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  • ...similar to the preceding [["A" and "B" Class Destroyer (1929)|"A" and "B" class]], but had an increased fuel capacity and a 3-in HA gun. The "C" Class was reduced to a half-flotilla of four destroyers with their leader, [[H.M.
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  • ...similar to the preceding [["C" and "D" Class Destroyer (1931)|"C" and "D" class]], but had an improved hull form and three boiler rooms rather than two, th The eight destroyers of the "E" Class were led by [[H.M.S. Exmouth (1934)|''Exmouth'']], which was a bit faster a
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  • ..., as were two "I" class being completed for Turkey, bringing the composite class up to three leaders and thirty-two destroyers. {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 styl
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  • Sixteen [[Destroyer|destroyers]] of the second '''Tribal Class''' were completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1938-9. Another three were bui The ships of [[Tribal Class Destroyer (1907)|the first Tribal class]] fought in the [[Great War]].
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  • Italy built eleven '''"Soldati" class destroyers''' in three groups, completing them as the [[Great War]] approac {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 styl
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  • Italy built six '''"Indomito" class destroyers''' as the [[Great War]] approached. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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  • ...temporary but more numerous [[Indomito Class Destroyer (1912)|''Indomito'' class]] as the [[Great War]] approached. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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  • ...pyard]]'s variations on the [[Indomito Class Destroyer (1912)|''Indomito'' class destroyers]] being built by [[Pattison Shipyard]] at approximately the same {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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  • ...estroyers dispensed with the forward 4.7-in gun featured on recent Italian destroyer designs, leaving them with a uniform armament of 3-in weaponry and affordin {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 styl
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  • ...y increased the gun armament of the [[Pilo Class Destroyer (1915)|''Pilo'' class destroyers]] by mounting six 4-in weapons in place of four 3-in guns. They {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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  • ...ix 4-in guns on the preceding [[Sirtori Class Destroyer (1916)|''Sirtori'' class]] with four weapons of greater length. {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 styl
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  • [[Schichau-Werke]] built six '''"Lampo" class destroyers''' for the [[Regia Marina]], delivering them 1900-01. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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  • Italy built six '''"Nembo" class destroyers''' in the early 1900s. Three of the six were lost in the [[Grea {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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  • ...''', col A, p. 12.</ref> At the end of August, 1907 the Second and Fourth Destroyer Flotillas and the Home Fleet flotillas under Commodore Bayly ceased to be t ...el Fleet Destroyer Flotilla was absorbed into the Home Fleet as the Second Destroyer Flotilla in 1909.{{INF}} Commodore (T) Charlton was succeeded by Captain [
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  • ...rs of 3 June, 1918, Nugent was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint G ...erson]]'''|'''[[Fourth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla]]'''<br>8 Aug, 1912<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Officia
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  • ...yer, the Viper, which attained a measured speed of over 37 knots. A second destroyer, the Cobra, was also fitted with turbine machinery, but shortly afterwards ...ed exclusively in all classes of warships; the dreadnoughts were the first class of battleship to be affected by this decision. The Cunard Company was first
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  • ...s one of 29 destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class]]. {{Footer Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)}}
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  • ...e cruiser {{UK-1Crescent}}. He was then given command of the torpedo boat destroyer {{UK-1Decoy}} in the [[Devonport Flotilla]]. ..., where he remained until appointed to ''Pembroke'' as [[Commodore, Second Class (Royal Navy)|Commodore]] of the [[Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham]] on 11 Aug
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  • ...or the War Course from 2 October to 25 January, 1907, and attained a First Class certificate.<ref>ADM 196/42. f. 428.</ref> ...took command of the [[H.M.S. Leander (1882)|''Leander'']], formerly of the destroyer flotilla at Chatham, which was replaced with the ''Blake''.<ref>"Naval and
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  • |{{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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  • ...of the King's birthday he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the ...Crofton]]'''|'''[[Fifth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Captain (D), Fifth Destroyer Flotilla]]'''<br>1 Feb, 1914<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Officia
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  • ...820''', col C, p. 7.</ref> in command of what had become the Channel Fleet Destroyer Flotilla.<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. A ...uadron (Royal Navy)|Sixth Battle Squadron]] was formed from the ''Duncan'' class battleships of the [[Third Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|Third Battle Squadr
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  • ...ine, disclosing a German 3-funnelled cruiser somewhat like the ''Kolberg'' Class, but with larger funnels; she was apparently stopped and on fire. ...Opened fire on a battleship of [[König Class Battleship (1913)|''König'' class]]. Bearing 70 green. Range, 12,000. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Salvoes hitting
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  • ...after we passed wreckage of ''Queen Mary'', with survivors in water, and a destroyer. The ship was now hit several times, the range being 15,000 yards. The sh ...ng, and when fire was reopened on a ship that appeared to be of the König class battleship, the range was 14,000 yards, the enemy being just visible. Ship
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  • ...torpedo boat destroyers appeared to "loaf" up to her and torpedo her—our destroyer appeared to be half-disabled herself too (this was the ''Onslow''). The li 6.35, ''Defence'' class cruisers crossed our bows, steaming towards enemy and firing on both sides.
