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The '''Cruiser Squadron''' was formed on 30 October, 1899 using the crews from the [[Training Squadron (Royal Navy)|Training Squadron]] as they paid off their masted ships for modern armoured cruisers.

{{Com2RN}} [[Edmund Samuel Poë|Edmund S. Poë]] remained in command through this transition. In December 1904, it was renamed the {{UK-CS|1}}.

==Rear-Admirals and Commodores Commanding==
Dates of appointment given:

<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Commodore Commanding, Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Edmund S. Poë|appt=31 October, 1899|end=5 October, 1900|precBy=the [[Training Squadron (Royal Navy)|Training Squadron]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Alfred Leigh Winsloe|nick=Alfred L. Winsloe|appt=5 October, 1900{{NLSep01|p. 217}}<ref>Winsloe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 541.</ref>|end=15 November, 1902<ref>Winsloe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 541.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|nick=Sir Wilmot H. Fawkes|appt=8 November, 1902{{NLJun03|p. 217}}|end=8 November, 1904|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Cruiser Squadron}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Edmund S. Poë|appt=2 November, 1904|end=December, 1904|succBy=Formation renamed the {{UK-CS|1}}|note=continued in command when formation renamed {{UK-CS|1}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Cruiser Squadron}}
</div name=fredbot:office0>

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