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The ships of the reserve formed the Second and Third Fleets as follows:<ref>Vice-Admiral Cecil Burney, ''Second and Third Fleets Serial Orders'', 11 June 1914, Backhouse Papers, Naval Historical Branch</ref>
The ships of the reserve formed the Second and Third Fleets as follows:<ref>Vice-Admiral Cecil Burney, ''Second and Third Fleets Serial Orders'', 11 June 1914, Backhouse Papers, Naval Historical Branch</ref>


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{|style="margin:0" width=90% class="toccolours"
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|align=center colspan=6|{{UK-LordNelson}} (Fleet Flagship)
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=12|'''Fleet Flagship'''
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|align=center colspan=12|{{UK-LordNelson}}
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|align=center colspan=4|'''Fifth Battle Squadron'''||align=center colspan=4|'''Sixth Battle Squadron'''||align=center colspan=4|'''Seventh Battle Squadron'''||align=center colspan=4|'''Eighth Battle Squadron'''
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=12|'''Battle Squadrons'''
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|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-PrinceOfWales}} (flag)||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Russell}} (flag)||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-PrinceGeorge}} (flag)||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Albion}} (flag)
|align=center colspan=3 width=25%|'''Fifth'''||align=center colspan=3 width=25%|'''Sixth'''||align=center colspan=3 width=25%|'''Seventh'''||align=center colspan=3 width=25%|'''Eighth'''
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|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Bulwark}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Albemarle}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Hannibal}} (2nd flag)||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Ocean}} (2nd flag)
|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-PrinceOfWales}} (flag)||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Russell}} (flag)||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-PrinceGeorge}} (flag)||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Albion}} (flag)
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|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Formidable}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-1Exmouth}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Illustrious}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Goliath}}
|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Bulwark}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Albemarle}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Hannibal}} (2nd flag)||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Ocean}} (2nd flag)
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|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Implacable}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Vengeance}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Magnificent}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Jupiter}}
|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Formidable}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-1Exmouth}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Illustrious}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Goliath}}
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|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Irresistible}}||align=center colspan=4|'''  '''||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Majestic}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Canopus}}
|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Implacable}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Vengeance}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Magnificent}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Jupiter}}
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|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-1London}}||align=center colspan=4|'''  '''||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Mars}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Glory}}
|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Irresistible}}||align=center colspan=3|&nbsp;||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Majestic}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Canopus}}
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|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Queen}}||align=center colspan=4|'''  '''||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Victorious}}
|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-1London}}||align=center colspan=3|&nbsp;||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Mars}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Glory}}
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|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Queen}}||align=center colspan=3|&nbsp;||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Victorious}}||&nbsp;
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=12|'''Cruiser Squadrons'''
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|align=center colspan=4 width=33%|'''Fifth'''||align=center colspan=4 width=33%|'''Sixth'''||align=center colspan=4 width=33%|'''Seventh'''
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|align=center colspan=3|'''Fifth Cruiser Squadron'''||align=center colspan=3|'''Sixth Cruiser Squadron'''||align=center colspan=3|'''Seventh Cruiser Squadron'''
|align=center colspan=4 width=33%|{{UK-Carnarvon}} (flag)||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-GoodHope}} (flag)||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Euryalus}} (flag)
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|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Carnarvon}} (flag)||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-GoodHope}} (flag)||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Euryalus}} (flag)
|align=center colspan=4 width=33%|{{UK-1Cornwall}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Drake}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Cressy}}
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|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-1Cornwall}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Drake}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Cressy}}
|align=center colspan=4 width=33%|{{UK-Cumberland}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Leviathan}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Minerva}}
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|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Cumberland}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Leviathan}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Minerva}}
|align=center colspan=4 width=33%|&nbsp;||align=center colspan=4|&nbsp;||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Venus}}
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|align=center colspan=3|   ||align=center colspan=3|   ||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Venus}}
|align=center colspan=4 width=33%|'''Eighth'''||align=center colspan=4|'''Ninth'''||align=center colspan=4|'''Tenth'''
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|align=center colspan=3|'''Eighth Cruiser Squadron'''||align=center colspan=3|'''Ninth Cruiser Squadron'''||align=center colspan=3|'''Tenth Cruiser Squadron'''
|align=center colspan=4 width=33%|{{UK-Aboukir}} (flag)||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Bacchante}} (flag)||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Hogue}} (flag)
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|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Aboukir}} (flag)||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Bacchante}} (flag)||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Hogue}} (flag)
|align=center colspan=4 width=33%|{{UK-Challenger}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-1Diana}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Charybdis}}
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|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Challenger}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-1Diana}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Charybdis}}
|align=center colspan=4 width=33%|{{UK-1Isis}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Sutlej}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-1Eclipse}}
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|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-1Isis}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Sutlej}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-1Eclipse}}
|align=center colspan=4 width=33%|{{UK-Juno}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Talbot}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Highflyer}}
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|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Juno}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Talbot}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Highflyer}}
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=12|'''Other Forces'''
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|align=center colspan=3|'''Training Squadron'''||align=center colspan=3|'''Attached to 1st Light Cruiser Squadron'''||align=center colspan=3|'''Attached Ships'''||align=center colspan=3|'''Minelayer Squadron'''
|align=center colspan=4|'''Training Squadron'''||align=center colspan=4|'''Attached to 1st Light Cruiser Squadron'''||align=center colspan=4|'''Attached Ships'''||align=center colspan=4|'''Minelayer Squadron'''
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|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-1Crescent}} (flag)||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-1Falmouth}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-1Diamond}} (5th B.S.)||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Andromache}}
|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-1Crescent}} (flag)||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-1Falmouth}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-1Diamond}} (5th B.S.)||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Andromache}}
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|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Edgar}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-1Liverpool}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Topaze}} (6th B.S.)||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Apollo}}
|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Edgar}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-1Liverpool}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Topaze}} (6th B.S.)||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Apollo}}
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|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Endymion}}||align=center colspan=4| ||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Doris}} (7th B.S.)||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-1Intrepid}}
|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Endymion}}||align=center colspan=3|&nbsp;||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Doris}} (7th B.S.)||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-1Intrepid}}
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|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Gibraltar}}||align=center colspan=4|   ||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Sapphire}} (8th B.S.)||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Iphigenia}}
|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Gibraltar}}||align=center colspan=3|&nbsp;||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Sapphire}} (8th B.S.)||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Iphigenia}}
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|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-1Grafton}}||align=center colspan=4|   ||align=center colspan=4| ||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Latona}}
|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-1Grafton}}||align=center colspan=3|&nbsp;||align=center colspan=3|&nbsp; ||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Latona}}
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|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-RoyalArthur}}||align=center colspan=4|'''Unappropriated'''||align=center colspan=4|   ||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Naiad}}
|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-RoyalArthur}}||align=center colspan=3|'''Unappropriated'''||align=center colspan=3|&nbsp;||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Naiad}}
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|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Theseus}}||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-1Vindictive}}||align=center colspan=4|  ||align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Thetis}}
|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Theseus}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-1Vindictive}}||align=center colspan=3|  ||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Thetis}}
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Revision as of 01:22, 14 December 2021

