Search results

...onnel</u> in view of the 1000 in the {{DE-Derfflinger}} & the 885 in the {{DE-Blucher}} &c..<br>Yours truly<br>Fisher<br>25.1.15<br>I asked Crease to see ...stricted to between 21 and 22 feet, or about 5 feet less than any existing battleship or battle cruiser. The main armament of four 15-inch guns would be more th

...tive. He was appointed to ''Victory'' on 31 August for command of the new battleship {{UK-Resolution}}, which commissioned in September. On 16 September he was ...lerophon'' prepared to leave on a sweep:{{ArthurTrueGlory|Midshipman Brian de Courcy-Ireland, quoted on pp. 63-4.}}

'''H.M.S. ''Dreadnought''''' was a British battleship of the [[Royal Navy]] whose design had a revolutionary impact on not only h The only member of her class, she was the first all-big-gun battleship to be laid down, launched, and commissioned. Her design also featured the

| {{DE-Brandenburg}} | {{DE-KurfurstFriedrichWilhelm}}

...''Wörth''''' was one of four pre-dreadnoughts of the [[Brandenburg Class Battleship (1891)|''Brandenburg'' class]]. {{Footer Brandenburg Class Battleship (1891)}}

...S|2}} were all equipped with [[British_Wireless_Systems#Short_Distance_Set|Battleship Auxiliary W/T sets]].{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}} ...ote=and as Flag Captain, and, from December 31, also Chief of Staff to V/A de Robeck}}

...tleship of the [[Royal Navy]] and formed part of the [[King George V Class Battleship (1911)|''King George V'' class]]. She saw constant service throughout the ...S|2}} were all equipped with [[British_Wireless_Systems#Short_Distance_Set|Battleship Auxiliary W/T sets]].{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}}

'''H.M.S. ''Colossus''''' was one of two [[Colossus Class Battleship (1910)|''Colossus'' class battleships]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in ...ir]] for service in the Second Division of the {{HomeFleet}}.<ref>"The New Battleship Colossus" (News). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 9 August, 1911. Issue '''396

'''H.M.S. ''Neptune''''' was a battleship of the [[Royal Navy]], and the only member of her class. She was laid down ...ucleus crew of {{UK-Illustrious}} forming part of the complement.<ref>"The Battleship Neptune" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 1

...ire''''' was a [[Bellerophon Class Battleship (1907)|''Bellerophon'' class battleship]] of the British [[Royal Navy]] built at [[Devonport Royal Dockyard]]. ...the [[North Sea]] on 18 March 1915, she unsuccessfully attempted to ram {{DE-U29}} which had just attacked {{UK-1Neptune|f=p}}. During the summer of th

The battleship '''U.S.S. ''Iowa''''' was laid down by [[William Cramp & Sons]] in Philadel ...anish ships approaching and fired the first shot in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. In a 20-minute battle with Spanish cruisers ''[[Infanta Maria Teresa

...led the [[United States North Atlantic Battleship Squadron|North Atlantic Battleship Squadron]] to Lisbon, Portugal, where she entertained the King Charles of P ...mained flagship of the North Atlantic Fleet until relieved 31 March by the battleship ''[[U.S.S. Maine (1901)|Maine]]'' (BB-10), but continued operations with th

'''USS ''Kentucky''''', (BB-6) a [[Kearsarge Class Battleship (1898)|''Kearsarge'' class]] pre-dreadnought of the [[United States Navy]] ...Rear Admiral [[Louis Kempff]] 23 March. Throughout the following year the battleship led her squadron as it watched over American interest In the Far East, visi

The keel of the battleship to be known as ''Iron Duke'' was laid on 15 January, 1912 at [[Portsmouth R ...f>|note=and as Flag Captain to V/A [[John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|de Robeck]]}}

...130.</ref>|end=October, 1924{{MackieRNW}}|note=as Flag Captain to Admiral de Robeck}} ...{{TNA|ADM 196/45/14.|D7603266}} f. 14.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to de B. Brock}}

