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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Hubert George Brand|nick=Hubert G. Brand|appt=1922}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Hubert George Brand|nick=Hubert G. Brand|appt=1922}} | ||
Revision as of 14:54, 18 December 2014
In Command
Dates of appointment given:
- Commodore, Second Class William E. Goodenough, 5 July, 1913[1]
- Rear-Admiral Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair, 8 February, 1915[2] – 7 July, 1917[3]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Walter H. Cowan, 7 July, 1917[4] – 5 July, 1920[5] (flag transferred to Delhi in June, 1919)
- Vice-Admiral James A. Fergusson, 1920
- Rear-Admiral Hubert G. Brand, 1922
- Rear-Admiral Arthur K. Waistell, 1924[Inference]
History
July, 1914
The squadron was:[6]
Outbreak of War
Two additional light cruisers have reinforced the squadron.[7][8]
- Southampton, Commodore Goodenough
- Birmingham, Captain Arthur Duff
- Nottingham, Captain C. B. Miller
- Liverpool, Captain Edward Reeves
- Falmouth, Captain J. D. Edwards
- Lowestoft, Captain Theobald Kennedy
November, 1915
Attached to the Battle Cruiser Fleet.[9]
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:[10]
- Galatea, Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair (Commodore, Second Class)
- Phaeton, Captain John E. Cameron
- Inconstant, Captain Bertram S. Thesiger
- Cordelia, Captain Tufton P. H. Beamish
17 November, 1917
At the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight[11]
July, 1918
The Squadron is still assigned to screen the Battle Cruiser Force.[12]
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.[13]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 5.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1917). p. 6.
- ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 5.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 440.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 11.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 33, 46.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Vol. V. pp. 168-169.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 11.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. 121.
Bibliography
- Corbett, Sir Julian S. (1920). Naval Operations. Volume I. London: Longmans, Green and Co..
- Newbolt, Henry (1931). Naval Operations. Vol. V. London: Longmans, Green and Co..
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