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{{Short description|Former naval fleet of the Royal Navy}}
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The '''Atlantic Fleet''' was a [[naval fleet]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. It existed for two separate periods; 1909 until 1914, and then 1919 until 1932.
 
==History==
On 14 December 1904 the [[Channel Fleet]] was re-styled the 'Atlantic Fleet'.<ref name=NAR>National Archives records</ref> The Atlantic Fleet lasted until 1912 when rising tensions with [[Germany]] forced the Royal Navy to relook at fleet formations and the Atlantic Fleet became the [[3rd Battle Squadron (United Kingdom)|3rd Battle Squadron]].<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://hansardapi.millbanksystemsparliament.comuk/historic-hansard/commons/1912/mar/18/navy-estimates-1912-13#column_1564|title=Navy Estimates 1912-13|publisherwork=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]|date=18 March 1912|access-date=2 September 2012}}</ref> The Atlantic Fleet was based at Gibraltar to reinforce either the Channel Fleet or the Mediterranean Fleet, from January 1905 to February 1907. It remained at Gibraltar until April 1912.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Gordon|title=Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployments 1900-1914|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGW-RNOrganisation1900-14.htm#2|website=www.naval-history.net|publisher=Gordon Smith, 8 August 2015|access-date=23 December 2017}}</ref>
 
The Atlantic Fleet was again formed after the end of [[World War I]], when British naval forces were reorganised to reflect the changed economic and political situation in Europe. The fleet was created upon the disbandment of the [[Grand Fleet]] in April 1919, absorbing many, but not all of its elements. It was placed under a Commander-in-Chief, who for part of that year held the title of Commander-in-Chief Atlantic and Home Fleets, before the [[Home Fleet]] became the [[Reserve Fleet (United Kingdom)|Reserve Fleet]] and a totally separate command. {{HMS|Queen Elizabeth|1913|6}} became the Fleet's flagship and served in that capacity until 1924.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.steelnavy.com/WEMQueenElizabeth1922JB.htm|title=HMS Queen Elizabeth|access-date=2 September 2012}}</ref>
 
The fleet never fought in a naval battle in its short history. The fleet's only point of note in history was inIn 1931, during the [[Invergordon Mutiny]]., Sailorssailors of the fleet openly refused to obey orders overbecause of a dispute onover pay sparked bywith the government at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hmshood.com/history/inverg/index.htm|title=The Invergordon Mutiny|access-date=2 September 2012}}</ref> The fleet's short history ended in 1932, when the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] having been shaken by the events of the Invergordon Mutiny, renamed the fleet, as the [[Home Fleet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/scs028a/HomeFleet.html |title=Home Fleet listing for 1933 |access-date=2 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/5ko356L8l?url=web/20091022142420/http://www.geocities.com/scs028a/HomeFleet.html |archive-date=2622 October 2009 }}</ref>
 
==Senior officers==
===Commanders-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet===
The Commander-in-Chief's title was "Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet" between 1910-19121904–1910, however, the post was also sometimes styled asand "Vice-Admiral Commanding, Atlantic Fleet" from 1910 to 1912.
 
{{Infobox command structure
| name = Fleet Structure 1st formation :<ref>{{cite web|last1=Watson|first1=Dr Graham|title=Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployments 1900-1914: January 1904-February 1907|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGW-RNOrganisation1900-14.htm#2|website=www.naval-history.net|publisher=Graham Smith. 8 August 2015|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref>
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* 8-9 Battleships<br/> not assigned to a squadron - (12.04-07.14)
* [[2nd Cruiser Squadron]]<br/> (12.04-07.14)
* Atlantic Fleet Flotilla <br/> (12.04-07.14)
}}
 
