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==Drill and Practice==
 
==Drill and Practice==

Revision as of 18:16, 13 November 2014

Rear-Admirals Commanding

Dates of appointment given:

History

1915

The squadron was:[6]

November, 1915

Attached to Battle Cruiser Fleet. Liverpool has been temporarily attached to the Grand Fleet.[7]

Battle of Jutland

The cruisers now have a seaplane carrier attached.[8]

July, 1918

The Squadron is now:[9]

November, 1918

The Squadron has lost Yarmouth, which transferred to the Second Light Cruiser Squadron.[10]

In August 1919, the squadron was briefly under the flag of Centaur and then Cardiff.[11]

Drill and Practice

In 1917, the squadron fired 16 practice torpedoes of which 13 or 81% were judged to be likely to endanger the enemy.[12]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 26.
  2. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 26.
  3. ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  4. ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 741.
  6. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 58.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 11.
  8. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  9. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 11.
  10. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 11.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 741.
  12. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. 121.

Bibliography


Light Cruiser Squadrons of the Royal Navy
First Light Cruiser Squadron | Second Light Cruiser Squadron | Third Light Cruiser Squadron | Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron | Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron | Sixth Light Cruiser Squadron | Seventh Light Cruiser Squadron | Eighth Light Cruiser Squadron
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