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The Royal Navy's '''First Cruiser Squadron''' was created when the {{UK-CS}} was renamed in December 1904.<ref>"The Distribution and Mobilization of the Fleet" (News).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 12 December, 1904.  Issue '''37575''', col D, p. 4.</ref>
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On 2 November, 1904 Rear-Admiral [[Edmund Samuel Poë|Edmund S. Poë]] assumed command of the {{UK-CS}},<ref>Poë Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1052.</ref> which in December, 1904 became the '''First Cruiser Squadron'''.<ref>"The Distribution and Mobilization of the Fleet" (News).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 12 December, 1904.  Issue '''37575''', col D, p. 4.</ref>  He was succeeded by Rear-Admiral [[George Neville]] on 15 July, 1905.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 10 July, 1905.  Issue '''37755''', col A, p. 7.</ref>  Rear-Admiral [[Percy Moreton Scott, First Baronet|Sir Percy M. Scott]] succeeded Neville in command of the First Cruiser Squadron on 15 July, 1907.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 July, 1907.  Issue '''38385''', col A, p. 7.</ref>  Sir Rear-Admiral [[Charles Henry Adair|Charles H. Adair]] succeeded Scott as Rear-Admiral Commanding in September, 1908.<ref>"Admiral C. H. Adair" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 11 March, 1920.  Issue '''42356''', col E, p. 16.</ref>  He was succeeded by Rear-Admiral the Honourable [[Stanley Cecil James Colville|Stanley C. J. Colville]] on 24 February, 1909,<ref>Colville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 292.</ref> and was relieved by Rear-Admiral [[Lewis Bayly]] on 24 February, 1911.  He was succeeded in command on 1 March, 1913.<ref>Bayly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38}}. f. 84.</ref>  Rear-Admiral [[Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge|Ernest C. T. Troubridge]] took command of the squadron in the Mediterranean on 6 January, 1913, and was relieved in September, 1914.<ref>Troubridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 78.</ref>   
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==History==
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Rear-Admiral [[Edmund Samuel Poë|Edmund S. Poë]] assumed command of the {{UK-CS}} on 2 November, 1904,<ref>Poë Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1052.</ref> and continued in command as it took on its new name. He was succeeded in command of 1 C.S. by Rear-Admiral [[George Neville]] on 15 July, 1905.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 10 July, 1905.  Issue '''37755''', col A, p. 7.</ref>  Rear-Admiral [[Percy Moreton Scott, First Baronet|Sir Percy M. Scott]] succeeded Neville in command of the First Cruiser Squadron on 15 July, 1907.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 July, 1907.  Issue '''38385''', col A, p. 7.</ref>  Sir Rear-Admiral [[Charles Henry Adair|Charles H. Adair]] succeeded Scott as Rear-Admiral Commanding in September, 1908.<ref>"Admiral C. H. Adair" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 11 March, 1920.  Issue '''42356''', col E, p. 16.</ref>   
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Adair was succeeded by Rear-Admiral the Honourable [[Stanley Cecil James Colville|Stanley C. J. Colville]] on 24 February, 1909,<ref>Colville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 292.</ref> who was relieved by Rear-Admiral [[Lewis Bayly]] on 24 February, 1911.  The squadron was renamed the {{UK-BCS|1}} in early January 1913{{ToL|Cruiser Squadrons Renamed|Monday, Jan 13, 1913; pg. 11; Issue 40107}}, and an assortment of armoured cruisers in the Mediterranean took up the name of 1 C.S. under the command of Rear-Admiral [[Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge|Ernest C. T. Troubridge]] from 6 January, 1913 to September, 1914.<ref>Troubridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 78.</ref>   
  
 
On 29 November, 1914, Rear-Admiral [[Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore|Sir A. Gordon H. W. Moore]] hoisted his flag in {{UK-Leviathan}}.<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 64.</ref>  Rear-Admiral [[Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart.]] assumed command of the squadron on 17 January, 1915.<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 202.</ref>  The squadron was all but destroyed at the [[Battle of Jutland]], when {{UK-Defence}} was sunk with all hands at the start of the battle fleet action, {{UK-BlackPrince}} was sunk with all hands during the night, and {{UK-Warrior}} sank on the way home after her surviving crew had been taken off.  Sir Robert Arbuthnot was killed in action.  The First Cruiser Squadron was officially abolished dated 5 June.<ref>Branch Acquaint M. 04960.  5 June, 1916.  {{TNA|ADM 116/1645}}.  f. 31.</ref>
 
