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	Scott, Fisher and Beresford: the "Paintwork Versus Gunnery" Controversy \| Online Information Bank \| Research ...
		Beresford was of the traditionalist viewpoint and was suspicious of the naval reforms being carried out under the auspices of his rival, Fisher.
		Beresford was Commander in Chief of the Channel Squadron and thus Scott's superior officer.
		Beresford reported to the Admiralty on the incident and requested that Scott be removed from the Channel Squadron.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_paintwork.htm (884 words)

	Lord Charles Beresford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lord Charles Beresford was the second son of the 4th Marquess of Waterford.
		Beresford constantly pushed for greater expenditure on the navy, resigning his seat in protest on this issue in 1888.
		Beresford had a public and bitter dispute with the First Sea Lord, Sir John Fisher, over the reforms which the latter was pushing through.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Beresford (581 words)

	Soldiers of the Queen - Lord Charles Beresford
		From 1878 until 1881 Beresford was second in command of the royal yacht HMS Osborne.
		Beresford constantly pushed for greater expenditure on the navy, resigning his seat in protest on this issue in
		Lord Beresford died in 1919 at the age of 73.
	www.soldiersofthequeen.com /page13cc-LordCharlesBeresford.html (503 words)

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		Beresford, himself, was officially transferred from HMS Hibernia (the guardship at Malta dockyard) to the Alexandra so that his time with the Naval Brigade would count as 'time at sea' on his service record.
		Lord Charles Beresford was 'scratched' on the left hand by a spear as he managed to duck under the gun.
		HMS Alexandra, HMS Juno and HMS Europa were the first three ships in the Royal Navy to be fitted with and use wireless transmitters whilst at sea.
	members.lycos.co.uk /bluejackets/alexandra2.htm (1174 words)

	HMS Condor Information
		Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Condor after the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere.
		She took part in the bombardment of Alexandria during the 1882 Urabi Revolt in Egypt, winning popular admiration for her captain, a well-known public figure, Lord Charles Beresford.
		Condor, was a sloop launched in 1898 and lost off Cape Flattery on the North-West corner of the Continental United States during a storm in December 1901 whilst travelling from Esquimalt in Canada to Honolulu.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/HMS_Condor (162 words)

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		HMS Iris and her sister ship HMS Mercury were the first ships in the Royal Navy to be built of steel.
		HMS Iris was an unarmoured vessel but with her sub-divided steel hull, double bottom and her 780 ton coal bunkers positioned in wing compartments, she had some protection against gunnery.
		In 1886/7, she was fitted with ten 5-inch BLR guns on the main deck, two of the same on the poop deck and one on the forecastle.
	members.lycos.co.uk /bluejackets/iris.htm (442 words)

	The Forum of the 1.Jagdmoroner Abteilung - Naval and Aviation: 90th Anniversary Timeline
		Beresford and his followers still opposed the project, but the newspapers and the public sided with Fisher, and the rallying cry became "We want eight and we won't wait!".
		Sturdee was one of the old Beresford men, and had been one of the players in the inquest that had led to Fisher's resignation in 1910.
		Sturdee had become Beresford's Chief Of Staff and owed a large part of his advancement to Beresford's influence at Court and in the Admiralty, so of course there was no way Fisher was going to have him being part of his own staff.
	www.1jma.dk /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4014&whichpage=1 (8568 words)

	Ship Modelers Association - Famous Ships
		HMS INFLEXIBLE had 8400 horse-power using her twin screws and was capable of 14.75 knots.
		The HMS INFLEXIBLE was stationed in the Corvette Pass, 3750 yards from the Egyptian fort Mex, and the concussion of her guns smashed her boats and damaged her superstructure during the ensuing fight.
		The HMS INFLEXIBLE was the ship most injured in the bombardment, being mauled aloft, having her unarmored parts penetrated in various places and being struck outside the citadel of armor below the waterline by a 10” Palliser shot.
	www.ship-modelers-assn.org /fam0311.htm (815 words)

	HMS AVENGER - Find Friends from HMS AVENGER at Forces Reunited
		Brian Beresford was at HMS Avenger between 1975 and 1987
		Joseph Beveridge was at HMS Avenger between 1944 and 1946
		William Jarvis was at HMS Avenger between 1963 and 1991
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Avenger.html (829 words)

