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** {{UK-Hyacinth}}, [[Robert Kyle McAlpine]]
 
** {{UK-Hyacinth}}, [[Robert Kyle McAlpine]]
 
** {{UK-Forth}}, [[Edward Percy Ashe]]
 
** {{UK-Forth}}, [[Edward Percy Ashe]]
−
** {{UK-Andromache}}
+
** {{UK-Andromache}}, unknown captain
 
** {{UK-Apollo}}, [[Reginald Purves Cochran]]
 
** {{UK-Apollo}}, [[Reginald Purves Cochran]]
 
** {{UK-2Pandora}}, [[Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe]]
 
** {{UK-2Pandora}}, [[Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe]]
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** {{UK-Onyx}}, [[Gerald Oliver]]
 
** {{UK-Onyx}}, [[Gerald Oliver]]
 
* Destroyers from Portsmouth  
 
* Destroyers from Portsmouth  
−
** {{UK-1Peterel}}  
+
** {{UK-1Peterel}}, [[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier]]?
−
** {{UK-Kestrel}}  
+
** {{UK-Kestrel}}, [[Theobald Walter Butler Kennedy]]?
 
** {{UK-Chamois}}, [[Cecil Foley Lambert]]
 
** {{UK-Chamois}}, [[Cecil Foley Lambert]]
−
** {{UK-Kangaroo}}  
+
** {{UK-Kangaroo}}, [[Arthur John Davies]]
−
** {{UK-Crane}}  
+
** {{UK-Crane}}, [[Michael Henry Hodges]]?
−
** {{UK-Vulture}}  
+
** {{UK-Vulture}}, [[Alfred Barnett Barker]]?
 
** {{UK-Fawn}}, [[Francis Herbert Mitchell]]
 
** {{UK-Fawn}}, [[Francis Herbert Mitchell]]
 
** {{UK-Myrmidon}}, [[Cyril Samuel Townsend]]
 
** {{UK-Myrmidon}}, [[Cyril Samuel Townsend]]
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** {{UK-Spartan}}, [[Edmond John Warre Slade]]
 
** {{UK-Spartan}}, [[Edmond John Warre Slade]]
 
** {{UK-Sirius}}, [[Herbert Lyon]]
 
** {{UK-Sirius}}, [[Herbert Lyon]]
−
** {{UK-Skipjack}}
+
** {{UK-Skipjack}}, [[Sydenham Gordon Douglas]]?
−
** {{UK-1Renard}}
+
** {{UK-1Renard}}, [[Sholto Grant Douglas]]?
 
* Squadron "C" Destroyers from Devonport
 
* Squadron "C" Destroyers from Devonport
−
** {{UK-Bat}}
+
** {{UK-Bat}}, [[Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|Roger J. B. Keyes]]?
−
** {{UK-Fairy}}
+
** {{UK-Fairy}}, [[Cyril Asser]]?
 
** {{UK-3Shark}}, [[Douglas Walter Hamilton-Gordon]]
 
** {{UK-3Shark}}, [[Douglas Walter Hamilton-Gordon]]
 
** {{UK-Opossum}}, [[Cecil George Chichester]]
 
** {{UK-Opossum}}, [[Cecil George Chichester]]
−
** {{UK-Wolf}}
+
** {{UK-Wolf}}, [[Bernard Long]]?
−
** {{UK-Panther}}
+
** {{UK-Panther}}, [[Frederick Hare Hallowes]]?
 
** {{UK-Fervent}}, [[Edward Hugh Meredith Nicholson]]
 
** {{UK-Fervent}}, [[Edward Hugh Meredith Nicholson]]
−
** {{UK-1Hasty}}
+
** {{UK-1Hasty}}, [[George Vincent Wallace Carey]]
 
** {{UK-Zephyr}}, [[Horace Walker Longden]]
 
** {{UK-Zephyr}}, [[Horace Walker Longden]]
  
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Squadron "D" was a sub-component of Fleet "B" based on Portland and Portsmouth
 
Squadron "D" was a sub-component of Fleet "B" based on Portland and Portsmouth
 
* Squadron "D" Main Force
 
* Squadron "D" Main Force
−
** {{UK-1Melampus}}
+
** {{UK-1Melampus}}, [[Henry Hart Dyke]]?
 
