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The '''Tenth Cruiser Squadron''' was also known as '''Cruiser Force B''' from 1914.

Napier hauled down his flag at Sheerness on 26 July, 1914.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 27 July, 1914.  Issue '''40586''', col B, p. 4.</ref>

During the course of its service the squadron intercepted 12,979 ships at sea while 2,039 ships reported to a port of examination.  642 evaded the blockade.  The losses incurred were nine armed merchant cruisers sunk at the cost of 1,165 officers and men.<ref>Osborne.  ''Britain's Economic Blockade of Germany, 1914-1919''.  p. 166.</ref>

==In Command==
Dates of appointment given:

<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Rear-Admiral Commanding, Tenth Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edmund Radcliffe Pears|nick=Edmund R. Pears|appt=15 July, 1913<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 86.</ref>|end=29 June, 1914<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 86.</ref>|note={{Com2RN}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Charles Lionel Napier|nick=Charles L. Napier|appt=13 July, 1914|end=26 July, 1914<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 674.</ref>|note=initially as Rear-Admiral Commanding Tenth Cruiser Squadron}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair|nick=Sir Dudley R. S. de Chair|appt=1 August, 1914{{SMNLFeb16|p. 7}}|end=6 March, 1916<ref>De Chair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 259.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Cruiser Force B|note=as Rear-Admiral Commanding, Cruiser Force B}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper|nick=Sir Reginald G. O. Tupper|appt=6 March, 1916<ref>Tupper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1337.</ref>|as=Vice-Admiral Commanding, Tenth Cruiser Squadron|end=8 December, 1917<ref>Tupper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1337.</ref>|succBy=<small>Renamed {{UK-CS|2}}</small>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Gerald Charles Dickens|nick=Gerald C. Dickens|appt=1 July, 1935<ref>Dickens Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 138.</ref>|end=c. August, 1935<ref>Dickens Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 138.</ref>|note=temporary, for the Jubilee Naval Review}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble|nick=Percy L. H. Noble|appt=8 March, 1928|end=8 January, 1930}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt|nick=Cecil H. J. Harcourt|appt=4 October, 1942<ref>Harcourt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/7.|}} f. 7.</ref>|end=25 November, 1942<ref>Harcourt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/7.|}} f. 7.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Robert Lindsay Burnett|nick=Robert L. Burnett|appt=12 January, 1943|end=1 March, 1944}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton|nick=Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton|appt=3 March, 1944|end=8 April, 1945<ref>Cunninghame Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/46.|}} f. 46.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame Graham|nick=Angus E. M. B. Cunninghame Graham|appt=8 April, 1945<ref>Cunninghame Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/46.|}} f. 46.</ref>|end=1 August, 1946<ref>Cunninghame Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/46.|}} f. 46.</ref>}}
</div name=fredbot:office0>

==Second in Command==
The officers who were second in command were generally given direct control of the Second Division.
<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Second-in-Command, Tenth Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Edmund Ross Benson|nick=Robert E. R. Benson|appt=11 November, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 401''h''}}|end=17 May, 1916<ref>Benson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 240.</ref>|note=as {{Com2RN}} from 23 May 1915|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Scott Luard|nick=John S. Luard|appt=April, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 398''oo''}}|note=as {{Com2RN}}|end=2 April, 1917<ref>Luard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 313.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Morgan Singer|nick=Morgan Singer|appt=2 April, 1917<ref>Singer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 220.</ref>|ass=2 April, 1917{{SMNLSep17|p. 7}}<ref>Singer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 220.</ref>|end=14 December, 1917<ref>Singer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 220.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral, Tenth Cruiser Squadron}}
</div name=fredbot:office1>

==Third in Command==
The officers who were third in command were generally given direct control of the Third Division, which was instituted in August 1915 and disbanded in September, 1917.

