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*Rear-Admiral [[Cecil Fiennes Thursby|Cecil F. Thursby]], 29 August, 1912.
 
*Rear-Admiral [[Cecil Fiennes Thursby|Cecil F. Thursby]], 29 August, 1912.
 
*Rear-Admiral [[Montague Edward Browning|Montague E. Browning]], 29 August, 1913.<ref name=3BS/>
 
*Rear-Admiral [[Montague Edward Browning|Montague E. Browning]], 29 August, 1913.<ref name=3BS/>
*Rear-Admiral [[Sydney Robert Fremantle|Sydney F. Fremantle]], 27 July, 1915.<ref name=3BS/>
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*Rear-Admiral [[Sydney Robert Fremantle|Sydney R. Fremantle]], 27 July, 1915.<ref name=3BS/>
 
*Rear-Admiral [[Cecil Frederick Dampier|Cecil F. Dampier]], 13 March, 1916.<ref name=3BS/>
 
*Rear-Admiral [[Cecil Frederick Dampier|Cecil F. Dampier]], 13 March, 1916.<ref name=3BS/>
 
*Rear-Admiral [[Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson|Douglas R. L. Nicholson]], 13 March, 1917.<ref name=3BS/>
 
*Rear-Admiral [[Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson|Douglas R. L. Nicholson]], 13 March, 1917.<ref name=3BS/>

Revision as of 09:50, 28 October 2010

The Third Battle Squadron was a battleship squadron of the Royal Navy in the period before, during, and after the First World War.

History

Rear-Admiral Sir Douglas R. M. Nicholson was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding the Third Battle Squadron in the newly-constituted Home Fleet on 8 April, 1919.[1]

Composition

May, 1912

August, 1914

January, 1916

  • H.M.S. King Edward VII.
  • H.M.S. Hindustan.
  • H.M.S. Dominion.
  • H.M.S. Britannia.
  • H.M.S. Commonwealth.
  • H.M.S. Africa.
  • H.M.S. Albemarle.

Vice-Admirals and Rear-Admirals Commanding

Dates of appointment given:

Squadron abolished on 20 April, 1918.[2]

Rear-Admirals, Second-in-Command

Dates of appointment given:

Position abolished on 21 September, 1917.[2]

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 "End of Grand Fleet" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 3 April, 1919. Issue 42065, col D, pg. 13.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461. ["Squadrons."] p. 4.

Bibliography

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