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The '''Sixth Light Cruiser Squadron''' was a formation of light cruisers created in June or July, 1917, initially to assist the {{UK-LCS|4}} in screening the British Battle Fleet.  

==History and Composition==

===July, 1917===
The Squadron has a strength of five light cruisers (although ''Caradoc'' is only to join "shortly") and is to screen the [[Battle Fleet (Royal Navy)|Battle Fleet]].  This arrangement would last until at X, though the formation would move to screen the [[Battle Cruiser Force]] in August 1917.{{SMNLJul17|p. 10}}
*{{UK-Cardiff}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
*{{UK-Calypso}}
*{{UK-Caradoc}}*
*{{UK-Cassandra}}
*{{UK-Ceres}}

===August, 1917===
The formation is now tasked with screening the [[Battle Cruiser Force]], joining three other squadrons in this mission.  ''Caradoc'' has apparently arrived.  This arrangement would last until some time in November, 1918.  One small detail is that in December 1917, only, ''Calypso'' is noted as being a 2nd-in-command flagship.  This quirk may itself be an editorial error, as it appears from [[Bertram Sackville Thesiger|Thesiger]]'s Service Record that he, captain of ''Calypso'', was second in command of the formation through the end of the war.{{SMNLAug17|p. 11 and following supplements}}<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/519.}} f. 472.</ref>
*{{UK-Cardiff}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
*{{UK-Calypso}}
*{{UK-Caradoc}}
*{{UK-Cassandra}}
*{{UK-Ceres}}

===17 November, 1917 at the [[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]]===
{{UK-Cassandra}} would miss the battle, but the following four light cruisers fought:{{UKNavalOpsV|pp. 168-169}}
*{{UK-Cardiff}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
*{{UK-Ceres}}
*{{UK-Calypso}}
*{{UK-Caradoc}}

The cruisers, in turn, were screened by:
:*{{UK-Valentine}} (Flotilla leader)
:*{{UK-Vimiera}}
:*{{UK-Vanquisher}}
:*{{UK-Vehement}}

===December, 1918===
The Squadron is screening the [[Battle Cruiser Force]].  {{UK-Cassandra}} would be lost to a mine in the Gulf of Finland on 5 December.  This roster would apply until the formation was re-designated as the {{UK-LCS|3}} in February or March 1919.{{SMNLDec18|p. 11 and following supplements}}
*{{UK-Cardiff}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
*{{UK-Calypso}}
*{{UK-Caradoc}}
*{{UK-Ceres}}

==Rear-Admirals Commanding==
Dates of appointment given:
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=11 July, 1917{{SMNLAug17|p. 6}}|end=1 February, 1919|precBy=New Command|succBy=renamed as {{UK-LCS|3}}}}
</div name=fredbot:office0>

==Seconds in Command==

<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Second in Command, Sixth Light Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bertram Sackville Thesiger|nick=Bertram S. Thesiger|appt=November, 1917<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>|end=September, 1919<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
</div name=fredbot:office1>

==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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*{{UKNavalOpsV}}
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