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...extended until then. The "Battenberg Question," as Leiningen referred to it in a letter to Dacres, was finally settled. He was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of

...lising that if his target appeared an eighth time he would be the winner. It just failed to do so. Commander Jellicoe and Midshipman Dreyer tied, each ...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,

It was closed in 1925, along with [[Rosyth Royal Dockyard]]. |{{UK-1Shannon|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||11 Nov, 1875||Sold Dec, 1899

'''Battlecruiser''' (sometimes '''Battle Cruiser''' prior to 1915 or so) is a generic term for a fast capital ship similar t ...y a type which could lasso enemy cruisers on the high seas and assertively scout for the battlefleet.

...pany (Limited), becoming '''Vickers, Sons and Maxim''' (Limited). In 1897 it acquired for £425,000 the [[Naval Construction and Armaments Company]] of ...hairman moved that the name be changed to '''Vickers''' (Limited), because it was shorter, and the company was universally known as "Vickers" anyway. Th

The seven [[Scout Cruiser|scout cruisers]] of the '''''Boadicea'' Class''' were completed at [[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]] between 1910 and 1913. Today, the class is often treated as three separate classes (two ''Boadiceas'', two ''Blonde

...cout Cruiser|scout cruisers]] of the '''''Sentinel'' class''' (or '''Scout class''') were completed in 1905. ...rd'' and ''Adventure''), but contemporary documents treat them as a single class most of the time, and so we do here.

...conceived around 1915 and intended to be mounted on the bridge of a light cruiser or destroyer. The intent was to permit these values to be passed on for pl It had a circular base plate fixed to indicate relative bearings from 0 to 180

...rn 2390a]], but larger and of improved construction.{{TorpDB1914|p. 564}} It was a 60 degree sector model designed especially for light cruisers.{{HTC19 It was introduced for use at above water tubes in 1913, and had a lettered "en

...as one of seven ships of the [[Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)|''Boadicea'' class]]. ''Active'' was one of four scout cruisers attached to the [[Grand Fleet]] at the [[Battle of Jutland]], unde

...a temperature corrector for variations in powder magazine temperatures and it was fitted to all 12-in and 7.5-in guns and to the 4-in P III. ...the range dial plate. The 4-in P. II was the first gun provided one, and it added a "C" corrector to the M.V. and temperature correctors to accommodate

...Destroyer Flotilla''', composed of [[Nucleus Crew|nucleus crew]] vessels, it became the '''Third Destroyer Flotilla''' in April, 1910.<ref>"Naval and Mi Based in Harwich with fifteen [[Laforey Class Destroyer (1913)|"L" class destroyers]] (soon growing to 20) under flagship {{UK-Amphion|f=t}} at the

...0 April, 1910. Issue '''39251''', col A, p. 9.</ref> though it seems that it was often still called the Portsmouth Flotilla as late as the Test Mobilisa ...the night action at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. However, in August, 1916, it was removed from Fleet work and spent most of the rest of the war in Devonp

...ed the '''Devonport Flotilla''' and comprised of [[Nucleus Crew]] vessels, it was re-designated as the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in April, 1910.<ref>"Nava During the Great War, it primarily served in the Mediterranean.

...estroyer (1903)|''River'']] and [[Tribal Class Destroyer (1907)|''Tribal'' class destroyers]], whose ten 18-in Mark VII test-fired torpedoes were 70% likely {|style="margin:0" width=75% class="toccolours"

...of assorted old torpedo boats and [[River Class Destroyer (1903)|''River'' class destroyers]]. The T.B.s ran 37 18-in cold torpedoes that year, endangering * twenty [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acherons'']]

...5 as part of the [[Harwich Force]], where it worked with the {{UK-DF|10}}. It ceased to exist in April, 1917, its ships being doled out to other formatio {|style="margin:0" width=75% class="toccolours"

...t its start with newly constructed "M" class destroyers. This first month, it would have a flotilla leader and just three destroyers and would be sharing {|width=75% class=toccolours

...f seven scout cruisers of the [[Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)|''Boadicea'' class]]. She served much of the war attached to the {{UK-BS|1}}, and was one of four scout cruisers attached to the [[Grand Fleet]] at the [[Battle of Jutland]], unde

...one of eight [[Sentinel Class Cruiser (1904)|''Sentinel'' class]] [[Scout Cruiser]]s completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1905. ...bells the Royal Navy offered for sale to officers and others interested. It commanded a price of between £3-£10 plus packing and shipping. Intereste