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The Forward-class ships were one of four classes of scout cruisers ordered by the Admiralty in 1902–1903 and 1903–1904 Naval Programmes. These ships were intended to work with destroyer flotillas, leading their torpedo attacks and backing them up when attacked by other destroyers, although they quickly became less useful as destroyer speeds increased before the First World War.
Winston Churchill and the Royal Navy. New York: Coward McCann. OCLC 1178658197. Halpern, Paul G. (1994). A naval history of World War I. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0870212664. Herman, Arthur (2004). To rule the waves : how the British Navy shaped the modern world. New York: Harper Collins. ISBN 0060534249. Hislam, Percival A. (2008 ...
The cruise was not only a promotion of the power of the Royal Navy but a demonstration of its post-war logistical capabilities. Five years after the First World War, there was a political feeling that if the British Empire was to continue and prosper, its dominions and colonies needed to work together in peace, as well as in war.
Signage on Boathouse 4. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is an area of HM Naval Base Portsmouth which is open to the public; it contains several historic buildings and ships. It is managed by the National Museum of the Royal Navy as an umbrella organization representing five charities: the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust, the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, the Mary Rose Trust ...
On 3 April 2014, The Babcock Galleries opened at the NMRN's Portsmouth Museum. The £4.5M project created 'HMS' – the Hear My Story exhibition, which tells the story of the 20th and 21st Century Royal Navy and its people, and a special exhibition space. [6] In October 2014, the Museum received funding to restore D-Day Landing Craft (Tank) LCT ...
Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. Corbett, Julian. Naval Operations to the Battle of the Falklands. History of the Great War: Based on Official Documents. Vol. I (2nd, reprint of the 1938 ed.).
The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) is a maritime exposition and visitor attraction in Hartlepool, County Durham, Northern England. [1] The concept of the attraction is the thematic re-creation of an 18th-century seaport, in the time of Lord Nelson , Napoleon and the Battle of Trafalgar .
British Battleships of World War Two: The Development and Technical History of the Royal Navy's Battleships and Battlecruisers from 1911 to 1946. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-817-0. Roberts, John (1997). Battlecruisers. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-068-1. Rohwer, Jürgen (2005).