Seventh Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
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The Seventh Cruiser Squadron, also known as Cruiser Force C in 1914, was a cruiser formation of the Royal Navy.
History
Christian hauled down his flag at Sheerness on 26 July.[1]
Rear-Admirals Commanding
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Arthur H. Christian, 13 July, 1914 - 26 July, 1914.[2]
- Rear-Admiral Henry H. Campbell, 1 August, 1914 - 6 October, 1914.[3]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur W. Waymouth, 14 January, 1915 - 6 April, 1915.[4]
- Rear-Admiral Henry L. Tottenham, 7 April, 1915 - 25 October, 1915.[5]
- Rear-Admiral Herbert L. Heath, 24 October, 1915 - 5 June, 1916.[6]
Composition
December, 1912[7]
December, 1913[8]
Hogue has been added to 1912's roster, from unknown prior assignment.
July, 1914[9]
Operating as part of Third Fleet.
- Aboukir
- Bacchante
- Cressy
- Euryalus
- Hogue
- Sutlej (trooping to Malta. will join when relieved by Leviathan
5 August, 1914[10]
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:
November, 1915[11]
Attached to Grand Fleet, the composition is entirely new.
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 July, 1914. Issue 40586, col B, p. 4.
- ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 435.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 309.
- ↑ "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.'] f. 18.
- ↑ Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 1320.
- ↑ "Squadrons." f. 18.
- ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
- ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
- ↑ Printed page "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad" in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915). p. 10.
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