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.... ''Moltke''''' was the lead ship of a [[Moltke Class Battlecruiser (1910)|class]] of [[battlecruiser]] of the [[Imperial German Navy]]. {{Footer Moltke Class Battlecruiser (1910)}}

|nat=DE ...ed version of the preceding [[Moltke Class Battlecruiser (1910)|''Moltke'' class]] ships, boasting an additional foredeck offering enhanced seakeeping and r

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...ruiser ''[[Cristóbal Colón (1896)|Cristobal Colon]]'', forcing the enemy ship to retire into the inner harbor of Santiago. The battleship remained on pat ...Squadron. From 27 May to 30 August, 1904, the warship served as a training ship for [[United States Naval Academy]] midshipmen off New England and then ent

...t was to become one of the most historic voyages ever undertaken by a Navy ship. Both ships coaled and departed on the 21st for Rio de Janeiro, keeping their guns manned all the while for a Spanish torpedo boat

...]] battleship of the [[Connecticut Class Battleship (1904)|''Connecticut'' Class]] in the [[United States Navy]]. ...eet. During the circumnavigation, ''Louisiana'' visited Port-of-Spain; Rio de Janeiro; Junta Arenas and Valparaiso, Chile; Callao, Peru; San Diego and Sa

The nineteen '''"M" Class Monitors''' were launched in 1915. Fourteen of them had a 9.2-in gun, and {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 styl

...redbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''M.24'' (1915)|fate2=as target ship ...''Satoe''''', was a coastal monitor of the [[M Class Monitor (1915)|''M'' Class]]. Built in 1915 in answer to the growing need for heavily armed, shallow-

|builder=[[Arsenal de Brest]] The Ship was a 42 gun battleship from 1911 to 1937.

...d as part of the [[British Adoption of the Director#Early Orders|seventeen ship order]] to receive a director, but installation seemed delayed for a consid ...d-type director aft, as described on the [[Lion_Class_Battlecruiser_(1910)|class page]]. ''Princess Royal'''s system was available by September, 1918, but

...operated out of Norfolk throughout the war, serving as a gunnery training ship and patrolling the waters of the eastern seaboard from the Virginia Capes t ...ion on 12 December to rendezvous with the transport George Washington, the ship carrying President Woodrow Wilson to the Paris Peace Conference. ''Arizona'

...ning to New York received President Pessoa of Brazil for the voyage to Rio de Janeiro. Departing 6 July with her escort, the battleship arrived Rio 17 Ju ...ny more years of useful naval service. After completion 9 October 1934 the ship conducted shakedown in the Caribbean before returning to her home port, San

...was a highly accomplished officer, though he found little favour with the ship's company …"<ref>Fremantle. ''My Naval Career''. p. 68.</ref> ...on of the King's visit to Malta Slade was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) on 21 April, 1903.{{Gaz|27560|3525|2

...ttle interest in the Service outside his immediate functions, and when our ship was at Malta distinguished himself as a member of the naval polo team.<ref> ...d to have said, "What &mdash; court martial my David? I'll buy them a new ship."<ref>Quoted in Roskill. p. 41.</ref> The story is supported by [[Arthur M

...was an officer of the 78th Regiment of Foot (Highlanders) serving as Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Ceylon. In 1841 he decided to leave the army, and ...on's own niece, and she asked Sir William for me, and, curiously, my first ship of war was the ''Victory'', Nelson's flagship.<ref>Quoted in Mackay. p. 4.

...First Baron Hood|Sir Arthur W. A. Hood]], she was constructed as a turret ship, the last of its type to be built for the Royal Navy. She was sunk as a bl ...iterranean Station]] from 1893 to 1900, before a brief spell as port guard ship at Pembroke, following which she returned to the Mediterranean until Decemb

...important one, as the loss in 1870 of the {{UK-Captain}}, a sailing turret ship of special design, had caused great anxiety as to the stability of such ves ...of the Queen's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 24 May, 1881.{{G

...y. Thus requalified, on 5 January, 1884, he was appointed to the barbette ship {{UK-Temeraire|y=1876}} in the Mediterranean<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/39}}. f. 11 ...) the battleship [[H.M.S. Triumph (1870)|''Triumph'']] for service as flag ship on the [[Pacific Station (Royal Navy)|Pacific Station]]. The Commander-in-

...</ref> He was appointed to the training ship [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] at Dartmouth on 15 July, 1877. He left on 24 July, 1879, ...emyss. p. 33.</ref> On 12 October he was appointed to the torpedo depôt ship [[H.M.S. Hecla (1878)|''Hecla'']] in the Mediterranean. He was promoted t

...examination and passed into the training ship [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] as a naval cadet on 15 July, 1872.<ref>Bacon. ''Earl Jell ...], which took him to such foreign destinations as China, Port Stanley, Rio de Janeiro, South Africa and St. Helena over three years. He proved himself i

..., 1869. He was entitled to a First Class Certificate in Study and a First Class Certificate in Seamanship, obtaining 1,629/2,000 marks and 783/1,000 marks ...' to qualify in Torpedo Duties. He passed on 21 March, 1883, with a First Class certificate, and on 2 April was appointed to join ''Vernon'' as a Staff Off

The operation had to be postponed because repairs to the battlecruiser {{DE-Seydlitz|f=p}}, damaged by a mine in the [[Second Raid on Yarmouth]], took ...in the dockyard and the new dreadnought {{DE-Baden|f=p}}, the first German ship with 15-inch guns, was still working up.{{MarderFDSFII| p. 437}}

