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  • ...at 3.50 p.m. at the time when the engagement commenced between the battle cruiser fleets. ...oncentration signal 2P being received, fire was shifted to the rear battle cruiser; range, 19,500; she was straddled several times, turned away, and eventuall
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  • ...}} Having qualified as torpedo lieutenant he served for three years in the cruiser {{UK-Imperieuse}}, flagship of the China station. ...n the cruiser {{UK-Blake}}, flagship of the North America station, and the torpedo depot-ship {{UK-Vulcan}}. He was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 J
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  • At 4.40 p.m., after receiving the report from the 2nd Cruiser Squadron that the enemy's Battle Fleet was in sight, Beatty made a general ...quadron, one of which (fired before 7 p.m.) hit the ''Marlborough''. This torpedo did not therefore come from the destroyer attack at 7.20 p.m. But a refere
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  • He was appointed Commanding Officer of [[H.M.S. Vernon (Torpedo Training School)|H.M.S. ''Vernon'']] on 15 September, 1914. {{NLDec14|p. 38 ...by<br>'''[[Cole Cortlandt Fowler|Cole C. Fowler]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Defiance (Torpedo Training School)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Defiance'']]'''<br>31 Aug, 1907{{NLOct
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  • At 6 P.M. the Torpedo Lieut. fired a 12,000 yard torpedo at the enemy's Battle Squadron, then on our starboard quarter. ...once more appeared in sight and we opened fire. At 8.8 we passed an enemy cruiser [7] with either 3 or 4 funnels and 2 masts, very heavily hit and in a sinki
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  • ===Torpedo Control=== {{Footer Pillau Class Cruiser (1914)}}
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  • ...erm from ''Britannia'' was embarked for an extended training cruise in the cruiser ''Isis''.<ref>Pack. ''Britannia at Dartmouth''. p. 161.</ref> When the ...subsequently borne. In 1910 she was replaced by the third-class protected cruiser [[H.M.S. Pomone (1897)|''Pomone'']].<ref>Davies; Grove. ''The Royal Naval
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  • As you know, I was on the cruiser ''Cressy'' on September 22, 1914, when in company with the cruisers {{UK-Ab [213] While doing this the ''Hogue'' was hit by a torpedo from a German submarine and very quickly settled down. Indeed, no sooner wa
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  • In late 1915, a Gunnery and Torpedo Order noted a lack of stiffness in the F.T. 24 due to its weight being grea The ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918'' mentions this pedestal mounting as the model in the T.C.T.s
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  • ...emarks on various points of interest gathered from the ships of the Battle-Cruiser Fleet and 5th Battle Squadron. The general impression is that the enemy's fire in the battle-cruiser action fell off gradually, but whether this was due to our fire, the condit
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  • |valign=top| 3.07. ||S.O. [[Third Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|3rd L.C.S.]] reported 3 cruisers bearing E. steering |valign=top| 3.13.|| S.O. [[First Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|1st L.C.S.]] reported enemy altered course to N.W. Co
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  • On 3 January, 1900, he was appointed to ''Vernon'' for revision of the Torpedo Manual, and on 15 September was appointed in command of the gunboat ''Halcy ...f. 13}} On 11 March, 1915, he was appointed Acting Vice-Admiral as senior cruiser admiral in the [[Grand Fleet]].
