Английская Википедия:6th Battle Squadron
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox military unit The 6th Battle Squadron was a squadron of the British Royal Navy consisting of Battleships serving in the Grand Fleet and existed from 1913 to 1917.
History
First World War
August 1914
In August 1914, the 6th Battle Squadron was based at Portland and comprised a number of the older pre-dreadnought battleships it was then assigned to the Second Fleet[1] these included:
Шаблон:HMS and Шаблон:HMS transferred to the 5th Battle Squadron in late 1914. Шаблон:HMS briefly joined the squadron in 1915, before the squadron was broken up. Most of the ships were sent to the Mediterranean.
Reformation
On 13 November 1917, Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman broke his flag in Шаблон:USS as Commander, Battleship Division 9. After preparations for "distant service", Шаблон:USS, Шаблон:USS, Шаблон:USS, and Шаблон:USS sailed for the British Isles on 25 November and reached Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, on 7 December 1917. Although retaining their American designation as Battleship Division 9, those four dreadnoughts became the Sixth Battle Squadron of the British Grand Fleet upon arrival in British waters. The 6th Battle Squadron operated from Scapa Flow and Rosyth.
The U.S. Battleships serving in the 6th Battle Squadron were:
- Шаблон:USS
- Шаблон:USS
- Шаблон:USS
- Шаблон:USS
- Шаблон:USS - arrived January 1918
- Шаблон:USS - replaced USS Delaware July 1918
Vice and Rear-Admirals commanding
Post holders as follows:[2][3]
Rank | Flag | Name | Term | Notes | |
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Vice/Rear-Admiral, Commanding, 6th Battle Squadron | |||||
1 | Vice-Admiral | Файл:Flag of Vice-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg | Sir Alexander Bethell | 15 July 1913 | as 6BS 2FL |
2 | Rear-Admiral | Файл:Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg | Charles H. Dundas | 1913 - 20 December 1914 | as 6BS 2FL |
3 | Rear-Admiral | Файл:Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg | Stuart Nicholson | 5 December 1913 - 12 April 1916 | as RADMHFSNORE |
4 | Rear Admiral | Файл:Flag of a United States Navy rear admiral.svg | Hugh Rodman | 13 November, - December, 1917 | BS DIV9 USN |
Note: RADMHFSNORE Rear-Admiral, Home Fleets at the Nore.
References
Sources
- Dittmar, F.J & Colledge J.J., British Warships 1914-1919 Ian Allan, London. 1972; Шаблон:ISBN
- McMahon, William E., Dreadnought Battleships and Battle Cruisers University Press of America, 1978; Шаблон:ISBN
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