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The Fifth Cruiser Squadron then became an administrative formation in the Second Fleet{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 12}} under the Rear-Admiral in the Home Fleets at Devonport.  From 5 January, 1912<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 6 January, 1912.  Issue '''39788''', col F, p. 11.</ref> to 5 January, 1913 this was Rear-Admiral [[Henry Loftus Tottenham|Henry L. Tottenham]].  From 5 January, 1913<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 6 January, 1913.  Issue '''40101''', col F, p. 4.</ref> to 9 May, 1914, Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Henry Christian|Arthur H. Christian]] was in command.  He was succeeded by Rear-Admiral [[Archibald Peile Stoddart|Archibald P. Stoddart]].<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 11 May, 1914.  Issue '''40520''', col B, p. 4.</ref>
The Fifth Cruiser Squadron then became an administrative formation in the Second Fleet{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 12}} under the Rear-Admiral in the Home Fleets at Devonport.  From 5 January, 1912<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 6 January, 1912.  Issue '''39788''', col F, p. 11.</ref> to 5 January, 1913 this was Rear-Admiral [[Henry Loftus Tottenham|Henry L. Tottenham]].  From 5 January, 1913<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 6 January, 1913.  Issue '''40101''', col F, p. 4.</ref> to 9 May, 1914, Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Henry Christian|Arthur H. Christian]] was in command.  He was succeeded by Rear-Admiral [[Archibald Peile Stoddart|Archibald P. Stoddart]].<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 11 May, 1914.  Issue '''40520''', col B, p. 4.</ref>


On 28 July, 1914, the Fifth Cruiser Squadron was ordered to assemble at Portland.{{UKNavalOpsI|pp. 25-26}}  The squadron, which then consisted of {{UK-Carnarvon}} and three ''Monmouth''-class cruisers, was assigned to patrol the trade routes in the Mid-Atlantic area between the West Coast of Africa and Brazil.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 13}}  As the {{UK-CS|9}} under Rear-Admiral [[John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|John M. de Robeck]] was still mobilisng at the end of July, Rear-Admiral Stoddart was directed to guard that squadron's patrol area off Finisterre and dispatch a fast ship to join the {{UK-Glasgow|f=t}} in South American waters.  His orders were that the protection of British trade was more important than attacking that of the enemy.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 41}}
On 28 July, 1914, the Fifth Cruiser Squadron was ordered to assemble at Portland.{{UKNavalOpsI|pp. 25-26}}  The squadron, which then consisted of {{UK-Carnarvon}} and three ''Monmouth''-class cruisers, was assigned to patrol the trade routes in the Mid-Atlantic area between the West Coast of Africa and Brazil.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 13}}  As the {{UK-CS|9}} under Rear-Admiral [[John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|John M. de Robeck]] was still mobilisng at the end of July, Rear-Admiral Stoddart was directed to guard that squadron's patrol area off Finisterre and dispatch a fast ship to join the {{UK-1Glasgow|f=t}} in South American waters.  His orders were that the protection of British trade was more important than attacking that of the enemy.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 41}}