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  • | 6.25. || " {{UK-IronDuke}} " opened fire on 3 funnelled cruiser. | 6.29. || " Royal Oak " opened fire with 15-in. guns on the same 3 funnelled cruiser. Fired 4 salvoes, the first salvo fired was seen to have straddled the tar
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  • ...t in no physical connection with it. Torpedo Control was exercised from a Torpedo Control Tower abaft the Mainmast. There were no Plotting arrangements as w ...g broke out on our beam which seemed awfully close. It was the 2nd. Light Cruiser Squadron suddenly sighting the German 4th. Scouting Group and I could see t
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  • ...ick Vernon Wentworth|Frederick C. U. V. Wentworth]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Vernon (Torpedo Training School)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Vernon'']]'''<br>13 Mar, 1919<ref>Wais ...|Preceded by<br>'''?'''|'''[[Torpedo Division (Royal Navy)|Director of the Torpedo Division]]'''<br>6 Apr, 1920<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/43/374|D7576556}}</ref> &nda
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  • The two [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the '''Duke of Edinburgh Class''' were completed in The ships had three submerged 18-in torpedo tubes:{{UKTorpM1909III|p. 265}}
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  • 2. At 3.15 p.m., enemy reports between the Light Cruiser Squadrons and Battle Cruisers and the Commander-in-Chief began to be receiv 4. At about 6.15 p.m., our Battle Cruiser Squadron, consisting of two [[Lion Class Battlecruiser (1910)|"Lions,"]] "{
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  • ...by our Battle Cruisers and 5th Battle Squadron). Continued firing at this cruiser. | 7.00 || Observed a German Battle Cruiser ( ? " Lützow ") badly on fire aft. She showed up very clearly against wes
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  • | 5.56 p.m.— || One of our cruiser squadrons, either First or Second, was observed on Port bow, engaging enemy ...be badly hit and set on fire; she passed across to Port quarter. Another cruiser, apparently "Defence," was observed to be hit, and was reported to have blo
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  • ...ight cruiser and helped to sink her as well. Our next target was a battle cruiser, we think the ''Derrflinger'' [''sic''] or [[S.M.S. Lützow (1913)|''Lützo ...d was reduced to 14 knots. She succeeded in getting into the Humber. One torpedo passed ahead of the {{UK-Collingwood}} and another astern. We had no casua
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  • ...[Gunnery and Torpedo Division (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Artillery and Torpedo]] on 1 February, 1919.<ref>''Naval Staff of the Admiralty''. C.B. 3013. p ...y<br>'''[[Frederic Charles Dreyer|Frederic C. Dreyer]]'''|'''[[Gunnery and Torpedo Division (Royal Navy)|Director of Gunnery and Torpedoes]]'''<br>1 Feb, 1919
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  • ...torn out near them. As a result, only one labelled as being for the Battle Cruiser Force in January 1917 has enough context to be useful. Its data is reflect <br>Battle Cruiser
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  • At 6.38 nearly all turret Officers thought that we opened fire on the enemy cruiser drifting down between the lines, whereas we were firing at one of the "Kais ...ng down between "Benbow" and the enemy. This ship was apparently an enemy cruiser with three or four funnels.<br>Several of "Benbow's" rangefinders were appa
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  • On 18 July, 1889, he was appointed to the ''Asia'' for Torpedo Boat No. 81. He was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 28 January, 189 ...ining Establishments]]. He was appointed in command of the cadet training cruiser [[H.M.S. Cornwall (1902)|''Cornwall'']] on 10 December, 1907.<ref>ADM 196/4
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  • Two '''Panther Class Torpedo Cruisers''' were completed for the [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]] in 1886. ==Torpedo Control==
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  • ==Torpedo Control== {{Footer Kaiser Franz Josef I Class Cruiser (1889)}}
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  • ...ng board intended to assist in applying the experimental [[Torpedo Control|torpedo control]] method of [[Deflection Plotting|deflection plotting]].{{ARTS1912| He was superseded in command of the Battle Cruiser Squadron on 14 August, 1934.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 146.</ref>
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  • |{{UK-Serpent|f=p}}||torpedo cruiser||10 Mar, 1887||Wrecked 10 Nov, 1890 |{{UK-1Racoon|f=p}}||torpedo cruiser||6 May, 1887||Sold 1905
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  • ...ficer of the [[Royal Navy]]. He entered the Navy in 1878 and qualified in Torpedo Duties. Having served in China during the Boxer Rebellion he served in com ...and then served on the instructional staff. Charlton afterwards served as Torpedo Lieutenant in ships at sea.
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  • ...s. He described the concept it in a section of the ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School'' in a description dated 24 July 1894. The scheme entailed use of a ...by<br>'''[[Charles John Briggs|Charles J. Briggs]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Vernon (Torpedo Training School)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Vernon'']]'''<br>10 May, 1907{{BlondTe
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  • ...d for his "zeal and ability" in preparing a report on trials of a [[Howell Torpedo]] at Newport, Rhode Island.<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}} ...1914. Issue '''40597''', col D, p. 4.</ref> again in command of the Sixth Cruiser Squadron.<ref>Goldrick. ''The King's Ships were at Sea''. p. 27.</ref>
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  • Page 4: Certificate on leaving Training Cruiser. :Torpedo.
