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==History==
 
==History==
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The Fourth Battle Squadron was originally born out of the battleship force of the [[British Mediterranean Fleet|Mediterranean Fleet]], which until Mid-1912 had traditionally been seen as the front-line active force in the [[Royal Navy]].  With the reforms announced by [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] [[Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill|Winston Churchill]] in March, 1912, the Mediterranean battleship Squadron eventually became the Fourth Battle Squadron of the [[First Fleet (Royal Navy)|First Fleet]].
 
The Fourth Battle Squadron was originally born out of the battleship force of the [[British Mediterranean Fleet|Mediterranean Fleet]], which until Mid-1912 had traditionally been seen as the front-line active force in the [[Royal Navy]].  With the reforms announced by [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] [[Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill|Winston Churchill]] in March, 1912, the Mediterranean battleship Squadron eventually became the Fourth Battle Squadron of the [[First Fleet (Royal Navy)|First Fleet]].
  
 
In minutes submitted and approved by the [[Board of Admiralty]] on 8 July, 1914, it had been decided that by April, 1917, the Fourth Battle Squadron would consist solely of eight [[Revenge Class Battleship (1914)|''Revenge'' class]] dreadnought battleships.<ref>"Cruiser Squadron and Battle Squadron Programme."  {{TNA|ADM 1/8383/179}}.  p. 14.</ref>
 
In minutes submitted and approved by the [[Board of Admiralty]] on 8 July, 1914, it had been decided that by April, 1917, the Fourth Battle Squadron would consist solely of eight [[Revenge Class Battleship (1914)|''Revenge'' class]] dreadnought battleships.<ref>"Cruiser Squadron and Battle Squadron Programme."  {{TNA|ADM 1/8383/179}}.  p. 14.</ref>
  
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==Command of the Fourth Battle Squadron==
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===May, 1912===
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The Vice-Admiral Commanding the Battle Squadron commanded one division.  The Rear-Admiral Second-in-Command commanded the other division.
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*{{UK-1Exmouth}} (Flagship, Vice-Admiral [[Charles John Briggs|C. J. Briggs]]), replaced 17 December, 1912 by {{UK-Albemarle}}
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*{{UK-1Duncan}} (Flagship, Rear-Admiral [[Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram|T. H. M. Jerram]]), Captain [[Frederick Laurence Field]]
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===Vice-Admiral, Fourth Battle Squadron===
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Dates of appointment given:
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*{{ViceRN}} [[Charles John Briggs|Sir Charles J. Briggs]], 1 July, 1912.<ref>Briggs Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/38.  f. 168.</ref>
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*Vice-Admiral [[Douglas Austin Gamble|Sir Douglas A. Gamble]], 1 July, 1914.<ref>Gamble Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/38.  f. 507.</ref>
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*Admiral [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee|Sir F. C. Doveton Sturdee, Bart.]], 7 February, 1915.<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/39.  f. 1256.</ref>
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*Vice-Admiral [[Montague Edward Browning|Sir Montague E. Browning]], 12 February, 1918.<ref>Browning Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 309.</ref>
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===Rear-Admiral, Fourth Battle Squadron===
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Dates of appointment given:
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*Rear-Admiral [[Alexander Ludovic Duff|Alexander L. Duff]], 22 October, 1914.<ref>Duff Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 80.</ref>
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*Rear-Admiral [[Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt|Ernest F. A. Gaunt]], 12 June, 1916.<ref>Gaunt Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 276.</ref>
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*Rear-Admiral [[Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|Roger J. B. Keyes]], 23 June, 1917.<ref>Keyes Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43.  f. 291.</ref>
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*Rear-Admiral [[Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson|Douglas R. L. Nicholson]], 25 September, 1917.<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 290.</ref>
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==Composition==
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'''May, 1912'''
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*{{UK-Exmouth}} (Flagship, Vice-Admiral [[Charles John Briggs|C. J. Briggs]]), replaced 17 December, 1912 by {{UK-Albemarle}}
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*{{UK-Duncan}} (Flagship, Rear-Admiral [[Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram|T. H. M. Jerram]]), Captain [[Frederick Laurence Field]]
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*{{UK-Cornwallis}}, Captain [[Frank Edward Cavendish Ryan|F. E. C. Ryan]]
 
*{{UK-Cornwallis}}, Captain [[Frank Edward Cavendish Ryan|F. E. C. Ryan]]
 
*{{UK-Russell}}, Captain [[George Walter Smith|G. W. Smith]]
 
*{{UK-Russell}}, Captain [[George Walter Smith|G. W. Smith]]
 
*{{UK-Commonwealth}}, Captain [[Price Vaughan Lewes|P. V. Lewes]]
 
*{{UK-Commonwealth}}, Captain [[Price Vaughan Lewes|P. V. Lewes]]
  
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In February, 1912 the battleships {{UK-Africa}} and {{UK-Hindustan}} of the {{UK-BS|3}} joined the Fourth temporarily.
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In February, 1912 the battleships {{UK-Africa}} and {{UK-1Hindustan}} of the {{UK-BS|3}} joined the Fourth temporarily.
  
