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Rear-Admiral [[Henry Hervey Campbell|Henry H. Campbell]] commanded the Squadron during the 1914 Test Mobilisation, and hauled down his flag at Sheerness on 26 July.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 27 July, 1914.  Issue '''40586''', col B, p. 4.</ref>
Rear-Admiral [[Henry Hervey Campbell|Henry H. Campbell]] commanded the Squadron during the 1914 Test Mobilisation, and hauled down his flag at Sheerness on 26 July.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 27 July, 1914.  Issue '''40586''', col B, p. 4.</ref>


The squadron ceased to exist on 3 January, 1919.<ref>"Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11<sup><u>th</u></sup> November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist."  {{TNA|ADM 6/461}}.  ["Squadrons."]  f. 20.</ref>
The squadron ceased to exist on 3 January, 1919.{{UKCeased|f. 20}}


==Rear-Admirals Commanding==
==In Command==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment given:


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* {{RearRN}} [[John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|John M. de Robeck]], 1 August, 1914.{{SMNLSep14|p. 5}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|nick=John M. de Robeck|appt=1 August, 1914{{SMNLSep14|p. 5}}|ass=1 August, 1914{{SMNLSep14|p. 5}}|precBy=New Command|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Cruiser Force I|end=7 February, 1915<ref>de Robeck Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 128.</ref>}}
* Rear-Admiral [[Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore|Sir A. Gordon H. W. Moore]], 12 February, 1915.{{UKCeased|f. 20}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore|nick=Sir A. Gordon H. W. Moore|appt=12 February, 1915{{UKCeased|f. 20}}<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 64.</ref>|end=30 August, 1916<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 64.</ref>}}
* Rear-Admiral [[Sydney Robert Fremantle|Sydney R. Fremantle]], 30 August, 1916.{{UKCeased|f. 20}}
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* Rear-Admiral [[Thomas Dawson Lees Sheppard|Thomas D. L. Sheppard]], 8 December, 1916.{{UKCeased|f. 20}}|succBy=Command Abolished
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Cyril George Bucknill Coltart|nick=Cyril G. B. Coltart|appt=5 January, 1940|end=June, 1940|note=removed, suick, at Bermuda}}
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[[Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|Robert Keith Arbuthnot]] may have held this position.{{FC}}


==Composition==
==Composition==
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*{{UK-Vindictive}}
*{{UK-Vindictive}}
*{{UK-Challenger}} (in Bristol Channel)
*{{UK-Challenger}} (in Bristol Channel)
A rapid succession of ships were flagship for Rear-Admiral de Robeck.  {{UK-Amphitrite}} on 1 August, {{UK-Warrior}} temporarily in November, then ''Amphitrite'' before November was out, {{UK-Argonaut}} on 20 December, and finally {{UK-Vengeance}} on 31 January, 1915.<ref>de Robeck Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 128.</ref>
When [[Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore|Moore]] took over command, this flagship shuffle continued:  {{UK-Europa}} was the flag on 12 February, 1915, transferred to {{UK-Arrogant}} on 20 April, to ''Europa'' on 11 May, {{UK-Amphitrite}} on 23 May, {{UK-Argonaut}} on 31 May, {{UK-Essex}} on 4 September, ending up with {{UK-KingAlfred}} on 3 October, 1915.  ''King Alfred'' would retain the flag through at least 30 August, 1916 when Moore struck his flag.<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 64.</ref>


===March, 1915===
===March, 1915===
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*{{UK-Amphitrite}}
*{{UK-Amphitrite}}
* {{UK-Argonaut}}
* {{UK-Argonaut}}
*armed merchant cruiser ''Calgarian''
* {{UK-Calgarian|f=t}}
*armed merchant cruiser ''Carmania''
* {{UK-Carmania|f=t}}
*armed merchant cruiser ''Edinburgh Castle''
*{{UK-EdinburghCastle|f=t}}
*armed merchant cruiser ''Ophir''
* {{UK-Ophir|f=t}}
*armed merchant cruiser ''Victorian''
* {{UK-Victorian|f=t}}