On 29 November, 1914, Rear-Admiral [[Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore|Sir A. Gordon H. W. Moore]] hoisted his flag in {{UK-Leviathan}}.<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 64.</ref>  Rear-Admiral [[Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart.]] assumed command of the squadron on 17 January, 1915.<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 202.</ref>  The squadron was all but destroyed at the [[Battle of Jutland]], when {{UK-Defence}} was sunk with all hands at the start of the battle fleet action, {{UK-BlackPrince}} was sunk with all hands during the night, and {{UK-Warrior}} sank on the way home after her surviving crew had been taken off.  Sir Robert Arbuthnot was killed in action.  The First Cruiser Squadron was officially abolished dated 5 June.<ref>Branch Acquaint M. 04960.  5 June, 1916.  {{TNA|ADM 116/1645}}.  f. 31.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Edmund S. Poë|appt=31 October, 1899|precBy=the former [[Training Squadron (Royal Navy)|Training Squadron]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Edmund S. Poë|appt=December, 1904<ref>"The Distribution and Mobilization of the Fleet" (News).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 12 December, 1904.  Issue '''37575''', col D, p. 4.</ref>|precBy=himself, as Rear-Admiral Commanding, [[Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Cruiser Squadron]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|nick=Wilmot H. Fawkes|appt=8 November, 1902|end=1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=George Neville|nick=George Neville|appt=15 July, 1905<ref>Neville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 945.</ref>|end=15 July, 1907<ref>Neville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 945.</ref>|ass=15 July, 1905<ref>Neville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 945.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Edmund S. Poë|appt=2 November, 1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Percy Moreton Scott, First Baronet|nick=Sir Percy M. Scott|appt=15 July, 1907<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 473.</ref>|end=19 February, 1909<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 473.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=George Neville|nick=George Neville|appt=15 July, 1905}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Stanley Cecil James Colville|nick=The Hon. Stanley C. J. Colville|appt=24 February, 1909<ref>Colville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579032}} f. 29.</ref>|end=6 March, 1911<ref>Colville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579032}} f. 29.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Percy Moreton Scott, First Baronet|nick=Sir Percy M. Scott|appt=15 July, 1907}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Lewis Bayly|nick=Lewis Bayly|appt=24 February, 1911|ass=6 March, 1911<ref>Colville, his predecessor, Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579032}} f. 29.</ref>|end=early January, 1913{{ToL|Cruiser Squadrons Renamed|Monday, Jan 13, 1913; pg. 11; Issue 40107}}|note=this incarnation hereafter named {{UK-BCS|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Charles Henry Adair|nick=Charles H. Adair|appt=September, 1908|as=|Vice-Admiral Commanding, First Cruiser Squadron}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge|nick=Ernest C. T. Troubridge|appt=6 January, 1913<ref>Troubridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 78.</ref>|end=September, 1914<ref>Troubridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 78.</ref>|note=ships are former armoured cruisers in the Mediterranean}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Stanley Cecil James Colville|nick=The Honourable Stanley C. J. Colville|appt=24 February, 1909}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore|nick=Archibald G. H. W. Moore|appt=12 August, 1914{{SMNLSep14|p. 4}}|ass=29 November, 1914<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 64.</ref>|end=17 January, 1915<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 64.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Lewis Bayly|nick=Lewis Bayly|appt=24 February, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart.|appt=17 January, 1915<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 202.</ref>|end=31 May, 1916|succBy=Command Abolished|note=killed at [[Battle of Jutland]] &ndash; formation abolished afterward}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge|nick=Ernest C. T. Troubridge|appt=6 January, 1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur Kipling Waistell|nick=Arthur K. Waistell|appt=9 October, 1924<ref>Waistell Service Record  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/374.|D7576556}} f. 244.</ref>|end=9 September, 1926<ref>Waistell Service Record  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/374.|D7576556}}  f. 244.</ref>|precBy=[[Hubert George Brand|Hubert G. Brand]] as Rear-Admiral Commanding, {{UK-LCS|1}}|note=formation re-formed from the former {{UK-LCS|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore|nick=Archibald G. H. W. Moore|appt=12 August, 1914{{SMNLSep14|p. 4}}|ass=29 November, 1914<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 64.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Henry Dudley Boyle, Twelfth Earl of Cork and Orrery|nick=The Hon. William H. D. Boyle|appt=October, 1926{{MackieRNSA}}|end=October, 1928{{MackieRNSA}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart.|appt=17 January, 1915|succBy=Command Abolished}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Henry Wise Parker|nick=Henry W. Parker|appt=10 September, 1928<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>|end=10 April, 1930<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier|nick=Trevylyan D. W. Napier|appt=30 July, 1917{{NLJan19|p. 5}}|precBy=Command Reconstituted}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Joseph Charles Walrond Henley|nick=Joseph C. W. Henley|appt=14 March, 1930<ref>Henley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 44.</ref>|ass=11 April, 1930<ref>Henley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 44.</ref>|end=11 April, 1932<ref>Henley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Henry Wise Parker|nick=Henry W. Parker|appt=1927<ref>Approximately.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Knightley Chetwode|nick=George K. Chetwode|appt=19 March, 1932<ref>Chetwode Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 228.</ref>|end=20 June, 1933<ref>Chetwode Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 228.</ref>|ass=12 April, 1932<ref>Chetwode Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 228.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Joseph Charles Walrond Henley|nick=Joseph C. W. Henley|appt=14 March, 1930<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Knowles im Thurn|nick=John K. im Thurn|appt=20 June, 1933<ref>Im Thurn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 188.</ref>|end=18 July, 1935<ref>Im Thurn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 188.</ref>}}
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{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Max Kennedy Horton|nick=Max K. Horton|appt=18 July, 1935<ref>Horton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/317.|D7644976}} f. 6.</ref>|end=1 November, 1936<ref>Horton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/317.|D7644976}} f. 6.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis|nick=Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis|appt=2 October, 1936<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>|end=March, 1940<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>|ass=c. 1 November, 1936<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>|as=Vice-Admiral Commanding, First Cruiser Squadron}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=John Henry Dacres Cunningham|nick=John H. D. Cunningham|appt=September, 1938{{MackieRNSA}}|end=January, 1941{{MackieRNSA}}|as=Vice-Admiral Commanding, First Cruiser Squadron}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Frederic Wake-Walker|nick=W. Frederic Wake-Walker|appt=January, 1941|end=February, 1942}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton|nick=Louis H. K. Hamilton|appt=24 February, 1942|end=1 September, 1943<ref>Superseded that day.  Palliser Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/290.|}} f. 663.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Arthur Francis Eric Palliser|nick=Sir Arthur F. E. Palliser|appt=1 September, 1943<ref>Palliser Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/290.|}} f. 663.</ref>|end=7 March, 1944<ref>Palliser Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/290.|}} f. 663.</ref>|as=Vice-Admiral Commanding, First Cruiser Squadron}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Rhoderick Robert McGrigor|nick=Sir Rhoderick R. McGrigor|appt=March, 1944{{MackieRNSA}}|end=July, 1945{{MackieRNSA}}|as=Vice-Admiral Commanding, First Cruiser Squadron}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Harold Richard George Kinahan|nick=Harold R. G. Kinahan|appt=1 August, 1946<ref>Kinahan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/64.|}}  f. 64.</ref>|end=June, 1947<ref>Kinahan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/64.|}}  f. 64.</ref>}}
 
