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==Composition==
 
==Composition==
  
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'''December, 1912'''<ref>Handwritten notes in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
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===December, 1912===
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<br>The Fleet flagship was {{UK-Neptune}}, which was not part of any Battle Squadron.
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<ref>Handwritten notes in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
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The Fleet flagship was {{UK-Neptune}}, which was not part of any Battle Squadron.
  
 
*{{UK-Queen}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]  
 
*{{UK-Queen}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]  
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*{{UK-Venerable}}
 
*{{UK-Venerable}}
  
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'''December, 1913'''<ref>Handwritten notes in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
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===December, 1913===
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<br>Despite some shuffling in other Battle Squadrons, the Fifth is unchanged from the previous year's roster.  It is part of the [[Second Fleet (Royal Navy)|Second Fleet]].
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<ref>Handwritten notes in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
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Despite some shuffling in other Battle Squadrons, the Fifth is unchanged from the previous year's roster.  It is part of the [[Second Fleet (Royal Navy)|Second Fleet]].
 
*{{UK-Queen}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]  
 
*{{UK-Queen}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]  
 
*{{UK-PrinceOfWales}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]  
 
*{{UK-PrinceOfWales}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]  
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*{{UK-Venerable}}
 
*{{UK-Venerable}}
  
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'''July, 1914'''{{AWO1914|109 of 10 July, 1914}}<ref>Printed page "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad" in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
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===July, 1914===
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{{AWO1914|109 of 10 July, 1914}}<ref>Printed page "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad" in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
  
 
Operating as part of the [[Second Fleet (Royal Navy)|Second Fleet]].  Some handwritten notes on this source indicate flux of some kind.
 
Operating as part of the [[Second Fleet (Royal Navy)|Second Fleet]].  Some handwritten notes on this source indicate flux of some kind.
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Attached:  {{UK-Topaze|f=t}}
 
Attached:  {{UK-Topaze|f=t}}
  
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'''5 August, 1914'''
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===5 August, 1914===
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<br>With the fleet organised under flagship {{UK-IronDuke}}, the squadron was based at Portland along with the {{UK-BS|6}}, and had the same eight pre-dreadnoughts as in December, 1912, now supported by a cruiser.{{DittColl|p. 15}}
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With the fleet organised under flagship {{UK-IronDuke}}, the squadron was based at Portland along with the {{UK-BS|6}}, and had the same eight pre-dreadnoughts as in December, 1912, now supported by a cruiser.{{DittColl|p. 15}}
 
*{{UK-PrinceOfWales}}
 
*{{UK-PrinceOfWales}}
 
*{{UK-Bulwark}}
 
*{{UK-Bulwark}}
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Attached: {{UK-Topaze|f=t}}
 
