Battlecruiser Squadron 5 was a tactical unit of the Royal Manticoran Navy, reestablished in 1904 PD.
Service record[]
A unit of the same designation previously existed in the RMN, but it was disestablished during the last major fleet reorganization before 1904 PD.
In 1904 PD, just when it was created, Battlecruiser Squadron 5 was assigned to Task Force Hancock, operating from the station established in the Hancock System. In 1905 PD, the Squadron performed terribly due to its being brand-new and only a few of the ships have ever served together.
The following year, when Task Force Hancock was splited, the squadron became a core of the Task Group Hancock-001 and mounted provisional defense of the Hancock Station against the Admiral Rollins' Task Force of the People's Navy, based in the Seaford Nine System. (HH3)
After it returned to the Manticore Home System, the squadron was assigned to Task Force 4 of the Home Fleet. (HH4)
Organization[]
Chain of command[]
- Rear Admiral Mark Sarnow - Commanding Officer
- Commodores Banton - second in command
- Commodore Prentice - third in command
- Captains (SG) Dournet and Rubenstein - junior division commanding officers
- Captain (SG) Trinh[1]
Captain (SG) Honor Harrington was seventh senior skipper.
Staff[]
Known members of staff (1904-1905 PD):
- Captain (JG) Ernestine Corell - Chief of Staff
- Commander Joseph Cartwright - Operations Officer
- Lieutenant Commander Samuel Webster - Communications Officer
- Lieutenant Casper Southman †[2] - Intelligence Officer
Very likely they were members of Rear Admiral Sarnow's staff, when he was the first Commanding Officer of the Hancock Station and a light task group stationed there initially.
Initial phase[]
Squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral Mark Sarnow, was understrength. Distribution of the vessels between divisions wasn't finally determined[3]. Generally units had no experience as a team. Order of acquisition of ships was as follows:
Until battle of Hancock[]
Commanded by Rear Admiral Mark Sarnow[9]:
- Battlecruiser Division 51, CO Captain (SG) Dournet †
- HMS Agamemnon †, division flagship, Captain (SG) Dournet
- HMS Nike, squadron flagship, CO Captain (SG) Honor Harrington
- Battlecruiser Division 51, CO Captain (SG) Dournet †
- Battlecruiser Division 52, CO Commodore Isabella Banton †
- HMS Achilles †, division flagship, Captain (SG)[10] Oscar Weldon
- HMS Intolerant, CO Captain (SG) Trinh
- Battlecruiser Division 52, CO Commodore Isabella Banton †
- Battlecruiser Division 53, CO Commodore Jack Prentis †
- HMS Defiant †, division flagship, CO Commodore Jack Prentis
- HMS Cassandra, CO Captain (SG) Quinlan
- Battlecruiser Division 53, CO Commodore Jack Prentis †
- Battlecruiser Division 54, CO Captain (SG) Rubenstein
- HMS Onslaught, division flagship, CO Captain (SG) Rubenstein
- HMS Invincible, CO Captain (SG)[11] Marguerite Daumier
- Battlecruiser Division 54, CO Captain (SG) Rubenstein
In the Home Fleet[]
After Battle of Hancock acting Commanding Officer became probably Captain Rubenstein, as the senior survived officer. Despite the heavy loses and temporary disabling of damaged units, squadron wasn't dissolved. Designated Commanding Officer when the squadron was assigned to the Home Fleet was Rear Admiral Mondeau.
- Battlecruiser Division 54
- HMS Onslaught, division flagship
- HMS Invincible
- Battlecruiser Division 54
- Division flagships for Battlecruiser Divisions 51, 52 and 53 were destroyed, further organization of that divisions is not certain. Survived units were:
- HMS Nike, squadron flagship - planned to be send to the Santander System; when Captain Harrington was beached, acting CO became Commnader Eve Chandler (HH4)
- HMS Intolerant
- HMS Cassandra
- Division flagships for Battlecruiser Divisions 51, 52 and 53 were destroyed, further organization of that divisions is not certain. Survived units were:
References[]
- ↑ HH4
- ↑ K.I.A. during battle of Hancock
- ↑ or described
- ↑ because of damage appeared on HMS Nike her departure to the Manticore was delayed, the ship didn't appeared during gunnery practice
- ↑ transferred in from Battlecruiser Squadron 15
- ↑ appeared damaged after arrival
- ↑ arrived after gunnery practice
- ↑ the last acquired ship
- ↑ when Admiral Sarnow was injured de facto acting Commanding Officer became Captain Harrington, flag captain of the squadron
- ↑ supposition based on Jayne's
- ↑ supposition based on Jayne's
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