<div name=fredbot:office2 otitle="Third-in-Command, Tenth Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Leonard Booty|nick=Edward L. Booty|appt=12 November, 1914{{NLDec16|p. 401''v''}}|note=appointed {{Com2RN}} in 1915|precBy=New Command}}
</div name=fredbot:office2>

==Composition==

===December, 1912===
The ''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' shows a strength of six older [[Edgar Class Cruiser (1890)|''Edgar'' class]] protected cruisers.<ref>Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''In Home and Atlantic Waters'''
|-
|align=center colspan=5|'''Cruisers'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Crescent}}||align=center|{{UK-Edgar}}||align=center|{{UK-Gibraltar}}||align=center|{{UK-1Grafton}}||align=center|{{UK-Hawke}}
|-
|align=center colspan=5|{{UK-RoyalArthur}}
|}

This same roster would appear in The December, 1913 list as well.<ref>Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>

===July, 1914===

The formation is attached to the Third Fleet, part of the Northern Patrol. Strength has been increased to eight by the arrival of {{UK-Theseus}} and {{UK-Endymion}}.<ref>Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Third Fleet, part of the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=5|'''Cruisers'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Crescent}}||align=center|{{UK-Edgar}}||align=center|{{UK-Gibraltar}}||align=center|{{UK-1Grafton}}||align=center|{{UK-Hawke}}
|-
|&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-RoyalArthur}}||align=center|{{UK-Theseus}}||align=center|{{UK-Endymion}}
|}

===August, 1914===

On 9 August, the former commercial liner {{UK-Oceanic}} is commissioned as an Armed Merchant Cruiser, though misfortune would render his tenure here very brief.<ref name=bilham>Email from Chris Bilham, 20200604.</ref>

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Third Fleet, part of the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=5|'''Cruisers'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Crescent}}||align=center|{{UK-Edgar}}||align=center|{{UK-Gibraltar}}||align=center|{{UK-1Grafton}}||align=center|{{UK-Hawke}}
|-
|&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-RoyalArthur}}||align=center|{{UK-Theseus}}||align=center|{{UK-Endymion}}
|-
|align=center colspan=5|'''Armed Merchant Cruisers'''
|-
|align=center colspan=5 align=center|{{UK-Oceanic}}
|}

===September, 1914===
The formation is listed under Home and Atlantic Waters as "Cruiser Force B".  The {{UK-Dryad|f=t}} (fitted as a minesweeper) and the Armed Merchant Cruisers {{UK-Alsatian}} and {{UK-Mantua}} have been attached, while {{UK-Oceanic}} has been lost as a wreck in the Shetlands on 8 September,<ref name=bilham/> resulting in a strength of eight armoured cruisers, two A.M.Cs. and a torpedo gunboat. {{UK-1Crescent}} is designated as the flagship.{{SMNLSep14|p. 9}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''In Home and Atlantic Waters'''
|-
|align=center colspan=5|'''Armoured Cruisers'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Crescent}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-1Grafton}}||align=center|{{UK-Edgar}}||align=center|{{UK-Hawke}}||align=center|{{UK-Gibraltar}}
|-
|&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-RoyalArthur}}||align=center|{{UK-Theseus}}||align=center|{{UK-Endymion}}
|-
|align=center colspan=5|'''Torpedo Gunboat / Minesweeper'''
|-
|align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Dryad}}
|-
|align=center colspan=5|'''Armed Merchant Cruisers'''
|-
|&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}}||&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}
|-
|} 

===October, 1914===
{{UK-Hawke}} has been removed, sunk by {{DE-U9}} on 15 October.{{Conways1860|p. 66}}  The {{UK-Teutonic|f=t}} has been added, having been commissioned in Liverpool on 12 September.{{SMNLOct14|p. 9}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''In Home and Atlantic Waters'''
|-
|align=center colspan=5|'''Armoured Cruisers'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Crescent}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-1Grafton}}||align=center|{{UK-Edgar}}||align=center|{{UK-Gibraltar}}||align=center|{{UK-RoyalArthur}}
|-
|&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Theseus}}||&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Endymion}}
|-
|align=center colspan=5|'''Torpedo Gunboat / Minesweeper'''
|-
|align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Dryad}}
|-
|align=center colspan=5|'''Armed Merchant Cruisers'''
|-
|&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}}||align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}||align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}}
|-
|} 

This roster would last only a moment, as a huge influx of newly commissioned Armed Merchant Cruisers would be assigned to the Squadron as the armoured cruisers got swapped out.<ref>There was no edition of the Supplement issued in November 1914.</ref>

