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Christian hauled down his flag at Sheerness on 26 July.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 27 July, 1914.  Issue '''40586''', col B, pg. 4.</ref>
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The '''Seventh Cruiser Squadron''', also known as '''Cruiser Force C''' from 1914 to 1915, was a cruiser formation of the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Rear-Admirals Commanding==
 
==Rear-Admirals Commanding==
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*{{RearRN}} [[Arthur Henry Christian|Arthur H. Christian]], 13 July, 1914 - 26 July, 1914.<ref>Christian Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/20.  p. 435.</ref>
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Dates of appointment given:
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*Rear-Admiral [[Henry Hervey Campbell|Henry H. Campbell]], 1 August, 1914 - 6 October, 1914.<ref>Campbell Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  p. 309.</ref>
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Rear-Admiral Commanding, Seventh Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore|nick=Archibald G. H. W. Moore|appt=15 July, 1913<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}.  p. 645.</ref>|end=9 August, 1913<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}.  p. 645.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur Henry Christian|nick=Arthur H. Christian|appt=13 July, 1914<ref>Christian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}.  p. 435.</ref>|end=26 July, 1914<ref>Christian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}.  p. 435.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Hervey Campbell|nick=Henry H. Campbell|appt=1 August, 1914<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  p. 309.</ref>|end=6 October, 1914<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  p. 309.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur William Waymouth|nick=Arthur W. Waymouth|appt=14 January, 1915{{UKCeased|f. 18}}<ref>Waymouth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 164.</ref>|end=6 April, 1915{{UKCeased|f. 18}}<ref>Waymouth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 164.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Loftus Tottenham|nick=Henry L. Tottenham|appt=7 April, 1915<ref>Tottenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}.  p. 1320.</ref>|end=25 October, 1915<ref>Tottenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}.  p. 1320.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Herbert Leopold Heath|nick=Herbert L. Heath|appt=24 October, 1915{{UKCeased|f. 18}}|end=5 June, 1916{{UKCeased|f. 18}}|succBy=Command Abolished}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edward de Faye Renouf|nick=Edward de F. Renouf|appt=18 July, 1940<ref>Renouf Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/254.|D7605009}} f. 268.</ref>|end=6 March, 1941<ref>Renouf Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/254.|D7605009}} f. 268.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Irvine Gordon Glennie|nick=Irvine G. Glennie|appt=6 March, 1941|end=11 May, 1941}}
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</div name=fredbot:office0>
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==History==
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===December, 1912===
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<ref>Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
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*{{UK-Aboukir}}
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*{{UK-Bacchante}}
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*{{UK-Cressy}}
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*{{UK-Euryalus}}
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===December, 1913===
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Hogue has been added to 1912's roster, from unknown prior assignment.<ref>Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
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*{{UK-Aboukir}}
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*{{UK-Bacchante}}
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*{{UK-Cressy}}
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*{{UK-Euryalus}}
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*{{UK-Hogue}}
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===July, 1914===
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Operating as part of Third Fleet.{{NLJul14|p. 296''d''}}
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*{{UK-Aboukir}}
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*{{UK-Bacchante}}
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*{{UK-Cressy}}
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*{{UK-Euryalus}}
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*{{UK-Hogue}}
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*{{UK-Sutlej}} (also listed under {{UK-CS|6}}.  Trooping to Malta.  will join when relieved by {{UK-Leviathan}})
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{{RearRN}} [[Arthur Henry Christian|Arthur H. Christian]] hauled down his flag at Sheerness on 26 July, 1914.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 27 July, 1914.  Issue '''40586''', col B, p. 4.</ref>  On 1 August, [[Henry Hervey Campbell|Henry H. Campbell]] was appointed in command.
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===5 August, 1914===
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In the southern North Sea, the squadron had the same ships as at the end of 1912, having seemingly lost {{UK-Hogue}} and {{UK-Sutlej}} seemingly yet to join in fact:{{DittColl|p. 15}}
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*{{UK-Bacchante}}
