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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=February, 1919<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 361.</ref>|end=5 August, 1919<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 361.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=1 February, 1919<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 361.</ref><ref>Hunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 354.</ref>|end=5 August, 1919<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 361.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Price Webley Hope|nick=Sir George P. W. Hope|appt=5 August, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 741}}<ref>Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 44.</ref>|as=Vice-Admiral Commanding, Third Light Cruiser Squadron|end=19 January, 1921<ref>Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Price Webley Hope|nick=Sir George P. W. Hope|appt=5 August, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 741}}<ref>Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 44.</ref>|as=Vice-Admiral Commanding, Third Light Cruiser Squadron|end=19 January, 1921<ref>Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart.|appt=19 January, 1921<ref>Superseded his predecessor on that date.  Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart.|appt=19 January, 1921<ref>Superseded his predecessor on that date.  Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 44.</ref>}}

Revision as of 16:23, 24 February 2015

Rear-Admirals Commanding

Dates of appointment given:

History

1915

The squadron was:[12]

November, 1915

Attached to Battle Cruiser Fleet. Liverpool has been temporarily attached to the Grand Fleet.[13]

Battle of Jutland

The cruisers now have a seaplane carrier attached.[14]

July, 1918

The Squadron is now:[15]

November, 1918

The Squadron has lost Yarmouth, which transferred to the Second Light Cruiser Squadron.[16]

1919

The flag passed as follows in 1919: Cardiff had it on 5 August, Calypso took over on 1 November, Centaur on 9 November, and Cardiff resumed her place as flagship on 12 December, 1919.[17]

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.[18]

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. ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 354.
  4. ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 354.
  5. ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  6. ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 354.
  7. ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 741.
  9. ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
  10. ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
  11. ↑ Superseded his predecessor on that date. Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
  12. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 58.
  13. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 11.
  14. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  15. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 11.
  16. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 11.
  17. ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23/44.
  18. ↑ 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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