Third Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)

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Rear-Admirals Commanding

Dates of appointment given:

Composition

1915[4]

November, 1915[5]
Attached to Battle Cruiser Fleet. Liverpool has been temporarily attached to the Grand Fleet.

Battle of Jutland[6]
The cruisers now have a seaplane carrier attached.

July, 1918[7]

November, 1918[8]
The Squadron has lost Yarmouth, which transferred to the Second Light Cruiser Squadron.

In August 1919, the squadron was briefly under the flag of Centaur and then Cardiff.[9]

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.[10]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 26.
  2. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 26.
  3. ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 741.
  4. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 58.
  5. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915). p. 11.
  6. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 11.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 11.
  9. ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 741.
  10. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. 121.

Bibliography


Light Cruiser Squadrons of the Royal Navy
First Light Cruiser Squadron | Second Light Cruiser Squadron | Third Light Cruiser Squadron | Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron | Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron | Sixth Light Cruiser Squadron | Seventh Light Cruiser Squadron | Eighth Light Cruiser Squadron
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