...etary to the First Lord]], [[Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair|Dudley R. S. de Chair]]; Sir James Marshall, Director of Dockyards; [[George Le Clerc Egert {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Martin-de-Bartolomé|nick=Charles Martin-de-Bartolomé|appt=16 December, 1916{{NLOct17|p. 399''e''}}<ref>Bartolomé Ser

...>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Raglan'' (1915)|fate2={{DE-Breslau}} and {{DE-Goeben}}{{DittColl|p. 102}} ...ch guns of the latest pattern which had been ordered by the Greeks for the battleship Salamis then building in Germany. Now that the British had commenced their

{{Footer Brandenburg Class Battleship (1891)}} {{CatShipPreDreadnought|DE}}

Sometime before 1913, she may have also had a [[Type 3 Wireless Set|Type 3 Battleship Auxiliary set]], but it was to be replaced by a [[Type 10 Wireless Set|Type On 23 February, 1909, Fleet Paymaster [[Henry de Courcy Ward]] reported to Captain [[Herbert Goodenough King-Hall]] that £2

...CR/C4. Reel 1.</ref> De Chair, who at the time was in command of the new battleship {{UK-Colossus}}, is an example of an officer who never formally attended th

| {{DE-KaiserBarbarossa}} | {{DE-KaiserFriedrichIII}}

{{Footer Kaiser Friedrich III Class Battleship (1896)}} {{CatShipPreDreadnought|DE}}

{{Footer Kaiser Friedrich III Class Battleship (1896)}} {{CatShipPreDreadnought|DE}}

{{Footer Kaiser Friedrich III Class Battleship (1896)}} {{CatShipPreDreadnought|DE}}

{{Footer Kaiser Friedrich III Class Battleship (1896)}} {{CatShipPreDreadnought|DE}}

{{Footer Kaiser Friedrich III Class Battleship (1896)}} {{CatShipPreDreadnought|DE}}

{{Footer Wittelsbach Class Battleship (1900)}} {{CatShipPreDreadnought|DE}}

{{Footer Wittelsbach Class Battleship (1900)}} {{CatShipPreDreadnought|DE}}

{{Footer Wittelsbach Class Battleship (1900)}} {{CatShipPreDreadnought|DE}}

{{Footer Wittelsbach Class Battleship (1900)}} {{CatShipPreDreadnought|DE}}

{{Footer Wittelsbach Class Battleship (1900)}} {{CatShipPreDreadnought|DE}}

| {{Template:DE-Braunschweig}} | {{Template:DE-Elsass}}

...Braunschweig''''' was one of five pre-dreadnoughts of [[Braunschweig Class Battleship (1902)|her class]]. {{Footer Braunschweig Class Battleship (1902)}}

{{Footer Braunschweig Class Battleship (1902)}} {{CatShipPreDreadnought|DE}}

{{Footer Braunschweig Class Battleship (1902)}} {{CatShipPreDreadnought|DE}}

{{Footer Braunschweig Class Battleship (1902)}} {{CatShipPreDreadnought|DE}}

...Preußen''''' was one of five pre-dreadnoughts of the [[Braunschweig Class Battleship (1902)|''Braunschweig'' class]] completed between 1904 and 1906. {{Footer Braunschweig Class Battleship (1902)}}

| {{DE-Deutschland}} | {{DE-Hannover}}

...04)#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|end=September, 1906<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Deutschland_(Schiff,_1904)#Kommandanten German Wikip ...904)#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|end=31 March, 1909<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Deutschland_(Schiff,_1904)#Kommandanten German Wikip

...ver#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|end=September, 1908<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Hannover#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|precB ...nover#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|end=October, 1909<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Hannover#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>}}

...g/wiki/SMS_Pommern German Wikipedia].</ref>|end=October, 1908<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Pommern German Wikipedia].</ref>|precBy=New Command} ...g/wiki/SMS_Pommern German Wikipedia].</ref>|end=January, 1910<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Pommern German Wikipedia].</ref>}}

...chlesien#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|end=July, 1908<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Schlesien#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|prec ...ien#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|end=September, 1908<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Schlesien#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>}}

