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==Rear-Admirals Commanding==
 
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==Seconds in Command==
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==Composition==
 
==Composition==
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'''July, 1918'''<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (July, 1918).  p. 11.</ref>
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<br>No change since July, still screening the [[Battle Cruiser Force]].
 
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Revision as of 21:25, 8 June 2018

Rear-Admirals Commanding

Dates of appointment given:

Seconds in Command

Composition

17 November, 1917 at Second Battle of Heligoland Bight[4]

Screened by:

July, 1918[5]
The Squadron is screening the Battle Cruiser Force.

November, 1918[6]
No change since July, still screening the Battle Cruiser Force.

Footnotes

  1. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 6.
  2. Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
  3. Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
  4. Naval Operations. Vol. V. pp. 168-169.
  5. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 11.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 11.

Bibliography

  • Newbolt, Henry (1931). Naval Operations. Vol. V. London: Longmans, Green and Co..


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