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Revision as of 17:47, 29 December 2019
The Royal Navy's Annual Manoeuvres of 1901 were described in documents issued publically from the Admiralty on 10 July.[1] An official report of the manoeuvres was later issued.
Contents
Scenario and Rules
Two fleets "B" and "X" would engage in a battle exercise between the 56th and 47th parallels. The event was umpired by Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Harris and Rear-Admirals James L. Hammet and Sir Baldwin Walker, Bart., with Lieutenant General J. F. Owen, R.A. helping to determine the effect of land defences.
Fleet "B"
Fleet "B" would would cruise the North Sea and would coal at any of the "fortified" (and unassailable, in this scenario) ports of Plymouth, Portland or Portsmouth, at which ports it also maintained forces of cruisers and torpedo craft. Britain was considered the territory of Fleet "B".
Main Fleet
- Major Units
- Revenge, Frederic William Fisher[Fact Check]
- Sans Pareil, Archibald James Pocklington
- Howe, Henry Louis Fleet
- Nile, Robert Sidney Rolleston
- Trafalgar, George Anson Primrose
- Benbow, Francis Raymond Pelly
- Anson, William Wilson
- Camperdown, Alvin Coote Corry
- Collingwood, Leslie Creery Stuart
- Colossus, James Goodrich
- Edinburgh, Frederick Sidney Pelham
- Dreadnought, Henry Compton Anderson Baynes
- Amphitrite, William Blake Fisher
- Ariadne, William Stokes Rees
- Edgar, George Astley Callaghan
- Galatea, Robert Dalrymple Barwick Bruce[Fact Check]
- Imperieuse, Peyton Hoskyns
- Minerva, Charles Home Cochran
- Hyacinth, Robert Kyle McAlpine
- Forth, Edward Percy Ashe
- Andromache
- Apollo, Reginald Purves Cochran
- Pandora, Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe
- Fox, Charles Hope Robertson
- Latona, Frederick Robert William Morgan
- Onyx, Gerald Oliver
- Destroyers from Portsmouth
Squadron "C"
Squadron "C" was a sub-component of Fleet "B" based on Plymouth
- Squadron "C" Main Force
- Squadron "C" Destroyers from Devonport
Squadron "D"
Squadron "D" was a sub-component of Fleet "B" based on Portland and Portsmouth
- Squadron "D" Main Force
- Squadron "D" Destroyers from Portsmouth
- Spiteful
- Starfish, Bernard St. George Collard
- Viper
- Havock, Geoffrey Tatton Bowles
- Brazen
- Dove
- Wizard, John Ambrose Slee
- Violet, Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair
- Electra
- Teazer, Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson
- Surly, Ernest Orford Ballantyne
- Sylvia
- Hunter, Rudolf Miles Burmester
- Charger, George Parker Bevan
- Bullfinch, John Alexander Duncan
Under C-in-C, Plymouth
These ships based at Plymouth supported Fleet "B", the starred ships being for "examination service".
Under C-in-C, Portsmouth
These ships based at Portland and Portsmouth supported Fleet "B", the starred ships being for "examination service".
- Portland Ships
- Portsmouth Ships
Fleet "X"
Fleet "X" would cruise off the North Coast of Ireland, and be able to coal at the "fortified" (and unassailable) port of Queenstown and the Scilly Islands and maintain cruisers and torpedo craft at the Scillys and the Channel Islands. Ireland, the Scillys and the Channel Islands were territories of "X".
Main Fleet
- Major Units
- Fleet "X" Destroyers from Devonport
Squadron "Y"
Squadron "Y" was a sub-component of Fleet "X" based in the Scilly Islands
- Squadron "Y" Main Force
- Squadron "Y" Destroyers and T.Bs. from Chatham
Squadron "Z"
Squadron "Z" was a sub-component of Fleet "X" based in the Channel Islands
- Squadron "Z" Main Force
- Squadron "Z" Destroyers and T.Bs. from Chatham
- Mermaid
- Zebra, Laurence Richard Oliphant
- Avon, Robert Henry Coppinger
- Bittern
- Spitfire, Stanley Ray Miller
- Albatross
- Snapper
- Haughty, John Moore Casement
- Porcupine
- Ariel, Bertram Mordaunt Chambers
- Contest, Claud Hamilton Sinclair
- Dasher, Kerrison Kiddle
- T.B. 55, T.B. 79, T.B. 81, T.B. 82, T.B. 85 and T.B. 86
Under Rear-Admiral, Queenstown
These ships supported Fleet "X", the starred ships being for "examination service".
- Curlew, Charles Henry Umfreville
- the twin screw vessel H.M.S. Seahorse*
- the tugboat H.M.S. Stormcock*
Bibliography
- Admiralty "Naval Manœuvres, 1901". Copyright 2005, ProQuest. under "Simon PDFs/UK/Command Papers"
Footnotes
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
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