Committee appointed to inquire into the reorganisation of the dockyards. _March 6, 1905._ Appointment of Rear-Admiral Percy Scott to newly-created post of Inspector of Target Practice. By this and other means, including the service of Captain J. R. Jellicoe as Director of Naval Ordnance, the marksmanship of the Navy was vastly improved. _December 4, 1905._ Awarded the Order of Merit, and promoted by Special Order in Council to be an additional Admiral of the Fleet, thus giving him five more years on the active list in order to carry out his policy. _February 10, 1906._ Launch of the “Dreadnought,” the first all-big-gun and turbine-driven battleship, as recommended by the Admiralty Committee on Design presided over by the First Sea Lord (Sir John Fisher). _November, 1906._ Establishment of the Naval War College at Portsmouth. _January, 1907._ Institution of a service of Fleet Auxiliaries--ammunition and store ships, distilling and hospital ships, fleet repair ships, fishing trawlers as, mine sweepers, etc., etc., etc., etc., _March, 1907._ Creation of a new Home Fleet, with the “Dreadnought” as flagship for service in the North Sea. _August, 1907._ New scheme of advancement and pay of naval ranks and ratings introduced. _September, 1907._ Establishment of a wireless telegraphy branch, and installation erected on the Admiralty building. _November 9, 1907._ Speech at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet, assuring his countrymen that they could sleep quietly in their beds, and not be disturbed by invasion bogeys. _June, 1908._ Visited Reval with King Edward and Queen Alexandra on their visit to the Tsar of Russia. Awarded G.C.V.O. on the conclusion of this cruise. _June 17, 1908._ Created honorary LL.D. of Cambridge University. _June, 1909._ Entertained delegates to Imperial Press Conference at a review of the Fleet at Spithead, and a display of submarines, etc. _December 7, 1909._ Raised to the peerage as Baron Fisher of Kilverstone, in the County of Norfolk, after the manor bequeathed to his only son by the late Mr. Josiah Vavasseur, C.B. _January 25, 1910._ Retired from office of First Sea Lord, and was succeeded by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Wilson, but remained a member of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Recording his retirement in the First Lord’s Memorandum, dated March 4, 1910, Mr. Reginald McKenna said: “The measures which are associated with his name and have been adopted by several successive Governments will prove of far-reaching and lasting benefit to the Naval Service and the country.” _March 10, 1910._ Took the oath and his seat in the House of Lords. _May 24, 1912._ Visited at Naples by Mr. Churchill (the new First Lord) and Mr. Asquith (Prime Minister). _July 30, 1912._ Appointed Chairman of the Royal Commission on Oil Fuel and Oil Engines for the Navy. _September 7, 1914._ Appointed Honorary Colonel of the First Naval Brigade, Royal Naval Division. _October 30, 1914._