	HMS BRIGHTON - Find Friends from HMS BRIGHTON at Forces Reunited
		Neville bacon was at HMS Brighton between 1964 and 1998
		Brian Beresford was at HMS Brighton between 1975 and 1987
		Joseph Hetherington was at HMS Brighton between 1951 and 1965
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Brighton.html (807 words)

	The RN Minewarfare Branch
		HMS Mallow was a British Flower Class sloop (Minesweeping) transferred to Australia at the end of WW I. The minefields are assumed to have been laid by the German raider Wolf.
		HMS Vernon produced 1,500 lights for danbuoys to mark the edges of channels plus 200 flashing lights for the ends of channels.
		On 6 July, HMS Cato and HMS Magic were sunk by Marder or Neger human torpedoes and on 8 July, HMS Pylades was sunk by a Marder or Neger.
	www.mcdoa.org.uk /RN_Minewarfare_Branch.htm (2814 words)

	The History of Naval Design
		The former were intended to sail in line of battle, and engage the enemy broadside on, at distances of sometimes 10 metres, with the aim of boarding and capturing, rather than sinking, the enemy.
		Beresford was the sort of Admiral of whom Gilbert and Sullivan might have been proud: impeccably well-connected, personal servants and good dinners on board; spit, polish and tradition.
		Fisher retired in 1910, tired of the hostility, but Beresford was sidelined, and the Navy's preparedness was the beneficiary in 1914, as the fleet concentrated at Scapa Flow.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/scnavdes.htm (3697 words)

	The National Archives \| Exhibitions & Learning online \| British Battles
		The log of HMS Condor giving an account of that ship's action in the bombardment of Alexandria.
		During the battle, Lord Charles Beresford, the Condor's commanding officer, noticed that the Egyptian gunners in Fort Marabout at the western end of the Bay of Alexandria were preparing to fire on a number of Royal Navy ships that were in range.
		Beresford used his ship as a decoy - thereby sparing the other Royal Navy ships from bombardment - and was able to sail his ship so close to the fort that its guns could not be properly trained on him.
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /battles/egypt/popup/condor.htm (139 words)

	Scott, Beresford : Scott's End
		He was posted to HMS Columbine on the 14th of June, less that a month before the death of his father aboard Ocean.
		The family was together for once at the time of the 1861 Census when he was serving in HMS Collosus.
		He was appointed to his last ship, HMS Queen, in November 1861 and was in the Med., missing the birth of his second son, until November 1862.
	mysite.mweb.co.za /residents/ms73/0001.HTM (438 words)

	Biography of Jackie Fisher - Biographyies List - BiograhpyFinder.com
		After completing his training at HMS Britannia he was assigned as a cadet to HMS Calcutta, an old ship-of-the-line which was sent to assist in blockading Russian ports in the Gulf of Finland during the Crimean War.
		He studied at HMS Excellent, the naval gunnery school, for 14 months before being transferred as gunnery officer to HMS Warrior, the first all-iron sea-going armoured battleship.
		Inflexible was a very prestigious appointment, the most powerful warship of her day, although in practice the four huge muzzle-loaded guns took so long to load that she was almost useless for naval warfare.
	www.biographyfinder.com /s706-Jackie-Fisher-biography.html (1002 words)

	FREE MARKET FAIRY TALES: On This Day ... in 1855 & Others
		Previous attempts by the Royal Navy to destroy the bridge had failed, but Seaman Trewavas of HMS Beagle was sent in a small boat to mount another effort.
		As Zulus rushed at the man, Captain the Lord Beresford of the 9th Lancers and Sergeant O'Toole of the Frontier Light Horse spurred to his aid and got him up behind Lord Beresford.
		Beresford, d'Arcy and O'Toole all received the Victoria Cross for their heroic efforts.
	www.fmft.net /archives/001798.html (720 words)

	Royal Navy: Meet the Crew (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		CPO Beresford joined the Royal Navy as a Seaman Operator in 1986 before specialising as a Radar Rating.
		Jumper joined HMS Biter from the planning section at HMNB Clyde in April 2004.
		His first draft was onboard HMS Liverpool and he has since served in numerous ships and taken part in several Gulf deployments.
	www.royal-marines.mod.uk /static/pages/4102.html (419 words)

