3rd and 4th Divisions (Royal Navy)

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]

3rd and 4th Divisions
ActiveMarch 1909–May 1912
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeDivision

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-AdmiralSir George Neville24 March 1909 - 24 March 1911
2Vice-AdmiralPrince Louis of Battenberg24 March 1911 - 5 December 1911
3Acting-Vice-AdmiralFrederick T. Hamilton5 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-AdmiralT. H. Martyn Jerram24 March 1909 - 9 August 1910
2Rear-AdmiralWilliam Lowther Grant9 August 1910 - 2 November 1911
3Rear-AdmiralCharles H. Dundas of Dundas2 November 1911 - May 1912

Devonport Division
Post holders included:[9]
#RankFlagNameTerm
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Devonport Division, Home Fleet
1Rear-AdmiralCecil Burney5 January, 1910 – 5 January 1911
2Rear-AdmiralRichard B. Farquhar5 January 1911 - 5 January 1912
3Rear-AdmiralHenry Loftus Tottenham5 January 1912 - May 1912

Components
Included: [10]
#UnitNotes
1Pre-dreadnought battleships(3-7, pre-dreadnought battleships)
25th Destroyer Flotilla(2, destroyers)
37th Destroyer Flotilla(2, destroyers)
4Devonport Submarine Flotilla(5 A-class submarines, in reserve but recommissioned by 1910 and 3 B-class submarines )
5I Submarine Flotilla(11 B-class submarines, 1 Depot ship )
6VI 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
1Pre-dreadnought battleships(8, pre-dreadnought battleships)
23rd Destroyer Flotilla(4, destroyers)
3Nore Submarine Flotilla(4 C-class submarines split into III and VII submarine flotillas, 4.1910 )
4III Submarine Flotilla(9 C-class submarines, 1 depot ship)
5VII Submarine Flotilla(12 C-class submarines, 1 depot ship)

Portsmouth Division
Post holders included:[12]
#RankFlagNameTerm
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleet
1Rear-AdmiralFrederic E. E. Brock17 November, 1909 – 10 November, 1910
2Rear-AdmiralArthur H. Limpus10 November, 1910 - 17 November, 1911
3Rear-AdmiralArthur Y. Moggridge17 November, 1911 - May 1912

Components
Included: [13]
#UnitNotes
1Pre-dreadnought battleship(4, pre-dreadnought battleships)
24th Destroyer Flotilla(4, destroyers)
3Portsmouth Submarine Flotilla(9 C-class submarines, 1 depot ship - till April 1910 then flotilla is split up)
4II Submarine Flotilla(9 C-class submarines, 4 D-class submarines, 1 depot ship - from 4.1910 )
5IV Submarine Flotilla(4 A-class destroyers, 5 C-class submarines, 1 depot ship - from 4.1910)
6V Submarine Flotilla(formed as training unit from 4.1910)

References
  1. Watson. 2015
  2. Watson, Dr Graham. "Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployments 1900-1914". www.naval-history.net. Gordon Smith, 8 August 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. Watson. 2015
  4. Friedman, Norman (2014). Fighting the Great War at Sea: Strategy, Tactic and Technology. Seaforth Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 9781473849709.
  5. Friedman. 2014
  6. Watson. 2015
  7. Mackie, Gordon. "Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865" (PDF). gulabin.com. Gordon Mackie, p.197. December 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  8. Mackie. 2017
  9. Mackie. 2017
  10. Watson. 2015
  11. Watson. 2015
  12. Mackie. 2017
  13. Watson. 2015

Sources
  • Friedman, Norman (2014). Fighting the Great War at Sea: Strategy, Tactic and Technology. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781473849709.
  • Mackie, Gordon. "Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865" (PDF). gulabin.com. Gordon Mackie, p. 199. December 2017.
  • Watson, Dr Graham. (2015) "Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployments 1900-1914". www.naval-history.net. Gordon Smith.

Further reading
  • Marder, Arthur J. (2013) [1961]. From Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era. Vol. I: The Road to War 1904–1914. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781-59114-259-1.
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