:Included:<ref>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf Senior Royal Navy Appointments] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105247/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf |date=15 March 2012 }}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable"
! !! Rank !! Flag !! Name !! Term ▼
|-
| colspan="5" align="center" style="background:#dcdcfe;" | '''+Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet''' (first formation) <ref>{{cite book|last1=Government|first1=H.M.|title=The Navy List|date=October 1913|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|page=87|chapter=Flag Officers - Vice Admirals}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=July 2024}}<ref>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf Senior Royal Navy Appointments] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105247/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf |date=15 March 2012 }}</ref>
|-+▼
! !! Rank !! Flag !! Name !! Term !! Title
|-
|1 || Vice-Admiral || [[File:Flag of Vice-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[Lord Charles Beresford]] || 31 December 1904 – 1 March 1905 || Commander-in-Chief
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|2 ||Vice-Admiral || [[File:Flag of Vice-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[William May (Royal Navy officer)|Sir William H. May]] ||1 March 1905 – 23 February 1907 || Commander-in-Chief
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|3 || Vice-Admiral || [[File:Flag of Vice-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] || [[Assheton Curzon-Howe|Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe]] ||23 February 1907 – 19 November 1908 || Commander-in-Chief
|-
|4 ||Vice-Admiral || [[File:Flag of Vice-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[Prince Louis of Battenberg]] ||19 November 1908 – 20 December 1910 || Commander-in-Chief
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|5 || Vice-Admiral || [[File:Flag of Vice-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe|Sir John Jellicoe]]||20 December 1910 – 19 December 1911 || Vice-Admiral Commanding
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|6 ||Acting Vice-Admiral || [[File:Flag of Vice-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[Cecil Burney|Sir Cecil Burney]] ||19 December 1911 – July, 19141912 || Vice-Admiral Commanding
|-
|}
 
{{Infobox command structure
| name = Fleet Structure 2nd formation:<ref>{{cite web|last1=Watson|first1=Dr Graham|title=Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployments 1900-1914: January 1904-February 1907|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGW-RNOrganisation1900-14.htm#2|website=www.naval-history.net|publisher=Graham Smith. 8 August 2015|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref>
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:Included:<ref>Whitaker's Almanacks 1919–1932</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
▲! !! Rank !! Flag !! Name !! Term
|-
| colspan="5" align="center" style="background:#dcdcfe;" | '''+Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet''' (second formation) <ref>{{cite book|last1=Government|first1=H.M.|title=The Navy List|date=October 1913|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|page=87|chapter=Flag Officers - Vice Admirals}}</ref><ref>Whitaker's Almanacks 1919–1932</ref>
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▲! !! Rank !! Flag !! Name !! Term
|-
|1 ||Admiral || [[File:Flag of Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet|Sir Charles Madden]] ||8 April 1919 – 15 August 1922
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The post of Rear-Admiral Second-in-Command, Atlantic existed during the first formation of the Atlantic Fleet from June 1904 to August 1912.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Harley|first1=Simon|last2=Lovell|first2=Tony|title=Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy) - The Dreadnought Project|url=http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Atlantic_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)|website=dreadnoughtproject.org|publisher=Harley and Lovell, 18 July 2017|access-date=2 August 2017|language=en}}</ref> There were no admirals appointed as seconds-in-command in the fleet's second iteration.
 