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*{{UK-Aboukir}}
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*{{UK-Cressy}}
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*{{UK-Euryalus}}
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On 13 August, it was made part of {{RearRN}} [[Arthur Henry Christian]]'s new [[Southern Force (Royal Navy)|Southern Force]], tasked with operations to protect the Belgian coast along with destroyers and submarines operating out of Harwich.<ref>See [[Southern Force (Royal Navy)]]</ref>
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===10 September, 1914===
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The ''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' for September 1914 lists Cruiser Force C as follows, being but one component of an enormous "Cruiser Force A", which also entails the First and Second Battlecruiser Squadrons, three Cruiser Squadrons, the {{UK-LCS|1}} and [[Cruiser Force B]]:{{SMNLSep14|p. 9}}
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*{{UK-Bacchante}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Cressy}}
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*{{UK-Aboukir}}
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*{{UK-Hogue}}
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The formation has been assigned a routine patrol quite forward in "The Broad Fourteens", which reportedly earned it the monicker of "Live Bait Squadron".
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===10 October, 1914===
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In the wake of the [[The Loss of the Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue|torpedoing of ''Aboukir'', ''Cressy'' and ''Hogue'']] on 22 September, {{UK-Bacchante}}, has been made part of [[Cruiser Force G]] in the North group of Atlantic Cruisers, and the formation will be temporarily disestablished until sometime around January, 1915.{{SMNLOct14|pp. 9, 10 and December's Supplement}}
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===January, 1915===
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The former "Cruiser Force A" is no longer labelled as such, but the Seventh Cruiser Squadron has been reborn as a component of it.  {{UK-Minotaur}} has joined from the Cape of Good Hope, {{UK-Donegal}} and {{UK-Hampshire}} from the {{UK-CS|6}} and {{UK-Lancaster}} is on its way to join from [[Cruiser Force H]].{{SMNLJan15|p. 9 and December 1914's Supplement, pp. 9, 10}}
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*{{UK-Minotaur}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Donegal}}
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*{{UK-Hampshire}}
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*{{UK-Lancaster}} (slated to join, will be here by March)
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No February 1915 list was found.
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===March, 1915 through May, 1915===
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Attached to the [[Grand Fleet]], the composition is:{{SMNLXXX15|p. 11 and Supplements through May, 1915}}
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*{{UK-Minotaur}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Donegal}}
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*{{UK-Hampshire}}
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*{{UK-Lancaster}}
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===June, 1915===
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Attached to the [[Grand Fleet]], {{UK-Essex}} has joined from an assignment I have not discovered:{{SMNLJul15|p. 10 and Supplements through X}}
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*{{UK-Minotaur}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Donegal}}
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*{{UK-Essex}}
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*{{UK-Hampshire}}
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*{{UK-Lancaster}}
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===July, 1915===
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Still attached to the [[Grand Fleet]], but {{UK-Essex}} has left, now being assigned to [[Cruiser Force I]] in the North Atlantic.{{SMNLJul15|pp. 10 and 19}}
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*{{UK-Minotaur}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Donegal}}
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*{{UK-Hampshire}}
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*{{UK-Lancaster}}
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===August, 1915 through late May, 1916===
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Still attached to the [[Grand Fleet]], but {{UK-Lancaster}} has left, now being assigned to "in Home Waters or on Detached Service".{{SMNLAug15|p. 10 and 14 and Supplements through May, 1916}}
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*{{UK-Minotaur}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Donegal}}
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*{{UK-Hampshire}}
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The formation may have been disbanded immediately before the [[Battle of Jutland]], with {{UK-Minotaur}} and {{UK-Hampshire}} being assigned to the {{UK-CS|2}}, and {{UK-Donegal}} being sent to detached service.  However, there is explicit mention that formal abolition may have been on 5 June, 1916.{{UKCeased|p. 18}}
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
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Latest revision as of 14:51, 12 March 2021

The Seventh Cruiser Squadron, also known as Cruiser Force C from 1914 to 1915, was a cruiser formation of the Royal Navy.

