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....C. submarines, and 196 minesweepers. It lost two battleships, one battle cruiser, six armoured cruisers, eighteen light cruisers, seventeen gunboats, 110 to

...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> ...draught of water and 32 knots speed with a radius of 11000 miles <u>and so small a personnel</u> in view of the 1000 in the {{DE-Derfflinger}} & the 885 in

|1875 || Cruiser Arc Lantern<ref>Admiralty Weekly Orders. 28 Feb, 1913. {{TNA|ADM 182/4}}. |1451 || Battery Cell, small 1.5V<ref>''Torpedo Drill Book, 1905'', p. 23.</ref> || AKA Leclanché cell

...as a Rear-Admiral, 1920.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] Bruen was referred to as "Tiny" by some sailors due to his small stature. As to temperament, he was judged "completely unemotional"; a plac

...s were forward. It was by no means an unqualified advantage. Cabins were small and distributed all over the ship, wherever room could be found for them. ...ard VII Class Battleship (1903)|''King Edward VII'']] and [[Minotaur Class Cruiser (1906)|''Minotaur'']] classes.{{TheSightM|p. 94, 108, Plate 47}}

...Fleet, 1931.<br><small>Photograph: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] H<small>IS MAJESTY</small> '''George V, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the Britis

...ght by the wind and swung along side a moored cruiser, crushing one of the cruiser's boats while avoiding collision. ...o the Germans. As a last ditch measure, she was equipped with a number of small calibre weapons in the event of German invasion. As the threat of invasion

...new class of ship, with a shallow draught for inshore work and a requisite small number of big guns was specified. ...s, ''Raglan'' being despatched on the 28 June in tow of the old protected cruiser ''Diana''. She arrived on 22 July and went straight into action, supporting

...n 20 March 1909 and joined the [[First Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|First Cruiser Squadron]] of the First Division, [[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fleet]]. ...atea|f=p}} heralding [[David Beatty, First Earl Beatty|Beatty]]'s [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]]'s (B.C.F.) sighting of the [[High Sea Fleet]]. At 16:00, after the

...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> ...']], [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'']] and [[Devonshire Class Cruiser (1903)|''Devonshire'']] classes were to land their searchlights from their

...gn=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> ...d that the pipes for flooding the magazines for the 6-in guns appeared too small. On 22 December, the D.N.O. asked how long it would take to switch the plu

'''H.M.S. ''Tiger''''', the only member of her class, was the last battle cruiser laid down for the [[Royal Navy]] before the [[Great War]]. ...ord Fisher]], the [[First Sea Lord]], objecting to the removal of a battle cruiser from his command:

...By 1911 he was at the Admiralty in charge of the design of the novel light cruiser {{UK-1Arethusa}}. His later description of this design in a lecture to Amer ...s essential; but this was partially remedied in October 1942 when he and a small staff returned to Whitehall. In the early part of the war Churchill was fir

...Maria Teresa'']] and [[Oquendo (1891)|''Oquendo'']], as ''Ericsson'' towed small craft from her squadron's larger ships to the burning hulks.

The "target fleet" would be small models or cut-outs of ships of approximately 150 feet to the inch, arranged ...n table" set up, and Vice-Admiral commanding the {{UK-BS|4}} invited light-cruiser and destroyer officers to come putter with it.

...d Fisher, 1916.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...British Navy by an Indian merchant at a cost of 84,000. It was the day of small things and of sailing-ships.<ref>Fisher. ''Records''. pp. 11-12.</ref></b

...tinct from the impulsiveness of [[Battle Cruiser Fleet (Royal Navy)|Battle Cruiser Fleet]] commander, Vice-Admiral [[David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty| :[[Jellicoe:Background and Early Life|<small>Main Article</small>]]

...s system of telegraphy, and also, for the purposes of working out the many small details required for ship fittings of the Marconi apparatus, and establishi ...9 the squadron was renamed the [[Sixth Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Sixth Cruiser Squadron]], and he gave up command on 10 October, 1910, arriving back in Br

...being two pre-dreadnought battleships, three armoured cruisers and a light cruiser and did not realise that could see that the two largest ships were battlecr ==Armoured Cruiser Action==

...one of ten [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'' Class]] completed between 1903 and 1904. ...ortunity on the passage to conduct a full-power test and drew ahead of her small formation. At about 4.50am on the 21st she ran hard aground on the Samaran

6.15 p.m.—As "Hercules" started to deploy a salvo, with a small spread, of some five shots straddled our forecastle and deluged the Fore Br 6.40 p.m.—Ship of [[Warrior Class Cruiser (1905)|''Warrior'' class]], bearing S.E., 3-4,000 yards, was observed attem

...trike underwater debris (or debris that was awash), as judged by nicks and small damage to propellors and skegs. Other ships just report sounds of scraping ...und up sinking slowly &mdash; the loss of the Royal Navy's entire [[Battle Cruiser Force]]! It's quite a what-if, of course, but the fact that they steamed r

...od as a Rear-Admiral.<br><small>Image: In the collection of Simon Harley.</small>]] In October, 1914 Hood was placed in command of a small naval force assisting the British and Belgian armies in stemming the German

...miral Sir Murray F. Sueter.<br><small>Portrait: By courtesy of Mary Sias.</small>]] ...ecting Captain when he was appointed in late September 1910 to command the cruiser {{UK-Hermione}}. Unfortunately before her first flight the ''Mayfly's'' ba

...K. Wilson (seen as a Vice-Admiral).<br><small>Image: Library of Congress.</small>]] ...Captain to Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Wilson, as senior captain, worked on cruiser scouting systems and exercised independent command.

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.

