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* Rear-Admiral [[Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt]],
 
* Rear-Admiral [[Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt]],
  
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*{{UK-Gloucester}}
 
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'''November, 1915'''<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1915).  p. 11.</ref>
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<br>Attached to [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]]. {{UK-Liverpool}} has been temporarily attached to the [[Grand Fleet]].
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Attached to [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]]. {{UK-Liverpool}} has been temporarily attached to the [[Grand Fleet]].<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1915).  p. 11.</ref>
 
*{{UK-Falmouth}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
 
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The cruisers now have a seaplane carrier attached.{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
 
*{{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]]
 
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*{{UK-Engadine|f=t}}, {{LCommRN}} [[Charles Gwillim Robinson]]
 
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*{{UK-Chatham}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
 
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'''November, 1918'''<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1918).  p. 11.</ref>
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<br>The Squadron has lost {{UK-Yarmouth}}, which transferred to the {{UK-LCS|2}}.
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The Squadron has lost {{UK-Yarmouth}}, which transferred to the {{UK-LCS|2}}.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1918).  p. 11.</ref>
 
*{{UK-Chatham}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
 
*{{UK-Chatham}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
 
*{{UK-Birkenhead}}
 
*{{UK-Birkenhead}}

Revision as of 17:45, 24 September 2013

Rear-Admirals Commanding

Dates of appointment given:

History

1915

The squadron was:[4]

November, 1915

Attached to Battle Cruiser Fleet. Liverpool has been temporarily attached to the Grand Fleet.[5]

Battle of Jutland

The cruisers now have a seaplane carrier attached.[6]

July, 1918

The Squadron is now:[7]

November, 1918

The Squadron has lost Yarmouth, which transferred to the Second Light Cruiser Squadron.[8]

In August 1919, the squadron was briefly under the flag of Centaur and then Cardiff.[9]

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.[10]

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. ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 741.
  4. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 58.
  5. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915). p. 11.
  6. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 11.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 11.
  9. ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 741.
  10. ↑ 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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