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  • ...ough opened fire at 6.17 <small>P.M.</small> at a battleship of the Kaiser class. Range, 13,000 yards, about green 110. ''Marlborough'' fired seven salvoe ...formed up astern of the line and opened fire on a battleship of the Kaiser class.
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  • ...opened fire on battleship of [[König Class Battleship (1913)|''Markgraf'' class]], one point before the starboard beam, distant 10,200 yards, steering sout ...rse to S.E. by S., and fired a torpedo at a battleship of the ''Markgraf'' class. At 7.33 three torpedoes were observed on starboard beam and bow, course w
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  • ...being optional.</ref> At 7.4 passed the wreck of the {{UK-Invincible}}, a Destroyer in attendance with a boat down. Just about this time several projectiles f ...or battleship of the [[Deutschland Class Battleship (1904)|''Deutschland'' class]] was the centre of a heavy fire from the British line, but so many ships w
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  • ...d as conclusive then, may be nullified now by the subsequent advent of the destroyer. However, let us first review the Chino-Japanese operations at Wei-hai-Wei. ...cannot have any data to go on, as to how easy or difficult it may be for a destroyer coming in to fire at a search-light and perhaps pick it out, and then in th
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  • 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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  • ...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}} ...llege, Greenwich for Gunnery Lieutenant in July, 1883 he obtained a Second Class Certificate, confirmed on 16 May, 1884. On 19 May, Warrender was appointed
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  • ...in April he received a First Class in Gunnery with 543 and in May a First Class in Torpedo with 184 marks.<ref>ADM 196/44. f. 353.</ref> On 27 May 1898, ...to qualify in torpedo duties. By his own account, he passed with a First Class certificate for Gunnery Officer on 25 June, 1901. He then left Portsmouth
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  • ...ver, on 13 August, 1904, {{UK-Arun}} again collided, this time sinking the destroyer {{UK-1Decoy}} during night exercises off the Scilly Islands, killing one of ...Commodore [[Cecil Foley Lambert|Lambert]] as Captain (T) in command of the destroyer flotillas of the First Fleet, taking command of the {{UK-Amethyst|f=t}}.{{N
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  • ...pected turn of speed for at any rate a short period. The "Queen Elizabeth" class are nominally 20-knot vessels. The official Quarterly Return of British and ...s duty would be to engage and keep touch with the enemy vessels of similar class to his own, so long as he was not in manifestly inferior force. In this cas
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  • ...building of the four [[Destroyer|destroyers]] of the '''Ersatz ''Triglav'' class''', all completed in 1917. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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  • He spent two years in command of the destroyer {{UK-Bat}} on training service at Devonport and acting as Captain (D) of th He was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Ba
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  • ...that the van squadron of battleships was not nearly so much exposed to the destroyer attack at 7.22 as was the rest of the Battle Fleet, Jerram might, I think, ...m.) hit the ''Marlborough''. This torpedo did not therefore come from the destroyer attack at 7.20 p.m. But a reference to the reports of captains of ships of
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  • ! width=15%; align= center rowspan=2 | Ship Class | align= left | [[King George V Class Battleship (1911)|''King George V'' Class]]
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  • ...s. About this time or a little later (5.30 P.M.) we passed wreckage and a destroyer picking up survivors (This wreckage was the wreckage of "{{UK-Indefatigable ...now deployed and turned to starboard and as we turned one of the "Defence" class (it was H.M.S. "{{UK-Defence}}") steamed through the line on to the engaged
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  • ...rd class and 147 marks, and on 3 August he passed in gunnery with a second class and 570 marks. ...'' for a short course in torpedo, which he passed in November with a first class and 316 marks. On 12 November he was appointed to the ''Cordelia'' on the [
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  • ...nal was made to [[Third Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|3rd]] and [[Eighth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|8th Flotillas]]: "Take up position for approach." ...very indistinct, probably "[[Kaiser Class Battleship (1911)|''Kaiser'']]" class. Range of first salvo was 13,000 yards, which was very short. Third and f
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  • ...a three-funnelled enemy ship, [[Kolberg Class Cruiser (1908)|"''Kolberg''" class]], was observed steaming an opposite course. ...ibed as resembling the [[Helgoland Class Battleship (1909)|"''Helgoland''" class]]. Personally I think they were Battle Cruisers. "{{UK-Superb}}" opened f
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  • ...ta (1912)|''"Acasta"'']] badly damaged, placing collision mat, and another destroyer apparently with disabled engines. One of our four-funnelled cruisers obser ...erman battleship or [[Derfflinger Class Battlecruiser (1913)|''"Lützow"'' class battle cruiser]] with three destroyers on engaged side making a heavy smoke
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  • ...ed fire with 15-in. guns on leading enemy's battle cruiser " Derfflinger " class. Atmossphere [''sic''] much clearer for a few moments. | 8.20. || 3 light cruisers of " Calliope " class under heavy fire; observed a hit on starboard quarter of rear cruiser abrea
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  • ...f them, and I thought their order was as follows:&mdash; Three Derfflinger class, followed by the Moltke, and last the Seydlitz. There were Light Cruisers ...ckage we had passed through was our own. We had seen the {{UK-Laurel}}, a Destroyer, stopped among the wreckage picking some survivors from the water. So smal