The Royal Navy's Annual Manoeuvres of 1914 were cancelled on 20th February 1914 and replaced by a test mobilisation of the Reserve Fleet[1].

The schedule for this exercise was planned to be as follows: 

Wednesday 15th July              Reserve called up

16th and 17th July               Mobilise

Saturday 18th July               Proceed to rendezvous

19th to 23rd July                At rendezvous and tactical exercises at sea

Friday 24th July                 Arrive Home Ports

Saturday 25th July, 9am          Discharge reserves


Order of Battle

The ships of the reserve formed the Second and Third Fleets as follows:[2]

Fleet Flagship
Lord Nelson
Battle Squadrons
Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth
Prince of Wales (flag) Russell (flag) Prince George (flag) Albion (flag)
Bulwark Albemarle Hannibal (2nd flag) Ocean (2nd flag)
Formidable Exmouth Illustrious Goliath
Implacable Vengeance Magnificent Jupiter
Irresistible   Majestic Canopus
London   Mars Glory
Queen   Victorious  
Cruiser Squadrons
Fifth Sixth Seventh
Carnarvon (flag) Good Hope (flag) Euryalus (flag)
Cornwall Drake Cressy
Cumberland Leviathan Minerva
    Venus
Eighth Ninth Tenth
Aboukir (flag) Bacchante (flag) Hogue (flag)
Challenger Diana Charybdis
Isis Sutlej Eclipse
Juno Talbot Highflyer
Other Forces
Training Squadron Attached to 1st Light Cruiser Squadron Attached Ships Minelayer Squadron
Crescent (flag) Falmouth Diamond (5th B.S.) Andromache
Edgar Liverpool Topaze (6th B.S.) Apollo
Endymion   Doris (7th B.S.) Intrepid
Gibraltar   Sapphire (8th B.S.) Iphigenia
Grafton     Latona
Royal Arthur Unappropriated   Naiad
Theseus Vindictive Thetis

Footnotes

  1. ↑ M11959/14 From Admiralty to C-in-C, Home Fleets, dated 20th February 1914. Backhouse Papers, Naval Historical Branch.
  2. ↑ Vice-Admiral Cecil Burney, Second and Third Fleets Serial Orders, 11 June 1914, Backhouse Papers, Naval Historical Branch

Bibliography

  • M11959/14 From Admiralty to C-in-C, Home Fleets, dated 20th February 1914. Backhouse Papers, Naval Historical Branch, Portsmouth, UK.
  • Vice-Admiral Cecil Burney, Second and Third Fleets Serial Orders, 11 June 1914, Backhouse Papers, Naval Historical Branch, Portsmouth, UK


Annual Manoeuvres of the Royal Navy
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