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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1904, but then whisked away to command the despatch vessel {{UK-1Surprise}} on 6 February, 1905, to remain in her until superseded on 1 Aug On 20 August 1907, he was appointed in command of the {{UK-Amphitrite|f=t}}, remaining in her until September 1908.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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  • John Denison
    Denison commissioned the {{UK-Gossamer|f=t}} at Sheerness on 30 June, 1891.<ref>"Naval and Military Intel On 2 October, 1900 he was appointed in command of the {{UK-Niobe|f=t}}.
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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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  • 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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  • John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher
    ...August, 1861. After fourteen months at ''Excellent'', he was placed in {{UK-1Warrior}} in April 1863 for an additional fourteen months service. ...'']] on 16 November, 1876. On 30 January, 1877, he was appointed to the {{UK-1Hercules|f=t}} on Special Service, and served in her till 1 March.<ref>{{T
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  • Frederick William Richards
    ...was appointed commodore and senior officer on the West Coast of Africa, {{UK-2Boadicea|f=p}}. ...r his services. After his return to England in 1888 he was appointed, with Admirals [[William Montagu Dowell|Sir William M. Dowell]] and [[Richard Vesey Hamilt
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  • Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman
    ...s requalified, on 5 January, 1884, he was appointed to the barbette ship {{UK-Temeraire|y=1876}} in the Mediterranean<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/39}}. f. 1187.</ ....{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068}} {{UK-Camperdown}} paid off on 30 May, 1892, and Culme-Seymour paid Bridgeman ful
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  • Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss
    ...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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  • 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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  • Henry Bradwardine Jackson
    ...Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2007 [http://0-www.oxforddnb.com.wam.leeds.ac.uk/view/article/34134, accessed 10 Sept 2012]</ref> ...training, Jackson was put in charge of Whitehead torpedo instruction at {{UK-Vernon}} in 1885. The "Whitehead" was one of the main torpedoes being used
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  • Louis Alexander Mountbatten, First Marquess of Milford Haven
    ...on 10 February and went on Half Pay. He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Andromache|f=t}} in the annual man&oelig;uvres from 21 July to 10 September ...oria.{{Gaz|26809|3|1 January, 1897}} He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Majestic|f=t}} in the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]] on
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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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  • Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
    ...s arrival he instituted the "ordeal by sunlight." He liked to see as many admirals and captains as possible. When ...l [[Montague Edward Browning|Montague E. Browning]], Rear-Admiral in the {{UK-BS|3}}, wrote to Vice-Admiral [[Edmond John Warre Slade|Sir Edmond J. W. Sl
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  • Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)
    ...ointed, and a third in 1863. Provided that the most senior officer on the Admirals' list had flown his flag at sea for two years or served as a Commander-in-C At least three Admirals were promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on the Retired List under the provisi
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  • Stuart Nicholson
    Nicholson participated in the manoeuvres of July, 1988 as commander of the {{UK-TB79|f=t}}, on loan.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence". ''The Times''. On 23 March, 1906, he started a one year stint as Captain of the {{UK-Dido|f=t}}.<ref>Nicholson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 291.</re
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  • First Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)
    *{{UK-1Neptune}} [[File:VAdmRN.png|25px]] *{{UK-StVincent}}
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  • Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt
    ...7 marks. Gaunt would subsequently be appointed to join the Home Fleet's {{UK-1Colossus|f=t}} on 4 June.<ref>Gaunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D75 Gaunt next went to Somaliland, in command of the elderly {{UK-2Mohawk|f=t}}. While commanding a landing party on Durbo, Gaunt sustained
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  • William Marcus Charles Beresford Whyte
    {{CatPerson|UK|1863|1932}} [[Category:Royal Navy Paymaster Rear-Admirals]]
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  • Victor Albert Stanley
    He was appointed as captain of the {{UK-Essex|f=t}} in March 1909. Stanley was appointed to command the {{UK-Pomone}} and for command of the [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]] on 14 Au
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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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  • Alexander Edward Bethell
    ...o Britain soon enough, for he studied to qualify as a torpedo officer in {{UK-Vernon}} from 30 September 1879 until the end of the following June. He ser ...yal Navy)|Assistant Director of Torpedoes]] and was appointed captain of {{UK-1Hindustan}} until January of 1908.
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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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  • Mark Edward Frederic Kerr
    ...899. This was followed by appointments in command of {{UK-Mermaid}} and {{UK-Cheerful}}. He was again appointed from ''Cheerful'' for a half-year in co He served as captain of {{UK-Implacable}} from May 1907 through September of the following year.