...ein#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|end=September, 1910<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Schleswig-Holstein#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ ...S_Schleswig-Holstein Wikipedia].</ref>|end=30 September, 1913<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Schleswig-Holstein#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</

'''H.M.S. ''Empress of India''''' was one of eight [[Royal Sovereign Class Battleship (1891)|''Royal Sovereign''-class battleships]] completed for the [[Royal Na On 12 December, 1895, the majority of her crew turned over to the new battleship {{UK-Magnificent}} at Chatham.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Officia

'''H.M.S. ''Revenge''''' was one of eight [[Royal Sovereign Class Battleship (1891)|''Royal Sovereign'' class pre-dreadnoughts]] completed in 1893-94. ...oubtable''''' so as to free her name for a new ship of the [[Revenge Class Battleship (1914)|''Revenge'' Class]]. With the massive influx of new purpose-built m

...'Cæsar''''' was a [[Majestic Class Battleship (1894)|''Majestic'' class]] battleship of the [[Royal Navy]], launched in 1896 and sold for scrap in 1921. She wa {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|nick=Cunningham R. de C. Foot|appt=10 December, 1915{{NLNov17|p. 392}}<ref>Foot Service Record.

'''H.M.S. ''Jupiter''''' was a battleship of the [[Majestic Class Battleship (1894)|''Majestic'' class]], launched in 1895, and sold for scrap in 1920. ...take up station in the Humber as part of a force of four [[Majestic Class Battleship (1894)|''Majestic'' class battleships]] and two [[Cressy Class Cruiser (189

...ificent''''' was a [[Majestic Class Battleship (1894)|''Majestic'' class]] battleship of the British [[Royal Navy]], launched in 1894 and sold for scrap in 1921. ...ard Wells]], [[Commander-in-Chief at the Nore]]; Captain [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Lord Charles Beresford]], Captain

...fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Majestic'' (1895)|fate2=by {{DE-U21}} off Helles ...attleship of the [[Royal Navy]], and the lead ship of the [[Majestic Class Battleship (1894)|''Majestic'' class]]. She served as the flagship of the [[Channel S

'''H.M.S. ''Mars''''' was a British battleship of the [[Majestic Class Battleship (1894)|''Majestic'' class]], launched in 1896 and sold for scrap in 1921. ...take up station in the Humber as part of a force of four [[Majestic Class Battleship (1894)|''Majestic'' class battleships]] and two [[Cressy Class Cruiser (189

...-1918 through early 1919) was a British battleship of the [[Majestic Class Battleship (1894)|''Majestic'' class]], launched in 1895 and sold for scrap in 1921. On 1 April 1905, ''Prince George'' collided with the German {{DE-FriedrichCarl|f=t}} near Gibraltar.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_

...edbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Formidable'' (1898)|fate2=by {{DE-U24}} off Portland{{Conways1860|p. 36}} ...ip of the [[Formidable Class Battleship (1898)|''Formidable'' Class]] of [[battleship]] and the third of four with the name H.M.S. ''Formidable'' to serve in the

{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|nick=Cunningham R. de C. Foot|appt=28 February, 1911<ref>Foot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.} {{Footer Formidable Class Battleship (1898)}}

'''H.M.S. ''Bulwark''''' was a [[pre-dreadnought]] [[battleship]] of the [[Royal Navy]] completed in 1902. ...s|Edward M. Phillpotts]], acting Flag Captain to Admiral [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Lord Charles Beresford]].

...edbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Cornwallis'' (1901)|fate2=by {{DE-U32}} near Malta{{Conways1860|p. 37}} ...e=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Cornwallis''''' was one of six [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|''Duncan'' class pre-dreadnought battleships]] completed for the [[R

...name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Exmouth''''' was one of six [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|''Duncan'' class pre-dreadnought battleships]] completed for the [[R ...ate of fire control equipment is found in the notes for the [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|''Duncan'' class]].{{DreyerSeaHeritage|p. 47}}

...''H.M.S. ''Russell''''' was the first of six battleships of [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|her class]] to be commissioned in the [[Royal Navy]]. ...ptain [[William Bowden-Smith]] until she was sunk by a minefield laid by {{DE-U73}} off Malta in April, 1916. The {{UK-Nasturtium|f=t}} and the hired ya

