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]
- 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, 14 May, 1919.[8][9]
- Rear-Admiral Wilmot S. Nicholson, 14 May, 1921.[10]
- Rear-Admiral Thomas D. Gilbert, 15 May, 1923.[11]
Composition
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[13]
Attached to Battle Cruiser Fleet.
Battle of Jutland[14]
Dublin has replaced Lowestoft.
- Southampton
Commodore William Edmund Goodenough[15] - Birmingham, Captain Arthur Allan Morison Duff[16]
- Nottingham, Captain Charles B. Miller[17]
- Dublin, Captain Albert Charles Scott[18]
July, 1918[19]
The Squadron is still assigned to screen the Battle Cruiser Force.
November, 1918[20]
The Squadron has been bolstered by the addition of Yarmouth, transferring in from the Third Light Cruiser Squadron.
In May 1919, the squadron was led by Caledon.[21]
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.[22]
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. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. 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.
- ↑ The Monthly 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.
- ↑ 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 (July, 1911). p. 11.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1911). p. 11.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 738.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. 121.
Bibliography
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