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'''December, 1912'''<ref>Handwritten notes in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
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===December, 1912===
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<ref>Handwritten notes in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
 
<br>At a strength of just four pre-dreadnoughts, at this point the squadron was half the size of the majority of her peers.
 
<br>At a strength of just four pre-dreadnoughts, at this point the squadron was half the size of the majority of her peers.
  
 
*{{UK-Albemarle}}
 
*{{UK-Albemarle}}
 
*{{UK-Cornwallis}}
 
*{{UK-Cornwallis}}
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*{{UK-Duncan}}
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*{{UK-1Duncan}}
 
*{{UK-Russell}}
 
*{{UK-Russell}}
  
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'''December, 1913'''<ref>Handwritten notes in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
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===December, 1913===
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Only {{UK-Cornwallis}} remains from last year's edition.  {{UK-Duncan}} and {{UK-Russell}} have been moved over to the {{UK-BS|6}}, while {{UK-Dreadnought}} and the two most modern pre-dreadnoughts have been transferred in from other squadrons.
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<ref>Handwritten notes in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
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<br>Only {{UK-Cornwallis}} remains from last year's edition.  {{UK-1Duncan}} and {{UK-Russell}} have been moved over to the {{UK-BS|6}}, while {{UK-Dreadnought}} and the two most modern pre-dreadnoughts have been transferred in from other squadrons.
  
 
*{{UK-Dreadnought}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]] (joined from {{UK-BS|1}})
 
*{{UK-Dreadnought}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]] (joined from {{UK-BS|1}})
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*{{UK-Cornwallis}}
 
*{{UK-Cornwallis}}
  
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'''July, 1914'''<ref>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]</ref>
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===July, 1914===
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{{AWO1914|109 of 10 July, 1914}}
  
 
*{{UK-Dreadnought}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
 
*{{UK-Dreadnought}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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Attached:  {{UK-Blonde|f=t}}
 
Attached:  {{UK-Blonde|f=t}}
  
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'''5 August, 1914'''
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===5 August, 1914===
  
 
At the outbreak of the [[First World War]] the Squadron was composed solely of 12-inch gunned dreadnoughts as follows.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 439}}  The requisitioned battleship {{UK-Agincourt}} was about to be commissioned and had already been earmarked for service in the Squadron.  {{UK-Agamemnon}} has been moved elsewhere.
 
At the outbreak of the [[First World War]] the Squadron was composed solely of 12-inch gunned dreadnoughts as follows.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 439}}  The requisitioned battleship {{UK-Agincourt}} was about to be commissioned and had already been earmarked for service in the Squadron.  {{UK-Agamemnon}} has been moved elsewhere.
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At outbreak of war, the {{UK-Blonde|f=t}}, Captain [[Albert Charles Scott|A. C. Scott]] was attached.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 439}}
 
At outbreak of war, the {{UK-Blonde|f=t}}, Captain [[Albert Charles Scott|A. C. Scott]] was attached.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 439}}
  
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'''January, 1915'''
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===September, 1914===
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The squadron acquired {{UK-Erin}} to bring its strength to a very eclectic five dreadnoughts.{{SMNLSep14|p. 8}}
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*{{UK-Dreadnought}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Temeraire}}
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
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*{{UK-Agincourt}}
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*{{UK-Erin}}
  
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By the start of 1915 the Squadron had been brought up to strength with the addition of powerful ships of the [[Iron Duke Class Battleship (1912)|''Iron Duke'' Class]] and the new battleship {{UK-Erin}}.  On 19 December,  the Vice Admiral's flag was transferred to {{UK-Benbow}}.<ref>Albert Francis Barclay Bridges diary at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
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Attached: {{UK-Blonde|f=t}}
  
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This line-up would last until November or December.{{SMNLOct14|p. 8}}{{SMNLDec14|p. 8}}
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===December, 1914===
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The squadron acquired {{UK-Benbow}} and {{UK-EmperorOfIndia}} to bring its strength to a diverse dreadnoughts, now meriting a second flagship.  {{UK-Dreadnought}} has ceded her flagship role, and another cruiser has attached.{{SMNLDec14|p. 8}}
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*{{UK-Benbow}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-EmperorOfIndia}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Temeraire}}
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
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*{{UK-Agincourt}}
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*{{UK-Erin}}
 
*{{UK-Dreadnought}}
 
*{{UK-Dreadnought}}
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Attached: {{UK-Blonde|f=t}}, {{UK-Sapphire|f=t}}
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This line-up would last just one month.
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===January, 1915===
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The Squadron has lost a cruiser.{{SMNLJan15|p. 8}}
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*{{UK-Benbow}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-EmperorOfIndia}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Temeraire}}
 
