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  • ...'Hawke''''' was one of nine [[Edgar Class Cruiser (1890)|''Edgar'' class]] protected cruisers completed between 1893 and 1896, and the only one lost in the war. On 6 May 1902, ''Hawke'' collided with the {{UK-Syren|f=t}}. A Court of Enquiry concluded that no one was to blame in the
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  • ...name ship for [[Edgar Class Cruiser (1890)|her class]] of nine first-class protected cruisers. ...arch, when she would go out to the Mediterranean with a new crew for the {{UK-1RoyalOak|f=t}}.{{NMI|Saturday, Feb 18, 1899; pg. 13; Issue 35756}} After
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  • ...e would not regain fitness before 14 July, 1905 and was appointed to the {{UK-Swiftsure|f=t}} three days later.<ref>Ward Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/5 Ward was appointed to the {{UK-Talbot|f=t}} on 9 August, 1907, and was promoted {{LieutRN}} on 31 December
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  • Britain's protected cruiser '''H.M.S. ''Blenheim''''' was converted to a destroyer depot ship after fif ...NMI|7 Aug. 1897, p. 6}}{{NMI|18 Aug. 1897, p. 8}} The delay resulted in {{UK-Charybdis}} replacing ''Blenheim'' as escort, departing on 26 August.{{NMI|
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  • ...raltar''''' was one of nine [[Edgar Class Cruiser (1890)|''Edgar'' class]] protected cruisers completed between 1893 and 1896. {{Footer Edgar Class Cruiser (1890)}}
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  • ...al Review Fleet, and in April she escorted the British protected cruiser {{UK-Blake}} and another ship (sometimes listed as the non-existent "H.M.S. ''Ca
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  • ...s, ''Raglan'' being despatched on the 28 June in tow of the old protected cruiser ''Diana''. She arrived on 22 July and went straight into action, supporting ...ning of the 20 January, 1918, the battlecruiser ''Goeben'' and her consort cruiser ''Breslau'' sneaked out of the straits in the mist of the Sunday morning. '
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  • ...53|31 December, 1889}} On 6 May, 1890, he was appointed to the gun boat {{UK-Thrush}} on the [[North America and West Indies Station]], under the comman He was appointed command of the {{UK-1Grafton|f=t}} on 10 January, 1907.{{NLOct08|p. 322}}
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  • ...and West Indian Station consist of his flag-ship, a first-class protected cruiser, and certain second and third-class cruisers. The Board have decided to wi ...e sea-going training ships for cadets, youths, and boys. This forms the {{UK-CS|4}}.<ref>''Redistribution of the Fleet&mdash;Arrangements Consequent on
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  • 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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  • ...on 3 January, 1905. After going on leave he was appointed to the protected cruiser, second class, ''Hermes'' on 16 February. On 2 October he was appointed to {{CatPerson|UK|1850|1930}}
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  • ...e shoot at sea. Accordingly, he went afloat in the second-class protected cruiser [[H.M.S. Dido (1896)|''Dido'']].<ref>Sumida. ''In Defence of Naval Suprema *[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FPLLN Papers in the possession of Churchil
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  • ...43}}. f. 156.</ref> On 25 October he was transferred to the new armoured cruiser [[H.M.S. Suffolk (1903)|''Suffolk'']] in the Mediterranean. He was discipl Beatty was succeeded in command of {{UK-1Suffolk}} on 1 September, 1905, by Captain [[Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First
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  • ...ry May|Sir William May]] acted as umpire for the manoeuvres, his flag in {{UK-Euryalus}}. He was assisted by Commodore, First Class [[Arthur Cavenagh Le ...nes but, whilst retiring, they failed to notify the submarine depot ship {{UK-Hebe}} of the arrival of the attacking forces.
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  • ...the Firth of Forth to intercept Vice Admiral Sir [[David Beatty]] [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]] as it left [[Rosyth]]. Another U-boat would force her way into the ...readnoughts {{UK-QueenElizabeth|f=p}} and {{UK-EmperorOfIndia|f=p}}, the {{UK-Australia|f=tp}}, two cruisers and 17 destroyers were in the dockyard. Howe
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  • ...Wemyss. p. 35.</ref> On 18 February, 1890, Wemyss was appointed to the {{UK-1Undaunted|f=t}} in the Mediterranean, captained by Captain [[Charles Willi ...was paid off on 29 August, and on 11 September he joined the battleship {{UK-EmpressOfIndia}} in the Channel Squadron,<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 223.<
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  • ...dron. He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1901. After command of a cruiser squadron he was given command of the [[Second Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)| ...24 August to re-qualify, and on 27 October he became Gunnery Officer in {{UK-DukeOfWellington}}.
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  • On 14 July, 1916, the Vice-Admiral Commanding the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]], Vice-Admiral [[David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|Sir David B ...rd Battle Cruiser Squadron]] and [[First Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|1st Cruiser Squadron]], passed the whole length of the Battle Line under heavy fire, an
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  • On 17th April official permission was asked to locate the wreck of {{UK-Invincible}}, to settle once and for all the exact geographical position of ...Chatfield, First Baron Chatfield|Chatfield]], the former having been in {{UK-PrincessRoyal}} and the latter Admiral Beatty's Flag-Captain, to assist me
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  • * The First [[Town Class Cruiser (1909)|Town Class]]: 1908-31 (Part 1 of 3), by David Lyon * The ''Kiev'': Cruiser or Carrier?, by John Jordan
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