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==History==
 
==History==
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===1915===
 
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The squadron was:{{ARTS1915|p. 58}}
 
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*{{UK-1Gloucester}}
 
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*{{UK-1Liverpool}}
 
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* other ''Bristol'' class?
 
  
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===November, 1915===
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Attached to [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]]. {{UK-1Liverpool}} has been temporarily attached to the [[Grand Fleet]].{{SMNLNov15|p. 11}}
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===March, 1915===
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*{{UK-1Falmouth}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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Two light cruisers.{{SMNLMar15|p. 11}}
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*{{UK-Yarmouth}}
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*{{UK-1Gloucester}}
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{|width=75% class=toccolours
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*{{UK-Birkenhead}}
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Screening the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]]'''
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Light Cruisers'''
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|-
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|align=center|{{UK-1Falmouth}}[[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Yarmouth}}
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|}
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===April, 1915===
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{{UK-1Liverpool}} and {{UK-1Gloucester}} have joined, bringing the strength to four light cruisers.  The roster would remain constant until some time in July.{{SMNLApr15|p. 11 and Supplements through August, 1915}}
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{|width=75% class=toccolours
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Screening the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]]'''
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Light Cruisers'''
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|-
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|align=center|{{UK-1Falmouth}}[[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Yarmouth}}||align=center|{{UK-1Liverpool}}||align=center|{{UK-1Gloucester}}
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|}
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===August, 1915===
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{{UK-1Liverpool}} has dropped;  she would appear, attached to the [[Grand Fleet]], some time in October.  Her departure reduced the strength to three light cruisers.  The roster would remain constant until some time in X.{{SMNLAug15|p. 11 and Supplements through X}}
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{|width=75% class=toccolours
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Screening the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]]'''
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Light Cruisers'''
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|-
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|align=center colspan=2|{{UK-1Falmouth}}[[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Yarmouth}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-1Gloucester}}
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|}
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===October, 1915===
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{{UK-Birkenhead}} has joined, bringing the squadron back up to four light cruisers.  The roster would next change some time in December, 1915.{{SMNLOct15|p. 11 and Supplements through January, 1916}}
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{|width=75% class=toccolours
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Screening the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]]'''
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Light Cruisers'''
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|-
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|align=center|{{UK-1Falmouth}}[[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Yarmouth}}||align=center|{{UK-1Gloucester}}||align=center|{{UK-Birkenhead}}
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|}
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===January, 1916===
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{{UK-1Gloucester}} has left.  The roster would next change some time in March.{{SMNLJan16|p. 11 and Supplements through April, 1916}}
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{|width=75% class=toccolours
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Screening the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]]'''
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Light Cruisers'''
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|-
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|align=center colspan=2|{{UK-1Falmouth}}[[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Yarmouth}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Birkenhead}}
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|}
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===April, 1916===
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{{UK-1Gloucester}} has re-joined, bringing the squadron back up to four light cruisers.  The roster would next change some time in X.{{SMNLApr16|p. 11 and Supplements through X}}
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{|width=75% class=toccolours
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Screening the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]]'''
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Light Cruisers'''
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|-
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|align=center|{{UK-1Falmouth}}[[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Yarmouth}}||align=center|{{UK-Birkenhead}}||align=center|{{UK-1Gloucester}}
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|}
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===May, 1916===
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{{UK-1Gloucester}} is now marked as being "temporarily" with the squadron, and {{UK-Chester}} has joined, bringing the strength to five light cruisers.  The roster would next change some time in X.{{SMNLApr16|p. 11 and Supplements through X}}
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{|width=75% class=toccolours
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Screening the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]]'''
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|-
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|align=center colspan=5|'''Light Cruisers'''
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|-
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|align=center|{{UK-1Falmouth}}[[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Yarmouth}}||align=center|{{UK-Birkenhead}}||align=center|{{UK-1Gloucester}}*||align=center|{{UK-Chester}}
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|}
  
 
===Battle of Jutland===
 
===Battle of Jutland===
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The cruisers now have a seaplane carrier attached.{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
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The cruisers now have a seaplane carrier attached.  {{UK-Chester}} as also at the battle, but was detached to screen the {{UK-BCS|3}} in company with the unaffiliated {{UK-Canterbury|f=tp}}.{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
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*{{UK-1Falmouth}}, Captain [[John Douglas Edwards]]  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] {{RearRN}} [[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier]]
 
