Eastern Mediterranean Squadron

Eastern Mediterranean Squadron
Active1914–1919
CountryUnited Kingdom
BranchRoyal Navy
Part ofMediterranean Fleet (1914-1919)
Garrison/HQMudros 1914-1919
Salonika 1917-1919

The Eastern Mediterranean Squadron later known as the British Aegean Squadron[1] was a naval formation of the Mediterranean Fleet based at Mudros from 1914 to 1916.[2] It then alternated between Mudros on the island of Lemnos and Salonika[3] from 1917 to 1919.[4]

  1. ^ Marder, Arthur J. (2014). From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: Volume V Victory and Aftermath January 1918-June 1919. Barnsley, England: Seaforth Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 9781848322035.
  2. ^ Woodward, David R. (2009). World War I Almanac. New York, NY, USA: Infobase Publishing. p. 33. ISBN 9781438118963.
  3. ^ Burt 2013, p. 331.
  4. ^ "Private Papers of Captain H W Williams RN". Imperial War Museums. London, Great Britain: Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 29 September 2018.