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• John Saumarez Dumaresq
  He was appointed to command the battleship {{UK-PrinceOfWales}} on 18 November, 1912.<ref>Dumaresq Service Record. The Nat ...Gough-Calthorpe|Gough-Calthorpe]] in {{UK-Shannon}}, operating with the {{UK-CS|2}}.<ref>Corbett. ''Naval Operations'', Volume I. p. 439.</ref>
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• Frederic William Fisher
  Fisher was appointed to the armoured cruiser {{UK-Northumberland}} on 30 October, 1879.{{NLMar80|p. 227}} Fisher assumed command of the {{UK-1Grafton|f=t}} in October 1898.
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• Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
  ...ts with the {{UK-LCS|6}} one mile to their port beam at 25 knots and the {{UK-LCS|1}} three miles astern. Ten destroyers screened the forces.{{GFGTO|No. ...he two light cruiser squadrons as well as his own cruiser squadron. The {{UK-BS|1}} of six battleships and eleven destroyers was in a supporting positio
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• Cecil Burney, First Baronet
  ...June, 1904. He then spent a year (1904–5) in command of the ex-Chilean {{UK-Triumph|f=t}} in the [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]. His suc ...0''. p. 199.</ref> From 16 February, 1911, when he took command of the {{UK-CS|5}}, Burney was continuously on full pay for nine years.
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• John Rushworth Jellicoe, First Earl Jellicoe
  ...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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• Anthony Hiley Hoskins
  ...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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• H.M.S. Hawkins (1917)
  ...ng Kong]] on 3 February, 1926 to continue her function as a component of {{UK-CS|5}} and as flagship of the C-in-C.{{NLJul27|p. 244}} ...re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 21 September, 1932 for service with the {{UK-CS|4}} in the East Indies.{{NLJan33|p. 245}}
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• Frederick Laurence Field
  As the result of the King approving that Admirals of the Fleet should in future be borne on the Active List of the Royal Navy {{CatPerson|UK|1871|1945}}
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• Cecil Fiennes Thursby
  On 7 July 1887, Thursby was loaned to command the {{UK-1TB45|f=t}} for manoeuvres.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence". ''The T ..., 1902. He was discharged from her on 18 July, 1903, to take command of {{UK-1Cleopatra}} for manoeuvres. He was then reappointed to command ''Triumph'
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• Edward Francis Bruen
  ...} 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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• Richard Bowles Farquhar
  ...inutes and findings of the Court Martial held to investigate the loss of {{UK-Natal|f=p}}. On 27 April, he was appointed on Committee Pay to revise the N {{CatPerson|UK|1859|1948}}
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• Edward Hobart Seymour
  Seymour was appointed in command of the despatch vessel {{UK-1Iris}} on 27 April, 1880.{{NLJun81|p. 220}} ...Navy, in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]]. His flagship was, perhaps, {{UK-Anson}}.{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres of 1893|Tuesday, Jul 11, 1893; pg. 11; I
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• Sackville Hamilton Carden
  On 28 December, 1881, he ran the {{UK-Banterer|f=t}} aground. A Court of Inquiry was followed by a Court Martial He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Magnificent|f=t}} in October 1902.
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• Frank Finnis
  From October 1876 to June 1878, Finnis was at {{UK-Excellent}} for various courses. During this time he earned a First Class C On 21 April, 1883, he was appointed to the Senior Staff of {{UK-Cambridge|f=p}}, gunnery ship at Devonport.{{NLDec84|p. 254}}
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• Robert Archibald James Montgomerie
  In March 1898, he assumed command of the {{UK-Bonaventure|f=t}}. He remained in the ship until May 1900.{{MackieRNW}} He was appointed command of the battleship {{UK-PrinceGeorge}} on 10 October, 1900.<ref>Montgomerie Service Record. {{TNA|
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• David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty
  ...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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• Richard Fortescue Phillimore
  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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• Lewis Bayly
  ...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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• H.M.S. Victoria (1887)
  ...fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Victoria'' (1887)|fate2=by {{UK-Camperdown}} ...slipper" and with ''Sans Pareil'' as "the pair of slippers".<ref>Hough. ''Admirals in Collision''. p. 48.</ref>
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• John Frederick Ernest Green
  Green was commended for his work in helping salve the {{UK-1Ariel|f=t}} in 1907.<ref>Green Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/335.|D760 He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Forte|f=t}} on 30 May, 1908.{{NLOct08|p. 318}}
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