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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 Gilbert|Thomas D. Pratt]] |
*{{UK-Birkenhead}}, Captain [[Edward Reeves]] | *{{UK-Birkenhead}}, Captain [[Edward Reeves]] | ||
*{{UK-Gloucester}}, Captain [[William Frederick Blunt]] | *{{UK-Gloucester}}, Captain [[William Frederick Blunt]] | ||
Revision as of 17:03, 8 May 2014
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 George Price Webley Hope 5 August, 1919.[3]
- Rear-Admiral Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt,
History
1915
The squadron was:[4]
- Gloucester
- Liverpool
- other Bristol class?
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]
- Falmouth, Captain John Douglas Edwards
Rear-Admiral Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier - Yarmouth, Captain Thomas D. Pratt
- Birkenhead, Captain Edward Reeves
- Gloucester, Captain William Frederick Blunt
- seaplane carrier Engadine, Lieutenant-Commander Charles Gwillim Robinson
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
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 26.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 26.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 741.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 58.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915). p. 11.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 11.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 11.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 741.
- ↑ 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 |