===December, 1914===
The seven [[Edgar Class Cruiser (1890)|''Edgars'']] have all been removed from the formation<ref>TODO: determine where the ''Edgars'' went.</ref> and twenty newly fitted Armed Merchant Cruisers have joined, transforming the Squadron to a format better suited to long patrols in high seas where significant opposition is expected to be the exception.  The Squadron is twenty-three A.M.Cs. and a single torpedo gunboat.{{SMNLDec14|p. 9}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''In Home and Atlantic Waters'''
|-
|align=center colspan=5|'''Armed Merchant Cruisers'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-1Eskimo}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-1Bayano}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Caribbean}}||align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}||align=center|{{UK-ClanMacNaughton}}||align=center|{{UK-Viknor}}||align=center|{{UK-Digby}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}||align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}||align=center|{{UK-Cedric}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}}||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Calyx}}||align=center|{{UK-Ambrose}}||align=center|{{UK-Oropesa}}
|-
|&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}||align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}
|-
|align=center colspan=5|'''Torpedo Gunboat / Minesweeper'''
|-
|align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Dryad}}
|-
|} 

This roster would apply until February or March.{{SMNLJan15|p. 9.  No Supplement was found for February, 1915}}

===March, 1915===
{{UK-Dryad}} has left to be refit or join a squadron, and A.M.C. strength has frittered to nineteen.{{SMNLMar15|pp. 11, 13}}  {{UK-1Eskimo}} and {{UK-Calyx}} have been dropped for unknown reasons, and two have been lost to mines or other causes: {{UK-Viknor}} on 13 January, and {{UK-ClanMacNaughton}} on 3 February.{{DittColl|pp. 119, 121}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''In Home and Atlantic Waters'''
|-
|align=center colspan=5|'''Armed Merchant Cruisers'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-1Bayano}}||align=center|{{UK-Caribbean}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}||align=center|{{UK-Digby}}||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}||align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}||align=center|{{UK-Cedric}}||align=center|{{UK-1Otway}}||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Ambrose}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Oropesa}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}||&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}||align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}
|-
|} 

===April, 1915===
{{UK-1Bayano}} has been lost, torpedoed on 11 March,{{DittColl|p. 119}} reducing the strength to eighteen A.M.Cs..{{SMNLApr15|p. 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=5|'''Armed Merchant Cruisers'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Ambrose}}||align=center|{{UK-Caribbean}}||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Cedric}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}||align=center|{{UK-Digby}}||align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}||align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Oropesa}}||align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}||align=center|{{UK-1Otway}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}
|-
|}

This roster would apply until June.{{SMNLMay15|p. 10}}

===June, 1915===
{{UK-Caribbean}} has been removed, as she has been foudn unsuitable for mounting guns and been converted into an accommodation ship.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Dunottar_Castle Wikipedia].</ref>

Offsetting this loss, seven A.M.Cs. have arrived, increasing the strength to twenty-four.  {{UK-Victorian}} has come over from [[Cruiser Force I]]{{SMNLMar15|p. 12}}, and {{UK-Alcantara}}, {{UK-Arlanza}}, {{UK-Andes}}, {{UK-Ebro}}, {{UK-India}} and {{UK-Orcoma}} have arrived, having seemingly been freshly placed into service.{{SMNLJun15|p. 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=5|'''Armed Merchant Cruisers'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alcantara}}||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}||align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Ambrose}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Cedric}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}||align=center|{{UK-Digby}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}||align=center|{{UK-India}}||align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Oropesa}}||align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}||align=center|{{UK-1Otway}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}}||&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}
|-
|}

This roster would apply until August.{{SMNLJul15|p. 10}}

===August, 1915===
The membership has not changed, but the organization has.  There are now three divisions, with {{UK-Alsatian}} retaining her flagship role at the head of the First Division, with {{UK-Cedric}} now sporting the Broad Pendant of {{Com2RN}} [[Robert Edmund Ross Benson|Robert E. R. Benson]] as head of the Second Division.{{SMNLAug15|p. 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}||align=center|{{UK-Alcantara}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}||align=center|{{UK-India}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Cedric}} [[File:Com2.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}}||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Oropesa}}||align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}||align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}||align=center|{{UK-Digby}}||align=center|{{UK-Ambrose}}
|-
|}

===September, 1915===
{{UK-India}} has been torpedoed and lost on 8 August,<ref name=bilham/> and {{UK-1Otway}} now flies the Broad Pendant of {{Com2RN}} [[Edward Leonard Booty|Edward L. Booty]] as leader of the Third Division.  The strength is twenty-three A.M.Cs..{{SMNLSep15|p. 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}||align=center|{{UK-Alcantara}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Cedric}} [[File:Com2.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com2.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Oropesa}}||align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}||align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}||align=center|{{UK-Digby}}||align=center|{{UK-Ambrose}}
|-
|}