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  • Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet
    ...nese Navy]]. Upon his return he spent a year on the cadet training ship {{UK-1Britannia}}, before serving as the junior member of a committee appointed ...from 1874 to 1876. On 26 April, 1876 he was appointed commander of the {{UK-Vernon}},{{NLJul78|p. 249}} a hulk in Portsmouth harbour recently establish
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  • Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet
    Cowan was appointed in command of the {{UK-Boxer|f=t}} on 20 January, 1898.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Offic He was appointed to command the {{UK-Cressy|f=t}} in August, 1909.{{MackieRNW}}
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  • Combined Force (Royal Navy)
    ...appointed Rear-Admiral in command of a "Special Force", with his flag in {{UK-Euryalus}}.<ref>Christian service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/157.}}</ref> On ...ristian, who will be in command of a combined force, Flag temporarily in {{UK-Sapphire}}.<ref>''Naval Staff Monographs''. '''III'''. p. 37.</ref></block
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  • Henry Francis Oliver
    ...time towards the rank of {{MidRN}}. On 23 July he was appointed to the {{UK-1Agincourt|f=t}},<ref>Oliver Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 319.< On 21 March, 1882, he was appointed to the {{UK-1Amethyst}} in the Brazils.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 319.</ref>
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  • List of Royal Naval War College Attendees in Alphabetical Order
    ...er. || 4 March - 21 June, 1912 || Did not complete course. Appointed to {{UK-Tyne}} 6 May. ...Rear-Admiral. || 9 Feb. - 28 May, 1909 || Placed fourth out of seven rear-admirals in order of merit.
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  • Sydney Robert Fremantle
    ...etty free hand out of school." He passed the examination for entry into {{UK-1Britannia|f=p}} first out of batch, and with his term of twenty-three cade ...an Interpreter in French and on the 18th was appointed in command of the {{UK-TB66|f=t}} for manoeuvres.<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres". ''The Times''. Mon
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  • George Astley Callaghan
    He assumed command of the {{UK-Edgar|f=t}} on 16 July, 1901.<ref>Callaghan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/ He was appointed in command the battleship {{UK-Caesar}} on 21 December, 1901.<ref>Callaghan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196
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  • Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet
    ...rom the lazy ones; but he secured his explanation."<ref>Phillimore. "Three Admirals." p. 111.</ref></blockquote> A minute of 23 September, 1889 while Arbuthnot was at {{UK-Vernon|f=p}}, records:
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  • Home Fleet (Royal Navy)
    ...p. 6.</ref> hoisting his flag in {{UK-PrinceGeorge}}, transferring it to {{UK-Jupiter}} on 3 February and striking it on 17 November, 1909.<ref>Bush Serv ...{{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 202.</ref> hoisting his flag in the battleship {{UK-Hercules}} at Portland.<ref name=TimesDec>"Naval and Military Intelligence"
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  • Cecil Burney, First Baronet
    ...une, 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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  • Hugh Evan-Thomas
    ...eorge V''. p. 8.</ref> After much controversy, the use of the corvette {{UK-Bacchante}} was eventually approved, and it was agreed that in spite of the ...them down for his Flag-Lieutenant to give to him.<ref>Penn. ''Infighting Admirals''. p. 143.</ref> Evan-Thomas remained with Beresford until 1 May, 1905, w
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  • Second Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)
    ...e Robeck, First Baronet|Sir John M. de Robeck]], latterly commanding the {{UK-BS|3}}. The Fleet flagship at this time was {{UK-1Neptune}}, which was not part of any Battle Squadron. 2BS was comprised a
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  • Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby
    *Lambert, Andrew (2009). ''Admirals: The Naval Commanders who made Britain Great''. London: Faber and Faber Li *[http://collections.rmg.co.uk/archive/objects/491800.html Papers in the possession of the National Mariti
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  • William Edmund Goodenough
    He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Albemarle|f=t}} on 25 August, 1907.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 433.</ref> Goodenough was appointed in command of the {{UK-Vengeance|f=t}} on 12 September, 1908.{{NLOct08|p. 389}}
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  • Rear-Admiral (Royal Navy)
    [[Category:Rear-Admirals (UK)|*]]
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  • Charles Carter Drury
    ...anuary, 1860, which does not coincide with a regular intake into the new {{UK-1Britannia|f=tp}}, but perhaps means he was a late arrival for the [[::Cate ...superseded on 21 August, 1895. He was next appointed in command of the {{UK-1Hood|f=t}}, in the Mediterranean, on 10 October, 1895.<ref>Drury Service R
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  • Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet
    He was appointed to command the {{UK-TB81}} for the July manoeuvres in 1890 and 1892.<ref>Sturdee Service Record ...7560|3525|2 June, 1903}} On 11 November he was appointed Captain of the {{UK-Bedford|f=t}}.