*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
 
*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
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*{{UK-Agincourt}}
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*{{UK-Erin}}
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*{{UK-Dreadnought}}
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Attached: {{UK-Blonde|f=t}}
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This line-up would last until June.{{SMNLMar15|p. 10}}{{SMNLApr15|p. 10}}{{SMNLMay15|p. 10}}
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===June, 1915===
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A powerful new dreadnought, {{UK-QueenElizabeth}} has brought the strength up to eight.{{SMNLJan15|p. 8}}
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*{{UK-Benbow}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-EmperorOfIndia}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-QueenElizabeth}}
 
*{{UK-Temeraire}}
 
*{{UK-Temeraire}}
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
 
*{{UK-Agincourt}}
 
*{{UK-Agincourt}}
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*{{UK-Erin}} - Joined after outbreak of war.
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*{{UK-Erin}}
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*{{UK-Benbow}} - Joined October, 1914. [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]  
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*{{UK-Dreadnought}}
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*{{UK-EmperorOfIndia}} - Joined November, 1914.
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*{{UK-Superb}} - Joined January, 1915.
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Attached: {{UK-Blonde|f=t}}
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This line-up would last until September.{{SMNLJul15|p. 10}}{{SMNLAug15|p. 10}}
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===September, 1915===
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{{UK-Canada}} has brought the strength up to nine.{{SMNLJan15|p. 8}}
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*{{UK-Benbow}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-EmperorOfIndia}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-QueenElizabeth}}
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*{{UK-Temeraire}}
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
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*{{UK-Agincourt}}
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*{{UK-Erin}}
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*{{UK-Dreadnought}}
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*{{UK-Canada}}
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Attached: {{UK-Blonde|f=t}}
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This line-up would last just one month.
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===October, 1915===
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{{UK-QueenElizabeth}} was transferred to the newly-created {{UK-BS|5}}.{{SMNLOct15|p. 10}}
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*{{UK-Benbow}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-EmperorOfIndia}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Temeraire}}
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
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*{{UK-Agincourt}}
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*{{UK-Erin}}
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*{{UK-Dreadnought}}
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*{{UK-Canada}}
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Attached: {{UK-Blonde|f=t}}
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This line-up would last just one month.
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===November, 1915===
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{{UK-Superb}} was transferred in from the {{UK-BS|1}} in exchange for {{UK-Agincourt}}, and {{UK-Erin}} left to join the {{UK-BS|2}}.{{SMNLNov15|p. 10}}
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*{{UK-Benbow}}  [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-EmperorOfIndia}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Superb}}
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*{{UK-Temeraire}}
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
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*{{UK-Dreadnought}}
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*{{UK-Canada}}
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Attached:  {{UK-Blonde}}
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This line-up would last until January, 1916.{{SMNLDec15|p. 10}}
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===January, 1916===
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The {{UK-1Blanche|f=t}} has attached as a second cruiser, coming from the {{UK-BS|3}}.{{SMNLJan16|p. 10}}
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*{{UK-Benbow}}  [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-EmperorOfIndia}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Superb}}
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*{{UK-Temeraire}}
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
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*{{UK-Dreadnought}}
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*{{UK-Canada}}
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Attached:  {{UK-Blonde}}, {{UK-1Blanche}}
  
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'''[[Battle of Jutland]]'''
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This line-up would last until Mid-May.{{SMNLFeb16|p. 10}}{{SMNLMar16|p. 10}}{{SMNLApr16|p. 10}}{{SMNLMay16|p. 10}}
  
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{{UK-Dreadnought}} had been relegated to use as a spare by May 16th or earlier, and {{UK-EmperorOfIndia}} had both gone into refit in May, and consequently missed the [[Battle of Jutland]].  Luckily, {{UK-RoyalOak}} had become available for service.
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===Battle of Jutland===
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{{UK-Dreadnought}} had been relegated to use as a spare by May 16th or earlier, and {{UK-EmperorOfIndia}} had both gone into refit in May, and consequently missed the [[Battle of Jutland]].  Luckily, {{UK-RoyalOak}} had become available for service.  {{UK-Blonde}} also seems to have missed the battle.
  
 
*Third Division, Grand Fleet.
 