Rear-Admirals Commanding

Dates of appointment given:

History

December, 1912

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December, 1913

Hogue has been added to 1912's roster, from unknown prior assignment.[18]

July, 1914

Operating as part of Third Fleet.[19]

Rear-Admiral Arthur H. Christian hauled down his flag at Sheerness on 26 July, 1914.[20] On 1 August, Henry H. Campbell was appointed in command.

5 August, 1914

In the southern North Sea, the squadron had the same ships as at the end of 1912, having seemingly lost Hogue and Sutlej seemingly yet to join in fact:[21]

On 13 August, it was made part of Rear-Admiral Arthur Henry Christian's new Southern Force, tasked with operations to protect the Belgian coast along with destroyers and submarines operating out of Harwich.[22]

10 September, 1914

The Supplement to the Monthly Navy List for September 1914 lists Cruiser Force C as follows, being but one component of an enormous "Cruiser Force A", which also entails the First and Second Battlecruiser Squadrons, three Cruiser Squadrons, the First Light Cruiser Squadron and Cruiser Force B:[23]

The formation has been assigned a routine patrol quite forward in "The Broad Fourteens", which reportedly earned it the monicker of "Live Bait Squadron".

10 October, 1914

In the wake of the torpedoing of Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue on 22 September, Bacchante, has been made part of Cruiser Force G in the North group of Atlantic Cruisers, and the formation will be temporarily disestablished until sometime around January, 1915.[24]

January, 1915

The former "Cruiser Force A" is no longer labelled as such, but the Seventh Cruiser Squadron has been reborn as a component of it. Minotaur has joined from the Cape of Good Hope, Donegal and Hampshire from the Sixth Cruiser Squadron and Lancaster is on its way to join from Cruiser Force H.[25]

No February 1915 list was found.

March, 1915 through May, 1915

Attached to the Grand Fleet, the composition is:Template:SMNLXXX15

June, 1915

Attached to the Grand Fleet, Essex has joined from an assignment I have not discovered:[26]

July, 1915

Still attached to the Grand Fleet, but Essex has left, now being assigned to Cruiser Force I in the North Atlantic.[27]

August, 1915 through late May, 1916

Still attached to the Grand Fleet, but Lancaster has left, now being assigned to "in Home Waters or on Detached Service".[28]

The formation may have been disbanded immediately before the Battle of Jutland, with Minotaur and Hampshire being assigned to the Second Cruiser Squadron, and Donegal being sent to detached service. However, there is explicit mention that formal abolition may have been on 5 June, 1916.[29]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 645.
  2. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 645.
  3. ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 435.
  4. ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 435.
  5. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 309.
  6. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 309.
  7. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 18.
  8. ↑ Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 164.
  9. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 18.
  10. ↑ Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 164.
  11. ↑ Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 1320.
  12. ↑ Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 1320.
  13. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 18.
  14. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 18.
  15. ↑ Renouf Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/254. f. 268.
  16. ↑ Renouf Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/254. f. 268.
  17. ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  18. ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1914). p. 296d.
  20. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 July, 1914. Issue 40586, col B, p. 4.
  21. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
  22. ↑ See Southern Force (Royal Navy)
  23. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September 1914). p. 9.
  24. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1914). pp. 9, 10 and December's Supplement.
  25. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 9 and December 1914's Supplement, pp. 9, 10.
  26. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1915). p. 10 and Supplements through X.
  27. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1915). pp. 10 and 19.
  28. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1915). p. 10 and 14 and Supplements through May, 1916.
  29. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 18.

Bibliography


Cruiser Squadrons of the Royal Navy
First Cruiser Squadron | Second Cruiser Squadron | Third Cruiser Squadron | Fourth Cruiser Squadron | Fifth Cruiser Squadron
Sixth Cruiser Squadron | Seventh Cruiser Squadron | Eighth Cruiser Squadron | Ninth Cruiser Squadron | Tenth Cruiser Squadron
Eleventh Cruiser Squadron | Twelfth Cruiser Squadron | Fifteenth Cruiser Squadron | Eighteenth Cruiser Squadron
Cruiser Force F
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