Tenth Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)

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The Tenth Cruiser Squadron was also known as Cruiser Force B from 1914.

Napier hauled down his flag at Sheerness on 26 July, 1914.[1]

During the course of its service the squadron intercepted 12,979 ships at sea while 2,039 ships reported to a port of examination. 642 evaded the blockade. The losses incurred were nine armed merchant cruisers sunk at the cost of 1,165 officers and men.[2]

In Command

Dates of appointment given:

Second in Command

The officers who were second in command were generally given direct control of the Second Division.

Third in Command

The officers who were third in command were generally given direct control of the Third Division.

  • Captain Edward L. Booty, 12 November, 1914[9]  (appointed Commodore, Second Class in 1915)

Composition

December, 1912

[10]

December, 1913

[11]

The same line-up as the previous year.

July - 5 August, 1914

Serving as the Northern Patrol as part of Third Fleet, the squadron was:[12][13]

September, 1914

[14]

November, 1915

The composition now seems to be armed merchant cruisers.[15]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 July, 1914. Issue 40586, col B, p. 4.
  2. ↑ Osborne. Britain's Economic Blockade of Germany, 1914-1919. p. 166.
  3. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 1 July, 1913. Issue 40252, col D, p. 6.
  4. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1916). p. 7.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401jj.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401h.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398oo.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). p. 7.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401v.
  10. ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  11. ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  12. ↑ 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]
  13. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
  14. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September 1914). p. 9.
  15. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 10.

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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