	News Archive 12
		HMS NEASHAM (M 2712) was laid down in 1955 at J. Samuel White of Southampton and completed on 15 Nov 1957 but remained in operational reserve in a land cradle at Rosneath on the Clyde until 1967.
		HMS POPHAM (M 2782) was laid down in 1954 as HMS HATTERLEY at Vospers of Southampton (the Ley Class was similar to the Ham but only 10 ships were built).
		HMS WINTRINGHAM (M2777) was completed 8 Dec 1955 at J. Samuel White of Southampton but remained in operational reserve in a land cradle at Rosneath on the Clyde until 1963.
	www.mcdoa.org.uk /News_Archive_12.htm (6530 words)

	Percy Scott: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		While Captain of HMS Terrible, then enroute to the China Station, he was diverted to Durban to lend assistance to the army in the Boer War.
		The Channel Fleet was at Portland and Lord Charles Beresford was the C-in-C. He made a signal that the annual gunnery exercises were suspended to that they could all "paint ship" for a visit by the German Emperor.
		The guns, on mountings designed by Captain Percy Scott of HMS Terrible, had to be taken 800 miles by sea, from Simonstown to Durban, and from there on a 190 mile haul to Ladysmith.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Scott_Percy_43283695.htm (729 words)

	The Wrongful Conviction of Albert DeSalvo and the True Story of Eleven Shocking Murders
		The British HMS Bounty is embarking on another voyage to the screen with "Pitcairn Island," a telefilm in development at HBO.
		The film, which Oscar-nominated writer-director Bruce Beresford is set to direct, focuses on the lives of the Bounty mutineers after the uprising, when they found safe haven on the isolated volcanic island of Pitcairn.
		Beresford was nominated for an Oscar for writing "Morant" and directing "Tender Mercies." His directorial credits also include "Double Jeopardy" and "Driving Miss Daisy."
	www.dealmemo.com /Content/Jan2002/News0128.htm (2052 words)

	News : HMS Exeter : Type 42 Destroyers : Surface Fleet : Operations and Support : Royal Navy
		HMS Exeter, one of the Royal Navy’s highly capable air defence ships received over 1500 visitors Saturday as part of the Navy’s involvement with the Volvo Ocean Race stopover.
		HMS Exeter has hosted the last surviving Maltese member from the famous Second World War cruiser of the same name.
		HMS Exeter has celebrated her 25th anniversary of commissioning on 19 September 1980.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /server/show/nav.1645 (395 words)

	"Johnny" Walker's Scouting Milestones Pages - The Early History of Sea Scouting
		HMS Conway was a permanently moored ex-Royal Navy ship 'training establishment' which was used for accommodation and training purposes.
		There is an excellent organisation 'Friends of HMS Conway' to whom I am indebted for the all the information relating Warington Baden-Powell's time whilst he was stationed on it.
		Lord Beresford though was only a figurehead as he himself admitted in an interview in a later edition of the Headquarters Gazette.
	www.scouting.milestones.btinternet.co.uk /seascouts.htm (7371 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - York tops list of trophy winners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		WITH a hat trick of trophies for gunfire, the Type 42 destroyer HMS York leads the field among the 18 Royal Navy ships that have received annual awards for a range of activities in the year 2000.
		HMS Norfolk took the Fleet Sonar Efficiency Trophy and the Dowty Marine Towed Array (sonar) Trophy, while HMS Grafton won the Chubb Fire Trophy - for fire and damage control in major war vessels, RFAs and submarines - and the BAE Maritime Trophy for her top contribution in the field of maritime development.
		Surface Flotilla Communications Trophy - HMS Marlborough; Chubb Challenge Cup for fire and damage control in minor war vessels - HMS Pembroke; Wattisham Trophy for contribution to integration with the RAF - HMS Southampton; James Acton Minewarfare Efficiency Trophy - HMS Inverness.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2001/0103/0001032302.asp (331 words)

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		She was commissioned on February 7, 1905 and immediately became the flagship of the Atlantic Fleet.
		On March 5, 1907 she became the flagship of Lord Charles Beresford, commander of the Channel Fleet.
		Beresford and Jackie Fisher were the two great British commanders of the time and frequently at odds with one another, so it was a high mark or else Royal politics that drove the selection of
	www.steelnavy.com /CombrigKingEdwardVII.htm (1249 words)

