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Revision as of 18:06, 13 November 2014

In Command

Dates of appointment given:

History

July, 1914

The squadron was:[5]

Outbreak of War

Two additional light cruisers have reinforced the squadron.[6][7]

November, 1915

Attached to the Battle Cruiser Fleet.[8]

Battle of Jutland

Main article: First L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland

The squadron was one of three screening the battlecruisers:[9]

17 November, 1917

At the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight[10]

Screened by:

July, 1918

The Squadron is still assigned to screen the Battle Cruiser Force.Template:SMNLJul11

November, 1918

No change since July.Template:SMNLNov11

Drill and Practice

In 1917, the squadron fired 56 practice torpedoes of which 45 or 80% were judged to be likely to endanger the enemy.[11]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 5.
  2. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1917). p. 6.
  3. ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  4. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 5.
  5. ↑ Printed page "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad" in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  6. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 440.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 11.
  9. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 33, 46.
  10. ↑ Naval Operations. Vol. V. pp. 168-169.
  11. ↑ 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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