3rd and 4th Divisions | |
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Active | March 1909–May 1912 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Type | Division |
The 3rd and 4th Divisions was a naval formation of the Home Fleet, Royal Navy. It was created before the First World War from March 1909 until May 1912. [2]
In March 1909, following a Royal Navy re-organisation, the Channel Fleet was absorbed by the Home Fleet. The ships in home waters, including the former Channel Fleet, then became the Home Fleet's First and Second Divisions. [3] The former Home Fleet as it then stood became the Third and Fourth Divisions, which was actually a single formation under a vice-admiral. [4] These new divisions was made up of an 8-12 ship battle squadron that included either dreadnought battleships or pre-dreadnought battleships. [5] Within the Home Fleet there were two levels of availability - the ships of the 1st and 2nd Divisions which were fully operational, and those of the 3rd and 4th divisions that were either in reserve or partially manned. [6]
# | Rank | Flag | Name | Term |
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Vice-Admirals Commanding Third and Fourth Divisions | ||||
1 | Vice-Admiral | Sir George Neville | 24 March 1909 - 24 March 1911 | |
2 | Vice-Admiral | Prince Louis of Battenberg | 24 March 1911 - 5 December 1911 | |
3 | Acting-Vice-Admiral | Frederick T. Hamilton | 5 December 1911 - May, 1912 | |
# | Rank | Flag | Name | Term |
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Rear Admirals in the Third and Fourth Divisions | ||||
1 | Rear-Admiral | T. H. Martyn Jerram | 24 March 1909 - 9 August 1910 | |
2 | Rear-Admiral | William Lowther Grant | 9 August 1910 - 2 November 1911 | |
3 | Rear-Admiral | Charles H. Dundas of Dundas | 2 November 1911 - May 1912 | |
# | Rank | Flag | Name | Term |
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Rear-Admiral Commanding, Devonport Division, Home Fleet | ||||
1 | Rear-Admiral | Cecil Burney | 5 January, 1910 – 5 January 1911 | |
2 | Rear-Admiral | Richard B. Farquhar | 5 January 1911 - 5 January 1912 | |
3 | Rear-Admiral | Henry Loftus Tottenham | 5 January 1912 - May 1912 | |
# | Unit | Notes |
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1 | Pre-dreadnought battleships | (3-7, pre-dreadnought battleships) |
2 | 5th Destroyer Flotilla | (2, destroyers) |
3 | 7th Destroyer Flotilla | (2, destroyers) |
4 | Devonport Submarine Flotilla | (5 A-class submarines, in reserve but recommissioned by 1910 and 3 B-class submarines ) |
5 | I Submarine Flotilla | (11 B-class submarines, 1 Depot ship ) |
6 | VI Submarine Flotilla | (a training unit ) |
The Rear-Admiral Commanding, Nore Division, Home Fleet from 4 January, 1909 - 5 January, 1910 was Rear Admiral Charles J. Briggs.
# | Unit | Notes |
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1 | Pre-dreadnought battleships | (8, pre-dreadnought battleships) |
2 | 3rd Destroyer Flotilla | (4, destroyers) |
3 | Nore Submarine Flotilla | (4 C-class submarines split into III and VII submarine flotillas, 4.1910 ) |
4 | III Submarine Flotilla | (9 C-class submarines, 1 depot ship) |
5 | VII Submarine Flotilla | (12 C-class submarines, 1 depot ship) |
# | Rank | Flag | Name | Term |
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Rear-Admiral Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleet | ||||
1 | Rear-Admiral | Frederic E. E. Brock | 17 November, 1909 – 10 November, 1910 | |
2 | Rear-Admiral | Arthur H. Limpus | 10 November, 1910 - 17 November, 1911 | |
3 | Rear-Admiral | Arthur Y. Moggridge | 17 November, 1911 - May 1912 | |
# | Unit | Notes |
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1 | Pre-dreadnought battleship | (4, pre-dreadnought battleships) |
2 | 4th Destroyer Flotilla | (4, destroyers) |
3 | Portsmouth Submarine Flotilla | (9 C-class submarines, 1 depot ship - till April 1910 then flotilla is split up) |
4 | II Submarine Flotilla | (9 C-class submarines, 4 D-class submarines, 1 depot ship - from 4.1910 ) |
5 | IV Submarine Flotilla | (4 A-class destroyers, 5 C-class submarines, 1 depot ship - from 4.1910) |
6 | V Submarine Flotilla | (formed as training unit from 4.1910) |
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