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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Douglas Austin Gamble|nick=Sir Douglas A. Gamble|appt=26 September, 1910<ref>Gamble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 507.</ref>|end=3 June, 1912<ref>Gamble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 507.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Douglas Austin Gamble|nick=Sir Douglas A. Gamble|appt=26 September, 1910<ref>Gamble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 507.</ref>|end=3 June, 1912<ref>Gamble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 507.</ref>|ass=10 October, 1910<ref>Gamble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 507.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|nick=David Beatty|appt=2 July, 1912<ref>Beatty Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 156.</ref>|end=27 July, 1912<ref>Beatty Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 156.</ref>|note=for manœuvres}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|nick=David Beatty|appt=2 July, 1912<ref>Beatty Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 156.</ref>|end=27 July, 1912<ref>Beatty Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 156.</ref>|note=for manœuvres}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair|nick=Dudley R. S. de Chair|appt=15 July, 1913<ref>de Chair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 259.</ref>|note=for manœuvres}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair|nick=Dudley R. S. de Chair|appt=15 July, 1913<ref>de Chair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 259.</ref>|note=for manœuvres}}

Revision as of 12:00, 11 February 2015

The Sixth Cruiser Squadron was originally the Third Cruiser Squadron, under Rear-Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson. He gave up command on 10 October, 1910.[1] Officially, Rear-Admiral Sir Douglas A. Gamble commanded the Sixth Cruiser Squadron from 26 September, 1910, until 3 June, 1912.[2] On 1 May, 1912, the Sixth Cruiser Squadron was renamed the Mediterranean Cruiser Squadron.[3]

From 2 July to 27 July, 1912, Rear-Admiral David Beatty commanded the Sixth Cruiser Squadron for the annual manœuvres, flying his flag in the Aboukir.[4][5] On 15 July, 1913 Rear-Admiral Dudley R. S. de Chair was given command of the squadron during the annual manœuvres of 1913.[6]

Rear-Admirals Commanding

Dates of appointment given:

Composition

December, 1912

[15]

December, 1913

Though part of the Second Fleet, the ships are considered part of the Third Fleet for administrative purposes.[16]

July, 1914

Operating as part of the Second Fleet, the squadron seems to be in flux.[17]

5 August, 1914

[18][19]

Footnotes

  1. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 682.
  2. Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 507.
  3. M. 11735/12. 29 March, 1912. The National Archives. ADM 1/8271. f. 3 of Admiralty letter.
  4. Beatty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 156.
  5. Chalmers. Life and Letters of David Beatty. p. 435.
  6. de Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 259.
  7. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered page.
  8. Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 507.
  9. Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 507.
  10. Beatty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 156.
  11. Beatty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 156.
  12. de Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 259.
  13. "New Sea Lord" (News). The Times. Friday, 7 August, 1914. Issue 40597, col D, p. 4.
  14. Goldrick. The King's Ships were at Sea. p. 27.
  15. Navy List pages in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  16. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 269b.
  17. The Navy List. (July, 1914). p. 269b.
  18. see footnotes indicating Grant's command.
  19. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
  20. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.

Bibliography


Cruiser Squadrons of the Royal Navy
First Cruiser Squadron | Second Cruiser Squadron | Third Cruiser Squadron | Fourth Cruiser Squadron | Fifth Cruiser Squadron
Sixth Cruiser Squadron | Seventh Cruiser Squadron | Eighth Cruiser Squadron | Ninth Cruiser Squadron | Tenth Cruiser Squadron
Eleventh Cruiser Squadron | Twelfth Cruiser Squadron | Fifteenth Cruiser Squadron | Eighteenth Cruiser Squadron
Cruiser Force F