Attached: {{UK-Topaze|f=t}}
  
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'''November, 1915'''<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1915).  p. 10.</ref>
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===September, 1914===
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The Squadron's strength is 10 pre-dreadnoughts with three divisions, screened by two light cruisers.{{SMNLSep14|p. 9}}
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*{{UK-LordNelson}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-PrinceOfWales}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Queen}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] third flag
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*{{UK-Bulwark}}
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*{{UK-Formidable}}
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*{{UK-London}}
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*{{UK-Implacable}}
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*{{UK-Venerable}}
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*{{UK-Irresistible}}
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*{{UK-Agamemnon}}
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Attached: {{UK-Diamond|f=t}}, {{UK-Topaze|f=t}}
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This roster would last until December.{{SMNLOct14|p. 9}}
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===December, 1914===
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{{UK-Bulwark}} was removed, as she was lost to an internal explosion on 26 November.{{SMNLDec14|p. 9}}
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*{{UK-LordNelson}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-PrinceOfWales}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Queen}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] third flag
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*{{UK-Formidable}}
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*{{UK-London}}
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*{{UK-Implacable}}
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*{{UK-Venerable}}
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*{{UK-Irresistible}}
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*{{UK-Agamemnon}}
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 +
Attached: {{UK-Diamond|f=t}}, {{UK-Topaze|f=t}}
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This roster would last just one month.
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===January, 1915===
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{{UK-Formidable}} was dropped from the Navy List, perhaps because she was torpedoed on 1 January.{{SMNLJan15|p. 9}}
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*{{UK-LordNelson}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-PrinceOfWales}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Queen}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] third flag
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*{{UK-London}}
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*{{UK-Implacable}}
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*{{UK-Venerable}}
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*{{UK-Irresistible}}
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*{{UK-Agamemnon}}
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 +
Attached: {{UK-Diamond|f=t}}, {{UK-Topaze|f=t}}
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This roster would last until February or March, 1915.{{SMNLMar15|p. 9.  No copy for February was found}}
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===March, 1915===
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{{UK-LordNelson}}, {{UK-Irresistible}} and {{UK-Agamemnon}} were removed in March, as they'd been transferred to the Mediterranean for the Dardanelles campaign.{{SMNLMar15|pp. 9, 18}}
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*{{UK-PrinceOfWales}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Queen}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-London}}
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*{{UK-Implacable}}
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*{{UK-Venerable}}
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 +
Attached: {{UK-Diamond|f=t}}, {{UK-Topaze|f=t}}
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This roster would last just a month.
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===April, 1915===
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The Squadron is no more, as all the battleships had been dispatched to the Dardanelles except {{UK-Venerable}}, which had been made flagship of the Channel or Southern Fleet.  {{UK-Topaze}} had followed ''Venerable'' and {{UK-Diamond}} had been sent to the {{UK-BS|3}}{{SMNLApr15|pp. 9, 10, 14, 19}}
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The Squadron would remain inactive until October, 1915, when it would reappear in an altogether more modern form.<ref>5BS is not listed in ''Supplements'' for May, Jun, Jul, Aug or Sep, 1915.</ref>
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===October, 1915===
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The Squadron is re-constituted and is going to grow into the fast wing of the Battle Fleet.  It starts with {{UK-Barham}}, just entering service, and brings in her sisters {{UK-QueenElizabeth}} from the {{UK-BS|4}} and {{UK-Warspite}} from the {{UK-BS|2}}.{{SMNLOct15|p. 10}}
 
*{{UK-Barham}}  [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]  
 
*{{UK-Barham}}  [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]  
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*{{UK-QueenElizabeth}} (possibly second flag)
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*{{UK-QueenElizabeth}}  
 
*{{UK-Warspite}}
 
*{{UK-Warspite}}
  
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'''[[Battle of Jutland]]'''
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It had no light cruiser attached.
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<br>By 1916, the squadron had been transformed to become the home of the most powerful dreadnoughts in the fleet, comprised solely of fast super-dreadnoughts.  At Jutland, four of the five were at sea supporting the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]], commanded as follows.{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
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This roster would last until February, 1916.{{SMNLNov15|p. 10}}{{SMNLDec15|p. 10}}{{SMNLJan16|p. 10}}
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===February, 1916===
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The Squadron gained newly-completed super-dreadnoughts {{UK-Valiant}} and {{UK-Malaya}}.{{SMNLOct15|p. 10}}
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*{{UK-Barham}}  [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Malaya}}
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*{{UK-QueenElizabeth}}
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*{{UK-Valiant}}
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*{{UK-Warspite}}
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This roster would last until June, 1916.{{SMNLMar16|p. 10}}{{SMNLApr16|p. 10}}{{SMNLMay16|p. 10}}
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===Battle of Jutland===
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By 1916, the squadron had been transformed to become the home of the most powerful dreadnoughts in the fleet, comprised solely of fast super-dreadnoughts.  At Jutland, four of the five were at sea supporting the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]], commanded as follows.{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
 
* {{UK-Barham}}, Captain [[Arthur Craig Waller|Craig]] [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] {{RearRN}} [[Hugh Evan-Thomas|Evan-Thomas]]
 
