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...er Cooper-Key|E. M. C. Cooper-Key]], A. J. Hotham.<br><small>Photograph: ''Navy & Army Illustrated''.</small>]] ...and then at Portsmouth. Branch war colleges were located at Devonport and the Nore.

...0 November, 1833 &ndash; 28 September, 1912) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...gunboat, on the west coast of Africa, and on his return he was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 6 February, 1866.{{Gaz|23068|773|9 February, 1866}}

...1925).jpg|thumb|right|300px|Admiral Sir Francis C. B. Bridgeman, portrayed in 1925.<br><small>Portrait: Ernest Moore.</small>]] ...In 1912 he was dismissed in acrimonious circumstances by [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] [[Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill|Winston Churchill]] and wen

...Navy]]. He was in charge of manning the ships, and training and educating the men. ...the Junior Naval Lord. The other Naval Lords were also given an increase in pay.<ref>Hamilton. pp. 189-190.</ref>

...a Member of the House of Commons or House of Lords he usually changed with the Government. ...rangement was to persist for nearly a century until the final abolition of the Board.

...he Fleet Sir Charles E. Madden, Bart.<br><small>Photograph: By courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...er, 1862 &ndash; 5 June, 1935) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]].

...Retired (26 February, 1872 &ndash; 26 October, 1949) was a British [[Royal Navy]] officer and courtier. ...tery of naval guns in the Defence of Ladysmith, for which he was mentioned in dispatches.

...was elected to the Vere Harmsworth Chair of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge, and was then elected Master of Downing College, wh ...ref> Herbert had first developed an interest in joining the navy when, at the age of ten, he had visited Portsmouth. He attended St Mark's School, near

[[File:Vice-Admiral Wilson (LoC).jpg|thumb|right|300px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur K. Wilson (seen as a Vice-Admiral).<br><small>Image: Libra ...and only succeeded to the Wilson Baronetcy after the death of his brother in 1919.

...rolific British warship designer and [[Director of Naval Construction]] at the [[Admiralty]]. He is not to be confused with the Royal Navy Admiral [[William Henry Whyte]].

...y)|Atlantic Fleet]] at the time of the [[Scuttling of the High Sea Fleet]] in 1919. ...er, Edmund Robert Fremantle, then serving on the Australian Station in the Navy.{{FremantleMyNavalCareer|p. 14}}

[[Admiral of the Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)|Admiral of the Fleet]] Marquis (Kōshaku (侯爵)) '''Tōgō Heihachirō''' (東郷 平八 ...refecture), in feudal Japan. Tōgō's father was a samurai, serving under the house of Shimazu, and he had three brothers.

...avy (6 February, 1849 &ndash; 13 June, 1914) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. ...studying at Eton, Durnford entered the [[Royal Navy]], being appointed to the training ship [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] on 9 Septe

...pril, 1861 &ndash; 19 January, 1942) was a Naval Instructor in the [[Royal Navy]]. ...Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 19 June, 1911.{{GazSup|28505|4588|19 June, 1911}}

...itter feud which threatened to tear the navy in half in the early years of the Twentieth Century. ...ared, "that he would rather meet an army of Zulus than his reverend father in a bad temper."<ref>Bennett. ''Charlie B''. pp. 8-9.</ref>

{{pad|800px}}''Admiralty'', 3''rd October'', 1848.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1855). p. 225.</ref> ...ommander in Chief, and each Commodore of the First Class being a Commander in Chief, is to be allowed to nominate ''two'' Naval Cadets on his appointment

...tired (19 July, 1870 &ndash; 30 April, 1949) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. Armstrong was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} with seniority of 13 November, 1892.{{Gaz|26359|2|2 Jan

...dation of the [[Director of Naval Education (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Education]]. The rank was instituted by Order in Council on 7 March, 1904 and established on 1 April of that year.

...he [[Grand Fleet]]. After the war, he was [[Director of Navigation (Royal Navy)|Director of Navigation]] from 1923 to 1925. On 4 October, 1899, he was confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, dated 15 June, 1898.{{Gaz|27123|6064|6 October, 189

...umb|right|400px|H.M.S. ''Britannia''. ''Hindostan'' at left, connected to the fifth ''Britannia'' at right.<br><small>Image: By courtesy of Terry Dickens ...h became the fifth ship to bear the name ''Britannia''. From 1864 onwards the two-decker ''Hindostan'' was moored ahead of ''Britannia'' and connected by