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...ght the boy slept aboard the 'Calcutta,' a vessel of 84 guns, given to the British Navy by an Indian merchant at a cost of 84,000. It was the day of small th ...ackay. pp. 6-7.</ref> Although moored fifty miles to the South-East, the British and French naval bombardment of the Russian forts at Helsingfors (Helsinki)

...in the English Channel for the protection of the transports conveying the British Expeditionary Force to France. Constantly at sea in an old uncomfortable sh ...taly it was decided to appoint a vice-admiral as commander-in-chief of the British ships in the Mediterranean with headquarters at Malta. Wemyss was offered a

...|C.B.m}}, R.N., Retired (26 February, 1872 &ndash; 26 October, 1949) was a British [[Royal Navy]] officer and courtier. ...ef> He was present at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June, 1916, he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class,

...l Navy]] who after decades of unstinting service commanded the substantial British naval presence in China during the [[Boxer Rebellion]]. In the Queen's Diamond Jubilee honours, Seymour was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight

...small>, F.R.S. (2 February, 1845 &ndash; 27 February, 1913) was a prolific British warship designer and [[Director of Naval Construction]] at the [[Admiralty] ...emistry; and in 1867 he passed out from this school, obtaining its highest honours. He and five others were at once appointed to the Admiralty staff by Sir Ed

...ourite Midshipman of mine."<ref>Letter of 9 June, 1916. Jellicoe Papers. British Library. Add. MSS. 71556. f. 108.</ref> ...Companion, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath in the King's Birthday Honours on 3 June, 1916,{{GazSup|29608|5553|3 June, 1916}} which was subsequently a

...for Scott to address the ship's company in a toast that was both pungently British and sadly ironic given the ship's eventual fate,{{PadfieldAim|p. 192}} ...frica, in connection with the Union there, followed by a cruise to promote British interests in South America. The former part of the mission was particularl

...., K.C.M.G., M.V.O., Royal Navy (27 October, 1862 - 30 August, 1928) was a British [[Royal Navy]] officer who commanded the [[Fifth Battle Squadron (Royal Nav ...e, [[Compton Edward Domvile|Sir Compton Domvile]] that it be fitted in two British warships for testing. Eventually three warships were tested with Marconi w

...ivian received a written request for protection from a representative of a British company and an American storekeeper, as an attack by a large rebel force wa ...mand of the {{UK-Roxburgh|f=t}} in September 1917. In the King's Birthday Honours he was appointed a Companion in the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Micha

...which was itself playing the role of the Royal Navy fending off attacks on British trade routes.{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue ...n of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in the King's birthday honours.{{GazSup|27732|7255|9 November, 1904}}

...ng the Second World War as a Commodore of Convoys, liason officer with the British Army, Inspector of Merchant Navy Gunnery and finally as Chief of Air Servic ...ton John Lambert|Lambert]] what undergraduates at Cambridge reading for an honours degree would take more than a year to cover.{{DreyerSeaHeritage|p. 32}}</bl

In the Queen's Diamond Jubilee honours, Culme-Seymour was appointed an Additional Member of the First Class, or Kn ...1918: the proof of the pudding" in Till, Geoffrey. ''The Development of British Naval Thinking: Essays in memory of Bryan McLaren Ranft''. Abingdon: Routl

...in the [[Battle of Jutland]] on 31 May, 1916. As part of the post-Jutland honours he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in ...eral service was held in the Episcopal Cathedral, and he was buried in the British cemetery at San Pedro Macati. His coffin was escorted by a contingent of 1

...of Wales and the Duke of York walked with a company representative of the British and other Navies, and of the Army and the Royal Air Force. The day was bitt ...t. Last of all in the long pro- cession marched the representatives of the British Legion, a typically democratic column, with men wearing silk hats, bowler h

...e|Gough-Calthorpe]].{{Gaz|33604|2867|9 May, 1930}} In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June of that year, Keyes was appointed an Ordinary Member of the First ...rue&vl(freeText0)=roger+keyes&vid=IAMS_VU2 Papers in the possession of the British Library.]

...undas|Dundas]].{{Gaz|29454|1130|28 January, 1916}} In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June, Tupper was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or ...Knight Grand Cross in Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.) on 1 January, 1923.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www

In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June, 1916, Sinclair was appointed an Additional Member of the Third C ...ew, Christopher (1986). ''Her Majesty's Secret Service: The Making of the British Intelligence Community''. New York: Viking. ISBN 0670809411.

....D., D.C.L., F.R.S., P.C. (10 August, 1831 &ndash; 7 February, 1907) was a British politician who served as a Liberal served as [[First Lord of the Admiralty] ...Alexander Ohmann. His youngest brother, Sir William Edward Goschen, became British ambassador at Berlin in 1908. The father was son of Georg Joachim Göschen,

In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June, 1916, Crease was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Cla ...ed a Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) on 1 January, 1919.{{GazSup|31099|111|1 January, 1919}}

...man [[High Sea Fleet]] was based in its North Sea ports. On 16 August the British [[Grand Fleet]], supported by [[Cruiser Force C]] and the [[Harwich Force|H ...also had her wireless destroyed. She got back to Heligoland at 10:30. The British destroyers suffered little damage, with only one man being wounded on any o