4th Light Cruiser Squadron
Active1915–1919
CountryUnited Kingdom
AllegianceBritish Empire
BranchRoyal Navy
EngagementsBattle of Jutland

The 4th Light Cruiser Squadron [1] was a naval formation of Light cruisers of the Royal Navy from 1915 to 1919.

History

World War One

Formed on 15 May 1915 it was then assigned to the Grand Fleet in August 1915 and remained attached the fleet until November 1918.[2]

At the Battle of Jutland, the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron consisted of four C-Class cruisers HMS Calliope, Constance, Caroline and Comus plus the Arethusa class cruiser HMS Royalist. [3] At Jutland, HMS Calliope flew the broad pennant as Commodore Le Mesurier's flagship.[4] The 4th Light Cruiser Squadron was initially deployed as an anti-submarine screen directly ahead of the main British battle fleet, with HMS Calliope in the lead followed, in order, by Constance, Comus, Royalist and Caroline.[5] Shortly after 8:05p.m. 31 May, the First Division of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron (Calliope, Constance and Comus), engaged with German destroyers and then sighted the main German battle fleet at which Calliope launched a torpedo before retiring under heavy German fire.[6]

Interwar

In 1919 the squadron was assigned to the East Indies Station.[7]

Commodores/Rear-Admirals commanding

Post holders included:[8]

RankFlagNameTerm
Commodore/Rear-Admiral Commanding, 4th Light Cruiser Squadron
1CommodoreCharles Le MesurierMay 1915-August 1917
2CommodoreRudolph BentinckAugust 1917-October 1918
3Rear-AdmiralAllan EverettNovember 1918-April 1919

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Lambert, Andrew D.; Blyth, Robert J.; Rüger, Jan (2011). The Dreadnought and the Edwardian Age. Farnham, England: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 210. ISBN 9780754663157.
  2. ↑ Watson, Graham. "Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment, Inter-War Years 1914-1918". www.naval-history.net. Gordon Smith, 27 October 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Harper, J.E.T. (2016) The Jutland Scandal: The Truth about the First World War's Greatest Sea Battle. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, p. 86, ISBN 978-1-5107-0871-6.
  4. ↑ Corbett, Julian S. (1923). Naval Operations. Official History of the War. Vol. III. London: Longmans, Green & Co., p. 386 footnote 2.
  5. ↑ Corbett, Julian S. (1923). Naval Operations. Official History of the War. Vol. III. London: Longmans, Green & Co., p. 345 and frontispiece 6:30p.m. Deployment Map.
  6. ↑ Corbett, Julian S. (1923). Naval Operations. Official History of the War. Vol. III. London: Longmans, Green & Co., p. 386
  7. ↑ Watson, Graham. "Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment, Inter-War Years 1919-1939". www.naval-history.net. Gordon Smith, 2 September 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. "Senior Royal Navy Appointments from 1865". gulabin.com. Colin Mackie, p. 211. February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

Sources

  • Corbett, Julian S. (1923) Naval Operations. Official History of the War. Vol.III. London: Longmans, Green & Co.
  • Harper, J. E. T. (2016) The Jutland Scandal: The Truth about the First World War's Greatest Sea Battle. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, ISBN 978-1-5107-0871-6.
  • Lambert, Andrew D.; Blyth, Robert J.; Rüger, Jan (2011). The Dreadnought and the Edwardian Age. Farnham, England: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 9780754663157.
  • Mackie, Colin, (2018), British Armed Services between 1860 and the present day — Royal Navy - Senior Appointments, http://www.gulabin.com/.
  • Watson, Dr Graham. (2015) "Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment, Inter-War Years 1914-1918". www.naval-history.net. Gordon Smith.
  • Watson, Dr Graham. (2015) "Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment, Inter-War Years 1919-1939". www.naval-history.net. Gordon Smith.
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