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*Commodore, Second Class [[Armand Temple Powlett|Armand T. Powlett]], 14 November, 1889.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 2 November, 1889.  Issue '''32846''', col C, p. 10.</ref>
*Commodore, Second Class [[Armand Temple Powlett|Armand T. Powlett]], 14 November, 1889.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 2 November, 1889.  Issue '''32846''', col C, p. 10.</ref>
*Commodore, Second Class [[Lewis Anthony Beaumont|Lewis A. Beaumont]], 1 August, 1891.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 23 July, 1891.  Issue '''33384''', col A, p. 7.</ref>
*Commodore, Second Class [[Lewis Anthony Beaumont|Lewis A. Beaumont]], 1 August, 1891.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 23 July, 1891.  Issue '''33384''', col A, p. 7.</ref>
*Commodore, Second Class [[Robert Hastings Harris|Robert H. Harris]], 1 June, 1893.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 13 May, 1893.  Issue '''33950''', col D, p. 13.</ref>
*{{RearRN}} [[Robert Hastings Harris|Robert H. Harris]], 1 June, 1893.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 13 May, 1893.  Issue '''33950''', col D, p. 13.</ref>
*Commodore, Second Class [[George Lambart Atkinson-Willes|George L. Atkinson]], 18 April, 1895.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 27 March, 1895.  Issue '''34535''', col B, p. 10.</ref>
*Commodore, Second Class [[George Lambart Atkinson-Willes|George L. Atkinson]], 18 April, 1895.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 27 March, 1895.  Issue '''34535''', col B, p. 10.</ref>
*Commodore, Second Class [[Edmund Samuel Poë|Edmund S. Poë]], 14 October, 1897.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 13 October, 1897.  Issue '''35333''', col A, p. 11.</ref>
*Commodore, Second Class [[Edmund Samuel Poë|Edmund S. Poë]], 14 October, 1897.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 13 October, 1897.  Issue '''35333''', col A, p. 11.</ref>

Revision as of 08:35, 12 April 2013

History

The Training Squadron commissioned at Portsmouth and Chatham on 21 September, 1885.[1] Captain Robert O'B. FitzRoy was appointed Commodore, Second Class in command on 30 September, and assumed command on 12 October, flying his broad pendant in Active.[2]

On 30 October, 1899, the masted Training Squadron was paid off. The following day the crews turned over to first-class cruisers.

Composition

September, 1885:[3]

March, 1891:[4]

  • Active
  • Calypso
  • Ruby
  • Volage

1913: In March of 1913, the squadron was based in Queenstown, and consisted of two groups:[5]

First Group

Second Group

Commodores

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 22 September, 1885. Issue 31558, col D, p. 12.
  2. ↑ The Navy List, Corrected to the 20th October, 1885. p. 188.
  3. ↑ The Navy List, Corrected to the 20th October, 1885. p. 189.
  4. ↑ The Navy List, Corrected to the 20th March, 1891. p. 193.
  5. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 146 of 28 March, 1913.
  6. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 22 September, 1885. Issue 31558, col D, p. 12.
  7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 2 November, 1886. Issue 31806, col D, p. 7.
  8. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 2 November, 1889. Issue 32846, col C, p. 10.
  9. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 23 July, 1891. Issue 33384, col A, p. 7.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 13 May, 1893. Issue 33950, col D, p. 13.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 27 March, 1895. Issue 34535, col B, p. 10.
  12. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 13 October, 1897. Issue 35333, col A, p. 11.

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