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==History== The Training Squadron commissioned at Portsmouth and Chatham on 21 September, 1885.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 22 September, 1885. Issue '''31558''', col D, p. 12.</ref> {{CaptRN}} [[Robert O'Brien FitzRoy|Robert O'B. FitzRoy]] was appointed {{Com2RN}} in command on 30 September, and assumed command on 12 October, flying his broad pendant in ''Active''.{{NLNov85|p. 188}} On 30 October, 1899, the masted Training Squadron was paid off. The following day the crews turned over to first-class cruisers, the formation then becoming the [[Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Cruiser Squadron]]. ==Composition== ===September, 1885=== {{NLNov85|p. 189}} *{{UK-2Active}} *{{UK-1Calypso}} *{{UK-1Rover}} *{{UK-Volage}} ===March, 1891=== {{NLApr91|p. 193}} *{{UK-2Active}} *{{UK-1Calypso}} *{{UK-1Ruby}} *{{UK-Volage}} ===February, 1900=== {{NLFeb00|p. 218}} *{{UK-1Cambrian}} *{{UK-Highflyer}} (temporarily attached) *{{UK-Juno}} *{{UK-Minerva}} *{{UK-StGeorge}} ===January, 1901=== {{NLJan01|p. 218}} *{{UK-Hyacinth}} *{{UK-Juno}} *{{UK-Minerva}} *{{UK-StGeorge}} ===1913=== In March of 1913, the squadron was based in Queenstown, and consisted of two groups:{{AWO1913|146 of 28 March, 1913}} '''First Group''' * {{UK-Endymion}} (S.O. of Squadron) * {{UK-Theseus}} * {{UK-Edgar}} '''Second Group''' * {{UK-Gibraltar}} (S.O. of Group) * {{UK-Hawke}} * {{UK-1Crescent}} ==Commodores== Dates of appointment given: <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Commodore Second Class in Command of the Training Squadron" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Robert O'Brien FitzRoy|nick=Robert O'B. FitzRoy|appt=21 September, 1885{{NMI|Tuesday, 22 September, 1885. Issue '''31558''', col D, p. 12}}|precBy=New Command|ass=12 October, 1885{{NLNov85|p. 188}}|end=5 November, 1886<ref>FitzRoy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1252.|}} f. 454.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Albert Hastings Markham|nick=Albert H. Markham|appt=1 November, 1886{{NMI|Tuesday, 2 November, 1886. Issue '''31806''', col D, p. 7}}|end=13 November, 1889<ref>Markham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}} f. 12.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Armand Temple Powlett|nick=Armand T. Powlett|appt=14 November, 1889{{NMI|Saturday, 2 November, 1889. Issue '''32846''', col C, p. 10}}|end=1 August, 1891}} {{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Lewis Anthony Beaumont|nick=Lewis A. Beaumont|appt=1 August, 1891{{NMI|Thursday, 23 July, 1891. Issue '''33384''', col A, p. 7}}<ref>Beaumont Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/226.|}} f. 88.</ref>|ass=1 August, 1891<ref>Beaumont Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/226.|}} f. 88.</ref>|end=1 June, 1893<ref>Beaumont Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/226.|}} f. 88.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Robert Hastings Harris|nick=Robert H. Harris|appt=1 June, 1893{{NMI|Saturday, 13 May, 1893. Issue '''33950''', col D, p. 13}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=George Lambart Atkinson-Willes|nick=George L. Atkinson|appt=18 April, 1895{{NMI|Wednesday, 27 March, 1895. Issue '''34535''', col B, p. 10}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Training Squadron}} {{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Edmund S. Poë|appt=14 October, 1897{{NMI|Wednesday, 13 October, 1897. Issue '''35333''', col A, p. 11}}|end=30 October, 1899<ref>Poë Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/17.}} f. 405.</ref>|succBy=the [[Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Cruiser Squadron]]}} </div name=fredbot:office0> ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} [[Category:Pages with Offices]]

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