Eighth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)
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The Eighth Battle Squadron was a battle squadron of the Royal Navy at the beginning of the First World War.
In 1914 the Eighth Battle Squadron was constituted as part of the Channel Fleet.[1]
Composition
7 August, 1914
Rear-Admirals Commanding
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Robert S. Phipps Hornby, July, 1914.[2]
- Rear-Admiral Henry L. Tottenham, 1 August, 1914.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ Corbett. Naval Operations. I. p. 77.
- ↑ Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 338.
- ↑ "New Sea Lord" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 7 August, 1914. Issue 40597, col D, pg. 4.
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