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==Second in Command==
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<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Rear-Admiral, Second in Command, First Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Alfred Englefield Evans|nick=Alfred E. Evans|appt=October, 1935<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=12 October, 1936<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}}
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==Other Personnel==
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===Squadron Gunnery Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFGO otitle="Squadron Gunnery Officer, First Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Harold Hickling|nick=Harold Hickling|appt=c. October, 1924<ref>Hickling Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/195.|}} f. 27.</ref>|end=3 July, 1926<ref>Hickling Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/195.|}} f. 27.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Richard Stoddart Benson|nick=Richard S. Benson|appt=28 April, 1926{{NLJan28|p. 240}}|end=3 January, 1928<ref>Benson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/18.|}} f. 18.</ref>}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFGO>
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===Squadron Torpedo Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFTO otitle="Squadron Torpedo Officer, First Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=Stephen Francis Gaisford-St. Lawrence|nick=Stephen F. Gaisford-St. Lawrence|appt=29 September, 1924{{NLFeb26|p. 240}}|end=April, 1926<ref>Gaisford-St. Lawrence Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/145/240.|}} f. 240.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=Philip Sturley Cooper|nick=Philip S. Cooper|appt=5 October, 1926{{NLJan28|p. 240}}|end=24 May, 1929<ref>Cooper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/10.|}} f. 10.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''T''')|name=William Power Carne|nick=William P. Carne|appt=c. August, 1931<ref>Carne Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/121/13.|}} f. 13.</ref>|end=9 November, 1933<ref>Carne Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/121/13.|}} f. 13.</ref>|note=commenced upon transfer of flag}}
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===Squadron Signal Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFSO otitle="Squadron Signal Officer, First Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} ('''S''')|name=Geoffrey Cecil Congreve|nick=Geoffrey C. Congreve|appt=9 October, 1924<ref>Congreve Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/174.|}} f. 174.</ref>{{NLFeb26|p. 240}}|end=October, 1926<ref>Congreve Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/174.|}} f. 174.</ref>|note=and as W/T Officer}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''S''')|name=Royer Mylius Dick|nick=Royer M. Dick|appt=15 September, 1926<ref>Dick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/66.|}} f. 66.</ref>{{NLJan28|p. 240}}|end=September, 1928<ref>Dick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/66.|}} f. 66.</ref>|note=and as W/T Officer}}
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===Squadron Wireless Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFWO otitle="Squadron Wireless Officer, First Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} ('''S''')|name=Geoffrey Cecil Congreve|nick=Geoffrey C. Congreve|appt=9 October, 1924<ref>Congreve Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/174.|}} f. 174.</ref>{{NLFeb26|p. 240}}|end=October, 1926<ref>Congreve Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/174.|}} f. 174.</ref>|note=and as Signal Officer}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''S''')|name=Royer Mylius Dick|nick=Royer M. Dick|appt=15 September, 1926<ref>Dick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/66.|}} f. 66.</ref>{{NLJan28|p. 240}}|end=September, 1928<ref>Dick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/66.|}} f. 66.</ref>|note=and as Signal Officer}}
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===Squadron Navigating Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFNO otitle="Squadron Navigating Officer, First Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Frederic Gray Buchanan|nick=Frederic G. Buchanan|appt=26 July, 1926{{NLJan28|p. 240}}|end=}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFNO>
  