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  • ...gs seemed reasonably peaceful, though we had of course, to be prepared for Destroyer attacks during the night[.] ...and looking aft saw what was obviously a German Battleship of the "Nassau" class, easily recognisable by her boat crane, crossing our wake. The Captains of
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  • ...n of the King's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K. .... Hodges]]'''|'''[[Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Atlantic Fleet]]'''<br>15 Jul, 1922<ref>Waistell Service R
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  • ...r '''H.M.S. ''Blake''''' one of two [[Blake Class Cruiser (1889)|''Blake'' class cruisers]] completed in the early 1890s. She served as a depot ship in the ...ssue '''38293''', col C, p. 5.</ref>|note=as Captain (D) of the Home Fleet destroyer flotilla at Devonport|end=1 July, 1907<ref>Cayley Service Record. {{TNA|AD
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  • 4. At about 6.15 p.m., our Battle Cruiser Squadron, consisting of two [[Lion Class Battlecruiser (1910)|"Lions,"]] "{{UK-Tiger}}," and "{{UK-NewZealand}}," ap ...ught of the [[Helgoland Class Battleship (1909)|"Helgoland"]] and [[Nassau Class Battleship (1908)|"Nassau" classes]]—and later that he saw the enemy's li
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  • ...on our cruisers, some of which appeared out of the mist. One of "Warrior" class was seen to be badly hit and set on fire; she passed across to Port quarter About this time a three-funnel cruiser ("Moraves" class), apparently disabled, was observed to come out of the mist on Starboard be
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  • On 1 January, 1920 he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the ...he Liverpool convoy pool. Successive postings that year placed him in the destroyer ''Watchful'' and then Yarmouth, but the source is not very illegible. In M
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  • <br>Trawler Hawke reported sinking a German submarine off Peterhead[.] Destroyer {{UK-Unity}} coming into harbour with crew consisting in all of 25 prisoner ...Squadron (Royal Navy)|3rd L.C.S.]] {{UK-1Fearless}} {{UK-Broke}} & [[First Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|1st flotilla]] destroyers versus Red F. :&ndash; 1st
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  • While a Commander, Dutton was appointed in command of the ''Acheron'' class destroyer {{UK-Beaver}} in the {{UK-DF|1}} on 17 March, 1913.{{NLJul13|p. 283}} ...?'''|'''[[Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Captain (D), Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla]]'''<br>28 Aug, 1916<ref>Dutton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.
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  • ...NB: manual edits to ShipCareer are discouraged: edit the data block at the Class page's foot --><div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Brok ...leaders of the [[Shakespeare Class Flotilla Leader (1917)|''Shakespeare'' class]].
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  • ...ting down between the lines, whereas we were firing at one of the "Kaiser" class beyond her. ...bearing Green 60, apparently in a damaged condition. Probably "Helgoland" Class. Trained guns on, but did not fire.
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  • ...on of the King's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the ...cLean]]'''|'''[[Second Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Captain (D), Second Destroyer Flotilla]]'''<br>29 Apr, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 866}}<ref>Walwyn Service Record.
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  • ...Brock]], K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., C.B.<br>(Chief of Staff.)<br>Commodore, First Class The Hon. [[Hubert George Brand|H. Brand]], ''Ad C''., C.B., C.V.O.<br>(Capt ...K.C.M.G., C.V.O.<br>(Second-in-Command, Grand Fleet.)<br>Commodore, Second Class [[Michael Henry Hodges|M. H. Hodges]], C.V.O.<br>(Chief of Staff.)<br>Capta
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  • Curtis was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the ...?'''|'''[[Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Captain (D), Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla]]'''<br>5 Mar, 1918<ref>Curtis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/26
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  • ...to ''President'' for a War Course at Portsmouth, where he obtained a First Class pass. On 19 November he was lent to {{UK-Ariadne}} for the remainder of th Charlton was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Ba
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  • ...of the King's visit to Ireland Brand was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) on 11 August, 1903.{{Gaz|27586|5058|1 ...-Cherwell|f=tp}} when she visited Kiel and valuable intelligence on German destroyer equipment and practices was obtained.{{ARTS1904|pp. 147-8}}
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  • ...thumb|right|400px|Vice-Admiral James R. P. Hawksley as a Commodore, Second Class, 1917.<br><small>Portrait: Francis Dodd. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 1748).</small After a succession of destroyer commands, Hawksley was promoted to the rank of Acting Commander on 24 Febru
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  • ..., col E, p. 4.</ref> Lionel Dawson, in 1911 a destroyer officer seeking a destroyer command at Portsmouth, later left an account of Lambert when he was serving On 31 July, 1912 he was appointed as {{Com2RN}} in Command of Destroyer Flotillas of First Fleet.{{NLJul13|p. 285}}
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  • ...nd and Nieuport. Her engines proved so unworkable that she was towed by a destroyer, and the German guns seemed uncomfortably long in reach at 29,000 yards. B 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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