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==Composition==
 
==Composition==
'''December, 1913'''<ref>The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
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'''December, 1913'''<ref>Handwritten notes in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
 
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'''July, 1914'''<ref>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]</ref>
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<br>The composition remains as it was in December, 1913.
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<br>Still unchanged from  December, 1913.
The composition remains as it was in December, 1913.
 
 
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Revision as of 18:56, 11 October 2012

Vice-Admirals and Rear-Admirals Commanding

Dates of appointment given:

Rear-Admiral in the First Battle Cruiser Squadron

Composition

December, 1913[6]

July, 1914[7]
The composition remains as it was in December, 1913.

Outbreak of War[8]
Still unchanged from December, 1913.

17 November, 1917 at Second Battle of Heligoland Bight[9]

Screened by:

Footnotes

  1. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (September, 1914). p. 4.
  2. "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."] f. 9.
  3. "Squadrons." f. 9.
  4. "Squadrons." f. 9.
  5. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 64.
  6. Handwritten notes in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  7. 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]
  8. Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 439.
  9. Naval Operations. Vol. V. pp. 168-169.

Bibliography


British Battle Cruiser Squadrons
First Battle Cruiser Squadron | Second Battle Cruiser Squadron | Third Battle Cruiser Squadron | Battle Cruiser Squadron