...=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Triumph'' (1903)|fate2=by {{DE-U21}} off Dardanelles {{Footer Triumph Class Battleship (1903)}}

'''H.M.S. ''Dominion''''' was one of eight [[King Edward VII Class Battleship (1903)|''King Edward VII'' class battleships]].  She entered service in 19 ...S|3}} were all equipped with [[British_Wireless_Systems#Short_Distance_Set|Battleship Auxiliary W/T sets]].{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}}

...M.S. ''King Edward VII''''' was the name ship of a [[King Edward VII Class Battleship (1903)|class of eight]] late pre-dreadnought battleships. Her service unti {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|nick=Osmond de B. Brock|appt=27 March, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 337}}<ref>Brock Service Record. {

...th the {{UK-Indomitable|f=p}}, shadowed the German {{DE-Goeben|f=t}} and {{DE-Breslau|f=t}} on 4 August, 1914 after the German ships had bombarded the Fr ...as destroyed by a cordite explosion after receiving hits from the German {{DE-VonDerTann}} at approximately 4pm. Only two of her crew survived her catac

{{Footer Courbet Class Battleship (1911)}} builder=[[Arsenal de Brest]]

...incourt''''' was a dreadnought battle built in England for Brazil as ''Rio de Janeiro'' featuring seven twin 12-in turrets on her centre line. She was r ...aunched on 22 January, 1913 by Mme. Huet de Bacellar, wife of Admiral Huet de Bacellar, the Chief of the Brazilian Naval Commission. The Brazilian Minis

| {{DE-Nassau}} | {{DE-Posen}}

...#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|end=30 September, 1912<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Nassau#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|precBy= ...sau#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|end=25 August, 1915<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Nassau#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>}}

...sen#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|end=September, 1912<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Posen#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|precBy=N ...See|name=Richard Lange|nick=Richard Lange|appt=October, 1912<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Posen#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|end=2 Ju

...einland#Kommandanten German Wikipedia]</ref>|end=August, 1910<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Rheinland#Kommandanten German Wikipedia]</ref>|precB ...land#Kommandanten German Wikipedia]</ref>|end=September, 1910<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Rheinland#Kommandanten German Wikipedia]</ref>}}

...#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|end=14 September, 1910<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Westfalen#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|prec ...alen#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>|end=15 April, 1912<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Westfalen#Kommandanten German Wikipedia].</ref>}}

| {{DE-Helgoland}} | {{DE-Oldenburg}}

...909)#Kommandanten German Wikipedia]</ref>|end=September, 1911<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Helgoland_(Schiff,_1909)#Kommandanten German Wikiped ...909)#Kommandanten German Wikipedia]</ref>|end=September, 1913<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Helgoland_(Schiff,_1909)#Kommandanten German Wikiped

{{Footer Helgoland Class Battleship (1909)}} {{CatShipDreadnought|DE}}

{{Footer Helgoland Class Battleship (1909)}} {{CatShipDreadnought|DE}}

{{Footer Helgoland Class Battleship (1909)}} {{CatShipDreadnought|DE}}

| {{DE-FriedrichDerGrosse}} | {{DE-Kaiser}}

...(1911)#Kommandanten German Wikipedia]</ref>|end=10 June, 1917<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Friedrich_der_Gro%C3%9Fe_(1911)#Kommandanten German ...911)#Kommandanten German Wikipedia]</ref>|end=16 August, 1917<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Friedrich_der_Gro%C3%9Fe_(1911)#Kommandanten German

...911)#Kommandanten German Wikipedia]</ref>|end=September, 1912<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Kaiser_(1911)#Kommandanten German Wikipedia]</ref>|p ...(1911)#Kommandanten German Wikipedia]</ref>|end=January, 1913<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Kaiser_(1911)#Kommandanten German Wikipedia]</ref>}}

