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'''Cruiser Force A''' was the official designation of the cruisers in company with the [[Royal Navy]]'s [[Grand Fleet]] at the beginning of the [[First World War]].

It comprised the {{UK-BCS|1}}, the [[Second Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Second]], [[Third Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Third]], and [[Sixth Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Sixth Cruiser Squadrons]], and the {{UK-LCS|1}}.{{UKNSMonoX|p. 9}}  Vice-Admiral [[David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|Sir David Beatty]] was the "Vice-Admiral Commanding" and therefore senior cruiser admiral.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 439}}

It seemed to fall out of the Navy List in January, 1915 and to be supplanted in March (at least) by the new designation of [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]].{{SMNLJan15|p. 9}}{{SMNLMar15|p. 11.  No February Supplement was found for this research}}

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