** {{UK-Mercury}}, [[William John Grogan]]
 
** {{UK-Mercury}}, [[William John Grogan]]
 
** {{UK-Prometheus}}, [[Cresswell John Eyres]]
 
** {{UK-Prometheus}}, [[Cresswell John Eyres]]
−
** {{UK-2Severn}}
+
** {{UK-2Severn}}, [[Frederick Fogarty Fegen]]?
 
** {{UK-Scylla}}, [[Charles Henry Hodgson Moore]]
 
** {{UK-Scylla}}, [[Charles Henry Hodgson Moore]]
−
** {{UK-Leda}}
+
** {{UK-Leda}}, [[William Sims]]?
−
** {{UK-Speedwell}}
+
** {{UK-Speedwell}}, [[William Francis Benwell]]?
 
* Squadron "D" Destroyers from Portsmouth
 
* Squadron "D" Destroyers from Portsmouth
−
** {{UK-1Spiteful}}
+
** {{UK-1Spiteful}}, unknown commander
 
** {{UK-2Starfish}}, [[Bernard St. George Collard]]
 
** {{UK-2Starfish}}, [[Bernard St. George Collard]]
−
** {{UK-Viper}}
+
** {{UK-Viper}}, [[William Speke]]
 
** {{UK-1Havock}}, [[Geoffrey Tatton Bowles]]
 
** {{UK-1Havock}}, [[Geoffrey Tatton Bowles]]
−
** {{UK-1Brazen}}
+
** {{UK-1Brazen}}, [[Christopher Powell Metcalfe]]?
−
** {{UK-Dove}}
+
** {{UK-Dove}}, [[Geoffrey Tatton Bowles]]
 
** {{UK-Wizard}}, [[John Ambrose Slee]]
 
** {{UK-Wizard}}, [[John Ambrose Slee]]
 
** {{UK-Violet}}, [[Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair]]
 
** {{UK-Violet}}, [[Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair]]
−
** {{UK-1Electra}}
+
** {{UK-1Electra}}, [[Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes]]?
 
** {{UK-1Teazer}}, [[Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson]]
 
** {{UK-1Teazer}}, [[Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson]]
 
** {{UK-Surly}}, [[Ernest Orford Ballantyne]]
 
** {{UK-Surly}}, [[Ernest Orford Ballantyne]]
−
** {{UK-Sylvia}}
+
** {{UK-Sylvia}}, [[John Alexander Ingles]]?
 
** {{UK-1Hunter}}, [[Rudolf Miles Burmester]]
 
** {{UK-1Hunter}}, [[Rudolf Miles Burmester]]
 
** {{UK-Charger}}, [[George Parker Bevan]]
 
** {{UK-Charger}}, [[George Parker Bevan]]
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===Under C-in-C, Plymouth===
 
===Under C-in-C, Plymouth===
 
These ships based at Plymouth supported Fleet "B", the starred ships being for "examination service".
 
These ships based at Plymouth supported Fleet "B", the starred ships being for "examination service".
−
* {{UK-1Antelope}}
+
* {{UK-1Antelope}}, [[Oliver Adrian Stokes]]?
−
* {{UK-Traveller}}*
+
* {{UK-Traveller}}*, unknown commander
 
* {{UK-Tay}}, [[Guy de Lancy Ormsby Johnson]]
 
* {{UK-Tay}}, [[Guy de Lancy Ormsby Johnson]]
 
* {{UK-TB45}}, [[Richard Wyville Bromley]]
 
* {{UK-TB45}}, [[Richard Wyville Bromley]]
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These ships based at Portland and Portsmouth supported Fleet "B", the starred ships being for "examination service".
 
These ships based at Portland and Portsmouth supported Fleet "B", the starred ships being for "examination service".
 