	FREE MARKET FAIRY TALES: On This Day ... in 1814 & Others
		Sir Rowland Hill led the right wing in a diversionary attack, whilst Sir William Beresford and Sir Thomas Picton led the main assaults on the left and in the centre.
		After initial successes, both Beresford and Picton's attacks stalled, but Wellington spotted an opening in the disjointed French lines, and himself led three battalions to exploit the weakness.
		Commander May in the destroyer HMS Electra mounted a gallant but suicidal attack which succeeded in saving HMS Exeter.
	www.fmft.net /archives/001566.html (729 words)

	The Operas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		He rehearsed so intensively that on the day before the production he was at the theatre all day and nearly all night as well.
		Every block and rope to the minutest detail is in its place, in fact it is an exact model of what it represents; and thanks no doubt to the untiring diligence of the author the piece is admirably represented all round.
		The success of "H.M.S. Pinafore" having proved an established fact, it entered into the mind of the stage-manager, Richard Barker, that a performance of the opera by a company of children might prove attractive.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~melbear/pinafore.htm (1568 words)

	Operation Telic: Operational Honours - DSC/MC/DFC
		Among those awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (for gallantry at sea), the Military Cross (for gallantry on land) and the Distinguished Flying Cross (for gallantry in the air) during operations in Iraq are:
		She was the first Coalition mine-countermeasures vessel to enter difficult, badly-charted waters during the mine clearance operation, conducted in often very bad weather, to open up a route through the Khawr Abd Allah waterway to allow humanitarian supplies to be delivered to Umm Qasr port.
		A Section Commander with 42 Commando, Corporal David Beresford has been awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry during several actions, including a difficult firefight in a mud lagoon.
	www.operations.mod.uk /telic/op_honours_mc.htm (538 words)

	Janus: The Papers of Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee
		He was a student in the torpedo school HMS Vernon, 1882-5, and then served as a torpedo officer in HMS Bellerophon on the North American and West Indies Station, 1885-9.
		He was on the staff of HMS Vernon, 1889-93, and gained extensive experience of torpedo boats.
		He commanded HMS Porpoise on the Australian Station, 1897-9, and took command of the British force in Samoa, 1899, during hostilities between Germany and the United States.
	janus.lib.cam.ac.uk /db/node.xsp?id=EAD/GBR/0014/SDEE (593 words)

	Late 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Naval and Naval Social History - Index
		The Wrecking of HMS FLAMER - 1851 (also present were HMS Cyclops and HMS Hound)
		Wreck of the Spirit of the Ocean - 1866
		The Loss of HMS Shark at Jutland and award of a VC to her Commanding Officer
	www.pbenyon.plus.com /Naval.html (961 words)

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		Post Captain HMS Dryad (36) drowned 1795 179 FORSTER William Ensign 68th Regt Foot To be 1st Lt 23rd Regt Foot 318 FORTESCUE Lieutenant RN of HMS Barham (frigate) 299 FOSS T. Hosp Asst.
		Lieut HMS Swift - killed 1804 180 LEARY Patrick Troop Serj.major 14th Drag.To be Adjutant (Cornet) 318 LESLIE Matthew Colonel (died 3/10/1778) of Bengal Detachment in 1774 169 LILLYMAN Major Passenger in "Grenville" 1768 150-152 LINDESAY Patrick Lieut Col. Commanded Dorset Regt -12/8/1824 111, LINDESEY P. Col. 39th Regt.
		To be Cornet 4th Light Dragoons 317 SCOTT J.Woodward Lieut HMS Princess Augusta Killed1803 180 SCOTT John Ensign in Bengal Brother of Col Scott 149 SCOTT Richard Lieut.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/Indexes/RN-1827.txt (2135 words)

	HMS Ramillies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		HMS Ramillies, of the Royal Sovereign Class Battleship of the Royal Navy.
		HMS Ramillies was one of the flagships of the British Mediterranean Fleet in 1897 the other being HMS Revenge.
		It shows the officers and crew of the Ramillies, with Lord Charles Beresford in the centre, and gives a good idea of the harmony which prevailed on board.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_ramillies.htm (726 words)

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