* {{UK-Barham}}, Captain [[Arthur Craig Waller|Craig]] [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] {{RearRN}} [[Hugh Evan-Thomas|Evan-Thomas]]
 
* {{UK-Valiant}}, Captain [[Maurice Woollcombe|Woolcombe]]
 
* {{UK-Valiant}}, Captain [[Maurice Woollcombe|Woolcombe]]
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* {{UK-QueenElizabeth}}, in dock at time of battle
 
* {{UK-QueenElizabeth}}, in dock at time of battle
  
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'''July, 1918'''<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (July 1918). p. 10.</ref>
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===June, 1916===
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<br>With the Grand Fleet flagship being {{UK-QueenElizabeth}}, the squadron was as it was at Jutland:  the ''Queen Elizabeth'''s four sister ships accompanied by the {{UK-Blanche|f=t}}:
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Battle damage to {{UK-Barham}} prompted a change of flag to {{UK-QueenElizabeth}}.{{SMNLJun16|p. 10}}
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*{{UK-Barham}} 
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*{{UK-Malaya}}
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*{{UK-QueenElizabeth}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]] (temporarily)
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*{{UK-Valiant}}
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*{{UK-Warspite}}
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This roster would last until August, 1916.{{SMNLJul16|p. 10}}
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===August, 1916===
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{{UK-QueenElizabeth}} resumed her role as flagship this month, and a light cruiser has finally been attached, {{UK-Blonde}} from miscellaneous work "in Home Waters or on detached service".{{SMNLAug16|p. 10}}{{SMNLJul16|p. 14}}
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*{{UK-Barham}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Malaya}}
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*{{UK-QueenElizabeth}}  
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*{{UK-Valiant}}
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*{{UK-Warspite}}
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Attached: {{UK-Blonde|f=t}}
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This roster would last until October, 1916.{{SMNLSep16|p. 10}}
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===October, 1916===
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{{UK-Blonde}} was moved over to the {{UK-BS|4}} in October.{{SMNLOct16|p. 10}}
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*{{UK-Barham}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Malaya}}
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*{{UK-QueenElizabeth}}
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*{{UK-Valiant}}
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*{{UK-Warspite}}
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This roster would last until February or March, 1917.{{SMNLNov16|p. 10}}{{SMNLDec16|p. 10}}{{SMNLJan17|p. 10. No February ''Supplement'' was found}}
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===October, 1916===
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{{UK-Blonde}} was moved over to the {{UK-BS|4}} in October.{{SMNLOct16|p. 10}}
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*{{UK-Barham}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Malaya}}
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*{{UK-QueenElizabeth}}
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*{{UK-Valiant}}
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*{{UK-Warspite}}
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This roster would last until February or March, 1917.{{SMNLNov16|p. 10}}{{SMNLDec16|p. 10}}{{SMNLJan17|p. 10.  No February ''Supplement'' was found}}
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===March, 1917===
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{{UK-QueenElizabeth}} was removed from the Squadron in March or possibly February, as she had been appointed flagship of the Grand Fleet.{{SMNLMar17|p. 10}}
 
