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| − | {{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Edmund S. Poë|appt=31 October, 1899| | + | {{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Edmund S. Poë|appt=31 October, 1899|end=5 October, 1900|precBy=the [[Training Squadron (Royal Navy)|Training Squadron]]}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Alfred Leigh Winsloe|nick=Alfred L. Winsloe|appt=5 October, 1900{{NLSep01|p. 217}}<ref>Winsloe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 541.</ref>|end=15 November, 1902<ref>Winsloe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 541.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Alfred Leigh Winsloe|nick=Alfred L. Winsloe|appt=5 October, 1900{{NLSep01|p. 217}}<ref>Winsloe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 541.</ref>|end=15 November, 1902<ref>Winsloe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 541.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|nick=Sir Wilmot H. Fawkes|appt=8 November, 1902{{NLJun03|p. 217}}|end=8 November, 1904|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Cruiser Squadron}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|nick=Sir Wilmot H. Fawkes|appt=8 November, 1902{{NLJun03|p. 217}}|end=8 November, 1904|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Cruiser Squadron}} | ||
Revision as of 10:15, 6 June 2018
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.
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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