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The officers who were third in command were generally given direct control of the Third Division.
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Revision as of 17:11, 16 January 2015

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:

Second in Command

The officers who were second in command were generally given direct control of the Second Division.

Third in Command

The officers who were third in command were generally given direct control of the Third Division.

Composition

December, 1912

The Supplement to the Monthly Navy List shows a strength of six older Edgar class protected cruisers.[13]

Crescent Edgar Gibraltar Grafton Hawke
Royal Arthur

This same roster would appear in The December, 1913 list as well.[14]


July - 5 August, 1914

The formation is attached to the Third Fleet, part of the Northern Patrol. Strength has been increased to eight by the arrival of Theseus and Endymion.[15]

Crescent Edgar Gibraltar Grafton Hawke
  Royal Arthur Theseus Endymion

September, 1914

The formation is listed under Home and Atlantic Waters as "Cruiser Force B". The torpedo gunboat Dryad (fitted as a minesweeper) and the Armed Merchant Cruisers Alsatian and Mantua have been attached to bring the strength to eight armoured cruisers, two A.M.Cs. and a torpedo gunboat. Crescent is designated as the flagship.[16]

In Home and Atlantic Waters
Armoured Cruisers
Crescent RAdm.png Grafton Edgar Hawke Gibraltar
  Royal Arthur Theseus Endymion
Torpedo Gunboat / Minesweeper
Dryad
Armed Merchant Cruisers
  Alsatian   Mantua

October, 1914

Hawke has been removed, sunk by U 9 on 15 October.[17] The armed merchant cruiser Teutonic has been added, having been commissioned in Liverpool on 12 September.[18]

In Home and Atlantic Waters
Armoured Cruisers
Crescent RAdm.png Grafton Edgar Gibraltar Royal Arthur
  Theseus   Endymion
Torpedo Gunboat / Minesweeper
Dryad
Armed Merchant Cruisers
  Alsatian Mantua 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.[19]

December, 1914

The seven Edgars have all been removed from the formation[20] 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.[21]

In Home and Atlantic Waters
Armed Merchant Cruisers
Alsatian RAdm.png Eskimo Patia Patuca Bayano
Caribbean Orotava Clan MacNaughton Viknor Digby
Motagua Mantua Teutonic Virginian Cedric
Otway Changuinola Calyx Ambrose Oropesa
  Columbella Hildebrand Hilary
Torpedo Gunboat / Minesweeper
Dryad

This roster would apply until February or March.[22]

March, 1915

Dryad has left to be refit or join a squadron, and A.M.C. strength has frittered to nineteen.[23] Eskimo and Calyx have been dropped for unknown reasons, and two have been lost to mines: Viknor on 13 January, and Clan MacNaughton on 3 February.[24]

In Home and Atlantic Waters
Armed Merchant Cruisers
Alsatian RAdm.png Patia Patuca Bayano Caribbean
Orotava Digby Motagua Mantua Teutonic
Virginian Cedric Otway Changuinola Ambrose
Oropesa Columbella   Hildebrand Hilary

April, 1915

Bayano has been lost, torpedoed on 11 March,[25] reducing the strength to eighteen A.M.Cs..[26]

In Home and Atlantic Waters
Armed Merchant Cruisers
Alsatian RAdm.png Ambrose Caribbean Changuinola Cedric
Columbella Ambrose Caribbean Changuinola Cedric
Virginian Digby Hilary Hildebrand Mantua
Motagua Oropesa Orotava Otway Patia
  Patuca Teutonic Virginian

November, 1915

The composition now seems to be armed merchant cruisers.[27]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 July, 1914. Issue 40586, col B, p. 4.
  2. ↑ Osborne. Britain's Economic Blockade of Germany, 1914-1919. p. 166.
  3. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 1 July, 1913. Issue 40252, col D, p. 6.
  4. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1916). p. 7.
  5. ↑ De Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 259.
  6. ↑ De Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 259.
  7. ↑ De Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 259.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401jj.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401h.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398oo.
  11. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). p. 7.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401v.
  13. ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  14. ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  15. ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  16. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September 1914). p. 9.
  17. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  18. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 9.
  19. ↑ There was no edition of the Supplement issued in November 1914.
  20. ↑ TODO: determine where the Edgars went.
  21. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 9.
  22. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 9. No Supplement was found for February, 1915.
  23. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1915). pp. 11, 13.
  24. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 119, 121.
  25. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  26. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 10.
  27. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 10.

Bibliography


Cruiser Squadrons of the Royal Navy
First Cruiser Squadron | Second Cruiser Squadron | Third Cruiser Squadron | Fourth Cruiser Squadron | Fifth Cruiser Squadron
Sixth Cruiser Squadron | Seventh Cruiser Squadron | Eighth Cruiser Squadron | Ninth Cruiser Squadron | Tenth Cruiser Squadron
Eleventh Cruiser Squadron | Twelfth Cruiser Squadron | Fifteenth Cruiser Squadron | Eighteenth Cruiser Squadron
Cruiser Force F
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