*Third Division, Grand Fleet.
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**{{UK-Vanguard}}
 
**{{UK-Vanguard}}
  
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'''12 June, 1916'''<ref>Grand Fleet Orders.  "496.  Reorganisation of Battle Squadrons." {{TNA|ADM 137/4052}} p. 166.</ref>
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Attached: {{UK-1Blanche}}
  
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===June, 1916===
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{{UK-Blonde}} was detached some time before the Battle of Jutland, for work in "Home Waters or on detached service".  {{UK-Benbow}}, {{UK-EmperorOfIndia}} and {{UK-Canada}} have transferred to the {{UK-BS|1}} while {{UK-Hercules}}, {{UK-1Neptune}}, {{UK-Collingwood}}, {{UK-Colossus}}, {{UK-StVincent}} and {{UK-Vanguard}} have joined from that same formation.{{SMNLJun16|pp. 10, 14}} {{SMNLMay16|p. 10}}
 
*{{UK-Hercules}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
 
*{{UK-Hercules}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Colossus}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
 
*{{UK-Collingwood}}
 
*{{UK-Collingwood}}
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*{{UK-Neptune}}
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*{{UK-1Neptune}}
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*{{UK-Temeraire}}
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*{{UK-StVincent}}
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*{{UK-Superb}}
 
*{{UK-Vanguard}}
 
*{{UK-Vanguard}}
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Attached:  {{UK-1Blanche}}
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This line-up would persist until October, 1916.{{SMNLJul16|p. 10}}{{SMNLAug16|p. 10}}{{SMNLSep16|p. 10}}
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===October, 1916===
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{{UK-Blonde|f=t}} rejoined the Squadron from {{UK-BS|5}}.{{SMNLSep16|p. 10}} {{SMNLOct16|p. 10}}
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*{{UK-Hercules}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
 
*{{UK-Colossus}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
 
*{{UK-Colossus}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
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*{{UK-Collingwood}}
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*{{UK-1Neptune}}
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*{{UK-Temeraire}}
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*{{UK-StVincent}}
 
*{{UK-Superb}}
 
*{{UK-Superb}}
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*{{UK-Vanguard}}
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Attached:  {{UK-1Blanche}}, {{UK-Blonde}}
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This line-up would persist until December.{{SMNLNov16|p. 10}}
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===December, 1916===
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Now, it is {{UK-1Blanche|f=t}} who detaches for work in "Home Waters or on detached service".{{SMNLJun16|p. 10}}
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*{{UK-Hercules}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Colossus}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
 
*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
 
*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
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*{{UK-Collingwood}}
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*{{UK-1Neptune}}
 
*{{UK-Temeraire}}
 
*{{UK-Temeraire}}
 
*{{UK-StVincent}}
 
*{{UK-StVincent}}
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*{{UK-Superb}}
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*{{UK-Vanguard}}
  
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'''November, 1918'''<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1918). p. 10.</ref>
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Attached: {{UK-Blonde}}
  
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This line-up would persist until April, 1917.{{SMNLJan17|p. 10}}{{SMNLMar17|p. 10}}
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===April, 1917===
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{{UK-Blonde}} transfers to the {{UK-BS|1}}, leaving the Squadron without a light cruiser.  An armed boarding steamer has replaced her.{{SMNLApr17|p. 10}}
 
*{{UK-Hercules}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
 
*{{UK-Hercules}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
 
*{{UK-Colossus}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
 
*{{UK-Colossus}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
 
*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
 
*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
 
*{{UK-Collingwood}}
 
*{{UK-Collingwood}}
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*{{UK-Neptune}}
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*{{UK-1Neptune}}
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*{{UK-Temeraire}}
 
