Eastern Mediterranean Squadron (Royal Navy)
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The Eastern Mediterranean Squadron was renamed the Ægean Squadron upon Rear-Admiral Sydney R. Fremantle taking command in August, 1917.[1] At the same time, the commander went from being a Vice-Admiral to a Rear-Admiral, and the second-in-command was dropped.
In Command
Dates of appointment given:
- Vice-Admiral Sackville H. Carden, 20 September, 1914[2]
- Acting Vice-Admiral Sir John M. de Robeck, 17 March, 1915[3] – 19 June, 1916[4]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil F. Thursby, 19 June, 1916[5] – 25 August, 1917[6]
- Rear-Admiral Sydney F. Fremantle, 13 August, 1917[7] – 2 January, 1918[8]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur Hayes-Sadler, 2 January, 1918[9] – February, 1918
- Rear-Admiral Cecil F. Lambert, 24 February, 1918[10] – 1 September, 1918[11]
- Rear-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour, 1 September, 1918[12][13] – 31 December, 1918[14]
- Rear-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour, 1 January, 1919[15] – 19 October, 1919[16] (as Rear-Admiral Commanding, Black Sea & Sea of Marmora)
Second-in-Command
- Rear-Admiral Sir Cecil F. Thursby, March, 1915
- Rear-Admiral Stuart Nicholson, June, 1915
- Rear-Admiral Arthur H. Christian, July, 1915[17] – 20 July, 1917[18] (flag in Swiftsure)
- Rear-Admiral Sydney R. Fremantle, February, 1916[19] – 27 July, 1916[20]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur Hayes-Sadler, 15 July, 1916[21] – 2 January, 1918[22]
John M. de Robeck may have held this command prior to being made Vice-Admiral Commanding.[Fact Check]
Footnotes
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 32.
- ↑ Carden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 185.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 32.
- ↑ de Robeck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 128.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 32.
- ↑ Thursby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 658.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 279.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 142.
- ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 142.
- ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
- ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
- ↑ Hayes-Sadler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 44.
- ↑ Hayes-Sadler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 44.
