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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Robert O'Brien FitzRoy|nick=Robert O'B. FitzRoy|appt=21 September, 1885<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 22 September, 1885.  Issue '''31558''', col D, p. 12.</ref>|precBy=New Command|ass=12 October, 1885{{NLNov85|p. 188}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Robert O'Brien FitzRoy|nick=Robert O'B. FitzRoy|appt=21 September, 1885<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 22 September, 1885.  Issue '''31558''', col D, p. 12.</ref>|precBy=New Command|ass=12 October, 1885{{NLNov85|p. 188}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Albert Hastings Markham|nick=Albert H. Markham|appt=1 November, 1886<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 2 November, 1886.  Issue '''31806''', col D, p. 7.</ref>|end=13 November, 1889<ref>Markham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}} f. 12.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Albert Hastings Markham|nick=Albert H. Markham|appt=1 November, 1886<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 2 November, 1886.  Issue '''31806''', col D, p. 7.</ref>|end=13 November, 1889<ref>Markham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}} f. 12.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Armand Temple Powlett|nick=Armand T. Powlett|appt=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>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Armand Temple Powlett|nick=Armand T. Powlett|appt=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>|end=1 August, 1891}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Lewis Anthony Beaumont|nick=Lewis A. Beaumont|appt=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>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Lewis Anthony Beaumont|nick=Lewis A. Beaumont|appt=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>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Robert Hastings Harris|nick=Robert H. Harris|appt=1 June, 1893<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 13 May, 1893.  Issue '''33950''', col D, p. 13.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Robert Hastings Harris|nick=Robert H. Harris|appt=1 June, 1893<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 13 May, 1893.  Issue '''33950''', col D, p. 13.</ref>}}

Revision as of 14:23, 19 October 2017

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, the formation then becoming the Cruiser Squadron.

Composition

September, 1885:[3]

March, 1891:[4]

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. (November, 1885). p. 188.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1885). p. 189.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 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. ↑ Markham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 12.
  9. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 2 November, 1889. Issue 32846, col C, p. 10.
  10. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 23 July, 1891. Issue 33384, col A, p. 7.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 13 May, 1893. Issue 33950, col D, p. 13.
  12. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 27 March, 1895. Issue 34535, col B, p. 10.
  13. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 13 October, 1897. Issue 35333, col A, p. 11.
  14. ↑ Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 405.

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