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• Ninth Submarine Flotilla (Royal Navy)
  ...ased in Lamlash}} Prior to February, 1914, it was known as the '''Lamlash Submarine Flotilla'''.{{AWO1914|883 of 20 Feb, 1914}} ...UK-E35}} and {{UK-E56}} have been detached to join [[Platypus and Vulcan's Flotillas]] under Vice-Admiral, Queenstown. The newly commissioned boats {{UK-E34}}
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• Harwich Force at the Battle of Jutland
  ...the {{UK-DF|13}}, and their reports can be found [[Thirteenth D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland|here]]. :The first six boats were detailed as submarine screen for
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• First Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)
  ...yer Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Destroyer|destroyers]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...leet]] alongside the similarly equipped [[Second Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Second]] and {{UK-DF|3}}s.{{NLJun06|pp. 269, 270''a''}}
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• The Loss of the Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue
  ...d [[H.M.S. Hogue (1900)|''Hogue'']], were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine {{DE-U9}} in the North Sea. The ships, part of the {{UK-CS|7}} (also known ...and men were killed. As a direct consequence, large ships of the [[Royal Navy]] were ordered to leave torpedoed and mined consorts to their fate to avoid
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• User:Simon Harley/Austro-Hungarian Naval Attaché Report on the Battle of Jutland
  ...sh translation apparently made by the [[Naval Intelligence Division (Royal Navy)|Naval Intelligence Division]] in 1919, from a copy which was subsequently ...icitly on their flotillas which have always been looked upon in the German Navy as one of the chief factors in an action. Finally they know that their larg
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• Lewis Bayly
  ...vy (28 September, 1857 – 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
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• Nore Local Defence Flotilla
  ...s a formation of [[Destroyer|destroyers]] and torpedo boats of the [[Royal Navy]]. {{UK-Vulture}} has joined, and a submarine flotilla has been attached. It is now comprised of an eponymous destroyer
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• Home Fleet (Royal Navy)
  ...Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]], and, renamed the [[Home Fleets (Royal Navy)|Home Fleets]], it was the primary British fleet facing the Germans when wa ...the principal naval force in home waters was the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]]. The other main naval force consisted of partially-man
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• The Defence of Harbours against Torpedo-Boat Attack
  ...red T. Jane]]. Major-General F.G. Slade, C.B., R.A., Inspector-General of Royal Garrison Artillery, in the Chair. ...s grave danger in a lack of definite co-operation between the Army and the Navy, and I think there can be no doubt that if the two forces fail to act in co
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• Diary of Alec S. Tempest
  ...o be useful. Its data is reflected in the pages for the [[:Category:Royal Navy Formations|formations]] described. ...ruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|2nd]] & [[Third Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|3rd L.C.S.]] & {{UK-1Fearless}} & 20 destroyers.
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• Lionel George Dawson
  ...1 September, 1885 – 3 September, 1968) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. ...ng]], Dawson was a fair writer, if a bit enamoured of salty jargon. His ''Flotillas: A Hard-Lying Story'' is essential work that illuminates the nuances of des
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• The Dreadnought Project:Primary Documents
  ...e National Archives, Kew; NMM = National Maritime Museum, Greenwich; RNM = Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth; AL = Admiralty Library, Portsmouth; EXC = H.M.S. | TNA||ADM 1/8271||Destroyer Flotillas.||Docket.||1912||100||SH
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• Annual Manoeuvres of 1913
  The [[Royal Navy]]'s '''Annual Manoeuvres of 1913''' were a continuing chapter of Britain's The Manoeuvres were mainly designed to measure the Navy’s ability to prevent a hostile landing, protect trade, and to seek a deci
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• Beatty Papers at the National Maritime Museum
  [[First Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|1st Battle Cruiser Squadron]] 1 Feb-9 Oct 1913. Papers relating to the command of the [[Second Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron]], [[Grand Fleet]] mobilisation, and armed tra
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• British Adoption of Radio Communication
  The Royal Navy first mentioned "promising" experiments in "Electric Signalling" in ''Defia By the time of the Great War, the Royal Navy had a patchy global network of shore stations able to offer a modicum of co
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• Austro-Hungarian Naval Attaché Report on the Battle of Jutland
  ...ovides an interesting, raw insight into the state of the [[Imperial German Navy]], even if some of the details turned out to be inaccurate. ...ion in English apparently made by the [[Naval Intelligence Division (Royal Navy)|Naval Intelligence Division]] in 1919 from a copy which was subsequently r
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• Battle of Dogger Bank
  ...{{DE-Blucher}}, the four light cruisers of the 2nd Scouting Group and two flotillas totalling of 18 torpedo boats would carry out a reconnaissance towards Dogg ...urprise light forces on patrol.'<ref>Committee of Imperial Defence. German Navy and Sources of Material. Dogger Bank Action, 1915. Translation of German A
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• Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)
  They were the last Royal Navy destroyers to use the 12-pdr gun, as it was deemed to possess insufficient ...-IronDuke}} and {{UK-1Firedrake}} and {{UK-Lurcher}} served with submarine flotillas in Harwich.{{March|p. 122}}
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• George John Scott Warrender, Seventh Baronet
  ...ut was forced through ill-health to relinquish command and retire from the Navy in December of that year, dying early in 1917 at the age of fifty-six. ...|H.M.S. ''Excellent'']] to study for his Lieutenancy examinations at the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]], which he passed on 26 May, 1880. He took three
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• User:Simon Harley/Library
  #Abbatiello, John J. (2006). ''Anti-Submarine Warfare in World War I: British Naval Aviation and the Defeat of the U-Boat ...h H.M. Grand Fleet: December 1914–February 1919''. London: Junior Army and Navy Stores, Limited.
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