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The Great War: Navy


The widespread introduction of modern communication techniques such as radio and sonar greatly changed the way Naval forces where used in the Great War. Gallipoli, on the northern bank of the Dardanelles, and Dogger Bank in the North Sea, where the location for some of the biggest navel battles of the Great War. Naval blockades nearly lost, and in turn, helped win the war, as each side attempted to stop all supplies reaching their intended destinations.

Sir Charles William Rawson Royds

Sir Charles William Rawson Royds

1879-1931
Vice-Admiral
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir Percy Molyneaux Rawson Royds

Sir Percy Molyneaux Rawson Royds

1874-1955
Admiral and politician
Sitter in 6 portraits
Sir Percy Moreton Scott, 1st Bt

Sir Percy Moreton Scott, 1st Bt

1853-1924
Admiral
Sitter in 2 portraits
No individual image available for this person

Sir Alan Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff

1900-1980
Admiral and Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet
Sitter in 5 portraits
No individual image available for this person

Gordon Hamilton Seath

1886-1952
Major-General, Royal Marines
Sitter in 4 portraits
No individual image available for this person

William Halford Selby

1902-1994
Rear-Admiral
Sitter in 2 portraits
William Sowden Sims

William Sowden Sims

1858-1936
Admiral of the US Navy
Sitter in 8 portraits
Sir Aubrey Clare Hugh Smith

Sir Aubrey Clare Hugh Smith

1872-1957
Admiral
Sitter in 4 portraits
(George) Ernest Spero

(George) Ernest Spero

1894-1960
Physician, author, businessman and politician; MP for Stoke Newington and Fulham
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir (Edward) Neville Syfret

Sir (Edward) Neville Syfret

1889-1972
Admiral
Sitter in 13 portraits
Sir Ernest Augustus Taylor

Sir Ernest Augustus Taylor

1876-1971
Vice-Admiral and politician
Sitter in 14 portraits
Sir Bertram Sackville Thesiger

Sir Bertram Sackville Thesiger

1875-1966
Admiral; County Commissioner for Hampshire
Sitter in 9 portraits
Sir Francis Loftus Tottenham

Sir Francis Loftus Tottenham

1880-1967
Admiral
Sitter in 7 portraits
John Cronyn Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey

John Cronyn Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey

1885-1971
Admiral of the fleet
Sitter in 10 portraits
Ernest Troubridge

Ernest Troubridge

1862-1926
Admiral
Sitter in 4 portraits
Sir Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper

Sir Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper

1859-1945
Admiral
Sitter in 12 portraits
Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 1st Bt

Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 1st Bt

1870-1951
Admiral of the Fleet
Sitter in 12 portraits
Sir Philip Louis Vian

Sir Philip Louis Vian

1894-1968
Admiral of the Fleet
Sitter in 12 portraits
Bertram Chalmers Watson

Bertram Chalmers Watson

1887-1976
Vice-Admiral
Sitter in 8 portraits
Sir Richard Webb

Sir Richard Webb

1870-1950
Rear-Admiral
Sitter in 4 portraits
Sir William Jock Whitworth

Sir William Jock Whitworth

1884-1973
Admiral
Sitter in 12 portraits
Bentinck John Davies Yelverton

Bentinck John Davies Yelverton

1862-1959
Admiral
Sitter in 3 portraits