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...n chose to specialise in a variety of areas dealing with innovations: from ship design to electricity to submarines (he conducted the first Royal Navy tria In May, 1907, it was announced that Bacon would succeed Jellicoe as [[Director of Naval Ordn

...12-inch gun machinery started for the "Lord Nelson" class and appropriated it to the "Dreadnought," the date of the orders have therefore become intercha ...sguise, including a young Virginia Woolf and her Bloomsbury Group friends; it became known as the [[Dreadnought hoax|''Dreadnought'' hoax]]. Cole had pic

| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> In 1916, it was said that the torpedoes used were 18-in Fiume Mark III** V. B.{{ARTS191

| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> After the Balkan War of 1912, the Greek Navy decided that it needed a modern addition to its old, second-hand fleet of warships. Turkis

| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> ...e gun in ''General Wolfe'' could fire one round every four minutes, though it was noted to create a great deal of work in the shell room. Lessons taken

| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> .... The resulting battlecruiser design called for three 15-inch turrets per ship instead of four, leaving two turrets spare for use in monitors. The transf

...ated as part of the [[British Adoption of the Director#Early Orders|twelve ship order]] to receive a director along the lines of that developed in [[H.M.S. In October, 1914, it was decided that ''King George V'' should receive an [[Open Director Sight]

.... After many years in this duty she ended up as a decoy and anti-aircraft ship during the Mediterranean campaign of the Second World War. Towards the end The ship's machinery was constructed by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co.{{UKDockyardExpenseAcc

...sted in that year's [[British Adoption of the Director#Early Orders|twelve ship order]].{{FCHMShips|pp. 9-10}} Her director was certainly fitted after ''K In October 1914, the ship was to be given seven Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose

...'' for command of ''Audacious'' on 30 May, 1913. He would prove to be the ship's only captain.<ref>Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 19 ..., and many doors and watertight hatches were open to facilitate movement. It was claimed that all openings had been shut before flooding reached them.<r

In July 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 264, though the boat was not yet ...ated as part of the [[British Adoption of the Director#Early Orders|twelve ship order]] to receive a director along the lines of that developed in [[H.M.S.

...o ''Orion'' escaped damage. Even so, the precautionary docking of the new ship would delay her joining the Home Fleet as the new second flagship.{{ToL|The ...Julian Francis Chichester Patterson|Julian F. C. Patterson]] served as the ship's gunnery officer from 1914 through 1917.

...and he fell down a hatch to the engine room to his death. At the inquest it was recommended that deck lights, which would normally have been lit, shoul ...ed, the ship was launched by Mrs. Davidson at three in the afternoon. The ship took 2 minutes 45 seconds to go down the ways to the sound of "Rule Britann

...at least December 1912, she served in the {{UK-BS|1}} alongside her sister ship, {{UK-Hercules|f=p}}. ...1917, she relinquished her flag role within the squadron, but she resumed it in October 1917.

...he Director#Early Orders|seventeen ship order]] to receive a director, but it was not fitted until sometime between May and December, 1915.{{FCHMShips|pp In June 1914, the ship was directed to return its [[Waymouth-Cooke Rangefinder]] to the manufactur

..."Neptune" carried out 11th March 1912 at Tetuan." Docket in {{UK-Lion}}'s ship's cover. SC 251. Brass Foundry Out-Station, National Maritime Museum.</re In September 1914, the ship was to be sent eight 3/9 power telescopes and to return the same number of

In October 1914, the ship was to be given 7 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stov ...Orders|seventeen ship order]] to receive a director for her main battery. It was fitted sometime between May and December, 1915.{{FCHMShips|pp. 9-10}}

The ship was commanded by Captain [[Edmond Hyde Parker]] as part of the {{UK-BS|4}}. The ship was one of seven which tested [[Willis and Robinson Electric Revolution Tel

''Kearsarge'', the lead ship of her class of battleships, was the first ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named, by act of Congress, in honor of ...the eastern seaboard of the United States. Roosevelt reviewed the Fleet as it passed into the Hampton Roads on 22 February 1909, having completed a world

...23 March. Throughout the following year the battleship led her squadron as it watched over American interest In the Far East, visiting principal ports of ...Admiral Evans, ''Kentucky'''s former Flag Officer, commanded the fleet as it circumnavigated the globe receiving warm and enthusiastic welcomes at each