* Portland Ships
 
* Portland Ships
−
** {{UK-Spanker}}*  
+
** {{UK-Spanker}}*, [[Henry Ernest Fraser Worthington]]
 
** {{UK-Spey}}*, [[James Winstanley Pochin]]
 
** {{UK-Spey}}*, [[James Winstanley Pochin]]
 
** {{UK-1TB26}}, [[Douglas William O'Bryen Forsyth]]
 
** {{UK-1TB26}}, [[Douglas William O'Bryen Forsyth]]
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* Portsmouth Ships
 
* Portsmouth Ships
−
** {{UK-Circe}}
+
** {{UK-Circe}}, [[George Shadwell Quartano Carr]]?
 
** {{UK-Magnet}}*
 
** {{UK-Magnet}}*
−
** {{UK-Raven}}*
+
** {{UK-Raven}}*, [[Edward Joseph Bain]]?
 
** {{UK-1Landrail}}*, [[Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt]]
 
** {{UK-1Landrail}}*, [[Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt]]
 
** {{UK-Trent}}*, [[Cecil Eustace Rooke]]
 
** {{UK-Trent}}*, [[Cecil Eustace Rooke]]
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** {{UK-TB42}}, [[Hubert Edward Dannreuther]]
 
** {{UK-TB42}}, [[Hubert Edward Dannreuther]]
 
** {{UK-TB49}}, [[Frederick Vere Williamson]]
 
** {{UK-TB49}}, [[Frederick Vere Williamson]]
−
** {{UK-TB50}}, [Neston William Diggle]]
+
** {{UK-TB50}}, [[Neston William Diggle]]
  
 
==Fleet "X"==
 
==Fleet "X"==
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===Main Fleet===
 
===Main Fleet===
 
* Major Units
 
* Major Units
−
** {{UK-Majestic}}
+
** {{UK-Majestic}}, [[Edward Eden Bradford]]?
−
** {{UK-Magnificent}}  
+
** {{UK-Magnificent}}, [[Arthur John Horsley]]?
−
** {{UK-PrinceGeorge}}
+
** {{UK-PrinceGeorge}}, [[Robert Archibald James Montgomerie]]?
−
** {{UK-Jupiter}}  
+
** {{UK-Jupiter}}, [[Archibald Berkeley Milne, Second Baronet|Sir Archibald B. Milne]]?
−
** {{UK-Hannibal}}  
+
** {{UK-Hannibal}}, [[Gerald Walter Russell]]?
−
** {{UK-Mars}}
+
** {{UK-Mars}}, [[Henry Deacon Barry]]?
−
** {{UK-1Resolution}}  
+
** {{UK-1Resolution}}, [[Alexander William Chisholm-Batten]]?
−
** {{UK-1Repulse}}  
+
** {{UK-1Repulse}}, [[Spencer Henry Metcalfe Login]]?
−
** {{UK-Diadem}}
+
** {{UK-Diadem}}, [[Henry Leah]]?
−
** {{UK-Niobe}}  
+
** {{UK-Niobe}}, [[John Denison]]?
 
** {{UK-Hawke}}, [[Algernon Horatio Anson]]
 
** {{UK-Hawke}}, [[Algernon Horatio Anson]]
−
** {{UK-Immortalite}}
+
** {{UK-Immortalite}}, [[Sackville Hamilton Carden]]?
−
** {{UK-1Narcissus}}  
+
** {{UK-1Narcissus}}, [[Ernest Kindersley Loring]]?
−
** {{UK-1Furious}}  
+
** {{UK-1Furious}}, [[Frederick Tower Hamilton]]?
−
** {{UK-Arrogant}}
+
** {{UK-Arrogant}}, [[Henry Charles Bertram Hulbert]]?
 
