First Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)

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In Command

Dates of appointment given:

History

July, 1914

The squadron was:[6]

Outbreak of War

Two additional light cruisers have reinforced the squadron.[7][8]

November, 1915

Attached to the Battle Cruiser Fleet.[9]

Battle of Jutland

Main article: First L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland

The squadron was one of three screening the battlecruisers:[10]

17 November, 1917

At the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight[11]

Screened by:

July, 1918

The Squadron is still assigned to screen the Battle Cruiser Force.[12]

November, 1918

No change since July.[13]

This roster would apply until March, 1919.[14]

March, 1919

Now attached to the Battle Cruiser Force, Cleopatra has joined.[15]

April, 1919

Still attached to the Battle Cruiser Force, Comus has joined, bringing the strength to seven light cruisers.[16]

May, 1919

Now part of the Atlantic Fleet, the squadron has changed entirely and been reduced to a size of six very modern light cruisers.[17]

June, 1919

Still part of the Atlantic Fleet, the squadron is now eight modern light cruisers.[18]

July, 1919

Still part of the Atlantic Fleet, Delhi seems to have fully arrived and assumed flagship duties.[19]

Drill and Practice

In 1917, the squadron fired 56 practice torpedoes of which 45 or 80% were judged to be likely to endanger the enemy.[20]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 5.
  2. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1917). p. 6.
  3. ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  4. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 5.
  5. ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
  6. ↑ 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]
  7. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 440.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
  9. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 11.
  10. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 33, 46.
  11. ↑ Naval Operations. Vol. V. pp. 168-169.
  12. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 11.
  13. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 11.
  14. ↑ Supplements from December, 1918 through March, 1919.
  15. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 10.
  16. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1919). p. 10.
  17. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 10.
  18. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 10.
  19. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 10.
  20. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. 121.

Bibliography


Light Cruiser Squadrons of the Royal Navy
First Light Cruiser Squadron | Second Light Cruiser Squadron | Third Light Cruiser Squadron | Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron | Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron | Sixth Light Cruiser Squadron | Seventh Light Cruiser Squadron | Eighth Light Cruiser Squadron
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