===October, 1915===
{{UK-Ambrose}} has been dropped from the Third Division, paid off.  The strength is twenty-two A.M.Cs..{{SMNLOct15|pp. 10, 14}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}||align=center|{{UK-Alcantara}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Cedric}} [[File:Com2.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com2.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Oropesa}}||align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}||align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}||align=center|{{UK-Digby}}
|-
|}

===November, 1915===
{{UK-Almanzora}} has joined the First Division, increasing the strength to twenty-three A.M.Cs..{{SMNLNov15|p. 10}}  Booty and Benson have apparently now been made {{Com1RN}}.{{SMNLNov15|p. 7}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}||align=center|{{UK-Alcantara}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Andes}}||align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Cedric}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Oropesa}}||align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}||align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}||align=center|{{UK-Digby}}
|-
|}

===December, 1915===
{{UK-Oropesa}} and {{UK-Digby}} have been dropped from the Third Division for unknown reasons.  They would rejoin it in March, 1916 under their new names, ''Champagne'' and ''Artois'', respectively.  The strength is now twenty-one A.M.Cs..{{SMNLDec15|p. 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}||align=center|{{UK-Alcantara}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Andes}}||align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Cedric}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Hilary}}
|-
|}

This roster would apply through January, 1916.{{SMNLJan16|p. 10}}

===February, 1916===
Second Division leader {{UK-Cedric}} has been decommissioned to begin service as a troop ship.  Accordingly, {{UK-Teutonic}} moved over to the Second Division, where she is now bearing {{Com1RN}} [[Robert Edmund Ross Benson|Benson]].  {{UK-Moldavia}} and {{UK-Gloucestershire}} are expected, but will not arrive until the coming month.

The strength is now twenty A.M.Cs., with two expected to join shortly.{{SMNLFeb16|p. 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}||align=center|{{UK-Alcantara}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Andes}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Hilary}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Expected to Join'''
|-
|align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Moldavia}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}
|-
|}

===March, 1916===
{{UK-Moldavia}} and {{UK-Gloucestershire}} have joined and been placed into the First Division, replacing {{UK-Arlanza}} which has left the Squadron (though she would return in November) and {{UK-Alcantara}}, who was sunk on 29 February by the German {{DE-Greif|f=t}}.  Former members ''Digby'' and ''Oropesa'' have rejoined the Third Division under their new names, {{UK-Artois}} and {{UK-Champagne}}.

The strength is now twenty-two A.M.Cs..{{SMNLFeb16|p. 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}||align=center|{{UK-Moldavia}}||align=center|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}||align=center|{{UK-Artois}}||align=center|{{UK-Champagne}}
|}

This roster would apply through May.{{SMNLApr16|p. 10 and May's Supplement}}

===June, 1916===
{{UK-Orvieto}} is expected to soon join the Third Division, though July's Supplement would show that she was still not actually in place.

The strength is now twenty-two A.M.Cs. with one expected.{{SMNLJun16|p. 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}||align=center|{{UK-Moldavia}}||align=center|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}||align=center|{{UK-Artois}}||align=center|{{UK-Champagne}}||align=center|{{UK-Orvieto}}*
|}

===August, 1916===
The expected arrival, {{UK-Orvieto}}, is joined up.  The strength is now twenty-three A.M.Cs..{{SMNLAug16|p. 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}||align=center|{{UK-Moldavia}}||align=center|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}||align=center|{{UK-Artois}}||align=center|{{UK-Champagne}}||align=center|{{UK-Orvieto}}
|}

===September, 1916===
{{UK-KildonanCastle}} is expected to join, though she would prove to take awhile in doing so.  The strength is now twenty-three A.M.Cs. with one more expected.{{SMNLSep16|p. 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}||align=center|{{UK-Moldavia}}||align=center|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}||align=center|{{UK-Artois}}||align=center|{{UK-Champagne}}||align=center|{{UK-Orvieto}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-KildonanCastle}}*
|}

