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|builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 32}} ...phon Class Battleship (1907)|''Bellerophon'' class]], and the fourth Royal Navy vessel to bear the name of the mythic Greek hero. A previous ''Bellerophon

|builder=[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 32}} ...on'' class battleship]] of the British [[Royal Navy]] built at [[Devonport Royal Dockyard]].

|comp=9 Mar, 1914<ref>''Navy (Dockyard Expense Accounts). 1913&ndash;1914''. p. 29.</ref> |builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 33}}

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|builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 29}} She was the fourth ship of the [[Royal Navy]] to bear the name.

|builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 30}} ...the name H.M.S. ''Formidable'' to serve in the [[Royal Navy|British Royal Navy]].

|builder=[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 30}} ....S. ''Bulwark''''' was a [[pre-dreadnought]] [[battleship]] of the [[Royal Navy]] completed in 1902.

...May, 1916. He served as [[First Sea Lord]], the professional head of the Navy, from 1916 to 1917. In that position he oversaw the introduction of convoy ...om the impulsiveness of [[Battle Cruiser Fleet (Royal Navy)|Battle Cruiser Fleet]] commander, Vice-Admiral [[David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|David

...First Battle Squadron''' was a formation of [[battleship]]s of the [[Royal Navy]]. The squadron changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired o ...rand Fleet]] at sea at sunset, April, 1915.<br><small>Photo: United States Navy. Naval History and Heritage Command. NH2714.</small>]]

[[File:Vice-Admiral Wilson (LoC).jpg|thumb|right|300px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur K. Wilson (seen as a Vice-Admiral).<br><small>Image: Library of ...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

...l Navy)|Home Fleets]], and from 1919 to 1932, when it was renamed the Home Fleet. ...Secretary to the Board of Admiralty to Vice-Admiral Commanding the Channel Fleet. Letter M.14018 of 14 December, 1904. The National Archives. ADM 144/16.

...leet. In 1932 the chief command, the Atlantic Fleet, was renamed the Home Fleet. ==A Seagoing Home Fleet, 1902-1904==

...rlow as Captain of H.M.S. ''Magnificent'' in 1896.<br><small>Photograph: ''Navy & Army Illustrated''.</small>]] ...vy (11 August, 1848 &ndash; 25 August, 1921) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].

...ty "that for the future the Channel Squadron shall be known as the Channel Fleet."<ref>Letter No 743 of 6 May, 1903. {{TNA|ADM 144/16.|}} f. 60.</ref> Th ...Fleet", and that he would be styled "The Commander in Chief of the Channel Fleet."<ref>M.14018. {{TNA|ADM 144/17.|}} f. 225.</ref>

...to Scapa Flow for target practice, and the [[Fifth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|5th Battle Squadron]] had come down to join us in the Forth in their place ...I think that at this time all the battle cruisers except [[H.M.S. Princess Royal (1911)|"P.R."]] had under-estimated the rate; we had.

...y (11 September, 1848 &ndash; 4 April, 1921) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. In 1875, Poë was awarded the [[Royal Humane Society's Bronze Medal]] for saving life from drowning. The followi

...75 to convey range, rate and target signals that had been conducted in the Home Fleets were soon to be concluded.<ref>Admiralty Weekly Orders. 28 Feb, 191 |+Royal Navy Fire Control Code c. 1918

On 16 November, 1905, Fisher told the Committee on Navy Estimates: ...cordially associated with France, is to coerce the sultan, as the Russian navy has practically ceased to exist, and Austria and Italy will never be our fo

...erica and West Indies Station''' was a formation or command of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...rl of Selborne]], announced a redistribution of fleets affecting the whole Navy. The cruisers outside European waters were divided into groups: the Easter

...lass Cruiser (1894)|''Eclipse'' class cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. ...d at Devonport on 5 February, 1913. In mid-1913, she was serving in Third Fleet.{{NLApr14|p. 301}}