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==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
'''17 November, 1917''' at [[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]]<ref>Newbolt. ''Naval Operations''. '''V'''. pp. 168-169.</ref> | '''17 November, 1917''' at [[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]]<ref>Newbolt. ''Naval Operations''. '''V'''. pp. 168-169.</ref> | ||
| − | *''Lion'' [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]] | + | *[[H.M.S. Lion (1910)|''Lion'']] [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]] |
| − | *''Princess Royal'' | + | *[[H.M.S. Princess Royal (1911)|''Princess Royal'']] |
| − | *''Tiger'' | + | *[[H.M.S. Tiger (1913)|''Tiger'']] |
| − | *''New Zealand'' | + | *[[H.M.S. New Zealand (1909)|''New Zealand'']] |
| − | *''Repulse'' [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] | + | *[[H.M.S. Repulse (1916)|''Repulse'']] [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] |
:Screened by: | :Screened by: | ||
| − | :*''Champion'' | + | :*[[H.M.S. Champion (1915)|''Champion'']] (Light cruiser) |
| − | :*''Verdun'' | + | :*[[H.M.S. Verdun (1917)|''Verdun'']] |
| − | :*''Telemachus'' | + | :*[[H.M.S. Telemachus (1917)|''Telemachus'']] |
| − | :*''Oriana'' | + | :*[[H.M.S. Oriana (1916) ''Oriana'']] |
| − | :*''Nepean'' | + | :*[[H.M.S. Nepean (1916)|''Nepean'']] |
| − | :*''Obdurate'' | + | :*[[H.M.S. Obdurate (1916)|''Obdurate'']] |
| − | :*'' | + | :*[[H.M.S. Tristam (1917)|''Tristam'']] |
| − | :*''Petard'' | + | :*[[H.M.S. Petard (1916)|''Petard'']] |
| − | :*''Tower'' | + | :*[[H.M.S. Tower (1917)|''Tower'']] |
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 14:40, 14 March 2012
Vice-Admirals and Rear-Admirals Commanding
Dates of appointment given:
- Vice-Admiral (Acting) Sir David R. Beatty, 1 March, 1913.[1]
- Rear-Admiral Osmond de B. Brock, 8 February, 1915.[2]
- Rear-Admiral Richard F. Phillimore, 1 December, 1916.[3]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Henry F. Oliver, 14 March, 1918.[4]
Rear-Admiral in the First Battle Cruiser Squadron
- Rear-Admiral Sir A. Gordon H. W. Moore, 4 November, 1914.[5]
Composition
17 November, 1917 at Second Battle of Heligoland Bight[6]
- Screened by:
- Champion (Light cruiser)
- Verdun
- Telemachus
- H.M.S. Oriana (1916) ''Oriana''
- Nepean
- Obdurate
- Tristam
- Petard
- Tower
Footnotes
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (September, 1914). p. 4.
- ↑ "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461. ["Squadrons.'] p. 9.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 64.
- ↑ Newbolt. Naval Operations. V. pp. 168-169.
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