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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>
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>
==Organisation==
Dates of appointment given:
;First Division.
*Vice-Admiral [[Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair|Dudley R. S. de Chair]], 1 August, 1914.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (February, 1916).  p. 7.</ref>
*Vice-Admiral [[Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper|Reginald G. O. Tupper]], 6 March, 1916.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 401''jj''.</ref>
;Second Division.
*Captain [[Robert Edmund Ross Benson|Robert E. R. Benson]], 11 November, 1914.<ref>''Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 401''h''.</ref>
*Captain [[John Scott Luard|John S. Luard]], April, 1916.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 398''oo''.</ref>
;Third Division.
*Captain [[Edward Leonard Booty|Edward L. Booty]], 12 November, 1914.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 401''v''.</ref>


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 12:59, 22 March 2011

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.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 July, 1914. Issue 40586, col B, pg. 4.
  2. ↑ Osborne. Britain's Economic Blockade of Germany, 1914-1919. p. 166.
  3. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (February, 1916). p. 7.
  4. ↑ Navy List (December, 1916). p. 401jj.
  5. ↑ Navy List (October, 1915). p. 401h.
  6. ↑ Navy List (December, 1916). p. 398oo.
  7. ↑ Navy List (December, 1916). p. 401v.

Bibliography

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