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The '''Cruiser Squadron''' was formed on 30 October, 1899 using the crews from the [[Training Squadron (Royal Navy)|Training Squadron]] as they paid off their masted ships for modern armoured cruisers. | The '''Cruiser Squadron''' was formed on 30 October, 1899 using the crews from the [[Training Squadron (Royal Navy)|Training Squadron]] as they paid off their masted ships for modern armoured cruisers. | ||
| − | {{Com2RN}} [[Edmund Samuel Poë|Edmund S. Poë]] remained in command through this transition. | + | {{Com2RN}} [[Edmund Samuel Poë|Edmund S. Poë]] remained in command through this transition. In December 1904, it was renamed the {{UK-CS|1}}. |
==Rear-Admirals and Commodores Commanding== | ==Rear-Admirals and Commodores Commanding== | ||
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The Cruiser Squadron was formed on 30 October, 1899 using the crews from the Training Squadron as they paid off their masted ships for modern armoured cruisers.
Commodore, Second Class Edmund S. Poë remained in command through this transition. In December 1904, it was renamed the First Cruiser Squadron.
Rear-Admirals and Commodores Commanding
Dates of appointment given:
- Commodore, Second Class Edmund S. Poë, 31 October, 1899 – 5 October, 1900
- Commodore, Second Class Alfred L. Winsloe, 5 October, 1900[1][2] – 15 November, 1902[3]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Wilmot H. Fawkes, 8 November, 1902[4] – 8 November, 1904
- Rear-Admiral Edmund S. Poë, 2 November, 1904 – December, 1904 (continued in command when formation renamed First Cruiser Squadron)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1901). p. 217.
- ↑ Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
- ↑ Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1903). p. 217.
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