 Complete the following phrase:  Troubridge was promoted to the rank of commander in 1895, serving with the Mediterranean Fleet aboard the flagship of the fleets second in command, , initially Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Harris, and later Rear-Admiral Sir Gerard Noel. He was promoted to captain 17 July 1901 and went on to serve as a naval attaché to several powers, based at first in Vienna, and from 1902 in Madrid. He became a naval attaché in Tokyo later in 1902, and served as such until 1904. With the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War he went to sea with the Japanese warships and was present at the Battle of Chemulpo Bay and the subsequent 