Sixth Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
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Rear-Admirals Commanding
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair, 11 July, 1917[1]
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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