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The Seventh Cruiser Squadron, also known as Cruiser Force C from 1914 to 1915, was a cruiser formation of the Royal Navy.
Rear-Admirals Commanding
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Arthur H. Christian, 13 July, 1914[1] – 26 July, 1914.[2]
- Rear-Admiral Henry H. Campbell, 1 August, 1914[3] – 6 October, 1914.[4]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur W. Waymouth, 14 January, 1915[5] – 6 April, 1915.[6]
- Rear-Admiral Henry L. Tottenham, 7 April, 1915[7] – 25 October, 1915.[8]
- Rear-Admiral Herbert L. Heath, 24 October, 1915[9] – 5 June, 1916.[10]
Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore at some point, too.[Fact Check]
History
December, 1912
December, 1913
Hogue has been added to 1912's roster, from unknown prior assignment.[12]
July, 1914
Operating as part of Third Fleet.[13]
- Aboukir
- Bacchante
- Cressy
- Euryalus
- Hogue
- Sutlej (trooping to Malta. will join when relieved by Leviathan
Rear-Admiral Arthur H. Christian hauled down his flag at Sheerness on 26 July, 1914.[14] On 1 August, Henry H. Campbell was appointed in command.
5 August, 1914
In the southern North Sea, the squadron had the same ships as at the end of 1912, having seemingly lost Hogue and Sutlej seemingly yet to join in fact:[15]
On 13 August, it was made part of Rear-Admiral Arthur Henry Christian's new Southern Force, tasked with operations to protect the Belgian coast along with destroyers and submarines operating out of Harwich.[16]
November, 1915
Attached to Grand Fleet, the composition is entirely new.[17]
Footnotes
- ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 435.
- ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 435.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 309.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 309.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 18.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 18.
- ↑ Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 1320.
- ↑ Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 1320.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 18.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 18.
- ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
- ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 July, 1914. Issue 40586, col B, p. 4.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
- ↑ See Southern Force (Royal Navy)
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 10.
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