...ce-Admiral.<br><small>Portrait: Francis Dodd. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 1763).</small>]] ...'''Henry Francis Oliver''', G.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.V.O., H<small>ON. L.L.D.</small>, Royal Navy (22 January, 1865 &ndash; 15 October, 1965) was an officer of

...{{UK-Russell}} from the newly-disbanded {{UK-BS|6}}, and also a new small cruiser.{{SMNLApr15|p. 10}}

..., as an Admiral.<br><small>Photo: Imperial War Museum. © IWM (Q 71928).</small>]] ...served, first in a division of the Home Fleet, and later in command of the Cruiser Squadron attached to the Atlantic Fleet then under my command. He succeede

...onary of English Surnames''. p. 307.</ref> G.C.B., K.C.V.O., H<small>ON.</small> L.L.D. (Durham), Royal Navy (5 July, 1856 &ndash; 20 September, 1929) was ...air, June 1900.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]]

...newly organized electrical department. In those days electric dynamos were small machines driven usually at 1000 to 1500 revolutions per minute by a belt fr ...of C. A. Parsons & Co. He bought back his patent rights, and established a small works at Heaton on a site about 2 miles from the centre of Newcastle upon T

...letely destroyed when in action with the German Fleet at 5.25 <small>P.M.</small> on Wednesday, May 31. The total ...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

...ge, in 1872. Tōgō found his cadet rations "inadequate": "I swallowed my small rations in a moment. I formed the habit of dipping my bread in my tea and ...at the beginning of the First Sino-Japanese War, Tōgō, as Captain of the cruiser ''Naniwa'', sank the British transport ship ''Kowshing'' which was chartere

...r (1863)|''Minotaur'']]. Vivian was on 22 February, 1895 appointed to the cruiser {{UK-1Crescent}}. He was then given command of the torpedo boat destroyer On 21 March, 1902 he was appointed First Lieutenant of the cruiser {{UK-Amphitrite}}. On 3 April he was transferred to the battleship {{UK-Ve

.... A naval blockade of Tsingtao by a largely Japanese force that included a small British contingent began on 27 August. A land siege began on 31 October and ...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

...les Beresford in 1896.<br><small>Photograph: ''Navy & Army Illustrated.''</small>]] ...d any feeling of regret on the part of French Capt<small><super>n</super></small> at the recovery of his ship being due to services of a foreign nation." L

...ot believed in, however, after once getting on. When the error in rate is small each successive salvo will move across the target slowly, splashing in almo ...d Russian battleship with 4 - 12" - 40 calibre guns, and the German battle cruiser "Goeben" with 8 - 11" - 50 calibre guns. The Germans made four hits, the R

At 3.25 <small>P.M.</small>, G.M.T. enemy ships were reported on the starboard bow, bearing E. by N. At 3.30 <small>P.M.</small> enemy ships were in sight from {{UK-Lion}} and a range of 23,000 yards obt

...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 ...aw drop was quite 2,000 yards short of us, and did not seem to have a very small spread. 3.50 ''Lion'' opened fire, and we opened fire. Target 4th ship fr

I <small>HAVE</small> the honour to report that at 6.54 p.m. on the 31st May, the ship was struc G<small>UNNERY</small> R<small>EPORT</small>

{{pad|25px}}I <small>HAVE</small> the honour to forward the following report of the action fought on 31st Ma ...d then that the enemy's Battle Fleet were coming North and that the Battle cruiser fleet and [[Fifth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|5th Battle squadron]] were e

S<small>IR</small>, I<small>N</small> accordance with your signal 1603 of to-day, Friday, 2nd June 1916, I have

...oelig;uvres, and paid off on 28 August. He was appointed to the protected cruiser ''Amphion'' on the [[Pacific Station (Royal Navy)|Pacific Station]] on 21 D ...n 1924. Another portrait, bust size and posthumous, painted by C. Percival Small, was given to the Gallery by Sir Courtauld Thomson in 1914. A third picture

He specialised in torpedoes, and as Lieutenant he served from 1892 in the cruiser {{UK-Orlando}} in Australian waters, and in the {{UK-1Centurion}} and [[H.M ...laude Morton|Herbert C. Morton]]. Though the individual complaints seemed small, Their Lordships determined that their collective weight constituted "a ver

...though there was a half-moon, the sea was sufficiently disturbed to render small objects, even boats, difficult to discern. Had not Mr. MONTGOMERIE been a ...and Submarine Craft Flotillas in Commission and Reserve, in the protected cruiser [[H.M.S. Sapphire (1904)|''Sapphire'']] on 1 January, 1907, replacing Rear-

...Frederic C. Dreyer, 1936.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] On 1 April, 1895, Dreyer was lent to the the masted training ship ''Cruiser''. In June he was awarded the First Prize for German in the examination of

...e shoot at sea. Accordingly, he went afloat in the second-class protected cruiser [[H.M.S. Dido (1896)|''Dido'']].<ref>Sumida. ''In Defence of Naval Suprema ...he war Pollen returned to business, serving on the board of the Birmingham Small Arms Company and again as managing director of the Linotype Company. Pollen

...David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|Sir David Beatty]] in the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]] and then in the [[Grand Fleet]]. ...to prompt every major British ship to concentrate fire on the doomed enemy cruiser {{DE-Blucher}} as richer game was allowed to escape.<ref>See [[Battle of Do

'''Life on a French Cruiser in War Time''' by René Milan, translated from the ''Les Vagabonds de la Gu A<small>T</small> last, on the curve of the waves, is marked the outline of the enemy! Alas!

...should start from the contrast between the offensive tactics of the battle cruiser leader and the determined caution of the Commander-in-Chief, this was both ...e is to be criticized for Jutland it can only be for his share, and that a small one, in prescribing the principles on which the force under his command was