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B<small>E</small> pleased to inform the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that in accorda ...able." It is true that the enemy suffered very heavily later, and that one vessel, the " Lützow," was undoubtedly destroyed, but even so the result cannot b

...ooden monsters had become utterly obsolete for fighting purposes, and this vessel, having had her machinery removed and with her new name of ''Britannia'', b ...of it found himself in difficult places, and how grateful he was, in some small chamber of his memory, for all the kind interest that had been taken in his

S<small>IR</small>, I<small>N</small> compliance with your orders, I have the honour to forward the following re

...rate for range, but frequently bad for line, the spread was as a rule very small. It appears to be uncertain whether the spread was not occasionally opened Although heavy ships were infrequently hit by shell of small calibre, the enemy made no great use of their secondary armament, except ag

...large numbers, is ineffective for offence in open waters, as is any other vessel, by reason of the fact that the submarine has a submerged radius of action ...mising method of evolving new methods appears to lie in the formation of a small committee of such officers who have shown in the past special inventive apt

...K-Lilac|f=t}} struck a mine on 18 August, 1915, Preston helped salvage the vessel.<ref>Preston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.|D7576588}} f. 79.</ref> ...Admiralty in a variety of positions. In 1940, he was made Director of the Small Vessels Pool. He would work within until 16 February, 1945 before being f

I <small>HAVE</small> the honour to inform you that "Inflexible" left Scapa Flow at 9 p.m. on Tu ...class, and some direct hits were considered to have been obtained on this vessel. At 6.30 p.m., the "{{UK-Invincible}}" blew up, apparently owing to being

===I<small>NTRODUCTION</small>.=== T<small>HE</small> Board of Admiralty desire to present to Parliament (and through Parliament

...ojectile's flight by hitting a vessel before it reaches the water is quite small.

...M 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel destroyed}} ...rection capable of indicating 30 degrees elevation, Pattern V.E. 2. The [[Small Type Training Receivers]] were pattern number 20 on P1 to P4 and S1 to S4,

D<small>ESPATCHES</small> of which the following are Copies, have been received from the Commander-i On 5th June I received a requisition from H.M. Consul at Tientsin for a vessel to protect Pei-tai-ho (a watering-place a few miles south of Shan-hai-kuan)

...on the target. When this is done, he has trained the mount correctly. In small geared mountings, he may endeavour to work his controls to continuously neg ...on an unsafe bearing or when the line of fire was endangered by a friendly vessel. He was equipped with a switch he could throw to break the firing circuits

...d fresh. For the present the patrols to prevent contraband passing are of small importance.<ref>Admiralty to C-in-C Grand Fleet. 11 December, 1914. Sent Around 1115, the {{UK-Nottingham|f=tp}} briefly spotted an unidentified vessel to the south west, which seemed to be steering north west. About 15 minutes

...ruiser (1917)|''Ceres'' class]]. Her name was so variously spelled that a small article was written in Warship 2012 to resolve the name as ''Curacoa''.<ref ...p|1199}}|end=2 October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}

A '''Light Cruiser''' is a small, fast, sea-going vessel with some small degree of armour protection. It was a maturation of what had formerly been ...iser|List of light cruisers]], or, more loosely, [[:Category:Small Cruiser|small cruisers]]

...or the Tercentenary in July, 1908.<br><small>Library and Archives Canada.</small>]] ...class of vessel.<br>A strong programme of destroyers and a moderate one of small cruisers will also be necessary but our present superiority in armoured cru

Admiralty letter relating to the design of a small, fast vessel to escort torpedo boat destroyers.

Naval Manoeuvres, 1903, Small album of photos taken on board HMS EMPRESS OF INDIA and KING ALFRED. Three small notebooks, preliminary research.

...h this speed cannot be maintained, besides which the supply of coal is too small to allow of its maintenance for more than a short time, under any circumsta ...ime the invention of the locomotive torpedo by Mr. Whitehead, has rendered small vessels capable of inflicting serious, if not fatal, injury on large ones.

Modern sources often treat her as a member of a three-vessel ''Active'' class, but we treat her as contemporary documents do, as one of ...gun, salvaged from her wreck.<br><small>In the collection of Tony Lovell.</small>]]