===November, 1915===
===November, 1915===
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*{{UK-KingAlfred}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
*{{UK-KingAlfred}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
*{{UK-Essex}}
*{{UK-Essex}}
*armed merchant cruiser ''Carmania''
*{{UK-Carmania|f=t}}
*armed merchant cruiser ''Ophir''
*{{UK-Ophir|f=t}}


===September, 1917===
===September, 1917===
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*{{UK-Britannia|f=t}}
*{{UK-Britannia|f=t}}
*{{UK-KingAlfred|f=t}}
*{{UK-KingAlfred|f=t}}
*armed merchant cruiser ''Ophir''
* {{UK-Ophir|f=t}}
*armed merchant cruiser ''Mantua''
* {{UK-Mantua|f=t}}
*armed merchant cruiser ''Marmora''
* {{UK-Marmora|f=t}}
*armed merchant cruiser ''Morea''
* {{UK-Morea|f=t}}


===July, 1918===
===July, 1918===
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*{{UK-Bacchante|f=t}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
*{{UK-Bacchante|f=t}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
*armed merchant cruiser ''Nivonia''
* whaler ''Nivonia''
*armed merchant cruiser ''Silesia''
* whaler ''Silesia''


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 15:53, 8 August 2017

The Ninth Cruiser Squadron, also called Cruiser Force I from 1914, was a cruiser squadron of the Royal Navy.

Rear-Admiral Henry H. Campbell commanded the Squadron during the 1914 Test Mobilisation, and hauled down his flag at Sheerness on 26 July.[1]

The squadron ceased to exist on 3 January, 1919.[2]

In Command

Dates of appointment given:

Robert Keith Arbuthnot may have held this position.[Fact Check]

Composition

December, 1912

[14]

December, 1913

Significant changes, yielding the same strength as last year. Ariadne, Diadem, and Spartiate have been sent on to greener pastures somewhere, replaced by Challenger, Highflyer and Vindictive.[15]

July, 1914

Operating as part of Third Fleet.[16]

5 August, 1914

Based in Portland, the squadron has lost Monmouth and possibly Donegal (or Argonaut has completed refit), leaving:[17]

A rapid succession of ships were flagship for Rear-Admiral de Robeck. Amphitrite on 1 August, Warrior temporarily in November, then Amphitrite before November was out, Argonaut on 20 December, and finally Vengeance on 31 January, 1915.[18]

When Moore took over command, this flagship shuffle continued: Europa was the flag on 12 February, 1915, transferred to Arrogant on 20 April, to Europa on 11 May, Amphitrite on 23 May, Argonaut on 31 May, Essex on 4 September, ending up with King Alfred on 3 October, 1915. King Alfred would retain the flag through at least 30 August, 1916 when Moore struck his flag.[19]

March, 1915

[20]

November, 1915

[21]

September, 1917

[22]

July, 1918

[23] The Squadron is small, and augmenting the larger force of the North America and West Indies Station.

November, 1918

[24]

  • armoured cruiser Bacchante RAdm.png
  • whaler Nivonia
  • whaler Silesia

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 July, 1914. Issue 40586, col B, p. 4.
  2. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 20.
  3. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September 1914). p. 5.
  4. ↑ de Robeck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 128.
  5. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 20.
  6. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 64.
  7. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 64.
  8. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 20.
  9. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
  10. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 20.
  11. ↑ Sheppard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 393.
  12. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 20.
  13. ↑ Sheppard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 393.
  14. ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  15. ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  16. ↑ 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]
  17. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
  18. ↑ de Robeck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 128.
  19. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 64.
  20. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1915). p. 12.
  21. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 19.
  22. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). p. 20.
  23. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 21.
  24. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 21.

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
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