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  • ...} on 10 June, 1904, but then whisked away to command the despatch vessel {{UK-1Surprise}} on 6 February, 1905, to remain in her until superseded on 1 Aug On 20 August 1907, he was appointed in command of the {{UK-Amphitrite|f=t}}, remaining in her until September 1908.<ref name=f418>Brue
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  • Denison commissioned the {{UK-Gossamer|f=t}} at Sheerness on 30 June, 1891.<ref>"Naval and Military Intel On 2 October, 1900 he was appointed in command of the {{UK-Niobe|f=t}}.
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  • ...Navy]] as a Navigating Cadet on 15 July, 1870, and was appointed to the {{UK-1Britannia|f=t}} at Dartmouth, and left on 18 July, 1872, after the customa He was appointed to {{UK-Vernon}} on 9 September, 1883 to qualify as a torpedo Lieutenant.{{NLJul84|
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  • ...196/87}}. f. 102.</ref> On 30 September he took command of the cruiser {{UK-1Diana}}. On 12 October he was given command of the battleship [[H.M.S. Ma Beatty was succeeded in command of {{UK-1Suffolk}} on 1 September, 1905, by Captain [[Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First
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  • ...August, 1861. After fourteen months at ''Excellent'', he was placed in {{UK-1Warrior}} in April 1863 for an additional fourteen months service. ...'']] on 16 November, 1876. On 30 January, 1877, he was appointed to the {{UK-1Hercules|f=t}} on Special Service, and served in her till 1 March.<ref>{{T
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  • ...was appointed commodore and senior officer on the West Coast of Africa, {{UK-2Boadicea|f=p}}. ...r his services. After his return to England in 1888 he was appointed, with Admirals [[William Montagu Dowell|Sir William M. Dowell]] and [[Richard Vesey Hamilt
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  • ...s requalified, on 5 January, 1884, he was appointed to the barbette ship {{UK-Temeraire|y=1876}} in the Mediterranean<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/39}}. f. 1187.</ ....{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068}} {{UK-Camperdown}} paid off on 30 May, 1892, and Culme-Seymour paid Bridgeman ful
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  • ...Wemyss. p. 35.</ref> On 18 February, 1890, Wemyss was appointed to the {{UK-1Undaunted|f=t}} in the Mediterranean, captained by Captain [[Charles Willi ...was paid off on 29 August, and on 11 September he joined the battleship {{UK-EmpressOfIndia}} in the Channel Squadron,<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 223.<
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  • ...and of the new armoured cruiser [[H.M.S. Drake (1901)|''Drake'']] in the {{UK-CS}}. ...nding the Second Division. In May, 1912, the Second Division became the {{UK-BS|2}}.
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  • ...Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2007 [http://0-www.oxforddnb.com.wam.leeds.ac.uk/view/article/34134, accessed 10 Sept 2012]</ref> ...training, Jackson was put in charge of Whitehead torpedo instruction at {{UK-Vernon}} in 1885. The "Whitehead" was one of the main torpedoes being used
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  • ...on 10 February and went on Half Pay. He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Andromache|f=t}} in the annual man&oelig;uvres from 21 July to 10 September ...oria.{{Gaz|26809|3|1 January, 1897}} He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Majestic|f=t}} in the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]] on
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  • ...ily (of Beaminster, Dorset), married Samuel Hood and was mother of the two admirals, Samuel Hood, first Lord Hood, and Alexander Hood, first Lord Bridport. Fro {{CatPerson|UK|1828|1901}}
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  • ...s arrival he instituted the "ordeal by sunlight." He liked to see as many admirals and captains as possible. When ...l [[Montague Edward Browning|Montague E. Browning]], Rear-Admiral in the {{UK-BS|3}}, wrote to Vice-Admiral [[Edmond John Warre Slade|Sir Edmond J. W. Sl
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  • ...ointed, and a third in 1863. Provided that the most senior officer on the Admirals' list had flown his flag at sea for two years or served as a Commander-in-C At least three Admirals were promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on the Retired List under the provisi
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  • Nicholson participated in the manoeuvres of July, 1988 as commander of the {{UK-TB79|f=t}}, on loan.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence". ''The Times''. On 23 March, 1906, he started a one year stint as Captain of the {{UK-Dido|f=t}}.<ref>Nicholson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 291.</re
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  • *{{UK-1Neptune}} [[File:VAdmRN.png|25px]] *{{UK-StVincent}}
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  • ...7 marks. Gaunt would subsequently be appointed to join the Home Fleet's {{UK-1Colossus|f=t}} on 4 June.<ref>Gaunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D75 Gaunt next went to Somaliland, in command of the elderly {{UK-2Mohawk|f=t}}. While commanding a landing party on Durbo, Gaunt sustained
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  • {{CatPerson|UK|1863|1932}} [[Category:Royal Navy Paymaster Rear-Admirals]]
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  • He was appointed as captain of the {{UK-Essex|f=t}} in March 1909. Stanley was appointed to command the {{UK-Pomone}} and for command of the [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]] on 14 Au
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  • He was appointed command of the {{UK-Juno|f=t}} on 8 May, 1907.{{NLOct08|p. 334}} Phillimore was appointed in command of the {{UK-Aboukir|f=t}} on 17 July, 1909.<ref>Phillimore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 1
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