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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby|nick=Robert S. Phipps Hornby|appt=1 August, 1914<ref>Phipps Hornby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 338.</ref>|precBy=New Command|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Cruiser Squadron E}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby|nick=Robert S. Phipps Hornby|appt=1 August, 1914<ref>Phipps Hornby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 338.</ref>|precBy=New Command|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Cruiser Squadron E}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Loftus Tottenham|nick=Henry L. Tottenham|appt=5 September, 1914<ref>Tottenham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}. f. 1320.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Cruiser Squadron E}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Loftus Tottenham|nick=Henry L. Tottenham|appt=5 September, 1914<ref>Tottenham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}. f. 1320.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Cruiser Squadron E}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Horace Lambert Alexander Hood|nick=The | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Horace Lambert Alexander Hood|nick=The Hon. Horace L. A. Hood|appt=19 April, 1915<ref>Hood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 114.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Drury St. Aubyn Wake|nick=Drury St. A. Wake|appt=24 May, 1915<ref>Wake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}. f. 638.</ref>|end=12 March, 1917<ref>Wake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}. f. 638.</ref>|note={{Com2RN}} from 20 October, 1915<ref>Wake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}. f. 638.</ref>|as=Captain Commanding, Eleventh Cruiser Squadron}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Drury St. Aubyn Wake|nick=Drury St. A. Wake|appt=24 May, 1915<ref>Wake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}. f. 638.</ref>|end=12 March, 1917<ref>Wake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}. f. 638.</ref>|note={{Com2RN}} from 20 October, 1915<ref>Wake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}. f. 638.</ref>|as=Captain Commanding, Eleventh Cruiser Squadron}} | ||
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Revision as of 16:20, 22 October 2014
The Eleventh Cruiser Squadron, or, from 1914 to 1915, Cruiser Force E, was a cruiser squadron of the Royal Navy.
Rear Admirals and Captains Commanding
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Robert S. Phipps Hornby, 1 August, 1914[1]
- Rear-Admiral Henry L. Tottenham, 5 September, 1914[2]
- Rear-Admiral The Hon. Horace L. A. Hood, 19 April, 1915[3]
- Captain Drury St. A. Wake, 24 May, 1915[4] – 12 March, 1917[5] (Commodore, Second Class from 20 October, 1915[6])
Composition
December, 1912
December, 1913
Same strength as last year, but Vindictive has gone to the Ninth Cruiser Squadron and Hermione to the Fourth Cruiser Squadron and been replaced by Juno and Venus, from unknown previous assignments.[8]
July - 5 August, 1914
Serving as part of Third Fleet, the squadron was:[9][10]
Footnotes
- ↑ Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
- ↑ Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1320.
- ↑ Hood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 114.
- ↑ Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 638.
- ↑ Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 638.
- ↑ Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 638.
- ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
- ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
- ↑ Printed page "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad" in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
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