*{{UK-StVincent}}
 
*{{UK-StVincent}}
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*{{UK-Superb}}
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*{{UK-Vanguard}}
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Attached:  armed boarding steamer {{UK-KingOrry}}
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This line-up would persist until Jun.{{SMNLMay17|p. 10}}{{SMNLJun17|p. 10}}
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===June, 1917===
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{{UK-Bellerophon}} replaces {{UK-Colossus}} as second flagship.{{SMNLJun17|p. 10}}
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*{{UK-Hercules}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Colossus}} 
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Collingwood}}
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*{{UK-1Neptune}}
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*{{UK-Temeraire}}
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*{{UK-StVincent}}
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*{{UK-Superb}}
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*{{UK-Vanguard}}
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Attached: armed boarding steamer {{UK-KingOrry}}
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This line-up would last one month.
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===July, 1917===
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{{UK-Bellona}} arrives from work in "Home Waters or on detached service".{{SMNLMay17|p. 14}}{{SMNLJun17|p. 14}}{{SMNLJul17|p. 10}}
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*{{UK-Hercules}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Colossus}}
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Collingwood}}
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*{{UK-1Neptune}}
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*{{UK-Temeraire}}
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*{{UK-StVincent}}
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*{{UK-Superb}}
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*{{UK-Vanguard}}
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Attached:  {{UK-Bellona|f=t}}, armed boarding steamer {{UK-KingOrry}}
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This line-up would last just the month.
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===August, 1917===
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{{UK-Vanguard}} was lost to internal explosion in July, and {{UK-Bellona|f=t}} transferred out to the {{UK-BS|1}}.{{SMNLAug17|p. 10}}
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*{{UK-Hercules}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Colossus}}
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Collingwood}}
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*{{UK-1Neptune}}
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*{{UK-Temeraire}}
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*{{UK-StVincent}}
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*{{UK-Superb}}
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Attached: armed boarding steamer {{UK-KingOrry}}
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This line-up would last until October.{{SMNLSep17|p. 10}}
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===October, 1917===
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{{UK-Colossus}} resumed its role as second flagship.{{SMNLOct17|p. 10}}
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*{{UK-Hercules}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Colossus}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Collingwood}}
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
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*{{UK-1Neptune}}
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*{{UK-Temeraire}}
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*{{UK-StVincent}}
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*{{UK-Superb}}
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Attached: armed boarding steamer {{UK-KingOrry}}
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This line-up would last until January, 1918.{{SMNLNov17|p. 10}}{{SMNLDec17|p. 10}}
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===January, 1918===
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{{UK-1Boadicea}} attached, coming from work in "Home Waters or on detached service".{{SMNLDec17|p. 14}}{{SMNLJan18|p. 10}}
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*{{UK-Hercules}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Colossus}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Collingwood}}
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
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*{{UK-1Neptune}}
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*{{UK-Temeraire}}
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*{{UK-StVincent}}
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*{{UK-Superb}}
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Attached: {{UK-1Boadicea|f=t}}, armed boarding steamer {{UK-KingOrry}}
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This line-up would last until May.{{SMNLFeb18|p. 10}}{{SMNLMar18|p. 10}}
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===May, 1918===
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{{UK-Dreadnought}} attached, coming from the now-disbanded {{UK-BS|3}}.{{SMNLApr18|p. 13}}{{SMNLMay18|p. 10}}
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*{{UK-Hercules}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Colossus}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
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*{{UK-Collingwood}}
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*{{UK-Dreadnought}} (paid off in August, 1918 through at least January 1919)
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*{{UK-1Neptune}}
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*{{UK-StVincent}}
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*{{UK-Superb}} (paid off in May and June)
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*{{UK-Temeraire}}
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Attached: {{UK-1Boadicea|f=t}}, armed boarding steamer {{UK-KingOrry}}
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This line-up would last until September or October.{{SMNLFeb18|p. 10 and Supplements through October except September, which was not located}}
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===October, 1918===
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{{UK-Temeraire}} and {{UK-Superb}} were detached for service in the Aegean Squadron.{{SMNLOct18|pp. 10, 22}}
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*{{UK-Hercules}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Colossus}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
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*{{UK-Collingwood}}
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*{{UK-Dreadnought}} (paid off in August, 1918 through at least January 1919)
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*{{UK-1Neptune}}
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*{{UK-StVincent}}
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Attached: {{UK-1Boadicea|f=t}}, armed boarding steamer {{UK-KingOrry}}
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This line-up would last until January, 1919.{{SMNLFeb18|p. 10 and Supplements through January 1919}}
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===January, 1919===
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{{UK-KingOrry}} was detached.{{SMNLJan19|pp. 10, 22}}
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*{{UK-Hercules}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Colossus}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Bellerophon}}
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*{{UK-Collingwood}}
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*{{UK-Dreadnought}} (paid off in August, 1918 through at least January 1919)
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*{{UK-1Neptune}}
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*{{UK-StVincent}}
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Attached: {{UK-1Boadicea|f=t}}