...a proficiency in classical learning unusual at his early age. In his first ship, the ''Conway'', he is said, probably with some exaggeration, to have acted ...he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 2 June.{{

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In 1908, the ship was one of just nine equipped with the [["C" Tune Gear]], capable of transm {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John de Mestre Hutchison|nick=John de M. Hutchison|appt=8 May, 1907<ref>Hutchison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/

The ship completed to full complement at Devonport on 18 June, 1907.{{NLJan08|p. 291 ...ervice Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 128.</ref>|end=25 January, 1908<ref>de Robeck Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 128.</ref>}}

...the incident, which is somewhat unusual. That same month, command of the ship was being turned over from Captain [[Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe|The Ho ...in Plymouth Sound, £500 of public money was found to be missing from the ship. A forensic inquiry into her books was so extensive that she was unable to

...er|armoured cruisers]] of the [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'' class]] completed between 1903 and 1904. {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|nick=Cunningham R. de C. Foot|appt=25 August, 1913<ref>Foot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}

...er|armoured cruisers]] of the [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'' Class]] completed between 1903 and 1904. ...rvice Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 657.</ref>|end=11 November, 1907<ref>de Horsey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 657.</ref>}}

...vy]] [[Admiral|admiral]] known for his victory in the [[Battle of Santiago de Cuba]] during the [[Spanish-American War]]. ...tates Naval Academy]] on 24 September, 1857. After graduating first in his class four years later, he served as an instructor at the Academy. In 1864, he be

{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|nick=The Rt. Hon. Lord Charles Ber |'''Ship'''||'''Type'''||'''Launched'''||'''Fate'''

...on 25 January, 1878, joined the training ship [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] at Dartmouth, as a Colonial Cadet.<ref>Gaunt Service Recor ...for examinations which had just resulted in April in the award of a First Class certificate with 537 marks. Gaunt would subsequently be appointed to join

...on 31 December, 1883, and reappointed to the ''Flirt'' from that date. The ship paid off on 29 February, 1884, and he went on a month's full pay leave. ...rt Course in Gunnery, in which he obtained First Class marks, and a Second Class Torpedo certificate. He was appointed to the corvette {{UK-2Diamond}} on th

...24 August, 1881, and on 19 December, 1882, he was appointed to her sister-ship ''Audacious''. On 25 July, 1884, he was appointed to the battleship ''Sult He was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) dated 1 October, 1908.{{Gaz|28184|729

...line of Anglo-Irish families. He entered the [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] as a naval cadet on 15 January, 1875<ref name=Record83>Mad ...of the King's visit to Ireland Madden was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) on 11 August, 1903.{{Gaz|27586|5058|1

Kiddle was appointed to the training ship [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] at Dartmouth on 15 July, 1879.<ref>ADM 196/42. f. 382.</r <blockquote>There was a general mess, about 40 officers, the ship was filthy, the Captain was mad, there was no poop or forecastle. The juni

...ed in Washington, D.C. He was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint G ....</ref> On 10 September he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (K.C.M

Bethell was born in London. He joined the central ironclad battery ship [[H.M.S. Hercules (1868)|''Hercules'']] as a Sub-Lieutenant on 10 June, 187 ...1 (1882? 1883?) until May 1885, spending his last month commanding second-class torpedo boats.<ref>Service chits in Bethell I/1/3 at Liddell Hart Centre fo

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...use School]], Fareham, Hampshire, and entered [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|H.M.S. ''Britannia'']] in January, 1885. He was commissioned a Sub-Lieute ...dered to transfer to [[H.M.S. Invincible (1907)|''Invincible'']] when that ship was detached following the [[Battle of Coronel]].<ref>''Naval Staff Monogra

Hamilton was appointed in command of the torpedo school ship [[H.M.S. Defiance (Torpedo Training School)|''Defiance'']] at Devonport on ...arch 1901, he assumed command of the {{UK-1Furious|f=t}}, remaining in the ship for one year.{{MackieRNW}}

...ying Branch and was appointed to {{UK-1Stork|f=tp}} on 15 August, to which ship he was reappointed on 13 November. He attempted to qualify in Gunnery, but ...M 196/43. f. 288.</ref> He was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Ba

...ion]]. At some point Poë's flag was transferred to ''Hyacinth's'' sister ship, {{UK-1Hermes}}. He was superseded in command on 20 August, 1908.<ref>Nich ...f> He was placed first in order of merit out of six captains with a First Class pass on the course, which ran from 9 February to 28 May, 1909.<ref>{{TNA|AD

...Navy]] and was appointed to the training ship [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] at Dartmouth on 15 January, 1875, having scored 592 marks, ...of the King's visit to Copenhagen he was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) on 18 April, 1904.{{Gaz|27669|2581|22

...in British naval history. He passed into the [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] first in his term.<ref>Temple Patterson. ''Tyrwhitt of th ...g George V's coronation he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the

...ined, but by 1888 it seemed to have promise. It was to be retained in the ship, contingent upon further refinements proving successful.{{ARTS1888|p. 45-6} ...aff during the 1897 jubilee celebrations. He was appointed a [[Naval Aide-de-Camp]] to Queen Victoria dated 7 May, 1899, vice [[John Pakenham Pipon|Pipo