join the {{UK-DF|7}}. {{UK-Ettrick}} has gone to the [[Portsmouth Defence Flotilla]] and {{UK-Rother}} has gone, and would join ''Ettrick'' in Portsm

order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 77}}

|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 77}} ...y Lucius Fanshawe Royle|nick=Henry L. F. Royle|appt=18 July, 1894{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10}}|end=24 August, 1894|note=for

|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 77}} ...ernon Archibald Tisdall|nick=Vernon A. Tisdall|appt=24 July, 1895{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeu

|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 77}} ...tain [[Frank Hannam Henderson]] on the [[Cape of Good Hope Station]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Apr 21,

|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 77}} ...ichard Penrose Humpage|nick=Richard P. Humpage|appt=24 July, 1895{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeu

|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 77}} ...harles Gauntlett Dicken|nick=Charles G. Dicken|appt=24 July, 1895{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14}}<ref>Dicken Service Record. {

|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 77}}

|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 77}} ...July, 1913. She would serve as King-Hall's flagship on the station.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Jul

|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 77}} ...l]] was superseded by Commander [[Thomas John Spence Lyne|Lyne]], "for the naval manoeuvres"<ref>''The Times'' (Wednesday, 28 December 1955), p. 11.</ref> (

It is the scholarly companion to more accessible publications such as ''Naval History'', and less on the human side of naval conflict, although this is not a dogmatic characteristic.

The flotilla is a component of the [[Portsmouth Defence Flotilla]], which also has some six organic destroyers and twenty two torpe ...ckground:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Attached to the [[Portsmouth Defence Flotilla]]'''

...Navy, and the Citizen Naval Forces received the title of Royal Australian Naval Reserve. ==The Naval Board==

Miscellaneous papers on Naval subjects. n.d. Naval papers chiefly about supplies and tactics. n.d. (See also NOE/13/C/2).

|order=[[Naval Defence Act]] ...tunately the crew of the boat escaped injury."<ref>Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle. Portsmouth. 23 Dec 1899, p. 8.</ref>

...'Coastguard''' or '''Coast Guard''', was a British coast defence force and naval reserve administered by the Admiralty between 1856 and 1923. Control was passed to the [[Board of Admiralty]] by the "Coast-guard Service Act, 1856," passed on 29 July, 1856.<ref>19 & 20 Vict., c. 83.</ref>

On 4 May, 1917, he was appointed to {{UK-Ceres}} to act as her gunnery officer.{{NLDec18|p. 755}} ...rs."<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishLGDecorations1917.htm Naval-History.net.]</ref>{{NLJan18|p. 2144}}

'''Naval Tactics''' was an article that appeared in the first volume of ''Naval Science: A Quarterly Magazine, etc'', which was printed in London, edited b ...t age had changed its character and complicated the problem set before the naval tactician.

|[[Vickers|Naval Construction & Armament Co.]] |[[Vickers|Naval Construction & Armament Co.]]

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...K-Skipjack}}, and it was reported that "it is the univeral opinion amongst naval officers who have had experience of the ''Sharpshooter'' class [in ''The Ti order=[[Naval Defence Act]]

|order=[[Naval Defence Act]] ...ref>Digby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/359.|}} f. 328.</ref>{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10}}|end=1 November, 1894<ref>Digb

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|order=[[Naval Defence Act]] ...ilee Naval Review and possibly the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]].{{ToL|The Naval Review at Spithead|25 June 1897; p. 13}}

|order=[[Naval Defence Act]] ...cis Savage Knowling|nick=George F. S. Knowling|appt=18 July, 1894{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeu

|order=[[Naval Defence Act]] |builder=[[Vickers|Naval Construction & Armament Co.]]{{Conways1860|p. 89}}

|order=[[Naval Defence Act]] |builder=[[Vickers|Naval Construction & Armament Co.]]{{Conways1860|p. 89}}

|order=[[Naval Defence Act]] ...}}|name=Henry Joseph Keane|nick=Henry J. Keane|appt=11 July, 1893<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres". ''The Times''. Monday, 10 July, 1893. Issue '''33999''', co

|order=[[Naval Defence Act]] ...Alfred Hamilton Gray|nick=Scott W. A. H. Gray|appt=18 July, 1894{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10}}|end=1 October, 1894|note=for

|order=[[Naval Defence Act]] ...tham Blacker Bennett|nick=George L. B. Bennett|appt=21 July, 1892<ref>"The Naval Manoeuvres." ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg.

|order=[[Naval Defence Act]]

|order=[[Naval Defence Act]] ...t Charles Langdon|nick=Frederick G. C. Langdon|appt=21 July, 1892<ref>"The Naval Manoeuvres." ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg.

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|order=[[Naval Defence Act]] ...Penrose Rushton Coode|nick=Charles P. R. Coode|appt=15 January, 1902<ref>''Naval & Military intelligence'' The Times (London). Friday, 17 January 1902. (366

|order=[[Naval Defence Act]] |builder=[[Vickers|Naval Construction & Armament Co.]]{{Conways1860|p. 89}}

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...Flying Squadron and the Channel Squadron: miscellaneous letters concerning Naval Establishment, Colonial Authorities, Military Authorities, Ambassador Counc Papers of the Construction Committee: mainly evidence given by naval officers, shipbuilders and designers in answer to questions put by the Comm

...al Forces as a separate division within the Royal Navy responsible for the naval security of New Zealand.

M.J. Abbs, MBE: memoirs of naval and coastguard service, 1893-1946, written at the time of his retirement, ( ...s, 1797-1814, possibly compiled in connection with his entry in O'Byrne's 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'.

...ultation, shortened periods of command for the Channel and Home Fleets and naval appointments (5); the Prince of Wales [later King George V] on subjects inc ...ert Asquith [Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the [?] Naval Conference. 1 file. Apr 1908-Dec 1910.

By late 1917 the British had organised merchant ships into convoys as a defence against U-boats. Convoys to Scandinavia ran additional risks to those encou ...e criticisms were not considered to be offences under the Naval Discipline Act.{{MarderFDSFIV|pp. 296-97}}

...and his American hosts exchanged information and observations of how their naval services operated. ...estioned by and have given information before the House of Representatives Naval Committee. I have been throughout in constant touch with all heads of Depa

...he British government from 1902 onwards which helped to formulate imperial defence policy in a formal setting. On the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 ...of the Admiralty, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, and the Directors of Naval and Military Intelligence.<ref>''Memorandum on the Improvement of the Intel