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| − | *[[H.M.S. Vengeance (1899)|H.M.S. ''Vengeance'']]. | + | *[[H.M.S. Vengeance (1899)|H.M.S. ''Vengeance'']] (replacing [[H.M.S. Prince George (1895)|H.M.S. ''Prince George'']] on 15 August<ref>C.B. 1585. p. 52.</ref>) |
==Rear-Admirals Commanding== | ==Rear-Admirals Commanding== | ||
Revision as of 16:59, 28 May 2012
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
- H.M.S. Albion.
- H.M.S. Goliath.
- H.M.S. Canopus.
- H.M.S. Glory.
- H.M.S. Ocean.
- H.M.S. Vengeance (replacing H.M.S. Prince George on 15 August[2])
Rear-Admirals Commanding
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Robert S. Phipps Hornby, July, 1914.[3]
- Rear-Admiral Henry L. Tottenham, 1 August, 1914.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ Corbett. Naval Operations. I. p. 77.
- ↑ C.B. 1585. p. 52.
- ↑ 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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