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  • Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford
    ...Issue '''32939''', col A, p. 10.</ref> In May of 1891, Beresford was in {{UK-1Undaunted}} in Alexandria, preparing to receive 300 guests for a ball when ..."executive officer" of the Admiral-Superintendent.<ref>Penn. ''Infighting Admirals''. p. 58.</ref> For example during the trials of the cruiser ''Theseus''
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  • Seventh Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)
    ...ected as Jackson's Second-in-Command, hoisting his flag on 2 July in the {{UK-PrinceGeorge}}.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointment ...miral [[Cecil Fiennes Thursby|Cecil F. Thursby]] hoisted his flag in the {{UK-Hannibal}}.<ref>"Naval Mobilization" (News). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 14 J
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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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  • Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)
    ===Rear-Admirals in the Channel Fleet=== ...tober, 1908, hoisting his flag in {{UK-1London}}, and transferring it to {{UK-Hibernia}} on 28 May 1909.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official
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  • Charles Henry Cross
    In March of 1900, he was placed in command of {{UK-Victorious}}, remaining there for nearly three years. {{CatPerson|UK|1852|1915}}
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  • Charles Windham
    On 11 June, 1891, Windham was appointed to {{UK-Howe|f=p}}.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments an In mid-1893, he would be praised for his work in salving the {{UK-Howe}} and getting her home.<ref>Windham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.
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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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  • George John Scott Warrender, Seventh Baronet
    ...24 August to re-qualify, and on 27 October he became Gunnery Officer in {{UK-DukeOfWellington}}. ...On 21 July he was appointed First Lieutenant and Gunnery Officer of the {{UK-Forth}} until she paid off on 16 September. He was thence appointed to the
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  • Frederic Charles Dreyer
    ...Gunnery School]], and on 16 July he was appointed gunnery officer of the {{UK-Scylla|f=t}} for the annual manœuvres. After ''Scylla'' was paid off, Dre ...d Dreyer's name for appointment as Gunnery Officer to the new battleship {{UK-1Exmouth}}.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/44}}. f. 353.</ref>
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  • George Tryon
    ...spent three years in this role before being appointed in command of the {{UK-2Surprise|f=t}}, vice Whyte, on 5 August, 1864.{{NMI|Monday, August 8, 1864 ...s recalled for service as "additional captain" borne on the books of the {{UK-1Octavia}}, Flagship of the East Indies Station. He was detailed to act as
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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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  • Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet
    ...2,{{NMI|Tuesday, Jan 19, 1892; pg. 7; Issue 33538}} but was appointed to {{UK-Pilot}} on 25 March.{{NMI|Monday, Mar 21, 1892; pg. 6; Issue 33591}} On 1 July, 1892, he was appointed to the {{UK-VictoriaAndAlbertII|f=t}} along with [[David Beatty]].{{NMI|Wednesday, Jun
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  • Hamnet Holditch Share
    ...1 January, 1916.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29423/supplements/80 no. 29423. p. 80.] (Supplement) 1 January, 19 {{CatPerson|UK|1864|1937}}
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  • Victor Herbert Thomas Weekes
    *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7893523&queryType=1&resultcount= *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7930888&queryType=1&resultcount=
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  • Archibald Berkeley Milne, Second Baronet
    He was appointed captain of {{UK-Jupiter|f=p}} in December 1900, remaining there two years.{{MackieRNW}} ...he Admiralty formally ordered Milne to return to Chatham on 29 August in {{UK-Inflexible}} and to hoist his flag at Admiralty House there on 30 August.<r
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  • Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes
    In November 1910, he assumed command of the {{UK-Arrogant|f=t}}.{{MackieRNW}} Keyes was appointed in command of the {{UK-Dolphin|f=t}} as {{Com2RN}} on 31 August, 1912, remaining with her until Fe
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  • Edward Eden Bradford
    On 12 December, 1895, Bradford was appointed to the new {{UK-Majestic|f=t}}.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Majestic|f=t}} in April, 1901.{{MackieRNW}}
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  • Frederic Edward Errington Brock
