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==Rear-Admirals Commanding== | ==Rear-Admirals Commanding== | ||
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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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+ | <div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Second in Command, Sixth Light Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK"> | ||
+ | {{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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==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
− | '''17 November, 1917''' at [[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]] | + | '''17 November, 1917''' at [[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]]{{UKNavalOpsV|pp. 168-169}} |
*[[H.M.S. Cardiff (1917)|''Cardiff'']] [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] | *[[H.M.S. Cardiff (1917)|''Cardiff'']] [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] | ||
*[[H.M.S. Ceres (1917)|''Ceres'']] | *[[H.M.S. Ceres (1917)|''Ceres'']] | ||
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− | :* | + | :*{{UK-Vimiera}} |
− | :* | + | :*{{UK-Vanquisher}} |
− | :* | + | :*{{UK-Vehement}} |
− | ''' | + | '''July, 1918'''{{SMNLJul18|p. 11}} |
+ | <br>The Squadron is screening the [[Battle Cruiser Force]]. | ||
+ | *{{UK-Cardiff}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] | ||
+ | *{{UK-Calypso}} | ||
+ | *{{UK-Caradoc}} | ||
+ | *{{UK-Cassandra}} | ||
+ | *{{UK-Ceres}} | ||
− | + | '''November, 1918'''{{SMNLNov18|p. 11}} | |
− | * | + | <br>No change since July, still screening the [[Battle Cruiser Force]]. |
− | * | + | *{{UK-Cardiff}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] |
− | * | + | *{{UK-Calypso}} |
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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Revision as of 21:25, 8 June 2018
Rear-Admirals Commanding
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair, 11 July, 1917[1] – 1 February, 1919
Seconds in Command
- Commander Bertram S. Thesiger, November, 1917[2] – September, 1919[3]
Composition
17 November, 1917 at Second Battle of Heligoland Bight[4]
- Screened by:
- Valentine (Flotilla leader)
- Vimiera
- Vanquisher
- Vehement
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
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 6.
- ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
- ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Vol. V. pp. 168-169.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 11.
- ↑ 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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