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Revision as of 15:06, 29 October 2012
Rear-Admirals Commanding
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Trevylyan D. W. Napier, 8 February, 1915.[1]
- Rear-Admiral Allen T. Hunt, 1 January, 1918.[2]
- Rear-Admiral Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt,
Composition
1915[3]
- Gloucester
- Liverpool
- other Bristol class?
- Falmouth, Captain John Douglas Edwards
Rear-Admiral Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier - Yarmouth, Captain Thomas Drummond Pratt
- Birkenhead, Captain Edward Reeves
- Gloucester, Captain William Frederick Blunt
- seaplane carrier Engadine, Lieutenant-Commander Charles Gwillim Robinson
November, 1918[5]
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.[6]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461. ["Squadrons."] p. 26.
- ↑ "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461. ["Squadrons."] p. 26.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 58.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1911). p. 11.
- ↑ 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 |