    In December 1899, he commissioned the new {{UK-Highflyer|f=t}}.{{MackieRNW}} He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Camperdown|f=t}} on 24 September, 1902.<ref>Brock Service Record. {{TNA|AD
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  • James Startin
    He was appointed captain of {{UK-Jupiter|f=p}} in September 1903, remaining there until mid-August of 1905. ...January, 1914.<ref>''Edinburgh Gazette'': [http://www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/12630/pages/7 no. 12630. p. 7.] 2 January, 1914.</ref>
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  • Henry Loftus Tottenham
    In December 1903, he assumed command of the {{UK-1Furious|f=t}}.{{MackieRNW}} ...n January, 1905.{{MackieRNW}} In March, however, he was made Captain of {{UK-Lancaster}}.{{MackieRNW}}
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  • Richard Poore, Fourth Baronet
    ...jpg|300px|thumb|right|Sir Richard Poore (right) in 1898 while Captain of {{UK-Illustrious}}.<br><small>Photograph: ''Navy & Army Illustrated''.</small>]] He assumed command of the {{UK-Hawke|f=t}} in November 1896.{{MackieRNW}}
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  • Paul Warner Bush
    Bush commanded the {{UK-1Sandfly|f=t}} in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1890]], the ship acting as par He was appointed to the {{UK-1Eclipse|f=t}} dated 5 June, 1899, as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral [[Day Ho
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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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  • Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair
    On 7 July 1887, he was loaned to command the {{UK-TB61|f=t}} for manoeuvres.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence". ''The Ti ...manoeuvres in 1895, De Chair was appointed to ''Vernon'' for command of {{UK-Vesuvius}} on 16 October.<ref>de Chair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}
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  • Alfred Wyndham Paget
    On 17 May, 1887, he was appointed in command of the {{UK-Starling|f=t}}.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments With this hurdle cleared, he was appointed to the screw sloop {{UK-Dolphin}} on 11 August, 1893.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official
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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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  • Thomas Graeme Nelson Haldane
    ...e Training Establishment at the outbreak of war and was appointed to the {{UK-Doris|f=t}}.<ref>Haldane Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/120/60.|}} f. 60.</ ...|recorded his experiences]] in a written account. Haldane served in the {{UK-Tiger|f=t}} from 23 October 1916 through the end of the war, being made an
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  • John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet
    ...=t}} in the Channel Squadron. On 10 January, 1882, he transferred to the {{UK-Northumberland|f=t}} in the same squadron. ...ship ''Audacious'' as claimed by T. A. Heathcote.<ref>Heathcote. ''British Admirals of the Fleet: 1734-1995''. p. 66.</ref> He was on foreign service leave fro
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  • Stanley Cecil James Colville
    ..., 15 July, 1889. Issue '''32751''', col B, p. 4.</ref> He then went to {{UK-Buzzard}} until 20 August, 1890.<ref>Colville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 19 ...} occupied part of 1893, and in May, 1893, he began a three year turn in {{UK-Trafalgar}} in the Mediterranean.<ref>Colville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 1
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  • Second Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
    ...Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]], previously based on Gibraltar, would become the {{UK-BS|3}} based on Portland. A cruiser squadron was to be left at Malta. The In October, 1912, the {{UK-BS|3}} was sent to the Mediterranean for a protracted temporary period, and
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  • George Bibby Hartford Account of Life in H.M.S. Britannia (Cadet Training Ship)
    This '''Account of Life in {{UK-1Britannia|f=p}}"' is taken from ''Commander R.N.'' (1927), by [[George Bib ...Third and Fourth Term Cadets officially. They were not called after famous admirals, as they are to-day, this being one of the many changes in the College life
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  • Osmond de Beauvoir Brock
    His first command was of the despatch vessel {{UK-Alacrity}} on the [[China Station]], lasting exactly one year from appointm On 1 May, 1905 he was appointed to the battleship {{UK-Bulwark}}.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and
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  • George Edwin Patey
    He was appointed to command the battleship {{UK-Venerable}} on 12 November, 1902.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Offi He served as captain of {{UK-Implacable}} from June 1905 through May of 1907.
