First Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
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Rear-Admirals and Commodores Commanding
Dates of appointment given:
- Commodore, Second Class William E. Goodenough, 5 July, 1913.[1]
- Rear-Admiral Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair, 8 February, 1915.[2]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Walter H. Cowan, 7 July, 1917[3] through end of war.
- James Andrew Fergusson
- Hubert George Brand
History
July, 1914
The squadron was:[4]
Outbreak of War
Two additional light cruisers have reinforced the squadron.[5][6]
- Southampton, Commodore Goodenough
- Birmingham, Captain Arthur Duff
- Nottingham, Captain C. B. Miller
- Liverpool, Captain Edward Reeves
- Falmouth, Captain J. D. Edwards
- Lowestoft, Captain Theobald Kennedy
November, 1915
Attached to the Battle Cruiser Fleet.[7]
Battle of Jutland
- Main article: First L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland
The squadron was one of three screening the battlecruisers:[8]
- Galatea, Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair (Commodore, Second Class)
- Phaeton, Captain John E. Cameron
- Inconstant, Captain Bertram S. Thesiger
- Cordelia, Captain Tufton P. H. Beamish
17 November, 1917
At the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight[9]
July, 1918
The Squadron is still assigned to screen the Battle Cruiser Force.[10]
November, 1918
No change since July.[11]
Drill and Practice
In 1917, the squadron fired 56 practice torpedoes of which 45 or 80% were judged to be likely to endanger the enemy.[12]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (December, 1914). p. 5.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (March, 1915). p. 6.
- ↑ "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. 24.
- ↑ 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 Operations. Volume I. p. 440.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915). p. 11.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 33, 46.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Vol. V. pp. 168-169.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1911). p. 11.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1911). p. 11.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. 121.
Bibliography
- Corbett, Sir Julian S. (1920). Naval Operations. Volume I. London: Longmans, Green and Co..
- Newbolt, Henry (1931). Naval Operations. Vol. V. London: Longmans, Green and Co..
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