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• H.M.S. Decoy (1894)
  '''H.M.S. ''Decoy''''' was one of six [[26 Knotter]]s, early [[Torpedo Boat Destroyer]]s built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the 1890s. She was lost in a collision in 1904.
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• Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
  ...ts with the {{UK-LCS|6}} one mile to their port beam at 25 knots and the {{UK-LCS|1}} three miles astern. Ten destroyers screened the forces.{{GFGTO|No. ...er 1917 the British Admiralty had enough intelligence on German operations to plan an attack on the minesweepers and their escorts.{{UKNavalOpsV|pp.165-6
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• Armstrong, Whitworth & Company
  ...ritish shipbuilder which was founded in 1847 but did not commence building ships until around 1882. The firm acquired Joseph Whitworth's operation in 1897. The company grew to encompass shipyards at Elswick and Walker on the Tyne, as well as ammunitio
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• Harold Robert Priston
  ...the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 November, 1905. Although an inspection of {{UK-1TB27}} showed the ship very neat and clean, Priston would be superseded in ...ominally on the books at {{UK-Excellent|f=p}}, Priston was loaned to the {{UK-KingGeorgeV|f=t}} as gunnery officer.<ref>Priston Service Record. {{TNA|AD
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• Third Fleet Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)
  ...fleet minesweepers of the [[Royal Navy]]. It was one of several attached to the Grand Fleet during the war. ...eeping sloops. The Second would be a mix of ten sweeping sloops and older torpedo gunboats, while the Third would be comprised of twelve paddle minesweepers.
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• Jellicoe War Orders and Dispositions 1912
  ...vision of the [[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fleet]] (soon to become the {{UK-BS|2}} of the [[Home Fleets (Royal Navy)|Home Fleets]]).<ref>Jellicoe Paper ...pescript pages. The appendix mentioned in the War Orders was not attached to this draft and its whereabouts are unknown.
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• U.S.S. Cushing (1890)
  |type=torpedo boat |chain=Torpedo Boats
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• Vickers
  ...Instrument|fire control instruments]] &mdash; just about anything relevant to creating the [[Grand Fleet]]. ...'', col B, p. 4.</ref> causing the company's ongoing construction shipyard to be situated in Barrow-in-Furness.{{Burt1986|p. 9}}
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• Eighth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)
  ...ghth Destroyer Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Destroyer|destroyers]] and torpedo boats of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...two cruisers based on Harwich, to be moved to Rosyth in event of war.<ref>"Torpedo Flotilla Organization" ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Apr 06,
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• H.M.S. Raglan (1915)
  ...coast bombardment vessels to harass Germans on the Belgian coast, in order to frustrate their making naval use of it. All battleships were required eithe ...esident of the Bethlehem Steel Company paid a call at the Admiralty to try to sell armaments. It transpired that he had eight 14-inch guns of the latest
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• Invincible Class Battlecruiser (1907)
  ...[[Battlecruiser|battlecruisers]] completed in 1908 and 1909 were the first ships of their type. ==Ships==
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• Drake Class Cruiser (1901)
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• John Francis Herbert Cole
  ...1915) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. He was killed in command of {{UK-Lynx|f=p}} when she struck a mine. Born in Newton Abbot. Cole gained twelve months' time on passing out of {{UK-1Britannia}}.
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• Tenth Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
  ...ce the squadron intercepted 12,979 ships at sea while 2,039 ships reported to a port of examination. 642 evaded the blockade. The losses incurred were ...dbot:office0 otitle="Rear-Admiral Commanding, Tenth Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
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• Arethusa Class Cruiser (1913)
  ...1915. Oil-fired and capable of thirty knots, they were designed primarily to act as destroyer leaders in the North Sea. Two were in service at outset o <div name=fredbot:ships>
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• H.M.S. Triumph (1903)
  ...tColl|p. 31}} As a consequence, she did not resemble contemporary British ships. ...h nucleus crew paid off from {{UK-Sutlej}}, for temporary service in the {{UK-BS|8}}. She made for Devonport the following day.<ref>"Naval And Military
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• H.M.S. Neptune at the Battle of Jutland
  I <small>HAVE</small> the honour to forward the following report on the action with the German fleet on 31st ul ...mistaken, but I believe these mean "Proceed to support the battlecruisers to the Ease" and "Proceed at 18 knots", ref ''Flotilla Signal Book Volume I, 1
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• Formidable Class Battleship (1898)
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• H.M.S. Fearless (1912)
  ...ve'' class, but we treat her as contemporary documents do, as one of seven ships of the [[Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)|''Boadicea'' class]]. In July, 1914, she was the flotilla cruiser of {{UK-DF|1}}.<ref>Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.</ref>
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• H.M.S. Barham (1914)
  Re-commissioned on 4 January 1923 at Portsmouth to become part of the {{UK-BS|1}} in 1925.{{NLApr25|pp. 216, 217}} ...any special attachment or claim they had to the item(s) applied for.{{ToL|Ships' Bells for Sale|Saturday, Aug 10, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47139}}
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