===October, 1916===
{{UK-KildonanCastle}} has still not arrived, but {{UK-Avenger}} has joined the First Division.  The strength is now twenty-four A.M.Cs. with one more expected.{{SMNLOct16|p. 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}||align=center|{{UK-Avenger}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}||align=center|{{UK-Moldavia}}||align=center|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Mantua}}||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}||align=center|{{UK-Artois}}||align=center|{{UK-Champagne}}||align=center|{{UK-Orvieto}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-KildonanCastle}}*
|}

===November, 1916===
{{UK-KildonanCastle}} has finally arrived.
{{UK-Mantua}} has left, to appear in the December Supplement as being somewhere in Home Waters with no clear assignment.{{SMNLDec16|p. 14}}
Former member {{UK-Arlanza}} has is expected to rejoin the Squadron, bringing along veteran newcomer {{UK-ArmadaleCastle}}, which had been "in Home Waters or on Detached Service" after nearly two years in the South Atlantic and the East Coast of Africa.{{SMNLSep16|p. 22}}

The strength is now twenty-four A.M.Cs. with two more expected.{{SMNLNov16|pp. 10, 14}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}||align=center|{{UK-Avenger}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}||align=center|{{UK-Moldavia}}||align=center|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}||align=center|{{UK-Artois}}||align=center|{{UK-Champagne}}||align=center|{{UK-Orvieto}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-KildonanCastle}}||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}||align=center|{{UK-ArmadaleCastle}}*
|}

===December, 1916===
{{UK-Arlanza}} has arrived.  {{UK-ArmadaleCastle}} is still expected.
The strength is now twenty-five A.M.Cs. with one more expected.{{SMNLDec16|p. 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}||align=center|{{UK-Avenger}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}||align=center|{{UK-Moldavia}}||align=center|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Orotava}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}||align=center|{{UK-Artois}}||align=center|{{UK-Champagne}}||align=center|{{UK-Orvieto}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-KildonanCastle}}||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}||align=center|{{UK-ArmadaleCastle}}*
|}

===January, 1917===
{{UK-ArmadaleCastle}} is still expected.  {{UK-Virginian}} has moved to the Second Division and replaced the {{UK-Teutonic}} as its leader.
{{UK-Orotava}} has left and joined [[Cruiser Force I]] in the North Atlantic.  The strength is now twenty-four A.M.Cs. with one more expected.{{SMNLJan17|pp. 10, 19}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}||align=center|{{UK-Avenger}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}||align=center|{{UK-Moldavia}}||align=center|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Virginian}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}||align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}||align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Artois}}||align=center|{{UK-Champagne}}||align=center|{{UK-Orvieto}}||align=center|{{UK-KildonanCastle}}
|-
|&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}||align=center|{{UK-ArmadaleCastle}}*
|}

This roster would apply for a month or two, after which significant shuffling would occur.<ref>No Supplement for February 1917 was found.</ref>

===March, 1917===
Many ships have swapped Divisions.  {{UK-Teutonic}} has left the Squadron altogether (to reappear here two months later) while {{UK-ArmadaleCastle}} has arrived.  {{UK-Orvieto}} has taken up the lead position in the Second Division.  The strength is twenty-four A.M.Cs..{{SMNLMar17|p. 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Moldavia}}||align=center|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}||align=center|{{UK-KildonanCastle}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Orvieto}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Avenger}}||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}||align=center|{{UK-ArmadaleCastle}}||align=center|{{UK-Artois}}||align=center|{{UK-Champagne}}
|}

This arrangement would apply until May.{{SMNLApr17|p. 10}}

===May, 1917===
{{UK-Teutonic}} has returned, joining the Second Division.  The strength is twenty-five A.M.Cs..{{SMNLMay17|p. 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Moldavia}}||align=center|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}||align=center|{{UK-KildonanCastle}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Orvieto}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Avenger}}||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Teutonic}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Hilary}}||align=center|{{UK-ArmadaleCastle}}||align=center|{{UK-Artois}}||align=center|{{UK-Champagne}}
|}

===June, 1917===
{{UK-Virginian}} has usurped the flagship duty for just the month.  {{UK-Hilary}} was torpedoed and lost on 25 May.  The strength is twenty-four A.M.Cs..{{SMNLJun17|p. 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} ||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Moldavia}}||align=center|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}||align=center|{{UK-KildonanCastle}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}[[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Orvieto}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Avenger}}||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|{{UK-Teutonic}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-ArmadaleCastle}}||align=center|{{UK-Artois}}||align=center|{{UK-Champagne}}
|}

===July, 1917===
{{UK-Alsatian}} has resumed the flagship duty while {{UK-Avenger}} has been lost to a torpedo on 14 June.