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This line-up would last just the month.
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===February, 1919===
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The Squadron appears to be have been dispersed in February, with {{UK-Dreadnought}}, {{UK-Hercules}} and {{UK-1Neptune}} going to Rosyth, {{UK-Colossus}} to Devonport, and {{UK-StVincent}} to Portsmouth, {{UK-Collingwood}} to Devonport and {{UK-Bellerophon}} to the Nore to become gunnery schools.{{SMNLFeb19|pp. 16, 17,20}} 
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===Dissolution===
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Fairly strong evidence exists that the Squadron ceased to exist on 30 March, 1919,{{UKCeased|f. 5}} roughly one week before the dissolution of the [[Grand Fleet]], but its end was no to last forever. 
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===18 July, 1919===
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The 4th had unambiguously coalesced once more into existence when a sole, unnamed Battle Squadron in the Mediterranean was explicitly labelled as the Fourth Battle Squadron in the August, 1919 Navy List.{{NLAug19|p. 712}}
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*{{UK-IronDuke}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-1Ajax}} (refitting at Malta)
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*{{UK-Benbow}} (refitting at Malta)
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*{{UK-Marlborough}}
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{{TBC}}
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===1 November, 1924===
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The formation is renamed the {{UK-BS|3}}.  Maddening, yes?{{NMI|30 Sept. 1924, p. 21}}
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==In Command==
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Dates of appointment given:
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Vice-Admiral Commanding, Fourth Battle Squadron" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Charles John Briggs|nick=Sir Charles J. Briggs|appt=1 July, 1912<ref>Briggs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38}}.  f. 168.</ref>|end=1 July, 1914<ref>Briggs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}.  p. 654.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Douglas Austin Gamble|nick=Sir Douglas A. Gamble|appt=1 July, 1914<ref>Gamble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38}}.  f. 507.</ref>|ass=1 July, 1914<ref>Gamble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 507.</ref>|end=7 February, 1915<ref>Gamble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 507.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet|nick=Sir F. C. Doveton Sturdee, Bart.|appt=7 February, 1915<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}.  f. 1256.</ref>|as=Admiral Commanding, Fourth Battle Squadron|end=13 February, 1918<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}}  f. 70.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Montague Edward Browning|nick=Sir Montague E. Browning|appt=12 February, 1918<ref>Browning Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 309.</ref>|end=c. 3 December, 1918<ref>Nicholson is noted as assuming temporary command.  Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 290.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson|nick=Douglas R. L. Nicholson|appt=3 December, 1918<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 290.</ref>|end=1 February, 1919<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 457.</ref>|note=assumed temporary command of Squadron due to Browning's absence}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Montague Edward Browning|nick=Sir Montague E. Browning|appt=1 February, 1919<ref>His temporary replacement vacated the post.  Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 290.</ref>|end=30 March, 1919|succBy=Command Abolished|note=resuming command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=20 October, 1919<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 477.</ref>|end=1 September, 1920<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}}  f. 477.</ref>{{NMI|27 Aug. 1920, p. 4}}|note=and as Second-in-Command, Mediterranean}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Richard Webb|nick=Richard Webb|appt=1 September, 1920{{NMI|27 Aug. 1920, p. 4}}<ref>Webb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 124.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 697}}|end=27 July, 1922<ref>Webb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 124.</ref>|note=and as Second-in-Command, Mediterranean}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Donald Kelly|nick=John D. Kelly|appt=27 July, 1922<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.|D8115634}}  f. 109.</ref>|end=August, 1923<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.|D8115634}}  f. 109.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Hugh Dudley Richards Watson|nick=Hugh D. R. Watson|appt=26 June, 1923<ref>Watson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 214.</ref>|end=October, 1924<ref>Watson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 214.</ref>}}
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</div name=fredbot:office0>
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 +
==Second in Command==
 +
A reduction in the size of the Squadron in the post-war years meant that a second-in-command was no longer needed, and a single Rear-Admiral was entrusted with overall command.
 +
 +
Dates of appointment given:
 +
<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Rear-Admiral in the Fourth Battle Squadron" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Alexander Ludovic Duff|nick=Alexander L. Duff|appt=22 October, 1914<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 80.</ref>|precBy=New Appointment|end=12 June, 1916<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 80.</ref>}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt|nick=Ernest F. A. Gaunt|appt=12 June, 1916<ref>Gaunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 276.</ref>|end=23 June, 1917<ref>Gaunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 276.</ref>}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|nick=Roger J. B. Keyes|appt=23 June, 1917<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 291.</ref>|end=25 September, 1917<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 277.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson|nick=Douglas R. L. Nicholson|appt=25 September, 1917<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 290.</ref>|end=3 December, 1918<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 457.</ref>|note=on 3 December, assumed command of Squadron due to Browning's absence}}
 +
</div name=fredbot:office1>
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 +
Also, [[Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram]] at some point.{{FC}}
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 +
==Other Personnel==
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 +
===Squadron Gunnery Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFGO otitle="Squadron Gunnery Officer, Fourth Battle Squadron" nat="UK">
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</div name=fredbot:officeFGO>
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===Squadron Torpedo Officer===
 +
 +
<div name=fredbot:officeFTO otitle="Squadron Torpedo Officer, Fourth Battle Squadron" nat="UK">
 +
</div name=fredbot:officeFTO>
 +
 +
===Squadron W/T Officer===
 +
 +
<div name=fredbot:officeFWO otitle="Squadron W/T Officer, Fourth Battle Squadron" nat="UK">
 +
{{Tenure|rank=Captain, R.M.|name=Richmond Campbell Shakespear Waller|nick=Richmond C. S. Waller|appt=April, 1913{{NLJan14|p. 304}}|end=}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFWO>
 +
 +
===Squadron Signal Officer===
 +
 +
<div name=fredbot:officeFSO otitle="Squadron Signal Officer, Fourth Battle Squadron" nat="UK">
 +
</div name=fredbot:officeFSO>
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 +
===Squadron Navigating Officer===
 +
 +
<div name=fredbot:officeFNO otitle="Squadron Navigating Officer, Fourth Battle Squadron" nat="UK">
 +
</div name=fredbot:officeFNO>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 10:15, 30 March 2020

