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The '''First Light Cruiser Squadron''' was a formation of light cruisers in the [[Royal Navy]].  Founded before the [[Great War]], during the war it was one of 3-4 such squadrons tasked with screening the [[Grand Fleet]] during operations.
The squadron operated throughout the war and beyond.  At some time in perhaps September 1924 it was re-designated the {{UK-CS|1}} as post-war operations suggested the wisdom of merging heavy and light cruiser operations.
==In Command==
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The First Light Cruiser Squadron was a formation of light cruisers in the Royal Navy. Founded before the Great War, during the war it was one of 3-4 such squadrons tasked with screening the Grand Fleet during operations.

The squadron operated throughout the war and beyond. At some time in perhaps September 1924 it was re-designated the First Cruiser Squadron as post-war operations suggested the wisdom of merging heavy and light cruiser operations.

In Command

Dates of appointment given:

History

July, 1914

The squadron was:[12]

Outbreak of War

Two additional light cruisers have reinforced the squadron.[13][14]

November, 1915

Attached to the Battle Cruiser Fleet.[15]

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:[16]

17 November, 1917

At the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight[17]

Screened by:

July, 1918

The Squadron is still assigned to screen the Battle Cruiser Force.[18]

November, 1918

No change since July.[19]

This roster would apply until March, 1919.[20]

March, 1919

Now attached to the Battle Cruiser Force, Cleopatra has joined,[21] coming from the Seventh Light Cruiser Squadron.[22]

April, 1919

Still attached to the Battle Cruiser Force, Comus has joined,[23] having come from the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron,[24] bringing the strength to seven light cruisers.

May, 1919

A considerable reorganization has occurred. All the ships except Comus (which is a "miscellaneous ship in commission") have been left to embody, with Champion, the Home Fleet's Second Light Cruiser Squadron.

1 L.C.S. is now part of the Atlantic Fleet; the reinvented squadron is comprised the six very modern light cruisers that were dubbed the Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron just a month ago.[25][26]

June, 1919

Still part of the Atlantic Fleet, the squadron is now eight light cruisers.[27] Danae is on her way, having just entered service while Cleopatra has come over from the Second Light Cruiser Squadron and Canterbury has recently been recommissioned.[28]

July, 1919

Still part of the Atlantic Fleet, Delhi seems to have fully arrived and assumed flagship duties.[29]

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.[30]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 5.
  2. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  3. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1917). p. 6.
  4. ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  5. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 5.
  6. ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
  7. ↑ Fergusson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43 f. 199.
  8. ↑ Fergusson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88 f. 102.
  9. ↑ Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 220.
  10. ↑ Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 220.
  11. ↑ Waistell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/374. f. 244.
  12. ↑ 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]
  13. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 440.
  14. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
  15. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 11.
  16. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 33, 46.
  17. ↑ Naval Operations. Vol. V. pp. 168-169.
  18. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 11.
  19. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 11.
  20. ↑ Supplements from December, 1918 through March, 1919.
  21. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 10.
  22. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 10.
  23. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1919). p. 10.
  24. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 10.
  25. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1919). pp. 10, 12, 19.
  26. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1919). p 13.
  27. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 10.
  28. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1919). pp. 12, 20.
  29. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 10.
  30. ↑ 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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