==Rear-Admirals Commanding==
==In Command==
Dates of appointment:
Dates of appointment:
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Rear-Admiral Commanding, Fifth Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=George Astley Callaghan|nick=George A. Callaghan|appt=5 April, 1907<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 535.</ref>|end=26 November, 1908<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 535.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=George Astley Callaghan|nick=George A. Callaghan|appt=5 April, 1907<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 535.</ref>|end=26 November, 1908<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 535.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Percy Moreton Scott, First Baronet|nick=Percy Scott|appt=16 February, 1909<ref>''Hazell's Annual, 1910''.  p. 199.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 16 February, 1909.  Issue '''38884''', col A, p. 8.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederick Tower Hamilton|nick=Frederick T. Hamilton|appt=16 February, 1909<ref>''Hazell's Annual, 1910''.  p. 199.</ref><ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 335.</ref>|end=16 February 1911<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 335.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederick Tower Hamilton|nick=Frederick T. Hamilton|appt=16 February, 1909<ref>''Hazell's Annual, 1910''.  p. 199.</ref><ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 335.</ref>|end=16 February 1911<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 335.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Cecil Burney|appt=16 February, 1911<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 84/180.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Cecil Burney|appt=16 February, 1911<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578793}} f. 180.</ref>|end=19 December, 1911<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578793}} f. 180.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet|nick=F. C. Doveton Sturdee|appt=19 December, 1911<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1256.</ref>|end=December, 1912<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}}  f. 70.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet|nick=F. C. Doveton Sturdee|appt=19 December, 1911<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1256.</ref>|end=December, 1912<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}}  f. 70.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Archibald Peile Stoddart|nick=Archibald P. Stoddart|appt=9 May, 1914{{UKCeased|p. 16}}|end=8 May, 1915{{UKCeased|p. 16}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Archibald Peile Stoddart|nick=Archibald P. Stoddart|appt=9 May, 1914{{UKCeased|p. 16}}|end=8 May, 1915{{UKCeased|p. 16}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Walter John Challoner Lake|nick=Walter J. C. Lake|appt=13 April, 1925<ref>Lake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/415.|}} f. 475.</ref>|end=|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur John Layard Murray|nick=Arthur J. L. Murray|appt=14 April, 1939|end=|note=transferred to {{UK-CS|4}} at some later date}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Harold Thomas Coulthard Walker|nick=Harold T. C. Walker|appt=1 May, 1944<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/12.}} f. 11.</ref>|ass=3 June, 1944<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/12.}} f. 11.</ref>|end=4 December, 1944<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/12.}} f. 11.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Harold Thomas Coulthard Walker|nick=Harold T. C. Walker|appt=1 May, 1944<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/12.}} f. 11.</ref>|ass=3 June, 1944<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/12.}} f. 11.</ref>|end=4 December, 1944<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/12.}} f. 11.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur Duncan Read|nick=Arthur D. Read|appt=January, 1945{{MackieRNSA}}|end=2 March, 1945<ref>Patterson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/21.|}} f. 21.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Wilfrid Rupert Patterson|nick=Wilfrid R. Patterson|appt=2 March, 1945<ref>Patterson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/21.|}} f. 21.</ref>|end=12 July, 1946<ref>Patterson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/21.|}} f. 21.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Reginald Maxwell Servaes|nick=Reginald M. Servaes|appt=mid 1946|end=mid 1946}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse|nick=Charles H. L. Woodhouse|appt=mid 1946|end=10 September, 1947<ref>Woodhouse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/3.|}} f. 3.</ref>|note=vice Servaes}}
</div name=fredbot:office0>
</div name=fredbot:office0>
==Other Personnel==
===Squadron Gunnery Officer===
<div name=fredbot:officeFGO otitle="Squadron Gunnery Officer, Fifth Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, Fourth Baronet|nick=Hubert G. D. Acland|appt=|end=c. late December, 1929<ref>Hickling Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/195.|}} f. 27.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Harold Hickling|nick=Harold Hickling|appt=c. late December, 1929<ref>Hickling Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/195.|}} f. 27.</ref>|end=1931<ref>Hickling Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/195.|}} f. 27.</ref>}}
</div name=fredbot:officeFGO>
===Squadron Torpedo Officer===
<div name=fredbot:officeFTO otitle="Squadron Torpedo Officer, Fifth Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
</div name=fredbot:officeFTO>
===Squadron Signal Officer===
<div name=fredbot:officeFSO otitle="Squadron Signal Officer, Fifth Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
</div name=fredbot:officeFSO>
===Squadron Wireless Officer===
<div name=fredbot:officeFWO otitle="Squadron Wireless Officer, Fifth Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank=Warrant Telegrapher|name=Francis Cecil Honeybun|nick=Francis C. Honeybun|appt=10 December, 1924{{NLJan26|p. 244}}|end=}}
</div name=fredbot:officeFWO>
===Squadron Navigating Officer===
<div name=fredbot:officeFNO otitle="Squadron Navigating Officer, Fifth Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
</div name=fredbot:officeFNO>


==Composition==
==Composition==
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*{{UK-Carnarvon}} (flag)
*{{UK-Carnarvon}} (flag)
*{{UK-Falmouth}}
*{{UK-1Falmouth}}
*{{UK-Bristol}}
*{{UK-Bristol}}
*{{UK-Liverpool}}
*{{UK-1Liverpool}}


===July, 1914===
===July, 1914===
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*{{UK-Carnarvon}} (flag)
*{{UK-Carnarvon}} (flag)
*{{UK-Falmouth}}
*{{UK-1Falmouth}}
*{{UK-Liverpool}}
*{{UK-1Liverpool}}


===November, 1915===
===November, 1915===

Latest revision as of 15:13, 22 March 2023

The Fifth Cruiser Squadron, also known as Cruiser Force D from 1914 to 1915, was a cruiser formation of the Royal Navy. It was formed in 1907 as the cruiser squadron in full commission attached to the Home Fleet. In 1909 it swapped designations with the Second Cruiser Squadron. In 1912 the designation was attached to a reserve cruiser squadron in the Second Fleet. It was mobilised in 1914 under the additional title of Cruiser Force D.