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  • ...ook place which broke the ship in half by the foremast, it was I believe a torpedo into one of the fore turret magazines. When the explosion took place, our At one period during the night a German cruiser and switched a searchlight on us, but we made a heavy smoke screen and she
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  • |{{UK-1Grasshopper|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||30 Aug, 1887||Sold 1905 |{{UK-Barracouta|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||16 May, 1889||Sold 1905
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  • |{{UK-Vesuvius|f=p}}||torpedo vessel||24 Mar, 1874||Broken up 1924 |{{UK-1Shannon|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||11 Nov, 1875||Sold Dec, 1899
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  • ...on 9 February, 1907. On 3 June he was appointed to go through Gunnery and Torpedo courses at Portsmouth. On 16 September he was appointed to the Senior Offi ...Gunnery Course at the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]], and on 6 March a Torpedo course. This last course was cancelled as on 3 March he was appointed to c
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  • They were generally similar to the 1914's [[Pillau Class Cruiser (1914)|''Pillau'' class]] in that their armament was centered on the heavie ===Torpedo Control===
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  • Commander-in-Chief, was stationed 10 miles ahead of the armoured cruiser screen; speed of advance of fleet was 17 knots. ...ry by "Invincible," presumably with the idea of joining up with the Battle Cruiser Fleet, reports having been intercepted that "{{UK-Lion}}" was engaging the
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  • ...ng Lanarca, Cyprus. On 18 September, 1879 he was appointed to the sloop ''Cruiser''. On 12 March, 1880 he was appointed to the Mediterranean flag ship {{UK- Leaving the torpedo boat in September, Pakenham ended the year with a short course in gunnery a
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  • ...full speed ahead", and did not order the engines stopped before the yawing cruiser's propellers cut into the steamer so badly that the other ship sank. Jeffr ...{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}} He remained with the ship until she was lost to torpedo on 16 August, 1916.
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  • ...xandra'']]. On 28 May he was appointed First Lieutenant of the [[armoured cruiser]] [[H.M.S. Cressy (1899)|''Cressy'']]. ...ppointed to ''President'' for the gunnery course and on 21 October for the torpedo course.
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  • ...ok a Gunnery course at Portsmouth and from 21 October to 8 November took a Torpedo course there.<ref>ADM 196/42. f. 142.</ref> ...o 26 July he commanded the [[Seventh Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Seventh Cruiser Squadron]] in the test mobilisation.<ref>ADM 196/20. f. 435.</ref>
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  • ...mpress the Admiralty in 1903 with his explanation for having not conducted torpedo practice while in command of a flotilla. ...d to provide sufficient training. Worse was to follow &ndash; in 1910 the cruiser ran aground and Their Lordships expressed "severe displeasure for failure t
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  • ...armour protection. Consequently, the D.N.C. switched to preparing battle cruiser designs.{{RobertsBattlecruisers|p. 56}} A battle cruiser was ordered on 19 April, 1916 from John Brown of Clydebank.{{RobertsBattlec
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  • |{{AH-Panther|f=p}}||torpedo cruiser||13 Jun, 1885||Broken up 1920 |{{AH-Leopard|f=p}}||torpedo cruiser||10 Sep, 1885||Broken up 1920
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  • |{{UK-Latona|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||22 May, 1890||Sold 22 Dec, 1920 |{{UK-1Melampus|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||2 Aug, 1890||Sold 1910
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  • A brass navyphone recovered from a wreck of a Royal Navy armoured cruiser by a Dutch diver in the modern era may loosely be taken as an example. Lik ...] and later classes in which they were powered by a motor generator.<ref>''Torpedo Drill Book, 1914'', p. 263.</ref>
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  • ...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
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  • ...s Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'' class]], often referred to as [[County Class Cruiser (1901)|"County Class" cruisers]]. ...rake'']], [[Cressy Class Cruiser (1899)|''Cressy'']], and [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'']] classes and battleships of the [[Majestic Class Battl
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  • ...light cruisers of the 2nd Scouting Group and two flotillas totalling of 18 torpedo boats would carry out a reconnaissance towards Dogger Bank. '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
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