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    HMS Dartmouth was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She was one of the Weymouth sub-class of the Town class. The ship...
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  • Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dartmouth, after the port of Dartmouth, whilst another two were planned: HMS Dartmouth (1655) was a 22-gun ship launched...
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    officer training. The training of naval officers at Dartmouth dates from 1863, when the wooden hulk HMS Britannia was moved from Portland and moored in the...
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    HMS Chatham was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She was the name ship of her sub-class of the Town class. The ship survived...
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  • Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, joining the Navy in 1911. During the First World War he served aboard the battleships HMS Glory and HMS Royal Oak, as well...
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  • College, Dartmouth. He joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman on HMS Bulwark, became a sub-lieutenant in 1909 and was promoted to full lieutenant in 1911. He...
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    administrative support in Dartmouth. The Brixham base was later joined by the Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit (AEDU) and the Deep Diving Tender HMS Tedworth. The...
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  • College at Dartmouth, Devon, passing out in 1899. As a naval cadet, he was posted to HMS Crescent and then in 1902 as an acting sub-lieutenant to HMS Revenge...
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    HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy (RN). Hood was the first of the planned four Admiral-class battlecruisers to be built...
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  • Albert Victor and Prince George Frederick, to join HMS Britannia, the naval training ship Dartmouth, as naval cadets. A special platform had been built...
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