 
==Composition==
 
==Composition==
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'''November, 1905:'''
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===18 October, 1905===
  
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'''June, 1906:'''
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===18 May, 1906===
  
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'''October, 1908:'''<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  pp. 268, 269.</ref>
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===18 February, 1907===
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{| class="collapsible wikitable collapsed" style="width: 60%"
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Six armoured cruisers, with {{UK-Antrim}} and {{UK-Devonshire}} soon to be transferred to the {{UK-CS|2}}.{{NLMar07|pp. 268-269}}
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! colspan="3" | Cruisers
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{|width=75% class=toccolours
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Supporting the [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]'''
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|{{UK-Devonshire}}
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|{{UK-GoodHope}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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|{{UK-Hampshire}}
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|{{UK-Roxburgh}}
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===18 September, 1908===
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{{NLOct08|pp. 268, 269}}
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|{{UK-Argyll}}
 
|{{UK-Argyll}}
 
|{{UK-BlackPrince}}
 
|{{UK-BlackPrince}}
 
|{{UK-Drake}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
 
|{{UK-Drake}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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|{{UK-DukeOfEdinburgh}}
 
|{{UK-DukeOfEdinburgh}}
 
|{{UK-Hampshire}}
 
|{{UK-Hampshire}}
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===Battle of Jutland===
 
===Battle of Jutland===
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Operating under Rear-Admiral Arbuthnot, the Squadron lost three of its four cruisers in the battle.
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Operating under Rear-Admiral [[Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|Arbuthnot]], the Squadron lost three of its four cruisers in the battle, only {{UK-DukeOfEdinburgh}} surviving.
  
 
*{{UK-Defence}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]], flag Captain [[Stanley Venn Ellis]]
 
*{{UK-Defence}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]], flag Captain [[Stanley Venn Ellis]]

Latest revision as of 21:00, 3 December 2021

The Royal Navy's First Cruiser Squadron was created when the Cruiser Squadron was renamed in December 1904.[1]

History

Rear-Admiral Edmund S. Poë assumed command of the Cruiser Squadron on 2 November, 1904,[2] and continued in command as it took on its new name. He was succeeded in command of 1 C.S. by Rear-Admiral George Neville on 15 July, 1905.[3] Rear-Admiral Sir Percy M. Scott succeeded Neville in command of the First Cruiser Squadron on 15 July, 1907.[4] Sir Rear-Admiral Charles H. Adair succeeded Scott as Rear-Admiral Commanding in September, 1908.[5]

