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==Rear-Admirals Commanding==
 
==Rear-Admirals Commanding==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=11 July, 1917{{SMNLAug17|p. 6}}|end=1 February, 1919|precBy=New Command|succBy=renamed as {{UK-LCS|3}}}}
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*{{RearRN}} [[Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair]], 7 July, 1917.<ref name=1LCS>"Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11<sup><u>th</u></sup> November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist."  The National Archives.  ADM 6/461.  ["Squadrons."]  f. 26.B.</ref>
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==Seconds in Command==
  
==Composition==
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'''November, 1918.'''<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1918)p. 11.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Bertram Sackville Thesiger|nick=Bertram S. Thesiger|appt=November, 1917<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>|end=September, 1919<ref>Thesiger Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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*[[H.M.S. Cardiff (1917)|''Cardiff'']] [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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==Composition==
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'''17 November, 1917''' at [[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]]{{UKNavalOpsV|pp. 168-169}}
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*[[H.M.S. Cardiff (1917)|''Cardiff'']] [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*[[H.M.S. Ceres (1917)|''Ceres'']]
 
*[[H.M.S. Calypso (1917)|''Calypso'']]
 
*[[H.M.S. Calypso (1917)|''Calypso'']]
 
*[[H.M.S. Caradoc (1916)|''Caradoc'']]
 
*[[H.M.S. Caradoc (1916)|''Caradoc'']]
*[[H.M.S. Cassandra (1916)|''Cassandra'']]
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*[[H.M.S. Ceres (1917)|''Ceres'']]
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:Screened by:
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:*{{UK-Valentine}} (Flotilla leader)
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:*{{UK-Vimiera}}
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:*{{UK-Vanquisher}}
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:*{{UK-Vehement}}
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'''July, 1918'''{{SMNLJul18|p. 11}}
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<br>The Squadron is screening the [[Battle Cruiser Force]].
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*{{UK-Cardiff}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Calypso}}
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*{{UK-Caradoc}}
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*{{UK-Cassandra}}
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*{{UK-Ceres}}
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'''November, 1918'''{{SMNLNov18|p. 11}}
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<br>No change since July, still screening the [[Battle Cruiser Force]].
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*{{UK-Cardiff}}  [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Calypso}}
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*{{UK-Caradoc}}
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*{{UK-Cassandra}}
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*{{UK-Ceres}}
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
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*{{UKNavalOpsV}}
 
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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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