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==Second in Command== | ==Second in Command== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Scott Luard|nick=John S. Luard|appt=April, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 398''oo''}} as Commodore, Second Class}} | |||
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Revision as of 19:57, 20 May 2014
The Tenth Cruiser Squadron was also known as Cruiser Force B from 1914.
Napier hauled down his flag at Sheerness on 26 July, 1914.[1]
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.[2]
In Command
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Edmund R. Pears, 15 July, 1913[3] Commodore, Second Class, for manœuvres
- Rear-Admiral Sir Dudley R. S. de Chair, 1 August, 1914[4]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald G. O. Tupper, 6 March, 1916[5]
Second in Command
The officers who were second in command were generally given direct control of the Second Division.
- Captain Robert E. R. Benson, 11 November, 1914[6] appointed Commodore, Second Class in 1915
- Captain John S. Luard, April, 1916[7] as Commodore, Second Class
- Rear-Admiral Morgan Singer, 2 April, 1917[8]
Third in Command
The officers who were third in command were generally given direct control of the Third Division.
- Captain Edward L. Booty, 12 November, 1914[9] appointed Commodore, Second Class in 1915
Composition
December, 1912
December, 1913
The same line-up as the previous year.
July - 5 August, 1914
Serving as the Northern Patrol as part of Third Fleet, the squadron was:[12][13]
September, 1914
- Crescent
- Grafton
- Edgar
- Hawke
- Gibraltar
- Royal Arthur
- Theseus
- Endymion
- Dryad
- armed merchant cruiser Alsatian
- armed merchant cruiser Mantua
November, 1915
The composition now seems to be armed merchant cruisers.[15]
- First Division
- Second Division
- Third Division
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 July, 1914. Issue 40586, col B, p. 4.
- ↑ Osborne. Britain's Economic Blockade of Germany, 1914-1919. p. 166.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 1 July, 1913. Issue 40252, col D, p. 6.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1916). p. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401jj.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401h.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398oo.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). p. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401v.
- ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
- ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September 1914). p. 9.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 10.
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