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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career> ...hip of her class of battleships, was the first ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named, by act of Congress, in honor of the famous American Civil Wa

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...vy (28 September, 1857 &ndash; 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

...Retired (26 February, 1872 &ndash; 26 October, 1949) was a British [[Royal Navy]] officer and courtier. ...ich date he was appointed in command of {{UK-Powerful}}, as [[Flag Captain|Flag Captain]] to [[Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|Sir Wilmot H. Fawkes]], Commander-

...18 October, 1924) was a forceful and creative naval officer of the [[Royal Navy]] in the period leading up to the [[First World War]]. It is particularly ...his wife, Laura Kezia Snelling. He obtained a nomination for the [[Royal Navy]] and went to study at [[Eastman's Royal Naval Academy]], Southsea. He ent

...yal Navy (15 May, 1858 &ndash; 5 June, 1929) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. ...in French.<ref>Luard Committee. p. 31. Q. 806-807.</ref> He entered the Navy as a Naval Cadet in the training ship [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''

...h; 3 March, 1895) was an influential officer in the late-Victorian [[Royal Navy]]. ...Hornby, was born at Winwick in Lancashire on 20 Feb. 1825. He entered the navy in March 1837 on board the ''Princess Charlotte'', then fitting out as the

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...r John Fisher]], descended into a bitter feud which threatened to tear the navy in half in the early years of the Twentieth Century. ...a, India, and the Falkland Islands. On 1 November, 1872, he was appointed Flag Lieutenant to Sir Henry Keppel, [[Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth]].

...re of Convoys, liason officer with the British Army, Inspector of Merchant Navy Gunnery and finally as Chief of Air Services at the Admiralty. ...eyer had come thirty-third, with 1,199 marks.<ref>"Cadetships in the Royal Navy" (News). ''The Times''. Thursday, 2 July, 1891. Issue '''33366''', col C

...Navy (4 January, 1832 &ndash; 22 June, 1893) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] in the Nelsonian vein, who advocated that the service adopt a more flexib ...at the age of sixteen Tryon informed his father of his desire to join the navy.<ref>FitzGerald. pp. 11-13.</ref> His father obtained Tryon a nomination

...the MS. by Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, G.B.E., K.C.B., Jellicoe's Flag Captain at Jutland, 29 Apr. 1939. According to the preface (p. vii) to the 1. ff. 1-76b. ''Admiralty Committee on the use of Oil Fuel in the Navy: Vol. I, Departmental and other Reports and Minutes of Evidence . . . and I

...be more endangered than by extinguishing this sentiment of devotion in the Navy. ...ives from the Commander-in-Chief. The men of the highest reputation in the Navy have held, and their opinion is obviously just, that the especial duty of t

...uch a fast (and therefore, he felt, hard to hit) ship might give the Royal Navy a type which could lasso enemy cruisers on the high seas and assertively sc :<small>See also the essay "[[The Battle Cruiser in the Royal Navy]]"</small>

....M.S. "Orlando "; 25 marines, Wei-hai-wei detachment; making a total of 79 officers and men at Peking, and 104 seamen and marines at Tientsin. ...ich I acquiesced, and at 4 p.m. the same day our first meeting took place, officers of seven nations besides our own being present. The proceedings were marke

The [[United States Navy]] and [[Royal Navy]] maintained an intensive and unusual gunboat presence on the '''Yangtse Ri ==U.S. Navy Presence & Experience==

...immediate vicinity of a magazine. There is also the belief, held by many officers, that the turret magazines are placed under the shell rooms and next to the ...& DNO <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> will be asked to report on

...concerning boat exercises, to be added to the General Signal Book. Sent to officers commanding ships of the Detached Squadron by Noel from the battleship HMS N ...ls, and the use of single flags in conjunction with other general signals (flag 'T' rules), 1899-1903. Also printed signal orders issued by Noel in China,

...(7 January, 1844 &ndash; 1 September, 1908) served in the [[United States Navy]]. ...born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on 7 January, 1844—entered the [[United States Naval Academy|Naval Academy]] in 1860; but, due to the exigencies of war, g

...' (3 October, 1842 &ndash; 3 November, 1917) served in the [[United States Navy]]. ..."dynasty" that saw family members serving as commissioned officers in the Navy from its founding through the early Twentieth Century. He was born in Maryl