List of Ships of the Victorian Naval Forces, 1855–1901: Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Warships of Australia, Ross...

of England in 1744. Total naval losses in the War of the Austrian Succession, including ships lost in storms and in shipwrecks were: France—20 ships-of-the-line...

warship or combatant ship is a ship that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare. Usually they belong to the armed forces of a nation. As well...

1901 five of the six separate colonies maintained their own naval forces for defence. The colonial navies were supported by the ships of the Royal Navy's...

The First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff (1SL/CNS) is a statutory position in the British Armed Forces usually held by a four star admiral. As...

(Her Majesty's Victorian Ship) is a breastwork monitor that served in the Victoria Naval Forces, the Commonwealth Naval Forces (CNF), and the Royal Australian...

His (or Her) Majesty's Ship, abbreviated HMS and H.M.S., is the ship prefix used for ships of the navy in some monarchies. Derivative terms such as HMAS...

administers the ADF. The navy was formed in 1901 as the Commonwealth Naval Forces (CNF) through the amalgamation of the colonial navies of Australia following...

A ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship that has historically served numerous...

The Australian white ensign (also known as the Australian naval ensign or the Royal Australian Navy ensign) is a naval ensign used by ships of the Royal...

HMVS Albert was a gunboat of the Victorian Naval Forces which was requisitioned for service with the Royal Australian Navy during World War I. HMVS Albert...

to end the suffering of a wounded soldier; also applied to severely damaged ships (called scuttling when applied to friendly ships). Coup de main: a swift...

The British Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies...

HMVS Countess of Hopetoun was a 1st Class Torpedo Boat of the Victorian Naval Forces, Commonwealth Naval Forces and the Royal Australian Navy. She was...

favour of the standard QF 12-pounder. In Victorian naval service in the 1890s the gun is reported as firing a shell weighing 14 lbs to a range of 8,000...

Combined Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, he successfully confined the Russian Pacific naval forces to Port Arthur before winning a decisive...

A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited...

the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940 and planning and commanding the naval forces in the invasion of France in 1944. Ramsay was born in Hampton Court Palace,...

Commission". The Navy List. London, England: H.M. Stationery Office. April 1920. p. 697. "British Naval Forces – Hansard". hansard.parliament.uk. House of Commons...

transferred from the Victorian Naval Forces to the Commonwealth Naval Forces in 1901, and the Royal Australian Navy in 1911. In 1921, the ship was renamed...

HMVS Victoria was a gunboat that served with the Victorian Naval Forces and Western Australia before being sold into private use. This class was built...

Portsmouth naval base is home to two-thirds of the Royal Navy's surface ships, and employs up to 17,200 people.[when?][citation needed] The Naval Base Commander...

plant, the yard currently serves as home to the Chief of Naval Operations and is headquarters for the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Reactors, Naval Facilities...

of the Victorian Naval Forces, Commonwealth Naval Forces and the Royal Australian Navy. Childers, a first-class torpedo boat, was constructed for the...

by C. A. Powell, is set in Victorian Britain of 1898. List of fictional ships Bennighof, Mike (April 2008). "Great War of the Worlds at Sea". Avalanche...

The Director of Naval Construction (DNC) also known as the Department of the Director of Naval Construction and Directorate of Naval Construction and originally...

German grand admiral, State Secretary of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperial Navy from 1897 until...

over British naval forces from the West Indies Station. With newer ships, superior gunnery and optimal logistics, the Germans sank the Royal Navy armored...

Retrieved 2021-03-06.[permanent dead link] Norman Polmar, Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet, Naval Institute Press, 2005, p.37 Puryear 1983, pp. 132–133...

Victoria is the name of two ships serving in the Victorian Naval Forces, the colonial navy of the colony of Victoria, Australia, which is also the ships' namesake:...