* {{UK-Barham}}  [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
 
* {{UK-Barham}}  [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
 
* {{UK-Valiant}}
 
* {{UK-Valiant}}
 
* {{UK-Warspite}}
 
* {{UK-Warspite}}
 
* {{UK-Malaya}}
 
* {{UK-Malaya}}
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This roster would last just one month.
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===April, 1917===
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{{UK-Blanche}} was added to the Squadron in April, fresh from miscellaneous work "in Home Waters or on detached service".{{SMNLApr17|p. 10}}{{SMNLMar17|p. 14}}
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* {{UK-Barham}}  [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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* {{UK-Valiant}}
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* {{UK-Warspite}}
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* {{UK-Malaya}}
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Attached:  {{UK-Blanche|f=t}}
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This roster would last until August.{{SMNLMay17|p. 10}}{{SMNLJun17|p. 10}}{{SMNLJul17|p. 10}}
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===August, 1917===
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The Squadron lost its light cruiser again in August, as {{UK-Blanche}} transferred to the {{UK-BS|2}}.{{SMNLAug17|p. 10}}
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* {{UK-Barham}}  [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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* {{UK-Valiant}}
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* {{UK-Warspite}}
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* {{UK-Malaya}}
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This roster would last until October.{{SMNLSep17|p. 10}}
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===October, 1917===
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The fickle cruiser {{UK-Blanche}} has transferred back in from {{UK-BS|2}}.{{SMNLOct17|p. 10}}{{SMNLSep17|p. 10}}
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* {{UK-Barham}}  [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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* {{UK-Valiant}}
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* {{UK-Warspite}}
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* {{UK-Malaya}}
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Attached:  {{UK-Blanche|f=t}}
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This roster would last through the end of the war &mdash; indeed until March, 1919.<ref>''Supplements'' for Nov and Dec, 1917, as well as all months except September and October in 1918, and Jan and Feb of 1919.</ref>
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===March, 1919===
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{{UK-Blanche}} left, apparently placed in reserve..{{SMNLMar19|p. 10}}{{SMNLSep17|pp. 10, 17}}
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* {{UK-Barham}}  [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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* {{UK-Valiant}}
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* {{UK-Warspite}}
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* {{UK-Malaya}}
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This roster would last just one month.
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===March, 1919===
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{{UK-Valiant}} was made flagship.{{SMNLMar19|p. 10}}{{SMNLSep17|pp. 10, 17}}
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* {{UK-Barham}}
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* {{UK-Valiant}}  [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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* {{UK-Warspite}}
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* {{UK-Malaya}}
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This roster would last just one month.
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===April, 1919===
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The Squadron has been abolished or re-designated as the {{UK-BS|2}}, as all four battleships are now thereat.{{SMNLApr19|p. 10}}
  
 
==Vice and Rear-Admirals Commanding==
 
==Vice and Rear-Admirals Commanding==
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*{{ViceRN}} [[Cecil Burney|Sir Cecil Burney]], 5 December, 1913.  ''And as Vice-Admiral Commanding, Channel Fleet''.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (September, 1914).  f. 6.</ref>
 
*{{ViceRN}} [[Cecil Burney|Sir Cecil Burney]], 5 December, 1913.  ''And as Vice-Admiral Commanding, Channel Fleet''.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (September, 1914).  f. 6.</ref>
 
*Vice-Admiral [[Lewis Bayly|Sir Lewis Bayly]], 20 December, 1914.  ''And as Vice-Admiral Commanding, Channel Fleet''.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (January, 1915).  f. 6.</ref><ref>Bayly Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/38.  f. 39.</ref>
 
*Vice-Admiral [[Lewis Bayly|Sir Lewis Bayly]], 20 December, 1914.  ''And as Vice-Admiral Commanding, Channel Fleet''.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (January, 1915).  f. 6.</ref><ref>Bayly Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/38.  f. 39.</ref>
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*[[Alexander Edward Bethell|The Honourable Sir Alexander E. Bethell]], 17 January, 1915.  ''And as Vice-Admiral Commanding, Channel Fleet''.<ref>"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.  f. <s>6</s>.</ref>
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*[[Alexander Edward Bethell|The Honourable Sir Alexander E. Bethell]], 17 January, 1915.  ''And as Vice-Admiral Commanding, Channel Fleet''.{{UKCeased|f. <s>6</s>}}
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*Vice-Admiral [[Hugh Evan-Thomas|Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas]], 25 August, 1915.<ref name=sf6>"Squadrons."  f. 6.</ref>
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*Vice-Admiral [[Hugh Evan-Thomas|Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas]], 25 August, 1915.{{UKCeased|f. 6}}
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*Vice-Admiral [[Arthur Cavenagh Leveson|Sir Arthur C. Leveson]], 1 October, 1918.<ref name=sf6/
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*Vice-Admiral [[Arthur Cavenagh Leveson|Sir Arthur C. Leveson]], 1 October, 1918.{{UKCeased|f. 6}}
  