Adair was succeeded by Rear-Admiral the Honourable Stanley C. J. Colville on 24 February, 1909,[6] who was relieved by Rear-Admiral Lewis Bayly on 24 February, 1911. The squadron was renamed the First Battle Cruiser Squadron in early January 1913[7], and an assortment of armoured cruisers in the Mediterranean took up the name of 1 C.S. under the command of Rear-Admiral Ernest C. T. Troubridge from 6 January, 1913 to September, 1914.[8]

On 29 November, 1914, Rear-Admiral Sir A. Gordon H. W. Moore hoisted his flag in Leviathan.[9] Rear-Admiral Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart. assumed command of the squadron on 17 January, 1915.[10] The squadron was all but destroyed at the Battle of Jutland, when Defence was sunk with all hands at the start of the battle fleet action, Black Prince was sunk with all hands during the night, and Warrior sank on the way home after her surviving crew had been taken off. Sir Robert Arbuthnot was killed in action. The First Cruiser Squadron was officially abolished dated 5 June.[11]

In 1917 H.M. Ships Courageous, Glorious and Furious were detached from the Third Light Cruiser Squadron and named the First Cruiser Squadron. It came under the direct command of Vice-Admiral Trevylyan D. W. Napier in his capacity as Vice-Admiral, Light Cruiser Force.[12]

In Command

Dates of appointment given when known:

Second in Command

Other Personnel

Squadron Gunnery Officer

Squadron Torpedo Officer

Squadron Signal Officer

Squadron Wireless Officer

Squadron Navigating Officer

Composition

18 October, 1905

18 May, 1906

18 February, 1907

Six armoured cruisers, with Antrim and Devonshire soon to be transferred to the Second Cruiser Squadron.[76]

Supporting the Channel Fleet
Armoured Cruisers
Antrim Argyll Devonshire Good Hope RAdmRN.png Hampshire Roxburgh

18 September, 1908

[77]

Supporting the Channel Fleet
Armoured Cruisers
Argyll Black Prince Drake RAdmRN.png Duke of Edinburgh Hampshire Roxburgh

June, 1909

[78]

December, 1912

[79]

December, 1913

[80]

Serving in the Mediterranean Fleet, the squadron has lost its powerful core of battlecruisers to the newly fashioned First and Second Battle Cruiser Squadron, and once again more closely resembles the other Cruiser Squadrons. Defence remains and assumes the role of flagship, and the Second Cruiser Squadron has graciously provided three more armoured cruisers.

August, 1914

[81][82]

December, 1914

Although it may not yet have been physically assembled, the following ships are assigned to the new instance of the formation.[83]

This roster would last just the one month.

January, 1915

Attached to the Grand Fleet. Defence has returned from escorting duties from South Africa[84] to resume the flagship duty, while Leviathan has been sent to the North America and West Indies Station.[85]

This roster would last until October, 1915.[86][87][88][89][90][91][92]

October, 1915

Black Prince assumes the flagship role from Defence, just for the month.[93]

November, 1915

Defence assumes her normal role as the flagship.[94]

This roster would last until May, 1916.[95][96][97][98][99][100]

November, 1915

Warrior takes over as flagship, briefly.[101]

This temporary flagship assignment would expire before the Battle of Jutland, which would effectively destroy the Squadron.

June, 1916

The Squadron is abolished after losing most of its ships at Jutland.[102]

It would not re-form until September, 1917.[103]

September, 1917

The Squadron re-appears, this time attached to the Battle Cruiser Force.[104]

This roster would last until March, 1918.[105][106][107][108][109]

March, 1918

Furious is detached to join the Flying Squadron.[110]

This roster would last until February, 1919.[111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118]

February, 1919

The Squadron is still listed in the Navy List, but the two ships are "temporarily" in Rosyth, noted in March and thereafter as "in reserve". By July, they've acquired the notation of being under the management of a "care and maintenance party"[119][120][121][122][123][124]

Battles

Battle of Jutland

Operating under Rear-Admiral Arbuthnot, the Squadron lost three of its four cruisers in the battle, only Duke of Edinburgh surviving.

The Squadron was abolished after this ruinous outing, but it would later re-form.

