Tenth Fleet (Manticore)
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Tenth Fleet was an independent unit of the Royal Manticoran Navy, tasked with providing security for the Talbott Quadrant.
Assigned to Talbott Station, the fleet was formally activated when Cruiser Squadron 94 and Destroyer Squadron 301 were deployed to the Quadrant in 1921 PD.[1]
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History 
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Order of battle Edit
Commanding Officer: Vice Admiral/Admiral Gold Peak
Initial Edit
- Carrier Division 7.1, CO Rear Admiral Stephen Enderby[2]
- Battlecruiser Squadron 106, CO Vice Admiral Gold Peak
- Battlecruiser Squadron 108, CO Rear Admiral Michael Oversteegen[3], Tenth Fleet, second in command
- Cruiser Squadron 94, CO Commodore Aivars Terekhov
- Cruiser Division 96.1, CO Captain (SG) Prescott Tremaine
- Destroyer Squadron 301, CO Commodore Ray Chatterjee †
- units of the original Task Force Talbott
- service ships[4]
Post-Spindle Edit
- Lynx terminus picket[5]
- main force:
- wall of battle[6]
- Battle Squadron 16, CO Vice Admiral Aploloniá Munming
- a battle squadron, CO Vice Admiral Theodore Bennington
- CLAC element[7]
- Battlecruiser Squadron 106
- Battlecruiser Squadron 108, CO Rear Admiral Michael Oversteegen
- Cruiser Squadron 94, CO Commodore Aivars Terekhov
- Cruiser Division 96.1, CO Captain (SG) Prescott Tremaine
- Destroyer Squadron 301, CO Captain Jacob Zavala
- an 8-unit destroyer squadron (sent to Mobius)
- wall of battle[6]
Tactical organization Edit
Main force of the fleet was split in two equal parts - Admiral Gold Peak's task force at Montana and Vice Admiral Bennington's task force at Tillerman. Order of battle of Montana force was as follow:
- main force - moved to Tillerman after the Second Battle of Manticore
- Battle Squadron 16
- CLAC element - CO (Rear or Vice) Admiral Menadue
- Battlecruiser Squadron 108
- flagship
- Commodore Therekov's task group - sent to Mobius
- (Rear or Vice) Admiral Culbertson's task group - left in Montana:
- CLAC element - CO Admiral Culbertson
- Cruiser Division 94.2
- Cruiser Division 96.1
- Destroyer Squadron 301
Order of battle of Vice Admiral Bennington force:
- his battle squadron
- Battlecruiser Squadron 106
Staff Edit
Service Record Edit
References Edit
- ↑ Together with Destroyer Squadron 301 it joined Battlecruiser Squadron 106.
- ↑ Originally charged with LAC deployment to systems in the Talbott Quadrant. Joined Tenth Fleet just before the Battle of Spindle by the authority of Vice Admiral Gold Peak.
- ↑ from January 1922 PD
- ↑ Units of the Task Force Talbott as well as three milspec ammunition ships obtained just before the Battle of Spindle four million-ton units: HMS Mauna Loa, HMS New Popocatépetl, and HMS Nova Kilimanjaro; after destruction of the Manticoran shipyards repair ships were transferred to Manticore.
- ↑ Task Force 302?
- ↑ There were 20 Keyhole 1 SD(P)s assigned to the 10th Fleet as two and a half squadrons, very likely at least temporary - wall of battle of the Task Force 302.
- ↑ 20 units, possibly two carrier squadrons of 8 units and Carrier Division 7.1 - including HMS Cloud.
- ↑ One of Admiral Culbertson’s CLACs.
