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Following the Battle of
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As an element in the Grand Fleet, the
Squadron participated in the
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the Grand Fleet was reverted to its original name, the
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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1318:Military units and formations established in 1912
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1308:Ship squadrons of the Royal Navy in World War I
1175:First Battle Squadron at DreadnoughtProject.org
612:From November 1944, the squadron served in the
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263:en route to Jutland with the sixth division.
1313:Squadrons of the Royal Navy in World War II
1089:The British Empire and the Second World War
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40:The 1st Battle Squadron at sea, April 1915
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16:Battleship formation of the Royal Navy
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1075:Mediterranean Fleet, 3 September 1939
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859:, 10 December 1913 – 25 August 1915
560:, under the command of Vice-Admiral
845:, 5 January 1912 – 10 November 1912
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1303:Battle squadrons of the Royal Navy
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1031:Dittmar, F.J & Colledge J.J.,
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880:, 1 December 1916 – 20 March 1919
873:, 12 June 1916 – 30 November 1916
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1113:"Royal Navy Senior Appointments"
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894:, 24 March 1920 – 14 April 1921
866:, 25 August 1915 – 12 June 1916
833:Rear-Admirals, Second-in-Command
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971:, 8 May 1940 – 24 October, 1941
957:, 20 March 1928 – 5 April 1929
1185:Composition of the Grand Fleet
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887:, 1 April 1919 – 1 April 1920
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1144:Harley, Simon; Lovell, Tony.
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284:Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney
962:Reginald A. R. P.-E.-E.-Drax
707:Sir Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair
659:Commanders were as follows:
506:had been transferred to the
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850:Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe
341:Rear Admiral E. F. A. Gaunt
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1054:British Warships 1914–1919
1033:British Warships 1914–1919
1013:British Warships 1914–1919
995:Evans Brothers Ltd. 1957;
922:, 3 May 1924 – 3 May 1924
901:, 3 May 1921 – 3 May 1922
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1056:Ian Allan, London. 1972;
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1015:Ian Allan, London. 1972;
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345:Captain A. D. P. R. Pound
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837:Post holders included:
800:(October–December 1940)
786:(January–November 1939)
552:, with headquarters at
1073:Orbat.com/Niehorster,
960:Rear-Admiral The Hon.
948:Bernard St. G. Collard
883:Rear-Admiral The Hon.
848:Rear-Admiral The Hon.
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264:
791:Henry Pridham-Wippell
700:Sir William Nicholson
616:under the command of
614:British Pacific Fleet
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286:; Captain G. P. Ross;
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826:Sir Bernard Rawlings
693:Sir Sydney Fremantle
674:(June–December 1914)
665:Sir Stanley Colville
370:Captain W. W. Fisher
1280:9th Battle Squadron
1275:8th Battle Squadron
1270:7th Battle Squadron
1265:6th Battle Squadron
1260:5th Battle Squadron
1255:4th Battle Squadron
1250:3rd Battle Squadron
1245:2nd Battle Squadron
1240:1st Battle Squadron
1077:, accessed May 2008
991:Macintyre, Donald.
920:William H. D. Boyle
913:William A. H. Kelly
793:(July–October 1940)
756:Sir Roger Backhouse
655:Admirals commanding
538:Mediterranean Fleet
508:2nd Battle Squadron
498:– joined June, 1916
472:– joined July, 1916
455:– joined July, 1916
427:4th Battle Squadron
127:1st Battle Squadron
29:1st Battle Squadron
1180:Royal Navy History
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763:Sir Charles Forbes
749:Sir William Fisher
728:Sir Michael Hodges
686:Sir Charles Madden
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185:Marlborough
174:August 1914
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139:battleships
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976:References
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554:Alexandria
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