History

Rear-Admiral George A. Callaghan was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding on 5 April, 1907.[1] On 27 November, 1908 Rear-Admiral Robert S. Lowry succeeded him and hoisted his flag in H.M.S. Shannon.[2] With the reorganisation of the fleets in March, 1909, his command became the Second Cruiser Squadron of the Second Division of the Home Fleet.

The Second Cruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet became the Fifth Cruiser Squadron,[3] under the command of Rear-Admiral Frederick T. Hamilton,[4] who was appointed on 16 February.[5] Rear-Admiral Cecil Burney assumed command of the squadron on 16 February, 1911.[6] He was succeeded by Rear-Admiral Doveton Sturdee on 19 December. During 1912 his command was renamed the Third Cruiser Squadron.[7] Presumably[Inference] this was at the re-organisation of the fleets in May.

The Fifth Cruiser Squadron then became an administrative formation in the Second Fleet[8] under the Rear-Admiral in the Home Fleets at Devonport. From 5 January, 1912[9] to 5 January, 1913 this was Rear-Admiral Henry L. Tottenham. From 5 January, 1913[10] to 9 May, 1914, Rear-Admiral Arthur H. Christian was in command. He was succeeded by Rear-Admiral Archibald P. Stoddart.[11]

On 28 July, 1914, the Fifth Cruiser Squadron was ordered to assemble at Portland.[12] The squadron, which then consisted of Carnarvon and three Monmouth-class cruisers, was assigned to patrol the trade routes in the Mid-Atlantic area between the West Coast of Africa and Brazil.[13] As the Ninth Cruiser Squadron under Rear-Admiral John M. de Robeck was still mobilisng at the end of July, Rear-Admiral Stoddart was directed to guard that squadron's patrol area off Finisterre and dispatch a fast ship to join the light cruiser Glasgow in South American waters. His orders were that the protection of British trade was more important than attacking that of the enemy.[14]

In Command

Dates of appointment:

Other Personnel

Squadron Gunnery Officer

Squadron Torpedo Officer

Squadron Signal Officer

Squadron Wireless Officer

Squadron Navigating Officer

Composition

October, 1908

[38]

December, 1912

[39]

December, 1913

[40]

Part of the Second Fleet, it had an armoured cruiser flagship and three newly-attached light cruisers. Lancaster had been transferred to the Fourth Cruiser Squadron

July, 1914

Operating as part of the Second Fleet, Bristol has been removed.[41]

November, 1915

[42]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. p. 202.
  2. ↑ Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 800.
  3. ↑ "The Navy Estimates" (News). The Times. Saturday, 13 March, 1909. Issue 38906, col A, p. 7.
  4. ↑ "The Home and Atlantic Fleets" (News). The Times. Monday, 15 March, 1909. Issue 38907, col C, p. 9.
  5. ↑ "Naval Commands Afloat" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 3 January, 1911. Issue 39472, col A, p. 5.
  6. ↑ Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. p. 180.
  7. ↑ Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 1256.
  8. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 12.
  9. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 6 January, 1912. Issue 39788, col F, p. 11.
  10. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 6 January, 1913. Issue 40101, col F, p. 4.
  11. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 11 May, 1914. Issue 40520, col B, p. 4.
  12. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. pp. 25-26.
  13. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 13.
  14. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 41.
  15. ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.
  16. ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.
  17. ↑ Hazell's Annual, 1910. p. 199.
  18. ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 335.
  19. ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 335.
  20. ↑ Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 180.
  21. ↑ Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 180.
  22. ↑ Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1256.
  23. ↑ Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 70.
  24. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 16.
  25. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 16.
  26. ↑ Lake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/415. f. 475.
  27. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/12. f. 11.
  28. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/12. f. 11.
  29. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  30. ↑ Patterson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/21. f. 21.
  31. ↑ Patterson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/21. f. 21.
  32. ↑ Patterson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/21. f. 21.
  33. ↑ Woodhouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/3. f. 3.
  34. ↑ Hickling Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/195. f. 27.
  35. ↑ Hickling Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/195. f. 27.
  36. ↑ Hickling Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/195. f. 27.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1926). p. 244.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). pp. 267, 270.
  39. ↑ Handwritten notes in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  40. ↑ Handwritten notes in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  41. ↑ 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]
  42. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 19.

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
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