The 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron was a naval formation of light cruisers of the Royal Navy from 1914 to 1925. Originally part of the Grand Fleet, the squadron...
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2nd Light Cruiser Squadron (United Kingdom) 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron (United Kingdom) 4th Light Cruiser Squadron (United Kingdom) 5th Light Cruiser...
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HMS Black Prince (sunk 1 June): Capt Thomas Parry Bonham † 2nd Cruiser Squadron (armoured cruisers) Rear-Admiral Herbert Leopold Heath HMS Minotaur (flagship):...
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HMAS Sydney (1912) (category Town-class cruisers (1910) of the Royal Australian Navy)
Station, before joining the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron at Greenock, Scotland in November 1916. On 4 May 1917, the cruiser was involved in an inconclusive...
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3rd Light Cruiser Squadron and named the First Cruiser Squadron, part of the newly formed Light Cruiser Force. It remained part of Light Cruiser Force...
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The 1st Light Cruiser Squadron was a naval unit of the Royal Navy from 1913 to 1924. The 1st Light Cruiser Squadron was a Royal Navy unit of the Grand...
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HMS Yarmouth (1911) (category Town-class cruisers (1910) of the Royal Navy)
assigned to the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet, and in February 1915 to 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron. Whilst serving with this squadron, she took...
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18th Cruiser Squadron Rear-Admiral Commanding, 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, (1917-1924) Rear-Admiral Commanding, 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron, (1914–15, 1918–31...
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Courageous-class battlecruiser (redirect from Large light cruiser)
reinforce the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron patrolling the central part of the North Sea later that day. Two German Brummer-class light cruisers managed to...
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the cruiser HMS Cochrane in 1910 and of the battleship HMS Colossus in 1911. He served in World War I and commanded the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron from...
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battlecruisers, supported by the 3rd Cruiser Squadron and the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, along with the 2nd Battle Squadron's six dreadnoughts, were to ambush...
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commander of the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron from 1913 to 1916 Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 4th Baronet, commander of the 1st Cruiser Squadron from January...
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battlecruiser action; soon after, HMS Southampton of Beatty's 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron led by Commodore William Goodenough sighted the main body of Scheer's...
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The 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron was a naval formation of light cruisers of the Royal Navy from 1915 to 1922. Formed in 1915, it was part of the Grand Fleet...
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battlecruisers, supported by the 3rd Cruiser Squadron and the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, along with the 2nd Battle Squadron's six dreadnoughts, were to ambush...
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The 4th Light Cruiser Squadron was a naval formation of Light cruisers of the Royal Navy from 1915 to 1919. Formed on 15 May 1915 it was then assigned...
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battlecruisers, supported by the 3rd Cruiser Squadron and the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, along with the 2nd Battle Squadron's six dreadnoughts, were to ambush...
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2nd and 3rd Battlecruiser Squadrons but this was reduced to the 1st and 2nd BC Squadrons in June 1916. It also included two light cruiser squadrons and...
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SMS Blücher (category Cruisers of the Imperial German Navy)
battlecruisers, supported by the 3rd Cruiser Squadron and the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, along with the 2nd Battle Squadron's six dreadnoughts, were to ambush...
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The 4th Cruiser Squadron and (also known as Cruiser Force H) was a formation of cruisers of the British Royal Navy from 1907 to 1914 and then again from...
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reinforce the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron patrolling the central part of the North Sea later that day. Two German Brummer-class light cruisers slipped through...
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German cruisers were the advance screen for Hipper's ships; however, those were some 31 miles (50 km) behind. The 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron – which...
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the German cruisers were the advance screen for Hipper's ships, however, those were some 50 km (31 mi) behind. The 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron, which had...
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the light cruisers of II Scouting Group began to pass the British forces searching for Hipper. One of the cruisers in the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron spotted...
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The 7th Cruiser Squadron (also known as Cruiser Force C) was a blockading force of the Royal Navy during the First World War used to close the English...
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light cruiser HMS Blonde, which was attached to the 4th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet and moved to command HMS Dublin as part of the 2nd Light Cruiser...
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adopted. These light armored cruisers began to occupy the traditional cruiser role once it became clear that the battlecruiser squadrons were required...
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HMS Liverpool (1909) (category Town-class cruisers (1910) of the Royal Navy)
was assigned to the 1st Battle Squadron of the Home Fleet on commission and transferred to the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron in 1913. At the beginning of the...
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