Second Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
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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]
- Rear-Admiral Trevylyan D. W. Napier, 28 December, 1914.[5]
- William E. Goodenough, 8 February, 1915.[6]
- Commodore, First Class Cecil F. Lambert, 5 December, 1916.[7]
- Rear-Admiral James A. Fergusson, 9 May, 1918.[7]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur A. M. Duff, May, 1919.[8]
- Rear-Admiral Wilmot S. Nicholson, 14 May, 1921.[9]
- Rear-Admiral Thomas D. Gilbert, 15 May, 1923.[10]
Composition
- Southampton 25px Commodore William Edmund Goodenough[12]
- Birmingham, Captain Arthur Allan Morison Duff[13]
- Nottingham, Captain Charles B. Miller[14]
- Dublin, Captain Albert Charles Scott[15]
November, 1918.[16]
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.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 1 December, 1913. Issue 40383, col F, p. 72.
- ↑ Napier Service Record. f. 440.
- ↑ Supplement to the Navy List (March, 1915). p. 6.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "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. 25.
- ↑ "News in Brief" (News in Brief). The Times. Monday, 5 May, 1919. Issue 42091, col B, p. 20.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 46.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 46.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 46.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 46.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1911). p. 11.
Bibliography
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