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.
Contents
History
Illustrious was reduced to care and maintenance on 9 August, and her crew commissioned the new battleship Erin. Vengeance became flagship of the squadron on 15 August, replacing Prince George. [1]
Composition
Test Mobilisation, July, 1914.[2]
8 August, 1914.[3]
- Prince George
- Vengeance (Flagship from 15 August.)
- Albion
(Detached 20 August.)[1] - Ocean (Detached 20 August.)[1]
- Cæsar
- Goliath
- Canopus (Detached 20 August.)[1]
- Glory (Detached 20 August.)[1]
- Jupiter (In dockyard.)
- Majestic (Did not join.)
- Illustrious (Paid off 9 August.)
- Sapphire.
- Proserpine.
Rear-Admirals Commanding
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Henry L. Tottenham, 1 August, 1914.[4]
Rear-Admirals Second-in-Command
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Robert S. P. Hornby, July, 1914.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Monograph 6. p. 51.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Orders. "109.—Test Mobilisation, July 1914.—Revised List of Ships Taking Part." M. 14120/14.—10.7.1914. The National Archives. ADM 182/5.
- ↑ Monograph 6. p. 51.
- ↑ "New Sea Lord" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 7 August, 1914. Issue 40597, col D, p. 4.
- ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
Bibliography
- Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division (1921). Naval Staff Monographs (Historical). Fleet Issue. Volume III. Monograph 6.—Passage of the British Expeditionary Force, August, 1914. Monograph 7.—The Patrol Flotillas at the Commencement of the War. Monograph 11.—The Battle of Heligoland Bight, August 28th, 1914. Monograph 8.—Naval Operations Connected with the Raid on the North-East Coast, December 16th, 1914. Monograph 12:—The Action of Dogger Bank, January 24th, 1915. O.U. 6181 (late C.B. 1585.). Copy No. 127 at The National Archives. ADM 186/610.
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