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1st Battle Squadron
The 1st Battle Squadron was a naval squadron of the British Royal Navy consisting of battleships. The 1st Battle Squadron was initially part of the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet. After World War I the Grand Fleet was reverted to its original name, the Atlantic Fleet. The squadron changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred. History First World War As an element in the Grand Fleet, the Squadron participated in the Battle of Jutland. August 1914 On 5 August 1914, the squadron was constituted as follows: * HMS ''Marlborough'' * HMS ''Collingwood'' * HMS ''Colossus'' * HMS ''Hercules'' * HMS ''Neptune'' * HMS ''St. Vincent'' * HMS ''Superb'' * HMS ''Vanguard'' Battle of Jutland, June 1916 During the Battle of Jutland, the composition of the 1st Battle Squadron was as follows:Macintyre, Donald. ''Jutland'' Evans Brothers Ltd. 1957; * Sixth Division * HMS ''Marlborough'' Flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney; Captain G. P. Ross; * HMS ''Reve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Battle Squadron In The North Sea (April 1915)
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Cecil Burney
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cecil Burney, 1st Baronet, (15 May 1858 – 5 June 1929) was a Royal Navy officer. After seeing action as a junior office in naval brigades during both the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Mahdist War, he commanded a cruiser in operational service during the Second Boer War. As a flag officer he commanded the Plymouth Division of the Home Fleet, the 5th Cruiser Squadron, the Atlantic Fleet and then the 3rd Battle Squadron. In April 1913 Montenegro seized control of Scutari in the latest round of hostilities between the Ottoman Empire and Montenegro during the closing stages of the First Balkan War. In April 1913 Burney was sent as temporary Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet to Antivari on the coast of Montenegro to take command of the international naval force despatched to deal with this situation. On arrival he blockaded Antivari and then also commanded the international force occupying Scutari as part of its transition to Albanian control. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Canada (1913)
''Almirante Latorre'', named after Juan José Latorre, was a super-dreadnought battleship built for the Chilean Navy (''Armada de Chile''). It was the first of a Almirante Latorre-class battleship, planned two-ship class that would respond to South American dreadnought race, earlier warship purchases by other South American countries. Construction began at Elswick, Tyne and Wear, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne soon after the ship was ordered in November 1911, and was approaching completion when it was bought by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy for use in the World War I, First World War. ship commissioning, Commissioned in September 1915, it served in the Grand Fleet as HMS ''Canada'' for the duration of the war and saw action during the Battle of Jutland. Chile repurchased ''Canada'' in 1920 and renamed it ''Almirante Latorre''. The ship was designated as Chile's flagship, and frequently served as a presidential transport. It underwent a thorough modernization in the United Kingd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Benbow (1913)
HMS ''Benbow'' was the third of four s of the Royal Navy, the third ship to be named in honour of Admiral John Benbow. Ordered in the 1911 building programme, the ship was laid down at the William Beardmore and Company shipyard in May 1912, was launched in November 1913, and was completed in October 1914, shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. The four ''Iron Duke''s were very similar to the preceding , with an improved secondary battery. She was armed with a main battery of ten guns and twelve secondary guns. The ship was capable of a top speed of , and had a thick armoured belt. ''Benbow'' served in the Grand Fleet as the flagship of the 4th Battle Squadron during the war. She was present during the largest naval action of the war, the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916, though she was not heavily engaged. She sortied twice more, in August 1916 and April 1918 in attempts to catch the German High Seas Fleet in another major battle, but neither p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Battle Squadron (United Kingdom)
The 4th Battle Squadron was a squadron of the British Royal Navy consisting of battleships. The 4th Battle Squadron was initially part of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet (1912–14) and then the Grand Fleet after the outbreak of the First World War. The squadron changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred. August 1914 On 5 August 1914, the squadron was constituted as follows: Dittmar & Colledge * * * * January 1915 By January 1915, the composition had changed slightly: * HMS ''Agincourt'' * HMS ''Bellerophon'' * HMS ''Dreadnought'' * HMS ''Temeraire'' * * * Battle of Jutland, June 1916 As an element in the Grand Fleet, the squadron participated in the Battle of Jutland. During the battle, the composition of the 4th Battle Squadron was as follows: *Third Division * , fleet flagship of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe; Captain Frederic Dreyer; * , Captain C. Maclachlan; * , flagship of Rear Admiral A. L. Duff; Captain E. Hyde-Parker; * , Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivian Bernard