The Fourth Battle Squadron was a formation of battleships in the Royal Navy.

History

The Fourth Battle Squadron was originally born out of the battleship force of the Mediterranean Fleet, which until Mid-1912 had traditionally been seen as the front-line active force in the Royal Navy. With the reforms announced by First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill in March, 1912, the Mediterranean battleship Squadron eventually became the Fourth Battle Squadron of the First Fleet.

In minutes submitted and approved by the Board of Admiralty on 8 July, 1914, it had been decided that by April, 1917, the Fourth Battle Squadron would consist solely of eight Revenge class dreadnought battleships.[1]

May, 1912

In February, 1912 the battleships Africa and Hindustan of the Third Battle Squadron joined the Fourth temporarily.

December, 1912

[2]
At a strength of just four pre-dreadnoughts, at this point the squadron was half the size of the majority of her peers.

December, 1913

[3]
Only Cornwallis remains from last year's edition. Duncan and Russell have been moved over to the Sixth Battle Squadron, while Dreadnought and the two most modern pre-dreadnoughts have been transferred in from other squadrons.

July, 1914

[4]

Attached: scout cruiser Blonde

5 August, 1914

At the outbreak of the First World War the Squadron was composed solely of 12-inch gunned dreadnoughts as follows.[5] The requisitioned battleship Agincourt was about to be commissioned and had already been earmarked for service in the Squadron. Agamemnon has been moved elsewhere.

At outbreak of war, the scout cruiser Blonde, Captain A. C. Scott was attached.[6]

September, 1914

The squadron acquired Erin to bring its strength to a very eclectic five dreadnoughts.[7]

Attached: scout cruiser Blonde

This line-up would last until November or December.[8][9]

December, 1914

The squadron acquired Benbow and Emperor of India to bring its strength to a diverse dreadnoughts, now meriting a second flagship. Dreadnought has ceded her flagship role, and another cruiser has attached.[10]

Attached: scout cruiser Blonde, third class protected cruiser Sapphire

This line-up would last just one month.

January, 1915

The Squadron has lost a cruiser.[11]

Attached: scout cruiser Blonde

This line-up would last until June.[12][13][14]

June, 1915

A powerful new dreadnought, Queen Elizabeth has brought the strength up to eight.[15]

Attached: scout cruiser Blonde

This line-up would last until September.[16][17]

September, 1915

Canada has brought the strength up to nine.[18]

Attached: scout cruiser Blonde

This line-up would last just one month.

October, 1915

Queen Elizabeth was transferred to the newly-created Fifth Battle Squadron.[19]

Attached: scout cruiser Blonde

This line-up would last just one month.

November, 1915

Superb was transferred in from the First Battle Squadron in exchange for Agincourt, and Erin left to join the Second Battle Squadron.[20]

Attached: Blonde

This line-up would last until January, 1916.[21]

January, 1916

The scout cruiser Blanche has attached as a second cruiser, coming from the Third Battle Squadron.[22]

Attached: Blonde, Blanche

This line-up would last until Mid-May.[23][24][25][26]

Battle of Jutland

Dreadnought had been relegated to use as a spare by May 16th or earlier, and Emperor of India had both gone into refit in May, and consequently missed the Battle of Jutland. Luckily, Royal Oak had become available for service. Blonde also seems to have missed the battle.

Attached: Blanche

June, 1916

Blonde was detached some time before the Battle of Jutland, for work in "Home Waters or on detached service". Benbow, Emperor of India and Canada have transferred to the First Battle Squadron while Hercules, Neptune, Collingwood, Colossus, St. Vincent and Vanguard have joined from that same formation.[27] [28]

Attached: Blanche

This line-up would persist until October, 1916.[29][30][31]

October, 1916

scout cruiser Blonde rejoined the Squadron from Fifth Battle Squadron.[32] [33]

Attached: Blanche, Blonde

This line-up would persist until December.[34]

December, 1916

Now, it is scout cruiser Blanche who detaches for work in "Home Waters or on detached service".[35]

Attached: Blonde

This line-up would persist until April, 1917.[36][37]

April, 1917

Blonde transfers to the First Battle Squadron, leaving the Squadron without a light cruiser. An armed boarding steamer has replaced her.[38]

Attached: armed boarding steamer King Orry

This line-up would persist until Jun.[39][40]

June, 1917

Bellerophon replaces Colossus as second flagship.[41]

Attached: armed boarding steamer King Orry

This line-up would last one month.

July, 1917

Bellona arrives from work in "Home Waters or on detached service".[42][43][44]

Attached: scout cruiser Bellona, armed boarding steamer King Orry

This line-up would last just the month.

