Third Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
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Rear-Admirals Commanding
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Trevylyan D. W. Napier, 8 February, 1915[1]
- Rear-Admiral Allen T. Hunt, 1 January, 1918[2]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair, February, 1919[3] – 5 August, 1919[4]
- Vice-Admiral Sir George P. W. Hope, 5 August, 1919[5][6] – 19 January, 1921[7]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart., 19 January, 1921[8]
History
1915
The squadron was:[9]
- Gloucester
- Liverpool
- other Bristol class?
November, 1915
Attached to Battle Cruiser Fleet. Liverpool has been temporarily attached to the Grand Fleet.[10]
Battle of Jutland
The cruisers now have a seaplane carrier attached.[11]
- Falmouth, Captain John Douglas Edwards
Rear-Admiral Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier - Yarmouth, Captain Thomas D. Pratt
- Birkenhead, Captain Edward Reeves
- Gloucester, Captain William Frederick Blunt
- seaplane carrier Engadine, Lieutenant-Commander Charles Gascoigne Robinson
July, 1918
The Squadron is now:[12]
November, 1918
The Squadron has lost Yarmouth, which transferred to the Second Light Cruiser Squadron.[13]
1919
The flag passed as follows in 1919: Cardiff had it on 5 August, Calypso took over on 1 November, Centaur on 9 November, and Cardiff resumed her place as flagship on 12 December, 1919.[14]
Drill and Practice
In 1917, the squadron fired 16 practice torpedoes of which 13 or 81% were judged to be likely to endanger the enemy.[15]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 26.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 26.
- ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
- ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 741.
- ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
- ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
- ↑ Superseded his predecessor on that date. Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 58.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23/44.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. 121.
Bibliography
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