 
==Rear-Admirals in the Squadron==
 
==Rear-Admirals in the Squadron==
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*{{RearRN}} [[Bernard Currey]], 18 November, 1913 - 14 February, 1915.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (September, 1914).  p. 6.</ref><ref>Currey Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 36.</ref>
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*{{RearRN}} [[Bernard Currey]], 18 November, 1913 - 14 February, 1915.{{UKCeased|f. 36}}
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*Rear-Admiral [[Cecil Fiennes Thursby|Cecil F. Thursby]], 1 August, 1914.<ref>"Squadrons."  f. 6.</ref>
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*Rear-Admiral [[Cecil Fiennes Thursby|Cecil F. Thursby]], 1 August, 1914.{{UKCeased|f. 6}}
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*Rear-Admiral [[Lewis Clinton-Baker]], 1 April, 1919 - 7 April, 1919.<ref>Clinton-Baker Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 394.</ref>
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*Rear-Admiral [[Lewis Clinton-Baker]], 1 April, 1919 - 7 April, 1919.<ref>Clinton-Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 394.</ref>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 15:33, 3 January 2013

The Fifth Battle Squadron was a fighting unit of the British Royal Navy before and during the First World War.

Composition

December, 1912

[1] The Fleet flagship was Neptune, which was not part of any Battle Squadron.

December, 1913

[2] Despite some shuffling in other Battle Squadrons, the Fifth is unchanged from the previous year's roster. It is part of the Second Fleet.

July, 1914

[3][4]

Operating as part of the Second Fleet. Some handwritten notes on this source indicate flux of some kind.

Attached: third class protected cruiser Topaze

5 August, 1914

With the fleet organised under flagship Iron Duke, the squadron was based at Portland along with the Sixth Battle Squadron, and had the same eight pre-dreadnoughts as in December, 1912, now supported by a cruiser.[5]

Attached: third class protected cruiser Topaze

September, 1914

The Squadron's strength is 10 pre-dreadnoughts with three divisions, screened by two light cruisers.[6]

Attached: destroyer Diamond, third class protected cruiser Topaze

This roster would last until December.[7]

December, 1914

Bulwark was removed, as she was lost to an internal explosion on 26 November.[8]

Attached: destroyer Diamond, third class protected cruiser Topaze

This roster would last just one month.

January, 1915

Formidable was dropped from the Navy List, perhaps because she was torpedoed on 1 January.[9]

Attached: destroyer Diamond, third class protected cruiser Topaze

This roster would last until February or March, 1915.[10]

March, 1915

Lord Nelson, Irresistible and Agamemnon were removed in March, as they'd been transferred to the Mediterranean for the Dardanelles campaign.[11]

Attached: destroyer Diamond, third class protected cruiser Topaze

This roster would last just a month.

April, 1915

The Squadron is no more, as all the battleships had been dispatched to the Dardanelles except Venerable, which had been made flagship of the Channel or Southern Fleet. Topaze had followed Venerable and Diamond had been sent to the Third Battle Squadron[12]

The Squadron would remain inactive until October, 1915, when it would reappear in an altogether more modern form.[13]

October, 1915

The Squadron is re-constituted and is going to grow into the fast wing of the Battle Fleet. It starts with Barham, just entering service, and brings in her sisters Queen Elizabeth from the Fourth Battle Squadron and Warspite from the Second Battle Squadron.[14]

It had no light cruiser attached.