August, 1917

Vanguard was lost to internal explosion in July, and scout cruiser Bellona transferred out to the First Battle Squadron.[45]

Attached: armed boarding steamer King Orry

This line-up would last until October.[46]

October, 1917

Colossus resumed its role as second flagship.[47]

Attached: armed boarding steamer King Orry

This line-up would last until January, 1918.[48][49]

January, 1918

Boadicea attached, coming from work in "Home Waters or on detached service".[50][51]

Attached: scout cruiser Boadicea, armed boarding steamer King Orry

This line-up would last until May.[52][53]

May, 1918

Dreadnought attached, coming from the now-disbanded Third Battle Squadron.[54][55]

Attached: scout cruiser Boadicea, armed boarding steamer King Orry

This line-up would last until September or October.[56]

October, 1918

Temeraire and Superb were detached for service in the Aegean Squadron.[57]

Attached: scout cruiser Boadicea, armed boarding steamer King Orry

This line-up would last until January, 1919.[58]

January, 1919

King Orry was detached.[59]

Attached: scout cruiser Boadicea

This line-up would last just the month.

February, 1919

The Squadron appears to be have been dispersed in February, with Dreadnought, Hercules and Neptune going to Rosyth, Colossus to Devonport, and St. Vincent to Portsmouth, Collingwood to Devonport and Bellerophon to the Nore to become gunnery schools.[60]

Dissolution

Fairly strong evidence exists that the Squadron ceased to exist on 30 March, 1919,[61] roughly one week before the dissolution of the Grand Fleet, but its end was no to last forever.

18 July, 1919

The 4th had unambiguously coalesced once more into existence when a sole, unnamed Battle Squadron in the Mediterranean was explicitly labelled as the Fourth Battle Squadron in the August, 1919 Navy List.[62]

[TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]

1 November, 1924

The formation is renamed the Third Battle Squadron. Maddening, yes?[63]

In Command

Dates of appointment given:

Second in Command

A reduction in the size of the Squadron in the post-war years meant that a second-in-command was no longer needed, and a single Rear-Admiral was entrusted with overall command.

Dates of appointment given:

Also, Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram at some point.[Fact Check]

Other Personnel

Squadron Gunnery Officer

Squadron Torpedo Officer

Squadron W/T Officer

Squadron Signal Officer

Squadron Navigating Officer

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Cruiser Squadron and Battle Squadron Programme." The National Archives. ADM 1/8383/179. p. 14.
  2. ↑ Handwritten notes in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  3. ↑ Handwritten notes in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  4. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
  5. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 439.
  6. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 439.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September 1914). p. 8.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 8.
  9. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 8.
  10. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 8.
  11. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 8.
  12. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1915). p. 10.
  13. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 10.
  14. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1915). p. 10.
  15. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 8.
  16. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1915). p. 10.
  17. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1915). p. 10.
  18. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 8.
  19. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 10.
  20. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 10.
  21. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1915). p. 10.
  22. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1916). p. 10.
  23. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1916). p. 10.
  24. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1916). p. 10.
  25. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1916). p. 10.
  26. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1916). p. 10.
  27. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1916). pp. 10, 14.
  28. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1916). p. 10.
  29. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1916). p. 10.
  30. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1916). p. 10.
  31. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1916). p. 10.
  32. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1916). p. 10.
  33. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 10.
  34. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1916). p. 10.
  35. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1916). p. 10.
  36. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1917). p. 10.
  37. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1917). p. 10.
  38. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1917). p. 10.
  39. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1917). p. 10.
  40. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1917). p. 10.
  41. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1917). p. 10.
  42. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1917). p. 14.
  43. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1917). p. 14.
  44. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1917). p. 10.
  45. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 10.
  46. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). p. 10.
  47. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 10.
  48. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 10.
  49. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1917). p. 10.
  50. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1917). p. 14.
  51. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1918). p. 10.
  52. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1918). p. 10.
  53. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). p. 10.
  54. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1918). p. 13.
  55. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1918). p. 10.
  56. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1918). p. 10 and Supplements through October except September, which was not located.
  57. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1918). pp. 10, 22.
  58. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1918). p. 10 and Supplements through January 1919.
  59. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1919). pp. 10, 22.
  60. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). pp. 16, 17,20.
  61. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 5.
  62. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 712.
  63. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 30 Sept. 1924, p. 21.
  64. ↑ Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 168.
  65. ↑ Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 654.
  66. ↑ Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 507.
  67. ↑ Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 507.
  68. ↑ Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1256.
  69. ↑ Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 70.
  70. ↑ Browning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 309.
  71. ↑ Nicholson is noted as assuming temporary command. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 290.
  72. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 290.
  73. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  74. ↑ His temporary replacement vacated the post. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 290.
  75. ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
  76. ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
  77. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 27 Aug. 1920, p. 4.
  78. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 27 Aug. 1920, p. 4.
  79. ↑ Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
  80. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 697.
  81. ↑ Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
  82. ↑ Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 109.
  83. ↑ Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 109.
  84. ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
  85. ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
  86. ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
  87. ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
  88. ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 276.
  89. ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 276.
  90. ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 291.
  91. ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
  92. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 290.
  93. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  94. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 304.

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  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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