St James's Palace survive, but most were remodelled in the 19th century. The palace was commissioned by Henry VIII, on the site of a former leper hospital dedicated to Saint James the Less. The new palace, secondary in the king's interest to Henry's Whitehall Palace, was constructed between 1531 and 1536 as a smaller residence to escape formal court life. Much smaller than the nearby Whitehall, St James's was arranged around a number of courtyards, including the Colour Court, the Ambassador's Court and the Friary Court. The most recognisable feature is the north gatehouse; constructed with four storeys, the gatehouse has two crenellated
Monarch-class coastal defense ship off Crete during the Greco-Turkish War of 1897. However, less than five years after their completion, the "Monarch"-class battleships were rendered obsolete by the newly commissioned . The newly completed conducted a training cruise with the three "Monarch"-class battleships in January 1903; they were joined by the following year. During the 1904 training exercises, the three "Habsburg"-class battleships engaged the three "Monarch"s in simulated combat; the maneuver marked the first time two homogeneous squadrons consisting of modern battleships operated in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The three "Habsburg"-class ships took over the position of the I Division while the "Monarch"s formed the