This roster would last until February, 1916.[15][16][17]

February, 1916

The Squadron gained newly-completed super-dreadnoughts Valiant and Malaya.[18]

This roster would last until June, 1916.[19][20][21]

Battle of Jutland

By 1916, the squadron had been transformed to become the home of the most powerful dreadnoughts in the fleet, comprised solely of fast super-dreadnoughts. At Jutland, four of the five were at sea supporting the Battle Cruiser Fleet, commanded as follows.[22]

June, 1916

Battle damage to Barham prompted a change of flag to Queen Elizabeth.[23]

This roster would last until August, 1916.[24]

August, 1916

Queen Elizabeth resumed her role as flagship this month, and a light cruiser has finally been attached, Blonde from miscellaneous work "in Home Waters or on detached service".[25][26]

Attached: scout cruiser Blonde

This roster would last until October, 1916.[27]

October, 1916

Blonde was moved over to the Fourth Battle Squadron in October.[28]

This roster would last until February or March, 1917.[29][30][31]

October, 1916

Blonde was moved over to the Fourth Battle Squadron in October.[32]

This roster would last until February or March, 1917.[33][34][35]

March, 1917

Queen Elizabeth was removed from the Squadron in March or possibly February, as she had been appointed flagship of the Grand Fleet.[36]

This roster would last just one month.

April, 1917

Blanche was added to the Squadron in April, fresh from miscellaneous work "in Home Waters or on detached service".[37][38]

Attached: destroyer Blanche

This roster would last until August.[39][40][41]

August, 1917

The Squadron lost its light cruiser again in August, as Blanche transferred to the Second Battle Squadron.[42]

This roster would last until October.[43]

October, 1917

The fickle cruiser Blanche has transferred back in from Second Battle Squadron.[44][45]

Attached: destroyer Blanche

This roster would last through the end of the war — indeed until March, 1919.[46]

March, 1919

Blanche left, apparently placed in reserve..[47][48]

This roster would last just one month.

March, 1919

Valiant was made flagship.[49][50]

This roster would last just one month.

April, 1919

The Squadron has been abolished or re-designated as the Second Battle Squadron, as all four battleships are now thereat.[51]

Vice and Rear-Admirals Commanding

Dates of appointment given:

Rear-Admirals in the Squadron

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Handwritten notes in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  2. ↑ Handwritten notes in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  3. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
  4. ↑ Printed page "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad" in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
  6. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September 1914). p. 9.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 9.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 9.
  9. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 9.
  10. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1915). p. 9. No copy for February was found.
  11. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1915). pp. 9, 18.
  12. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1915). pp. 9, 10, 14, 19.
  13. ↑ 5BS is not listed in Supplements for May, Jun, Jul, Aug or Sep, 1915.
  14. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 10.
  15. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 10.
  16. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1915). p. 10.
  17. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1916). p. 10.
  18. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 10.
  19. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1916). p. 10.
  20. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1916). p. 10.
  21. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1916). p. 10.
  22. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  23. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1916). p. 10.
  24. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1916). p. 10.
  25. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1916). p. 10.
  26. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1916). p. 14.
  27. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1916). p. 10.
  28. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 10.
  29. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1916). p. 10.
  30. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 10.
  31. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1917). p. 10. No February Supplement was found.
  32. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 10.
  33. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1916). p. 10.
  34. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 10.
  35. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1917). p. 10. No February Supplement was found.
  36. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1917). p. 10.
  37. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1917). p. 10.
  38. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1917). p. 14.
  39. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1917). p. 10.
  40. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1917). p. 10.
  41. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1917). p. 10.
  42. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 10.
  43. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). p. 10.
  44. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 10.
  45. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). p. 10.
  46. ↑ Supplements for Nov and Dec, 1917, as well as all months except September and October in 1918, and Jan and Feb of 1919.
  47. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 10.
  48. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). pp. 10, 17.
  49. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 10.
  50. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). pp. 10, 17.
  51. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1919). p. 10.
  52. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (September, 1914). f. 6.
  53. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (January, 1915). f. 6.
  54. ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 39.
  55. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 6.
  56. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 6.
  57. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 6.
  58. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 36.
  59. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 6.
  60. ↑ Clinton-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 394.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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