 
Postholders included:<ref>{{cite web|last1=Harley|first1=Simon|last2=Lovell|first2=Tony|title=Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy) - The Dreadnought Project|url=http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Atlantic_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)|website=dreadnoughtproject.org|publisher=Harley and Lovell, 18 July 2017|access-date=12 February 2019|language=en}}</ref>▼
{| class="wikitable"
! !! Rank !! Flag !! Name !! Term
|-
▲Postholders|+Rear-Admiral, included:Second-in-Command, Atlantic Fleet<ref>{{cite web|last1=Harley|first1=Simon|last2=Lovell|first2=Tony|title=Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy) - The Dreadnought Project|url=http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Atlantic_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)|website=dreadnoughtproject.org|publisher=Harley and Lovell, 18 July 2017|access-date=12 February 2019|language=en}}</ref>
| colspan="5" align="center" style="background:#dcdcfe;" | '''Rear-Admiral, Second-in-Command, Atlantic Fleet'''
|-
|1 || Rear-Admiral ||[[File:Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[Francis Bridgeman (Royal Navy officer)|Francis Bridgeman]]|| 25 June 1904 – 25 August 1905
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|2 || Rear-Admiral ||[[File:Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[Archibald Berkeley Milne|Sir ArchibaldBerkeley Milne]]|| 25 August 1905 – 25 August 1906
|-
|3 || Rear-Admiral ||[[File:Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[George Egerton (Royal Navy officer)|George L.Le C. Egerton]]|| 25 August 1906 – 28 August 1907
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|4 || Rear-Admiral ||[[File:Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe|Sir John R. Jellicoe]]|| 28 August 1907 – 25 August 1908
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! !! Rank !! Flag !! Name !! Term
|-
| colspan="5" align="center" style="background:#dcdcfe;" | '''+Commodore(D) Atlantic Fleet/Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas, Atlantic Fleet'''
▲|-
|1 || Commodore ||[[File:UK-Navy-OF6-Flag.svg|25px]] ||[[Reginald Tyrwhitt|Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt]]||December 1913 - 1914
|-style=background-color:#F8F8F8
|colspan=5 align=center |''fleet disbanded 1914 - 1919''
|-
|21 || Commodore 2nd Class ||[[File:UK-Navy-OF6-Flag.svg|25px]] ||[[Hugh Tweedie|Hugh J.Tweedie]]|| 1919 - May 1920
|-
|32 || Rear-Admiral ||[[File:Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[Michael Hodges (Royal Navy officer)|Michael H. Hodges]]||May 1920-July 1922
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|43 || Rear-Admiral ||[[File:Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[Arthur Waistell|Arthur K. Waistell]]||July 1922-April 1923
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|54 || Rear-Admiral ||[[File:Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[George Henry Baird|Sir George H.Baird]]||April 1923-September 1924
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|65 || Rear-Admiral ||[[File:Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[Colin Kenneth MacLean|Colin K. Maclean]]||September 1924–September 1926
|-
|76 || Rear-Admiral ||[[File:Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||Wion de M. Egerton||September 1926-July 1928
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|87 || Commodore 2nd Class ||[[File:UK-Navy-OF6-Flag.svg|25px]] ||[[Robin Dalglish|Robin C. Dalglish]]||July 1928-August 1930
|-
|98 || Commodore 2nd Class ||[[File:UK-Navy-OF6-Flag.svg|25px]] ||Edward O.B.S.Osborne||August 1930-March 1932 continued as R.Adm (D) HF till July 1932.
|-
|}
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|1 || Rear-Admiral ||[[File:Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[Michael Hodges (Royal Navy officer)|Michael H.Hodges]]||April 1919 - May 1920 <ref>{{cite web |last1=Mackie |first1=Colin |title=Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865 |url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201865-.pdf |website=gulabin |publisher=C. Mackie |access-date=12 February 2019 |page=134 |date=January 2019}}</ref>
|-
|2 || Commodore 1st Class ||[[File:UK-Navy-OF6-FlagCommodoreFirstClass.svgpng|25px]] ||[[Cyril Fuller|Cyril T. M. Fuller]]||1 May 1920 – 14 August 1922<ref>Mackie RN Appointments p.134</ref>
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|2 || Rear-Admiral ||[[File:Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[William Wordsworth FishhersFisher|William W. Fisher]]||14 August 1922 – 14 August 1924 <ref>Mackie RN Appointments p.134</ref>
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|3 || Rear-Admiral ||[[File:Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||[[Arthur John Davies|Arthur J. Davies]]||14 August 1924 – October 1927 (initially-Cdre, 1.Cls)<ref>Mackie RN Appointments p.134</ref>
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|4 || Rear-Admiral ||[[File:Flag of Rear-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|25px]] ||theThe Hon.[[Matthew Best (Royal Navy officer)|Matthew R.Best]]||October 1927 – December 1927<ref>Mackie RN Appointments p.134</ref>
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|5 || Commodore 2nd Class ||[[File:UK-Navy-OF6-Flag.svg|25px]] ||[[Geoffrey Blake (Royal Navy officer)|Geoffrey Blake]]||December 1927 – April 1929 <ref>Mackie RN Appointments p.134</ref>
|-
|}
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===First formation===
:Distribution of the Fleet first formation included:<ref>{{cite web|last1=Watson|first1=Dr Graham|title=Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployments 1900-1914|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGW-RNOrganisation1900-14.htm#2|website=www.naval-history.net|publisher=Gordon Smith, 8 August 2015|access-date=23 December 2017}}</ref>
 
