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...e of the Falkland Islands]] in 1914, where his squadron destroyed a German cruiser force in South American waters, thus avenging the British defeat at [[Battl ...the {{UK-Bulwark}} as Chief of the Staff to Vice-Admiral [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Lord Charles Beresford]], Commande

...tecting German interests there during the Mexican Revolution. The third, {{DE-1Nurnberg|f=p}}, was on her way to relieve ''Leipzig''. At its Chinese bases, the Royal Navy had two armoured cruisers, two light cruisers, eight destroyers and three submarines. The pr

...the Second Fleet. It was mobilised in 1914 under the additional title of Cruiser Force D. ...ron of the [[Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]] became the Fifth Cruiser Squadron,<ref>"The Navy Estimates" (News). ''The Times''. Saturday, 13 Ma

[[File:Lord Charles de la Poer Beresford.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Admiral Lord Beresford.]] [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford''', G.C.B., G.C.V.O., Royal Navy (

....</ref> The formation was at that stage comprised of six battleships, two armoured cruisers and three smaller cruisers.{{NLMay03|p. 218}} {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|nick=The Rt. Hon. Lord Charles Ber

...guns of our Battle Cruisers on the starboard bow. About the same time the Armoured Cruisers, Light Cruisers, and Destroyers were seen steaming in from their p ...he enemy than the Battle Fleet, and so able to see him. Only one armoured cruiser was observed to be badly hit, and she received a heavy shell about abreast

{{CaptRN}} '''Edward Glyn de Styrap Jukes Hughes''' (10 May, 1883 &ndash; ) was an officer in the [[Roya He was appointed as Gunnery Officer of the armoured cruiser {{UK-Minotaur}} on 6 January, 1914,{{NLApr14|p. 345''a''}} and served her i

...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)| ...86|19 May, 1899}} and on 11 July he was appointed to command the protected cruiser [[H.M.S. Brilliant (1891)|''Brilliant'']] for the annual manœuvres.<ref na

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...o left. Shortly after this, the {{UK-BS|5}} was seen following our Battle Cruiser Squadron and firing at the enemy, but the flashes of these enemy ships' gun ...accuracy. Hits had been obtained on this ship when the smoke from our own Armoured Cruisers blotted out the enemy vessels, one of which was very heavily hit.

He commanded a series of armoured cruisers. He was appointed command of the {{UK-Vindictive}} on 4 August, 1 He was appointed to command the armoured cruiser {{UK-Hampshire}} on 17 January, 1913.{{NLJul13|p. 321}} He transferred to c

...ree Armoured Cruisers, probably [[Second Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|2nd Cruiser Squadron]], were abaft our starboard beam, steaming in a N.N.W. direction, 4. At 7.20 fired four salvoes at battleship or battle-cruiser on starboard beam, very indistinct, probably "[[Kaiser Class Battleship (19

...about S.S.W. (flashes only), which eventually turned out to be our Battle Cruiser Fleet with Light Cruisers engaged with an unseen enemy to the Southward and | 6.08. || Course, S.E. Our Armoured Cruisers, Light Cruisers, with some destroyers were observed about this tim

He was appointed a [[Naval Aide-de-Camp]] to King George V dated 23 June, 1913, vice [[Cresswell John Eyres|Ey ...ent of the Court Martial convened to enquire into the loss of the armoured cruiser {{UK-Natal}}, and he hoisted his flag in the {{UK-1Aurora}} for this purpos

'''Battlecruiser''' (sometimes '''Battle Cruiser''' prior to 1915 or so) is a generic term for a fast capital ship similar t ...gin of speed advantage previously reserved for [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruiser]]s with a uniform heavy battery previously reserved for [[Pre-Dreadnought|b

...one of ten [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'' Class]] completed between 1903 and 1904. ...1903 under Captain [[Charles Holcombe Dare]] with the paid-off crew of the cruiser {{UK-Sutlej}}.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments

...t Scouting Group of three battlecruisers and the armoured cruiser S.M.S. {{DE-Blucher}}, the four light cruisers of the 2nd Scouting Group and two flotil 'The intention was to make an extended destroyer advance with cruiser support, in order to clear the course to the Dogger Bank of trawlers employ

...North Sea ports. On 16 August the British [[Grand Fleet]], supported by [[Cruiser Force C]] and the [[Harwich Force|Harwich flotillas]], had performed a swee ...med with bombs and one with a torpedo, was originally intended to attack a cruiser lying off the entrance to the West Ems, but her orders were cancelled. {{UK

...n, but Napier commanded the two light cruiser squadrons as well as his own cruiser squadron. The {{UK-BS|1}} of six battleships and eleven destroyers was in ...{UK-Courageous|f=p}} and {{UK-Glorious|f=p}}, were fast (32 knot), lightly armoured ships armed with four 15-in, eighteen 4-in and two 3-in guns plus two 21-in

...r''''' was one of three [[Minotaur Class Cruiser (1906)|''Minotaur'' class armoured cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1908 and 1909. ...]. Her gunnery officer was [[Edward Glyn de Styrap Jukes Hughes|Edward G. de S. Jukes Hughes]], appointed to the ship on 6 January, 1914.{{NLApr14|p. 34