The strength is twenty-three A.M.Cs..{{SMNLJul17|p. 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Moldavia}}||align=center|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}||align=center|{{UK-KildonanCastle}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Orvieto}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}||align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-1Otway}} [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-ArmadaleCastle}}||align=center|{{UK-Artois}}||align=center|{{UK-Champagne}}
|}

===August, 1917===
{{UK-Patia}} has taken up the temporary role of flagship in the Second Division, flying the flag of {{RearRN}} [[Morgan Singer]].  

{{UK-1Otway}} was torpedoed on 23 July, though Commodore Colomb is still associated with the Squadron, his broad pendant is not being flown.

The strength is twenty-three A.M.Cs..{{SMNLAug17|pp. 7, 10}}

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Moldavia}}||align=center|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}||align=center|{{UK-KildonanCastle}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Orvieto}} ||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}||align=center|{{UK-Patia}} [[File:RAdm.png|25px]]
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}||align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}}
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Third Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}||align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}||align=center|{{UK-ArmadaleCastle}}
|-
|&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Artois}}||align=center|{{UK-Champagne}}
|}

===September, 1917===
The Squadron has been reorganized into two divisions rather than three.  Ten ships are detached, marked with stars below.

The strength is twenty-two A.M.Cs..{{SMNLSep17|pp. 7, 10}}  

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}*||align=center|{{UK-ArmadaleCastle}}*||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Artois}}||align=center|{{UK-Champagne}}||align=center|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}*||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-KildonanCastle}}*||align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}*
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Orvieto}} [[File:RAdm.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}*||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}*
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}||align=center|{{UK-Moldavia}}*||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}*||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Patia}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}*
|}

===October, 1917===
{{UK-Patuca}} has now also been detached.

The strength is twenty-two A.M.Cs., eleven of whom are detached.{{SMNLOct17|p. 10}}  

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}*||align=center|{{UK-ArmadaleCastle}}*||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Artois}}||align=center|{{UK-Champagne}}||align=center|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}*||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-KildonanCastle}}*||align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}*
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Orvieto}} [[File:RAdm.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}*||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}*
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}||align=center|{{UK-Moldavia}}*||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}*||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Patia}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}*||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}*
|}

===November, 1917===
{{UK-Champagne}} was torpedoed on 9 October by {{DE-U96}} and lost.{{DittColl|p. 120}}  {{UK-Artois}} has been detached.

The strength is twenty-one A.M.Cs., twelve of whom are detached.{{SMNLNov17|p. 10}}  

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the Grand Fleet, conducting the Northern Patrol'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''First Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Alsatian}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Almanzora}}*||align=center|{{UK-ArmadaleCastle}}*||align=center|{{UK-Andes}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Artois}}*||align=center|{{UK-Gloucestershire}}*||align=center|{{UK-Hildebrand}}||align=center|{{UK-KildonanCastle}}*
|-
|&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Teutonic}}||align=center|{{UK-Virginian}}*
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Second Division'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Orvieto}} [[File:RAdm.png|25px]]||align=center|{{UK-Arlanza}}*||align=center|{{UK-Changuinola}}||align=center|{{UK-Columbella}}*
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Ebro}}||align=center|{{UK-Moldavia}}*||align=center|{{UK-Motagua}}*||align=center|{{UK-Orcoma}}
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Patia}}||align=center|{{UK-Patuca}}*||align=center|{{UK-Victorian}}*
|}

===December, 1917===

{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
| style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Squadron is disestablished'''
|-
|align=center colspan=6|Not to be re-instituted during the Dreadnought Era
|}

The Squadron is dissolved under this name.

{{ViceRN}} Tupper has taken {{UK-Alsatian}} as his flagship to the {{UK-CS|2}}, along with {{UK-Orvieto}} and {{UK-Teutonic}}.  He is appointed in command of that Squadron on 8 December.<ref>Tupper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}.  f. 1337.</ref>

{{UK-Andes}} is "in Home Waters or on Detached Service".  The other seventeen ships have joined the Atlantic Cruiser Forces as ocean escorts.{{SMNLDec17|pp. 7, 10, 14, 20}}

==Footnotes==
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