Admiral Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard, CB (30 August 1868 – 18 February 1934) was a senior British Royal Navy officer. Early life Bernard was born 30 August 1868, Simon's Town, Cape of Good Hope, British Cape Colony, to Inspector-General John Bernard of the Royal Navy. He was educated at Stubbington House School, boys' preparatory school. Military career Bernard joined the Royal Navy on 15 July 1882 as a naval cadet. He became a midshipman on 15 January 1884. He was promoted to sub-lieutenant on 25 February 1888, and to lieutenant on 25 February 1889. He qualified as a gunnery lieutenant in 1893, having attended training at . He was promoted to commander on 30 June 1901. He then served in the Department of Naval Intelligence, Admiralty. On 26 June 1906, he was promoted to captain, and given command of , a ''Topaze''-class cruiser. In August 1907, he took command of , a ''Diadem''-class cruiser. A year later, in August 1908, took command of ,(later renamed HMS Redoutable), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wordsworth Fisher
Admiral Sir William Wordsworth Fisher (26 March 1875 – 24 June 1937) was a Royal Navy officer who captained a battleship at the Battle of Jutland and became Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet. Arthur Marder wrote that he was "the outstanding admiral of the inter-war period". Naval career Fisher was born at Blatchington in Sussex, the son of historian Herbert William Fisher and his wife Mary Louisa Jackson (1841–1916). He joined the Royal Navy in 1888 and trained in HMS ''Britannia''. As a midshipman he served in , flagship of the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Squadron, for three years from 1890 to 1893, before joining in the Training Squadron. After examinations and courses, and now a sub-lieutenant, he joined the protected cruiser in the Mediterranean Fleet in January 1896. The ship was a byword for smartness. According to Fisher's biographer "she was remembered as the ship whose stream anchor was kept burnished like polished silver". He left her a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Clement Ley
Admiral (Royal Navy), Admiral James Clement Ley, CB, CVO (25 July 1869 – 15 July 1946) was a Royal Navy officer, who was known for his work on naval strategy and tactics. Ley entered HMS ''Britannia'' as a cadet in 1883, was confirmed as sub-lieutenant in 1889, and promoted to lieutenant in 1890. After training as a gunnery specialist and serving as executive officer of HMS ''Ocean'', in 1905 he was selected to join the staff of the newly established "War Course for Captains and Commanders", which later became the Royal Naval War College. In 1906, he was promoted to captain and was reappointed to the course, and in 1909 he was given command of HMS Cornwall (1902), HMS ''Cornwall'', then serving as a training ship for cadets. In 1912, Ley took command of HMS Collingwood (1908), HMS ''Collingwood'', to which Prince Albert (later George VI) was appointed as a midshipman in 1913. In 1916, Ley and ''Collingwood'' took part in the Battle of Jutland as part of the 1st Battle Squadron. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudley Pound
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound, (29 August 1877 – 21 October 1943) was a British senior officer of the Royal Navy. He served in the First World War as a battleship commander, taking part in the Battle of Jutland with notable success, contributing to the sinking of the German cruiser . He served as First Sea Lord, the professional head of the Royal Navy, for the first four years of the Second World War. In that role his greatest achievement was his successful campaign against the German U-boats and the winning of the Battle of the Atlantic but his judgment has been questioned over the failed Norwegian Campaign in 1940, and his dismissal of Admiral Dudley North in 1940. His order in July 1942 to disperse Convoy PQ 17 and withdraw its covering forces, to counter a threat from heavy German surface ships, led to its destruction by submarines and aircraft. His health failed in 1943 and he resigned, dying shortly thereafter. Early life Born the son of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Gaunt
Admiral Sir Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt, (25 March 1865 – 20 April 1940) was an Australian-born Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches. Naval career Gaunt was born in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, the son of William Henry Gaunt and Elizabeth Mary Palmer. Gaunt joined the Royal Navy in 1878 at the age of 13. In 1881, he was a midshipman in HMS ''Wolverine'', by 1891 he was a lieutenant on ''Belleisle'', and by 1896 he was 1st Lieutenant on the armoured cruiser HMS ''Narcissus''. Promoted to Commander on 30 June 1898, Gaunt was, in 1898 and 1899, 1st Commissioner for Weihawei and Administrator for Liukungtao, China. In 1900, he was Commissioner and Superintending transport officer Weihawei, China, at the time of the Boxer Rebellion. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1902 Coronation Honours list on 26 June 1902 for his services during the rebellion. In August 1901, he was appoint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Montagu Doughty
Henry Montagu Doughty, (4 September 1870 – 1 May 1921) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He saw service during the First World War, later rising to the rank of rear-admiral. Biography Doughty was born in 1870, and joined the Royal Navy, where he was promoted to sub-lieutenant on 14 January 1890, and to lieutenant on 14 January 1892. He was on 22 July 1902 posted as first lieutenant and gunnery officer to the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS ''Jupiter'', and remained in that post until 31 December 1902, when he was promoted to commander. During the First World War he was successively in command of the monitor HMS ''Abercrombie'', and of several battleships, including HMS ''Agincourt'', HMS ''Ramillies'', and HMS ''Royal Sovereign''. He was promoted to rear-admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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