sentences:  Promoted rear-admiral on 10 October 1907, Burney was given command of the Plymouth Division of the Home Fleet.He became commander of the 5th Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic Fleet, with his flag in the armoured cruiser HMS "Good Hope", in February 1911 and Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet with his flag in the battleship HMS "Prince of Wales" and with the rank of acting vice-admiral, in September 1911.He transferred to the command of the 3rd Battle Squadron in the Mediterranean Fleet, with his flag in the battleship HMS "King Edward VII", in April 1912 and was promoted to the substantive rank of vice-admiral on 20 September 1912.