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The '''Third Light Cruiser Squadron''' was a formation of light cruisers in the [[Royal Navy]]. Found ...3}} as post-war operations suggested the wisdom of merging heavy and light cruiser operations.

...nd Fleet]], where he remained till the conclusion of peace in 1919. For a large period of the war, through his untiring efforts, Oliver was instrumental in ...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.<

...passed on his death to the First Baron Cottesloe. Cottesloe then built a large house (now Swanbourne House School). A third house in the village known as ...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

...6, in which he led most of his [[First Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|First Cruiser Squadron]] to destruction against the German [[High Sea Fleet]]. Arbuthnot ...w. He would say, "Well, do you all understand that?" The majority of the class, taking the line of least resistance, would say "Yes" or acquiesce in silen

...pass, and in May obtained a Third Class pass in Torpedo work and a Second Class pass in Gunnery work in August. ...rigade for garrison duties in Upper Egypt and as first lieutenant of the {{UK-Dolphin}}, served with the Eastern Sudan field force, being chosen by the G

...to study at [[Eastman's Royal Naval Academy]], Southsea. He entered the {{UK-1Britannia|f=t}} in September, 1866, having passed in forty-sixth out of si ...ssed out twenty-second out of sixty naval cadets, and was granted a Second Class Certificate.<ref>Padfield. ''Aim Straight''. pp. 25-26.</ref>

...e practice of generating directly at 36,000 volts, thereby eliminating the large and costly step-up transformers necessary with the previous method. ...ed exclusively in all classes of warships; the dreadnoughts were the first class of battleship to be affected by this decision. The Cunard Company was first

*[[Boy, First Class (Royal Navy)|Boy, First Class]] Thomas Charles May J42494 (Po.)<ref name=Times/> ...small> the ''Queen Mary'' was third ship in the line of the [[First Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|1st B.C.S.]], and action was sounded, and at 4.45 the

...] on 28 November, 1890. Subsequently he was appointed to the battleship {{UK-1Dreadnought}} on 24 November. ...UK-1Crescent}}. He was then given command of the torpedo boat destroyer {{UK-1Decoy}} in the [[Devonport Flotilla]].

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...The {{DE-1Emden|f=tp}} had sailed from Tsingtao on 31 July. Another light cruiser, {{DE-Leipzig|f=p}}, was on the west coast of Mexico, protecting German int ...s, eight destroyers and three submarines. The pre-dreadnought battleship {{UK-Triumph}} had been in reserve at the start of the war, but was quickly reco

...are only equalled by his daring". He was appointed a Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the ...0 tons weight, and over three days arranged to successfully tow the French cruiser into deep water, assisted by a small Turkish warship.<ref>''Navy & Army Ill

...ke'' being "straddled" at this time by two enemy's heavy projectiles, with large "spread." ...ine, disclosing a German 3-funnelled cruiser somewhat like the ''Kolberg'' Class, but with larger funnels; she was apparently stopped and on fire.

At 3.30 <small>P.M.</small> enemy ships were in sight from {{UK-Lion}} and a range of 23,000 yards obtained. ...<small>P.M.</small> a shell disabled "Q" turret, and shortly afterwards {{UK-Indefatigable}} was seen to be blown up, evidently by a magazine explosion.

...of the usual weekly cruises towards the Fisher Banks. The [[Third Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|3rd B.C.S.]] had gone up to Scapa Flow for target pra ...volumes of smoke. For some minutes about now, we counted her as a battle cruiser, and so engaged № 3 instead of № 4 of the enemy line. I thought we wer

{{UK-RoyalOak}}, 10 June, 1916 ...your orders at 9.30 <small>P.M.</small>, May 30, 1916, my flag being in {{UK-Marlborough}}, and proceeded in company with your flag to the south-eastwar

...in April he received a First Class in Gunnery with 543 and in May a First Class in Torpedo with 184 marks.<ref>ADM 196/44. f. 353.</ref> On 27 May 1898, ...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

The '''Second Battle Cruiser Squadron''', also known as '''Cruiser Force K''' from 1914 to 1915, was a formation of battlecruisers in the [[Ro ...sly based on Gibraltar, would become the {{UK-BS|3}} based on Portland. A cruiser squadron was to be left at Malta. These changes took effect on 1 May, 1912

...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 ...none very close. One appeared to pass between " {{UK-IronDuke}} " and " {{UK-RoyalOak}} " at 6.14, about 300 over, and burst on striking water, emitting

[[Barr and Stroud]] manufactured a large and evolving family of optical [[Rangefinder|rangefinders]], primarily [[Co In July 1914, rangefinders from {{UK-KingEdwardVII}} and {{UK-KingGeorgeV}} which had been put badly out of calibration by the shock of h