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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{{NMI|Tuesday, 22 September, 1885.  Issue '''31558''', col D, p. 12}}|precBy=New Command|ass=12 October, 1885{{NLNov85|p. 188}}|end=5 November, 1886<ref>FitzRoy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1252.|}} f. 454.</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=Albert Hastings Markham|nick=Albert H. Markham|appt=1 November, 1886{{NMI|Tuesday, 2 November, 1886.  Issue '''31806''', col D, p. 7}}|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>|end=1 August, 1891}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Armand Temple Powlett|nick=Armand T. Powlett|appt=14 November, 1889{{NMI|Saturday, 2 November, 1889.  Issue '''32846''', col C, p. 10}}|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{{NMI|Thursday, 23 July, 1891.  Issue '''33384''', col A, p. 7}}}}
{{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{{NMI|Saturday, 13 May, 1893.  Issue '''33950''', col D, p. 13}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=George Lambart Atkinson-Willes|nick=George L. Atkinson|appt=18 April, 1895<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 27 March, 1895.  Issue '''34535''', col B, p. 10.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Training Squadron}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=George Lambart Atkinson-Willes|nick=George L. Atkinson|appt=18 April, 1895{{NMI|Wednesday, 27 March, 1895.  Issue '''34535''', col B, p. 10}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Training Squadron}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Edmund S. Poë|appt=14 October, 1897<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 13 October, 1897.  Issue '''35333''', col A, p. 11.</ref>|end=30 October, 1899<ref>Poë Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/17.}}  f. 405.</ref>|succBy=the [[Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Cruiser Squadron]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Edmund S. Poë|appt=14 October, 1897{{NMI|Wednesday, 13 October, 1897.  Issue '''35333''', col A, p. 11}}|end=30 October, 1899<ref>Poë Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/17.}}  f. 405.</ref>|succBy=the [[Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Cruiser Squadron]]}}
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Revision as of 16:10, 6 March 2021

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]

February, 1900

[5]

January, 1901

[6]

1913

In March of 1913, the squadron was based in Queenstown, and consisted of two groups:[7]

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. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 218.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 218.
  7. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 146 of 28 March, 1913.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 22 September, 1885. Issue 31558, col D, p. 12.
  9. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 454.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 2 November, 1886. Issue 31806, col D, p. 7.
  11. ↑ Markham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 12.
  12. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, 2 November, 1889. Issue 32846, col C, p. 10.
  13. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, 23 July, 1891. Issue 33384, col A, p. 7.
  14. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, 13 May, 1893. Issue 33950, col D, p. 13.
  15. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 27 March, 1895. Issue 34535, col B, p. 10.
  16. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 13 October, 1897. Issue 35333, col A, p. 11.
  17. ↑ Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 405.

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