** {{UK-1Mersey}}, [[Charles Holcombe Dare]]
 
** {{UK-1Mersey}}, [[Charles Holcombe Dare]]
 
** {{UK-1Rainbow}}, [[Arthur Hale Smith-Dorrien]]
 
** {{UK-1Rainbow}}, [[Arthur Hale Smith-Dorrien]]
 
** {{UK-Retribution}}, [[Robert Hathorn Johnston Stewart]]
 
** {{UK-Retribution}}, [[Robert Hathorn Johnston Stewart]]
−
** {{UK-Pelorus}}  
+
** {{UK-Pelorus}}, unknown commander
−
** {{UK-Pactolus}}  
+
** {{UK-Pactolus}}, [[Francis Alban Arthur Giffard Tate]]?
−
** {{UK-Gleaner}}
+
** {{UK-Gleaner}}, [[Frank Henry Peyton]]?
 
* Fleet "X" Destroyers from Devonport
 
* Fleet "X" Destroyers from Devonport
−
** {{UK-Leven}}
+
** {{UK-Leven}}, [[Pennant Athelwold Iremonger Lloyd]]?
−
** {{UK-Locust}}
+
** {{UK-Locust}}, [[Stephen Herbert Radcliffe]]?
 
** {{UK-Thorn}}, [[Thomas Legge Barnardiston]]
 
** {{UK-Thorn}}, [[Thomas Legge Barnardiston]]
 
** {{UK-Vigilant}}, [[Apsley Dunbar Maxwell Cherry]]
 
** {{UK-Vigilant}}, [[Apsley Dunbar Maxwell Cherry]]
−
** {{UK-Leopard}}
+
** {{UK-Leopard}}, [[Alan Everett Hudson]]?
−
** {{UK-1Gipsy}}
+
** {{UK-1Gipsy}}, [[Harry Lionel Wells]]?
 
** {{UK-1Tiger}}, [[Alexander Hahnemann Quicke]]
 
** {{UK-1Tiger}}, [[Alexander Hahnemann Quicke]]
 
** {{UK-Osprey}}, [[Arthur Tudor Darley]]
 
** {{UK-Osprey}}, [[Arthur Tudor Darley]]
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** {{UK-1Brilliant}}, [[Henry Coare Kingsford]]
 
** {{UK-1Brilliant}}, [[Henry Coare Kingsford]]
 
** {{UK-Aeolus}}, [[Arthur Yerbury Moggridge]]
 
** {{UK-Aeolus}}, [[Arthur Yerbury Moggridge]]
−
** {{UK-1Sharpshooter}}
+
** {{UK-1Sharpshooter}}, [[Benjamin James Blower]]?
−
** {{UK-Jason}}
+
** {{UK-Jason}}, [[Henry Harvey Bruce]]?
 
** {{UK-Hecla}}, [[John Irvine Graham]]
 
** {{UK-Hecla}}, [[John Irvine Graham]]
 
* Squadron "Y" Destroyers and T.Bs. from Chatham
 
* Squadron "Y" Destroyers and T.Bs. from Chatham
−
** {{UK-Lee}}
+
** {{UK-Lee}}, unknown commander
−
** {{UK-Cynthia}}
+
** {{UK-Cynthia}}, [[James William Guy Innes]]?
 
** {{UK-1Sturgeon}}, [[John Arthur Lambert Hay]]
 
** {{UK-1Sturgeon}}, [[John Arthur Lambert Hay]]
 
** {{UK-Cheerful}}, [[Barry Edward Domvile]]
 
** {{UK-Cheerful}}, [[Barry Edward Domvile]]
−
** {{UK-Desperate}}
+
** {{UK-Desperate}}, [[Basil Ayton Austen]]?
 
** {{UK-Angler}}, [[Oliver Backhouse]]
 
** {{UK-Angler}}, [[Oliver Backhouse]]
 
** {{UK-2Salmon}}, [[Ivor Francis Chichester]]
 
** {{UK-2Salmon}}, [[Ivor Francis Chichester]]
−
** {{UK-Mallard}}
+
** {{UK-Mallard}}, [[Philip James Stopford]]?
 
** {{UK-TB58}}, [[Robert James Buchanan]]
 
** {{UK-TB58}}, [[Robert James Buchanan]]
 
** {{UK-TB66}}, The Hon. [[Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay]]
 
** {{UK-TB66}}, The Hon. [[Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay]]
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** {{UK-1Sheldrake}}, [[Ralph Fearon Ayscough]]
 
