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...vy (28 September, 1857 – 16 May, 1938) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...a great-great-nephew of Admiral Sir Richard Keats. He entered the [[Royal Navy]] as a Navigating Cadet on 15 July, 1870, and was appointed to the {{UK-1Br

...Rising to fleet command in the early 1900s, he was widely regarded as the Navy's preeminent tactician. He was promoted to {{FleetRN}} in 1907 and succeed ...99–1845. Wilson attended Eton College from 1852 to 1855; he entered the navy in 1855, and was immediately employed on active service in the Black Sea du

...[[Royal Navy]]. Prior to mid-1912, it was referred to as the '''Devonport Submarine Flotilla''', occasionally referred to as "Section VI".{{NLApr11|p. 270''b'' The Devonport Submarine Flotilla is comprised of four "A" class coastal boats with {{UK-Onyx}} acti

...Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]], and, renamed the [[Home Fleets (Royal Navy)|Home Fleets]], it was the primary British fleet facing the Germans when wa ...the principal naval force in home waters was the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]]. The other main naval force consisted of partially-man

..., the Admiralty informed the Commander-in-Chief of the [[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fleet]], [[Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|Sir Arthur K. Wilson]] ...r Richard Poore, Bart.]], Rear-Admiral in the [[Mediterranean Fleet (Royal Navy)|Mediterranean Fleet]],<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appoi

...ering east, ''Lion'' the leading ship. The [[Fifth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|5th Battle Squadron]] then came in sight bearing S.W., also heavily engage ...ely hoisted the signal "NM", informing our flotillas astern that the enemy flotillas were making an attack. At the same time the preparative was hoisted, and I

...red T. Jane]]. Major-General F.G. Slade, C.B., R.A., Inspector-General of Royal Garrison Artillery, in the Chair. ...s grave danger in a lack of definite co-operation between the Army and the Navy, and I think there can be no doubt that if the two forces fail to act in co

...1 September, 1855 &ndash; 1 September, 1908) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. He was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} from the Royal Yacht ''Victoria and Albert'' with seniority of 13 September, 1878.{{Gaz|24

...ut was forced through ill-health to relinquish command and retire from the Navy in December of that year, dying early in 1917 at the age of fifty-six. ...|H.M.S. ''Excellent'']] to study for his Lieutenancy examinations at the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]], which he passed on 26 May, 1880. He took three

...force the enemy's cruisers to action at a speed which would interfere with submarine tactics. ...s letters to their Lordships, and, so long as the whole of the First Fleet flotillas are with the Fleet, the hostile destroyers will successfully be countered a

...vy (30 March, 1873 &ndash; 26 October, 1953) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...randt]]'''|'''[[Eighth Submarine Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Captain (S), Eighth Submarine Flotilla]]'''<br>1 Sep, 1913{{NLDec16|p. 395''z''}} &ndash; 21 Jan, 1915<re

...o be useful. Its data is reflected in the pages for the [[:Category:Royal Navy Formations|formations]] described. ...ruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|2nd]] & [[Third Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|3rd L.C.S.]] & {{UK-1Fearless}} & 20 destroyers.

...{{DE-Blucher}}, the four light cruisers of the 2nd Scouting Group and two flotillas totalling of 18 torpedo boats would carry out a reconnaissance towards Dogg ...urprise light forces on patrol.'<ref>Committee of Imperial Defence. German Navy and Sources of Material. Dogger Bank Action, 1915. Translation of German A

...eep in force at dawn on August 24th, to within 30 miles of Heligoland, the flotillas leading, covered by cruisers with the battle fleet supporting, and submarin ...(1912)|E class]] at Heligoland, 3 E class in outer line and 2 [["D" Class Submarine (1908)|D class]] class off the Ems.

...Coronel]] on 1 November, Wilhelm approved the idea. The [[Imperial German Navy]] ''[[Admiralstab]]'' ordered that before the operation could commence ever ...the need for a potentially suspicious transit through the Kiel Canal. The submarine {{DE-U27}} was sent to reconnoitre Scarborough and Hartlepool, and reported

[[First Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|1st Battle Cruiser Squadron]] 1 Feb-9 Oct 1913. Papers relating to the command of the [[Second Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron]], [[Grand Fleet]] mobilisation, and armed tra

...in his later career as '''Leigh Winsloe''', was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...loe was appointed {{Com2RN}} in command of the [[Training Squadron (Royal Navy)|Training Squadron]].{{NMI|Friday, 21 September, 1900. Issue '''36253''',

...coordinate existing and devise new weapons and methods for blunting German submarine attacks, and it immediately took up the personnel and resources that had em According to Dr. Nicholas Black, seventy-seven Royal Navy officers served in the division during the war.{{BlackNavalStaff|p. 21}}

==The Patrol Flotillas== ...xth Flotillas of the Third and Fourth Divisions of the [[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fleet]].<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments

They were the last Royal Navy destroyers to use the 12-pdr gun, as it was deemed to possess insufficient ...-IronDuke}} and {{UK-1Firedrake}} and {{UK-Lurcher}} served with submarine flotillas in Harwich.{{March|p. 122}}