Fifth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)
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The Fifth Battle Squadron was a fighting unit of the British Royal Navy before and during the First World War.
History
Composition
May, 1912
- H.M.S. Queen, Flagship, Vice-Admiral
- Became Flagship, Vice-Admiral on 17 May, 1912.
- Joined on 11 May, 1912.
- Joined on 11 May, 1912.
January, 1915
- H.M.S. Lord Nelson
- H.M.S. Agamemnon
- H.M.S. Implacable
- H.M.S. Irresistible
- H.M.S. London'
- H.M.S. Prince of Wales
- H.M.S. Queen
- H.M.S. Venerable
Vice and Rear-Admirals Commanding, Fifth Battle Squadron
- Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas.
- Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson.
- Rear-Admiral Lewis Clinton-Baker, 1 April, 1919 - 7 April, 1919.[1]
Rear-Admirals in the Squadron
Footnotes
- ↑ "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461. p. 6.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
