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'''November, 1915'''<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1915).  p. 10.</ref>
'''November, 1915'''<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1915).  p. 10.</ref>
<br>The composition now seems to be armed merchant cruisers.
<br>The composition now seems to be armed merchant cruisers.
*First Division
*'''First Division'''
**''Alsatian'' [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
**''Alsatian'' [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
**''Almanzora''
**''Almanzora''
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**''Columbella''
**''Columbella''
**''Virginian''
**''Virginian''
*Second Division
*'''Second Division'''
**''Cedric'' [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]
**''Cedric'' [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]
**''Motagua''
**''Motagua''
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**''Patuca''
**''Patuca''
**''Ebro''
**''Ebro''
*Third Division
*'''Third Division'''
**''Otway'' [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]
**''Otway'' [[File:Com1RN.png|25px]]
**''Orcoma''
**''Orcoma''

Revision as of 16:57, 11 December 2012

Napier hauled down his flag at Sheerness on 26 July.[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]

Organisation

Dates of appointment given:

First Division.
Second Division.
Third Division.
  • Captain Edward L. Booty, 12 November, 1914.[9] (Appointed Commodore, Second Class in 1915.)

Composition

December, 1912[10]

December, 1913[11]

The same line-up as the previous year.

July - 5 August, 1914[12][13]

Serving as the Northern Patrol as part of Third Fleet, the squadron was:

September, 1914[Citation needed]

November, 1915[14]
The composition now seems to be armed merchant cruisers.

  • First Division
    • Alsatian RAdm.png
    • Almanzora
    • Arlanza
    • Alcantara
    • Andes
    • Teutonic
    • Columbella
    • Virginian
  • Second Division
    • Cedric Com1RN.png
    • Motagua
    • Victorian
    • Patia
    • Mantua
    • Changuinola
    • Patuca
    • Ebro
  • Third Division
    • Otway Com1RN.png
    • Orcoma
    • Oropesa
    • Orotava
    • Hildebrand
    • Hilary
    • Digby

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 (February, 1916). p. 7.
  5. ↑ Navy List (December, 1916). p. 401jj.
  6. ↑ Navy List (October, 1915). p. 401h.
  7. ↑ Navy List (December, 1916). p. 398oo.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (September, 1917). p. 7.
  9. ↑ Navy List (December, 1916). p. 401v.
  10. ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  11. ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  12. ↑ 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]
  13. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
  14. ↑ 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
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