{{Footer Kaiser Class Battleship (1911)}} {{CatShipDreadnought|DE}}

...nig Albert''''' was a [[Kaiser Class Battleship (1911)|''Kaiser'' Class]] battleship built in Germany prior to the [[First World War]] and which served in the [ During the war, ''König Albert'' was assigned to the III Battleship Squadron along with its sister-ships, although it was the only one to miss

{{Footer Kaiser Class Battleship (1911)}} {{CatShipDreadnought|DE}}

| {{DE-GrosserKurfurst}} | {{DE-Konig}}

{{Footer König Class Battleship (1913)}} {{CatShipDreadnought|DE}}

{{Footer König Class Battleship (1913)}} {{CatShipDreadnought|DE}}

{{Footer König Class Battleship (1913)}} {{CatShipDreadnought|DE}}

{{Footer König Class Battleship (1913)}} {{CatShipDreadnought|DE}}

| {{DE-Baden}} | {{DE-Bayern}}

'''S.M.S. ''Baden''''' was one of two [[Bayern Class Battleship (1915)|''Bayern'' class battleships]] completed for the [[Imperial German N ...A torpedo workshop is fitted on the main deck.<ref>Goodall. "The Ex-German Battleship ''Baden''". p. 32.</ref></blockquote>

'''S.M.S. ''Bayern''''' was one of two [[Bayern Class Battleship (1915)|''Bayern'' class battleships]] completed for the [[Imperial German N {{Footer Bayern Class Battleship (1915)}}

One of four ships started as part of the [[Bayern Class Battleship (1915)|''Bayern'' class]], '''''Sachsen''''' was broken up before completio {{Footer Bayern Class Battleship (1915)}}

One of four ships started as part of the [[Bayern Class Battleship (1915)|''Bayern'' class]], ''Württemberg'' was broken up before completion {{Footer Bayern Class Battleship (1915)}}

...uns in the secondary battery relative to the preceding [[République Class Battleship (1902)|''République'' class]]. |[[Arsenal de Brest]]

|builder=[[Arsenal de Brest]]{{Conways1860|p. 297}} {{Footer Liberté Class Battleship (1904)}}

|[[Arsenal de Brest]] {{Footer République Class Battleship (1902)}}

The battleship '''U.S.S. ''Massachusetts''''' was laid down by [[William Cramp & Sons]], P ...Following a brief voyage to Charleston, S.C., 12 to 20 February, 1897, the battleship departed New York 26 May for Boston, arriving 2 days later for a celebratio

The battleship '''U.S.S. ''Oregon''''' was laid down 19 November, 1891 by [[Union Iron Wor ...er. On one hand the feat had demonstrated the many capabilities of a heavy battleship in all conditions of wind and sea. On the other it swept away all oppositio

...Texas''''' was the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]'s first modern armored battleship built for the "New Navy". ...rupted over conditions in Cuba and the supposed Spanish destruction of the battleship {{US-1Maine}} in Havana harbor in February, 1898. By 18 May, ''Texas'' was

{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Ten Eyck De Witt Veeder|nick=Ten E. D. W. Veeder|appt=17 October, 1907{{USOfficerReg190 {{Footer Illinois Class Battleship (1898)}}

{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=De Witt Blamer|nick=De Witt Blamer|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 16}}{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 10}}|e {{Footer Illinois Class Battleship (1898)}}

...ing assigned to Division 2, Squadron 1, Atlantic Fleet 1 January 1907. The battleship departed Hampton Roads 9 March 1907 for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to participat ...long voyage. ''Rhode Island'' called at Trinidad, British West Indies, Rio de Janeiro, Punta Arenas, Callao, and Magdalena Bay before arriving at San Die

...'' (BB-19) was a [[pre-dreadnought]] battleship of the [[Connecticut Class Battleship (1904)|''Connecticut'' Class]] in the [[United States Navy]]. ...nt Estrado Palma for American help in suppressing an insurrection. The new battleship carried a peace commission, comprised of Secretary of War William H. Taft a

{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Raymond De Lancy Hasbrouck|nick=Raymond De L. Hasbrouck|appt=25 April, 1919{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 12-13}}}} {{Footer Connecticut Class Battleship (1904)}}