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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== |
Revision as of 13:05, 11 December 2012
The Ninth Cruiser Squadron, also called Cruiser Force I from 1914, was a cruiser squadron of the Royal Navy.
Rear-Admiral Henry H. Campbell commanded the Squadron during the 1914 Test Mobilisation, and hauled down his flag at Sheerness on 26 July.[1]
The squadron ceased to exist on 3 January, 1919.[2]
Rear-Admirals Commanding
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral John M. de Robeck, 1 August, 1914.[3]
- Rear-Admiral Sir A. Gordon H. W. Moore, 12 February, 1915.[4]
- Rear-Admiral Sydney R. Fremantle, 30 August, 1916.[5]
- Rear-Admiral Thomas D. L. Sheppard, 8 December, 1916.[6]
Composition
December, 1912[7]
December, 1913[8]
Significant changes, yielding the same strength as last year. Ariadne, Diadem, and Spartiate have been sent on to greener pastures somewhere, replaced by Challenger, Highflyer and Vindictive.
- Amphitrite
- Argonaut
- Challenger (joined from 12th C.S.)
- Europa
- Highflyer (joined from ?)
- Vindictive (joined from 11th C.S.)
July, 1914[9]
Operating as part of Third Fleet.
- Donegal (being refit)
- Monmouth
- Amphitrite (detached for training duties at "Home Fort" - sp?)
- Argonaut (being refit)
- Challenger
- Europa
- Highflyer (detached for Cadet Training duties)
- Vindictive (detached for training duties at "Home Fort" - sp?)
5 August, 1914[10]
Based in Portland, the squadron has lost Monmouth and possibly Donegal (or Argonaut has completed refit), leaving:
- Amphitrite
- Argonaut
- Europa
- Highflyer
- Vindictive
- Challenger (in Bristol Channel)
February, 1915[11]
- Argonaut
- ?
November, 1915[12]
- King Alfred
- Essex
- armed merchant cruiser Carmania
- armed merchant cruiser Ophir
September, 1917[13]
- armoured cruiser Bacchante
- battleship Africa
- battleship Britannia
- armoured cruiser King Alfred
- armed merchant cruiser Ophir
- armed merchant cruiser Mantua
- armed merchant cruiser Marmora
- armed merchant cruiser Morea
November, 1918[14]
- armoured cruiser Bacchante
- armed merchant cruiser Nivonia
- armed merchant cruiser Silesia
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 July, 1914. Issue 40586, col B, p. 4.
- ↑ "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461. ["Squadrons."] f. 20.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (September, 1914). p. 5.
- ↑ "Squadrons." f. 20.
- ↑ "Squadrons." f. 20.
- ↑ "Squadrons." f. 20.
- ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
- ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (August, 1915). p. 7.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915). p. 19.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (September, 1917). p. 20.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 21.
Bibliography
Cruiser Squadrons of the Royal Navy |
First Cruiser Squadron | Second Cruiser Squadron | Third Cruiser Squadron | Fourth Cruiser Squadron | Fifth Cruiser Squadron |
Sixth Cruiser Squadron | Seventh Cruiser Squadron | Eighth Cruiser Squadron | Ninth Cruiser Squadron | Tenth Cruiser Squadron |
Eleventh Cruiser Squadron | Twelfth Cruiser Squadron | Fifteenth Cruiser Squadron | Eighteenth Cruiser Squadron |
Cruiser Force F |