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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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  • Douglas Lionel Dent
    He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Aeolus|f=t}} on 2 July, 1906.{{NLJan07|p. 272}} He was appointed to {{UK-Blenheim}}, in command, on 31 March, 1910.{{CN}}
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  • Henry Ernest Digby Hugh Willoughby
    ...ed Captain and J.P.. Henry was educated at Cheam School and passed into {{UK-1Britannia|f=p}} in 1896. He passed out of {{UK-1Britannia}} in December, 1897 sixtieth out of the sixty-four cadets who pa
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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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  • Arthur William May
    {{CatPerson|UK|1854|1925}} [[Category:Royal Navy Surgeon Vice-Admirals]]
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  • Heathcoat Salusbury Grant
    Grant was appointed in command of the battleship {{UK-Canopus}} on 1 August, 1914.{{NLDec14|p. 288}} After the war, he recalled {{CatPerson|UK|1864|1938}}
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  • Devonport Royal Dockyard
    ==Admirals Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard== ...ot:officeAdmSuper otitle="Admiral Superintendent, Devonport Dockyard" nat="UK">
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  • Gerard Henry Uctred Noel
    ...Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}} f. 956.</ref> He was appointed to {{UK-Nile}} in command on 30 June, 1891.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" ( ...is is no time for frivolous compliments."<ref>Quoted in Lowis. ''Fabulous Admirals''. p. 44.</ref>
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  • Edward Francis Benedict Charlton
    ...e Director of Naval Ordnance. He was appointed Commander of the cruiser {{UK-Orlando}} on the [[China Station]] on 16 February, 1899. On 21 July, 1901, he was appointed Commander of {{UK-Vernon|f=p}}. However, he did not receive news of the appointment until th
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  • Arthur Murray Farquhar
    ...thur_Farquhar_Magnificent.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Farquhar as a Captain in {{UK-Magnificent}}, c. 1905.<br><small>From official officers' photograph in alb ...Gaz|25969|4738|30 August, 1889}} On 20 December he was appointed to the {{UK-2Ajax|f=t}}, additional, for the Highlands and Islands Commission.<ref>"Nav
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  • Account of Jocelyn Latham Storey at the Battle of Jutland
    Midshipman [[Jocelyn Latham Storey]] was in "X" Turret of {{UK-QueenMary|f=p}} during the [[Battle of Jutland]]. ...to Rosyth at 8 p.m. on Thursday, and after writing reports, and seeing the Admirals, I was sent on [Start of sheet 3] indefinite leave, to be sent for when req
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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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  • Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper
    In November 1903, he assumed command of the {{UK-Venus|f=t}}.{{MackieRNW}} He was appointed in command of the {{UK-PrinceOfWales}} on 27 July, 1905.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Of
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  • Charles Edward Lynes
    {{CatPerson|UK|1875|1977}} [[Category:Royal Navy Paymaster Rear-Admirals]]
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  • Henry Wilfred Eldon Manisty
    {{CatPerson|UK|1876|1960}} [[Category:Royal Navy Paymaster Rear-Admirals]]
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  • Charles William Rawson Royds
    ...Squadron (Royal Navy)|Second Battle Squadron]], and wore the flags of Vice-Admirals [[George Astley Callaghan|Sir George A. Callaghan]] and [[John Rushworth Je ...Fleets (Royal Navy)|Home Fleets]]. He transferred to the new battleship {{UK-IronDuke}} in August in order to commission her as the new fleet flagship.<
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  • Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair
    ...correct, there is a charming story about Sinclair recounted in ''Fabulous Admirals'': ...(Royal Navy)|Home Fleets]], and Sinclair transferred with Cradock to the {{UK-Hibernia}} on 14 May. He was superseded on 29 August.<ref>ADM 196/43. f.
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  • Arthur Henry Limpus
    On 18 July, 1889, he was loaned to command the {{UK-TB64|f=t}} for manoeuvres.<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres". ''The Times''. Mon ...st Lieutenant and Gunnery Lieutenant ("1st and G") of the new battleship {{UK-Jupiter}} on 8 June, 1897.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Ap
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  • Template:CatEngVice
    [[Category:Engineer Vice-Admirals]] [[Category:Engineer Vice-Admirals ({{{1}}})]]
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  • Edgar Ralph Dimsey
    {{CatPerson|UK|1861|1930}} [[Category:Royal Navy Surgeon Rear-Admirals]]
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  • Cecil Frederick Dampier
    In March 1906, he assumed command of the {{UK-Hermione|f=t}}.{{MackieRNW}} He was appointed in command of the new {{UK-Defence|f=t}} on 16 November, 1908.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 497.</ref>
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  • Bernard Currey
    ...sichore}}.<ref name=f36/> On 5 November, he was appointed as captain of {{UK-GoodHope}}.<ref name=f36/> ...ma/summary/cu80-001.shtml Liddle Hart Centre]</ref> moving on to command {{UK-BlackPrince}} on 1 February, 1906.<ref name=f36/>
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  • Martin Gilbert Bennett
    {{CatPerson|UK|1880|1972}} [[Category:Royal Navy Paymaster Rear-Admirals]]
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  • John Siddalls
    {{CatPerson|UK|1880|1967}} [[Category:Royal Navy Paymaster Rear-Admirals]]
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  • William Henry Norman
    {{CatPerson|UK|1855|1934}} [[Category:Royal Navy Surgeon Vice-Admirals]]
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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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  • 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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