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*Rear-Admiral [[Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby|Robert S. Phipps Hornby]], July, 1914.<ref>Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 338.</ref> | *Rear-Admiral [[Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby|Robert S. Phipps Hornby]], July, 1914.<ref>Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 338.</ref> | ||
*Rear-Admiral [[Henry Loftus Tottenham|Henry L. Tottenham]], July, 1914. | *Rear-Admiral [[Henry Loftus Tottenham|Henry L. Tottenham]], July, 1914. | ||
Revision as of 05:23, 17 September 2010
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, July, 1914.
Footnotes
- ↑ Corbett. Naval Operations. I. p. 77.
- ↑ Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 338.
Bibliography