{| class=wikitable
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===Second formation===
:Distribution of the Fleet second formation included:<ref>{{cite web|last1=Watson|first1=Dr Graham|title=Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment, Inter-War Years 1919-1939|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGW-RNOrganisation1919-39.htm#1|website=www.naval-history.net|publisher=Gordon Smith, 2 September 2015|access-date=23 December 2017}}</ref>
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|2||[[2nd Battle Squadron]]||1919 – May 1924 ||absorbed into 1st BS <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|3||[[3rd Battle Squadron]]||March 1926 – May 1930 ||ex [[Mediterranean Fleet]] <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|4||[[Battlecruiser Squadron (United Kingdom)|Battlecruiser Squadron]]||1919 – September 1936||to Med, 4.39-returned to [[Home Fleet]] <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|5||Aircraft Carriers||1919 – September 1931 <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>||
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|6||Aircraft Carrier Squadron|| September 1931 – 1932 <ref>Watson. 2015</ref> ||
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|7||[[1st Light Cruiser Squadron (United Kingdom)|1st Light Cruiser Squadron]]||1919 – November 1924 ||to [[Mediterranean Fleet]] <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|8||[[2nd Light Cruiser Squadron (United Kingdom)|2nd Light Cruiser Squadron]]||1919–1920 || re-designated 2nd CSQ <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|9||[[2nd Cruiser Squadron]] <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>||1920–1932 || <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|10||[[1st Destroyer Flotilla]]|| 1919 – April 1925 || <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|10||[[2nd Destroyer Flotilla]]|| 1919 – November 1924 ||to [[Mediterranean Fleet]] <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|11||[[3rd Destroyer Flotilla]]|| 1919 – August 1923 ||to [[Mediterranean Fleet]] <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|12||[[4th Destroyer Flotilla]]|| 1919 – August 1923 ||to [[Mediterranean Fleet]] <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|13||[[5th Destroyer Flotilla]]|| 1919 – April 1925 || to [[Mediterranean Fleet]] as 1DF <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|15||[[7th Destroyer Flotilla]] ||1925 – August 1928 || <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|16||[[8th Destroyer Flotilla]]||1925 – August 1927 || to [[China Station]] <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|17||[[9th Destroyer Flotilla]]||1925 – August 1927 || absorbed 7th DF <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|18||[[1st Submarine Flotilla (United Kingdom)|1st Submarine Flotilla]]||1919–1927 ||[[Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland|Rosyth Command]] to 1926 then to [[Commander-in-Chief, The Nore|Nore Command]] till 1927 <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|19||[[2nd Submarine Flotilla (United Kingdom)|2nd Submarine Flotilla]]||1919–1924 || [[Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth|Plymouth Command]] to 1924, after to [[Malta Dockyard|FO, Malta]] <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|20||[[3rd Submarine Flotilla (United Kingdom)|3rd Submarine Flotilla]]||1919–1927 ||[[Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth|Portsmouth Command]] to 1922 [[Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth|Plymouth Command]] till 1927 then to 2nd SF <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|21||[[5th Submarine Flotilla (United Kingdom)|5th Submarine Flotilla]]||1919–1932 ||[[Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth|Portsmouth Command]] <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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|22||[[6th Submarine Flotilla (United Kingdom)|6th Submarine Flotilla]]||1919–1932 ||[[RNAS Portland (HMS Osprey)|FO, Portland]] <ref>Watson. 2015</ref>
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== References ==
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==External links==
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