Seventh Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
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:
- Rear-Admiral Archibald G. H. W. Moore, 15 July, 1913[1] – 9 August, 1913[2] (for manoeuvres)
- Rear-Admiral Arthur H. Christian, 13 July, 1914[3] – 26 July, 1914[4]
- Rear-Admiral Henry H. Campbell, 1 August, 1914[5] – 6 October, 1914[6]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur W. Waymouth, 14 January, 1915[7][8] – 6 April, 1915[9][10]
- Rear-Admiral Henry L. Tottenham, 7 April, 1915[11] – 25 October, 1915[12]
- Rear-Admiral Herbert L. Heath, 24 October, 1915[13] – 5 June, 1916[14]
History
December, 1912
December, 1913
Hogue has been added to 1912's roster, from unknown prior assignment.[16]
July, 1914
Operating as part of Third Fleet.[17]
- Aboukir
- Bacchante
- Cressy
- Euryalus
- Hogue
- Sutlej (also listed under Sixth Cruiser Squadron. Trooping to Malta. will join when relieved by Leviathan)
Rear-Admiral Arthur H. Christian hauled down his flag at Sheerness on 26 July, 1914.[18] 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:[19]
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.[20]
November, 1915
Attached to Grand Fleet, the composition is entirely new.[21]
Footnotes
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 645.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 645.
- ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 435.
- ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 435.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 309.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 309.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 18.
- ↑ Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 164.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 18.
- ↑ Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 164.
- ↑ Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 1320.
- ↑ Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 1320.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 18.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. 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]
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1914). p. 296d.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 July, 1914. Issue 40586, col B, p. 4.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
- ↑ See Southern Force (Royal Navy)
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 10.
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