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Excellent Gunnery Command Begins

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1883

John Arbuthnot Fisher6 April 1883

Portsmouth · Warfare / World War, 1st

Fisher takes command of HMS Excellent, strengthening his association with naval gunnery and technical training.

Names involved

John Arbuthnot Fisher

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