Second Battle of Heligoland Bight

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ "The Distribution and Mobilization of the Fleet" (News). The Times. Monday, 12 December, 1904. Issue 37575, col D, p. 4.
  2. ↑ Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1052.
  3. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 10 July, 1905. Issue 37755, col A, p. 7.
  4. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 15 July, 1907. Issue 38385, col A, p. 7.
  5. ↑ "Admiral C. H. Adair" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 11 March, 1920. Issue 42356, col E, p. 16.
  6. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 292.
  7. ↑ "Cruiser Squadrons Renamed." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 13, 1913; pg. 11; Issue 40107.
  8. ↑ Troubridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 78.
  9. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 64.
  10. ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 202.
  11. ↑ Branch Acquaint M. 04960. 5 June, 1916. The National Archives. ADM 116/1645. f. 31.
  12. ↑ Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief Grand Fleet and Vice-Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Force. 4 September, 1917. M. 09828. The National Archives. ADM 137/2134. f. 128.
  13. ↑ "The Distribution and Mobilization of the Fleet" (News). The Times. Monday, 12 December, 1904. Issue 37575, col D, p. 4.
  14. ↑ Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 945.
  15. ↑ Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 945.
  16. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 473.
  17. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 473.
  18. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29.
  19. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29.
  20. ↑ "Cruiser Squadrons Renamed." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 13, 1913; pg. 11; Issue 40107.
  21. ↑ Troubridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 78.
  22. ↑ Troubridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 78.
  23. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September 1914). p. 4.
  24. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 64.
  25. ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 202.
  26. ↑ Waistell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/374. f. 244.
  27. ↑ Waistell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/374. f. 244.
  28. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  29. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  30. ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  31. ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  32. ↑ Henley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 44.
  33. ↑ Henley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 44.
  34. ↑ Chetwode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 228.
  35. ↑ Chetwode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 228.
  36. ↑ Im Thurn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 188.
  37. ↑ Im Thurn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 188.
  38. ↑ Horton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/317. f. 6.
  39. ↑ Horton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/317. f. 6.
  40. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  41. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  42. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  43. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  44. ↑ Superseded that day. Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  45. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  46. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  47. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  48. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  49. ↑ Kinahan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/64. f. 64.
  50. ↑ Kinahan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/64. f. 64.
  51. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  52. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  53. ↑ Hickling Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/195. f. 27.
  54. ↑ Hickling Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/195. f. 27.
  55. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 240.
  56. ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/18. f. 18.
  57. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 240.
  58. ↑ Gaisford-St. Lawrence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/240. f. 240.
  59. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 240.
  60. ↑ Cooper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/10. f. 10.
  61. ↑ Carne Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/13. f. 13.
  62. ↑ Carne Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/13. f. 13.
  63. ↑ Congreve Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/174. f. 174.
  64. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 240.
  65. ↑ Congreve Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/174. f. 174.
  66. ↑ Dick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/66. f. 66.
  67. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 240.
  68. ↑ Dick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/66. f. 66.
  69. ↑ Congreve Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/174. f. 174.
  70. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 240.
  71. ↑ Congreve Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/174. f. 174.
  72. ↑ Dick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/66. f. 66.
  73. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 240.
  74. ↑ Dick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/66. f. 66.
  75. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 240.
  76. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). pp. 268-269.
  77. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). pp. 268, 269.
  78. ↑ "The Naval Mobilization" (News). The Times. Thursday, 17 June, 1909. Issue 38988, col A, p. 9.
  79. ↑ The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  80. ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  81. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 16.
  82. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 440.
  83. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 9.
  84. ↑ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Defence_(1907)#Career Wikipedia
  85. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1915). pp. 9, 19.
  86. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1915). p. 11.
  87. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 10.
  88. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1915). p. 10.
  89. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1915). p. 10.
  90. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1915). p. 10.
  91. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1915). p. 11.
  92. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1915). p. 11.
  93. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 10.
  94. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 10.
  95. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 10.
  96. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1915). p. 10.
  97. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1916). p. 10.
  98. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1916). p. 10.
  99. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1916). p. 10.
  100. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1916). p. 10.
  101. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1916). p. 10.
  102. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1916). p. 10.
  103. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1916). p. 10.
  104. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). p. 11.
  105. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 11.
  106. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 11.
  107. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1917). p. 11.
  108. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1918). p. 11.
  109. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1918). p. 11.
  110. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). pp. 10,11.
  111. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1918). p. 11.
  112. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1918). p. 11.
  113. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1918). p. 11.
  114. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 11.
  115. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1918). p. 11.
  116. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 11.
  117. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 11.
  118. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 11.
  119. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). pp. 11, 20.
  120. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 20.
  121. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1919). p. 20.
  122. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 18.
  123. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 18.
  124. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 18.
  125. ↑ Naval Operations. Vol. V. pp. 168-169.

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