3rd and 4th Divisions (Royal Navy)

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3rd and 4th Divisions
ActiveMarch 1909–May 1912
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
BranchNaval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  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]

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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]

Vice-Admirals Commanding 3rd and 4th Divisions

Post holders included: [7]
#RankFlagNameTerm
Vice-Admirals Commanding Third and Fourth Divisions
1Vice-Admiral Flag of Vice-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg Sir George Neville 24 March 1909 - 24 March 1911
2Vice-Admiral Flag of Vice-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg Prince Louis of Battenberg 24 March 1911 - 5 December 1911
3Acting-Vice-Admiral Flag of Vice-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg Frederick T. Hamilton 5 December 1911 - May, 1912

Rear Admirals in the 3rd and 4th Divisions

Post holders included: [8]
#RankFlagNameTerm
Rear Admirals in the Third and Fourth Divisions
1Rear-Admiral Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg T. H. Martyn Jerram 24 March 1909 - 9 August 1910
2Rear-Admiral Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg William Lowther Grant 9 August 1910 - 2 November 1911
3Rear-Admiral Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg Charles H. Dundas of Dundas 2 November 1911 - May 1912

Devonport Division

Post holders included: [9]
#RankFlagNameTerm
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Devonport Division, Home Fleet
1Rear-Admiral Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg Cecil Burney 5 January, 1910 – 5 January 1911
2Rear-Admiral Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg Richard B. Farquhar 5 January 1911 - 5 January 1912
3Rear-Admiral Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg Henry Loftus Tottenham 5 January 1912 - May 1912

Components

Included: [10]
#UnitNotes
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 )

Nore Division

The Rear-Admiral Commanding, Nore Division, Home Fleet from 4 January, 1909 - 5 January, 1910 was Rear Admiral Charles J. Briggs.

Components

Included: [11]
#UnitNotes
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)

Portsmouth Division

Post holders included: [12]
#RankFlagNameTerm
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleet
1Rear-Admiral Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg Frederic E. E. Brock 17 November, 1909 – 10 November, 1910
2Rear-Admiral Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg Arthur H. Limpus 10 November, 1910 - 17 November, 1911
3Rear-Admiral Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg Arthur Y. Moggridge 17 November, 1911 - May 1912

Components

Included: [13]
#UnitNotes
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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