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The British Royal Navy 2nd Battle Squadron was a naval squadron consisting of battleships. The 2nd 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.[1]
August 1914[]
On 5 August 1914, the squadron was constituted as follows:[2]
- HMS King George V
- HMS Ajax
- HMS Audacious
- HMS Centurion
- HMS Conqueror
- HMS Monarch
- HMS Orion
- HMS Thunderer
Battle of Jutland, June 1916[]
As an element in the Grand Fleet, the Squadron participated in the Battle of Jutland. During the Battle of Jutland, the composition of the 2nd Battle Squadron was as follows:[1]
- First Division
- HMS King George V Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Martyn Jerram; Captain F. L. Field;
- HMS Ajax Captain G. H. Baird;
- HMS Centurion Captain M. Culme-Seymour;
- HMS Erin Captain the Honourable V. A. Stanley;
- Second Division
- HMS Orion Flagship of Rear Admiral A. C. Leveson; Captain O. Backhouse;
- HMS Monarch Captain G. H. Borrett;
- HMS Conqueror Captain H. H. D. Tothill;
- HMS Thunderer Captain J. A. Fergusson.
January 1918[]
By 1918, HMS Agincourt had been transferred from the 1st Battle Squadron.
Second World War[]
September 1939[]
By this time the squadron was in the Home Fleet and consisted of:[3]
- HMS Royal Oak Flagship of Rear Admiral Henry Blagrove; Captain W.G. Benn;
- HMS Royal Sovereign Captain L. V. Morgan;
- HMS Ramilies Captain H. T. Baillie-Grohman;
- HMS Nelson Captain G. J. A. Miles;
- HMS Rodney Captain E. N. Syfret.
Commanders[]
Commanders were as follows:[4]
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe (May–December 1912)
- Vice-Admiral Sir George Warrender (1912–15)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Martyn Jerram (1915–16)
- Vice-Admiral Sir John de Robeck (1916–19)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Oliver (March–April 1919)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson (1919–20)
- Vice-Admiral Sir William Nicholson (1920–21)
- Rear-Admiral Reginald Drax (1929–30)
- Rear-Admiral Charles Little (1930–31)
- Rear-Admiral Wilfred French (1931–32)
- Rear-Admiral Ragnar Colvin (1932–33)
- Rear-Admiral Max Horton (1933–35)
- Rear-Admiral Charles Ramsey (1935–37)
- Vice-Admiral Lachlan MacKinnon (1937–39)
- Rear-Admiral Lancelot Holland (January–September 1939)
- Rear-Admiral Henry Blagrove (September–October 1939)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Alban Curteis (1941–42)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser (1942–43)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Moore (1943–44)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MacIntyre
- ↑ Dittmar & Colledge
- ↑ Orbat
- ↑ "Senior Royal Navy appointments". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110711133321/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
Sources[]
- Dittmar, Frederick J; Colledge, J J (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7110-0380-4.
- MacIntyre, Donald (1957). Jutland. London: Evans Brothers. ISBN 978-0-330-20142-1.
- Niehorster, Leo; Donald Kindell (5 January 2001). "British and Dominion Royal Navies, Home Fleet order of battle 3 September 1939". World War II at Orbat.com. http://niehorster.org/017_britain/39_navy/home-fleet.html. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
External links[]
The original article can be found at 2nd Battle Squadron and the edit history here.