6-491: Atlantic Fleet may refer to: Atlantic Fleet (United Kingdom) United States Atlantic Fleet , now the U.S. Fleet Forces Command See also [ edit ] Maritime Forces Atlantic in the Canadian Forces [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about military units and formations which are associated with
12-730: The Channel Fleet or the Mediterranean Fleet, from January 1905 to February 1907. It remained at Gibraltar until April 1912. 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
18-675: The fleet openly refused to obey orders because of a dispute over pay with the government. The fleet's short history ended in 1932, when the Admiralty having been shaken by the events of the Invergordon Mutiny, renamed the fleet, as the Home Fleet . The Commander-in-Chief's title was "Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet" between 1904–1910, and "Vice-Admiral Commanding, Atlantic Fleet" from 1910 to 1912. The post of Rear-Admiral Second-in-Command, Atlantic existed during
24-548: The same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. [REDACTED] Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_Fleet&oldid=911988850 " Category : Military units and formations disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Atlantic Fleet (United Kingdom) The Atlantic Fleet
30-679: Was a naval fleet of the Royal Navy . It existed for two periods; 1909 until 1914, and then 1919 until 1932. On 14 December 1904 the Channel Fleet was re-styled the 'Atlantic Fleet'. 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 . The Atlantic Fleet was based at Gibraltar to reinforce either
36-608: 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 and a totally separate command. HMS Queen Elizabeth became the Fleet's flagship and served in that capacity until 1924. The fleet never fought in a naval battle in its short history. In 1931, during the Invergordon Mutiny , sailors of
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