** {{UK-1Sheldrake}}, [[Ralph Fearon Ayscough]]
 
* Squadron "Z" Destroyers and T.Bs. from Chatham
 
* Squadron "Z" Destroyers and T.Bs. from Chatham
−
** {{UK-Mermaid}}
+
** {{UK-Mermaid}}, [[John Frederick Ernest Green]]?
 
** {{UK-Zebra}}, [[Laurence Richard Oliphant]]
 
** {{UK-Zebra}}, [[Laurence Richard Oliphant]]
 
** {{UK-Avon}}, [[Robert Henry Coppinger]]
 
** {{UK-Avon}}, [[Robert Henry Coppinger]]
−
** {{UK-Bittern}}
+
** {{UK-Bittern}}, unknown commander
 
** {{UK-Spitfire}}, [[Stanley Ray Miller]]
 
** {{UK-Spitfire}}, [[Stanley Ray Miller]]
−
** {{UK-Albatross}}
+
** {{UK-Albatross}}, [[Frederic William Dean]]?
−
** {{UK-Snapper}}
+
** {{UK-1Snapper}}, [[John Roderick Segrave]]?
 
** {{UK-Haughty}}, [[John Moore Casement]]
 
** {{UK-Haughty}}, [[John Moore Casement]]
−
** {{UK-Porcupine}}
+
** {{UK-Porcupine}},
 
** {{UK-1Ariel}}, [[Bertram Mordaunt Chambers]]
 
** {{UK-1Ariel}}, [[Bertram Mordaunt Chambers]]
 
** {{UK-1Contest}}, [[Claud Hamilton Sinclair]]
 
** {{UK-1Contest}}, [[Claud Hamilton Sinclair]]
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* the twin screw vessel H.M.S. ''Seahorse''*
 
* the twin screw vessel H.M.S. ''Seahorse''*
 
* the tugboat H.M.S. ''Stormcock''*
 
* the tugboat H.M.S. ''Stormcock''*
 +
 +
==Action==
 +
The Admiralty published the typical dry account of the exercise rich in detail.  A more exciting accounting is found in the public press of the day, capturing the novel intensity of interest in such evolutions as recorded by journalists aboard both fleets, reporting via wireless telegraphy.{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|31 July 1901, p. 10}}
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==

Revision as of 12:05, 1 January 2020

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.

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

Squadron "C"

Squadron "C" was a sub-component of Fleet "B" based on Plymouth

Squadron "D"

Squadron "D" was a sub-component of Fleet "B" based on Portland and Portsmouth

Under C-in-C, Plymouth

These ships based at Plymouth supported Fleet "B", the starred ships being for "examination service".

The Times indicates that T.B. 80 was to be involved as flotilla lead, but she is not listed in the official report.[2]

Under C-in-C, Portsmouth

These ships based at Portland and Portsmouth supported Fleet "B", the starred ships being for "examination service".

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

Squadron "Y"

Squadron "Y" was a sub-component of Fleet "X" based in the Scilly Islands

Squadron "Z"

Squadron "Z" was a sub-component of Fleet "X" based in the Channel Islands

Under Rear-Admiral, Queenstown

These ships supported Fleet "X", the starred ships being for "examination service".

Action

The Admiralty published the typical dry account of the exercise rich in detail. A more exciting accounting is found in the public press of the day, capturing the novel intensity of interest in such evolutions as recorded by journalists aboard both fleets, reporting via wireless telegraphy.[3]

Bibliography

  • Admiralty "Naval Manœuvres, 1901". Copyright 2005, ProQuest. under "Simon PDFs/UK/Command Papers"

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  2. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  3. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), 31 July 1901, p. 10.


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