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The '''Seventh Cruiser Squadron''', also known as '''Cruiser Force C''' from 1914 to 1915, was a cruiser formation of the [[Royal Navy]]. ==Rear-Admirals Commanding== Dates of appointment given: <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Rear-Admiral Commanding, Seventh Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore|nick=Archibald G. H. W. Moore|appt=15 July, 1913<ref>Moore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}. p. 645.</ref>|end=9 August, 1913<ref>Moore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}. p. 645.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}} {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur Henry Christian|nick=Arthur H. Christian|appt=13 July, 1914<ref>Christian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}. p. 435.</ref>|end=26 July, 1914<ref>Christian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}. p. 435.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Hervey Campbell|nick=Henry H. Campbell|appt=1 August, 1914<ref>Campbell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. p. 309.</ref>|end=6 October, 1914<ref>Campbell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. p. 309.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur William Waymouth|nick=Arthur W. Waymouth|appt=14 January, 1915{{UKCeased|f. 18}}<ref>Waymouth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 164.</ref>|end=6 April, 1915{{UKCeased|f. 18}}<ref>Waymouth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 164.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Loftus Tottenham|nick=Henry L. Tottenham|appt=7 April, 1915<ref>Tottenham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}. p. 1320.</ref>|end=25 October, 1915<ref>Tottenham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}. p. 1320.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Herbert Leopold Heath|nick=Herbert L. Heath|appt=24 October, 1915{{UKCeased|f. 18}}|end=5 June, 1916{{UKCeased|f. 18}}|succBy=Command Abolished}} {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edward de Faye Renouf|nick=Edward de F. Renouf|appt=18 July, 1940<ref>Renouf Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/254.|D7605009}} f. 268.</ref>|end=6 March, 1944<ref>Renouf Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/254.|D7605009}} f. 268.</ref>}} </div name=fredbot:office0> ==History== ===December, 1912=== <ref>Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]</ref> *{{UK-Aboukir}} *{{UK-Bacchante}} *{{UK-Cressy}} *{{UK-Euryalus}} ===December, 1913=== Hogue has been added to 1912's roster, from unknown prior assignment.<ref>Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]</ref> *{{UK-Aboukir}} *{{UK-Bacchante}} *{{UK-Cressy}} *{{UK-Euryalus}} *{{UK-Hogue}} ===July, 1914=== Operating as part of Third Fleet.{{NLJul14|p. 296''d''}} *{{UK-Aboukir}} *{{UK-Bacchante}} *{{UK-Cressy}} *{{UK-Euryalus}} *{{UK-Hogue}} *{{UK-Sutlej}} (also listed under {{UK-CS|6}}. Trooping to Malta. will join when relieved by {{UK-Leviathan}}) {{RearRN}} [[Arthur Henry Christian|Arthur H. Christian]] hauled down his flag at Sheerness on 26 July, 1914.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 27 July, 1914. Issue '''40586''', col B, p. 4.</ref> On 1 August, [[Henry Hervey Campbell|Henry H. Campbell]] was appointed in command. ===5 August, 1914=== In the southern North Sea, the squadron had the same ships as at the end of 1912, having seemingly lost {{UK-Hogue}} and {{UK-Sutlej}} seemingly yet to join in fact:{{DittColl|p. 15}} *{{UK-Bacchante}} *{{UK-Aboukir}} *{{UK-Cressy}} *{{UK-Euryalus}} On 13 August, it was made part of {{RearRN}} [[Arthur Henry Christian]]'s new [[Southern Force (Royal Navy)|Southern Force]], tasked with operations to protect the Belgian coast along with destroyers and submarines operating out of Harwich.<ref>See [[Southern Force (Royal Navy)]]</ref> ===November, 1915=== Attached to [[Grand Fleet]], the composition is entirely new.{{SMNLNov15|p. 10}} *{{UK-Minotaur}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] *{{UK-Donegal}} *{{UK-Hampshire}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} {{refend}} {{RNCruiserSquadrons|sort=7}}

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