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TABLE IIIA

IN HOME WATERS
British Fleet

In the English Channel
7th Battle Squadron of the 3rd Fleet (in commission with nucleus crews)[1]
Battleships			11
Armoured Cruisers	9	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	19
Protected Cruisers	10
8th Battle Squadron of the 3rd Fleet (in reserve with skeleton, or maintenance, crews)[2]
Battleships	4
Protected Cruisers	11
In the North Sea[3]
1st and 2nd Battle Squadrons of 1st fleet, and 5th and 6th Battle Squadrons of 2nd Fleet (Fully manned)
Battleships	25	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	30
Battle Cruisers	5
Armoured Cruisers	13	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	29
Protected Cruisers	16
Scouts	8

Eventually the 5th and 6th Battle Squadrons of the 2nd Fleet will each consist of eight battleships with full complements of active service ratings. The 7th Squadron, 3rd Fleet, will be manned by a nucleus crew, and on mobilisation brought up to full strength by a new force to be called the "Immediate Reserve." The 8th Squadron will only be a reserve manned by skeleton, or maintenance, crews. Destroyer flotillas in support of 1st and 2nd Battle Squadrons, 1st Fleet, and 5th and 6th Battle Squadrons, 2nd Fleet, based on:

Rosyth	(1st)	20
„	(2nd)	16
„	(8th)	24
Harwich	(3rd)	16
Harwich	(5th)	26
Portsmouth	(6th)	23
Portland	(4th)	16
Devonport	(7th)	24	—165

1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Flotillas are driven by turbines, and not one has been launched more than five years.

In full Commission	68
In reserve with nucleus crews	97	—165

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1. Brasseys Naval Annual for 1912, p. 70.
2. Ibid. 1911, p. 9.
3. Ibid. 1912, p. 71.