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*{{UK-Falmouth}}, Captain [[John Douglas Edwards]]  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] {{RearRN}} [[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier]]
 
*{{UK-Falmouth}}, Captain [[John Douglas Edwards]]  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] {{RearRN}} [[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier]]
 
*{{UK-Yarmouth}}, Captain [[Thomas Drummond Pratt]]
 
*{{UK-Yarmouth}}, Captain [[Thomas Drummond Pratt]]

Revision as of 17:52, 11 December 2012

Rear-Admirals Commanding

Dates of appointment given:

Composition

1915[3]

November, 1915[4]
Attached to Battle Cruiser Fleet. Liverpool has been temporarily attached to the Grand Fleet.

Battle of Jutland[5]
The cruisers now have a seaplane carrier attached.

November, 1918[6]

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.[7]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 58.
  4. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915). p. 11.
  5. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  6. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1911). p. 11.
  7. ↑ 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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