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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Robert O'Brien FitzRoy|nick=Robert O'B. FitzRoy|appt=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>|precBy=New Command|ass=12 October, 1885{{NLNov85|p. 188}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Robert O'Brien FitzRoy|nick=Robert O'B. FitzRoy|appt=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>|precBy=New Command|ass=12 October, 1885{{NLNov85|p. 188}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Albert Hastings Markham|nick=Albert H. Markham|appt=1 November, 1886<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 2 November, 1886. Issue '''31806''', col D, p. 7.</ref>|end=13 November, 1889<ref>Markham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}} f. 12.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Albert Hastings Markham|nick=Albert H. Markham|appt=1 November, 1886<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 2 November, 1886. Issue '''31806''', col D, p. 7.</ref>|end=13 November, 1889<ref>Markham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}} f. 12.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=George Lambart Atkinson-Willes|nick=George L. Atkinson|appt=18 April, 1895<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 27 March, 1895. Issue '''34535''', col B, p. 10.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Training Squadron}} | {{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=George Lambart Atkinson-Willes|nick=George L. Atkinson|appt=18 April, 1895<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 27 March, 1895. Issue '''34535''', col B, p. 10.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Training Squadron}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Edmund S. Poë|appt=14 October, 1897<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 13 October, 1897. Issue '''35333''', col A, p. 11.</ref>|end=30 October, 1899<ref>Poë Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/17.}} f. 405.</ref>|succBy=the [[Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Cruiser Squadron]]}} | {{Tenure|rank=Commodore, Second Class|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Edmund S. Poë|appt=14 October, 1897<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 13 October, 1897. Issue '''35333''', col A, p. 11.</ref>|end=30 October, 1899<ref>Poë Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/17.}} f. 405.</ref>|succBy=the [[Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Cruiser Squadron]]}} | ||
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Revision as of 14:48, 3 November 2015
Contents
History
The Training Squadron commissioned at Portsmouth and Chatham on 21 September, 1885.[1] Captain Robert O'B. FitzRoy was appointed Commodore, Second Class in command on 30 September, and assumed command on 12 October, flying his broad pendant in Active.[2]
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.
Composition
September, 1885:[3]
March, 1891:[4]
1913: In March of 1913, the squadron was based in Queenstown, and consisted of two groups:[5]
First Group
Second Group
Commodores
Dates of appointment given:
- Commodore, Second Class Robert O'B. FitzRoy, 21 September, 1885[6]
- Commodore, Second Class Albert H. Markham, 1 November, 1886[7] – 13 November, 1889[8]
- Commodore, Second Class Armand T. Powlett, 14 November, 1889[9]
- Commodore, Second Class Lewis A. Beaumont, 1 August, 1891[10]
- Rear-Admiral Robert H. Harris, 1 June, 1893[11]
- Commodore, Second Class George L. Atkinson, 18 April, 1895[12]
- Commodore, Second Class Edmund S. Poë, 14 October, 1897[13] – 30 October, 1899[14]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 22 September, 1885. Issue 31558, col D, p. 12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1885). p. 188.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1885). p. 189.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 193.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 146 of 28 March, 1913.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 22 September, 1885. Issue 31558, col D, p. 12.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 2 November, 1886. Issue 31806, col D, p. 7.
- ↑ Markham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 12.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 2 November, 1889. Issue 32846, col C, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 23 July, 1891. Issue 33384, col A, p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 13 May, 1893. Issue 33950, col D, p. 13.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 27 March, 1895. Issue 34535, col B, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 13 October, 1897. Issue 35333, col A, p. 11.
- ↑ Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 405.
