Second Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
History
It was announced in an Admiralty Weekly Order of 6 February, 1914, that the ships of the Second Light Cruiser Squadron would, as a temporary measure, form part of the Fifth Cruiser Squadron.[1]
Rear-Admirals and Commodores Commanding
Dates of appointment given:
- Commodore, Second Class Trevylyan D. W. Napier, 1 July, 1913[2] (appointment of Commodore abolished on 1 December, 1913.[3][4])
- William E. Goodenough, 8 February, 1915[5]
- Commodore, First Class Cecil F. Lambert, 5 December, 1916[6]
- Rear-Admiral James A. Fergusson, 9 May, 1918[7]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur A. M. Duff, 14 May, 1919[8][9]
- Rear-Admiral Wilmot S. Nicholson, 14 May, 1921[10]
- Rear-Admiral Thomas D. Gilbert, 15 May, 1923[11]
History
In November 1914, it was anticipated that when Active returned from refit a second L.C.S. would be formed of Active, Blanche and Liverpool, and that by February, newly completed vessles might permit the composition to become Cordelia (available by end of December), Inconstant and Phaeton (available by end of January) and Comus and Carysfort (February).[12]
November, 1915
Attached to Battle Cruiser Fleet.[13]
Battle of Jutland
- Main article: Second L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland
Dublin has replaced Lowestoft.[14]
- Southampton
Commodore William Edmund Goodenough - Birmingham, Captain Arthur Allan Morison Duff
- Nottingham, Captain Charles B. Miller
- Dublin, Captain Albert Charles Scott
July, 1918
The Squadron is still assigned to screen the Battle Cruiser Force.[15]
November, 1918
The Squadron has been bolstered by the addition of Yarmouth, transferring in from the Third Light Cruiser Squadron.[16]
In May 1919, the squadron was led by Caledon.[17]
Drill and Practice
In 1917, the squadron fired 21 practice torpedoes of which 19 or 90% were judged to be likely to endanger the enemy.[18]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Orders. "860.—Second Light Cruiser Squadron." M. 11652/14—6.2.1914. The National Archives. ADM 182/5.
- ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 440.
- ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 440.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 1 December, 1913. Issue 40383, col F, p. 72.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1915). p. 6.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 25.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 25.
- ↑ "News in Brief" (News in Brief). The Times. Monday, 5 May, 1919. Issue 42091, col B, p. 20.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 19 March, 1921. Issue 42673, col C, p. 8.
- ↑ "Flag Changes" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 16 March, 1923. Issue 43291, col E, p. 14.
- ↑ Grand Fleet Conferences, 1914. facing p. 219.
- ↑ 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 Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. 121.
Bibliography
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