*{{UK-1Falmouth}}, Captain [[John Douglas Edwards]]  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] {{RearRN}} [[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier]]
 
*{{UK-Yarmouth}}, Captain [[Thomas Drummond Gilbert|Thomas D. Pratt]]
 
*{{UK-Yarmouth}}, Captain [[Thomas Drummond Gilbert|Thomas D. Pratt]]
 
*{{UK-Birkenhead}}, Captain [[Edward Reeves]]
 
*{{UK-Birkenhead}}, Captain [[Edward Reeves]]
 
*{{UK-1Gloucester}}, Captain [[William Frederick Blunt]]
 
*{{UK-1Gloucester}}, Captain [[William Frederick Blunt]]
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*{{UK-Engadine|f=t}}, {{LCommRN}} [[Charles Gascoigne Robinson]]
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*{{UK-Engadine|f=t}}, {{LCommRN}} [[Charles Gwillim Robinson]]
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*{{UK-Chester}}, Captain [[Robert Neale Lawson]]
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{{TBC}}
  
 
===July, 1918===
 
===July, 1918===

Revision as of 16:03, 5 June 2018

Rear-Admirals Commanding

Dates of appointment given:

Second in Command

History

March, 1915

Two light cruisers.[16]

Screening the Battle Cruiser Fleet
Light Cruisers
FalmouthRAdmRN.png Yarmouth

April, 1915

Liverpool and Gloucester have joined, bringing the strength to four light cruisers. The roster would remain constant until some time in July.[17]

Screening the Battle Cruiser Fleet
Light Cruisers
FalmouthRAdmRN.png Yarmouth Liverpool Gloucester

August, 1915

Liverpool has dropped; she would appear, attached to the Grand Fleet, some time in October. Her departure reduced the strength to three light cruisers. The roster would remain constant until some time in X.[18]

Screening the Battle Cruiser Fleet
Light Cruisers
FalmouthRAdmRN.png Yarmouth Gloucester

October, 1915

Birkenhead has joined, bringing the squadron back up to four light cruisers. The roster would next change some time in December, 1915.[19]

Screening the Battle Cruiser Fleet
Light Cruisers
FalmouthRAdmRN.png Yarmouth Gloucester Birkenhead

January, 1916

Gloucester has left. The roster would next change some time in March.[20]

Screening the Battle Cruiser Fleet
Light Cruisers
FalmouthRAdmRN.png Yarmouth Birkenhead

April, 1916

Gloucester has re-joined, bringing the squadron back up to four light cruisers. The roster would next change some time in X.[21]

Screening the Battle Cruiser Fleet
Light Cruisers
FalmouthRAdmRN.png Yarmouth Birkenhead Gloucester

May, 1916

Gloucester is now marked as being "temporarily" with the squadron, and Chester has joined, bringing the strength to five light cruisers. The roster would next change some time in X.[22]

Screening the Battle Cruiser Fleet
Light Cruisers
FalmouthRAdmRN.png Yarmouth Birkenhead Gloucester* Chester

Battle of Jutland

The cruisers now have a seaplane carrier attached. Chester as also at the battle, but was detached to screen the Third Battle Cruiser Squadron in company with the unaffiliated light cruiser H.M.S. Canterbury.[23]

[TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]

July, 1918

The Squadron is now:[24]

November, 1918

The Squadron has lost Yarmouth, which transferred to the Second Light Cruiser Squadron.[25]

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.[26]

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.[27]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 26.
  2. ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 440.
  3. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 26.
  4. ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 354.
  5. ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 354.
  6. ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  7. ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 354.
  8. ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 741.
  10. ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
  11. ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
  12. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  13. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  14. ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.
  15. ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.
  16. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1915). p. 11.
  17. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 11 and Supplements through August, 1915.
  18. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1915). p. 11 and Supplements through X.
  19. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 11 and Supplements through January, 1916.
  20. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1916). p. 11 and Supplements through April, 1916.
  21. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1916). p. 11 and Supplements through X.
  22. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1916). p. 11 and Supplements through X.
  23. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  24. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 11.
  25. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 11.
  26. ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23/44.
  27. ↑ 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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