Formed on 15 May 1915 it was then assigned to the Grand Fleet in August 1915 and remained attached the fleet until November 1918.[2]
At the Battle of Jutland, the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron consisted of four C-Class cruisers HMS Calliope, Constance, Caroline and Comus plus the Arethusa class cruiser HMS Royalist. [3] At Jutland, HMS Calliope flew the broad pennant as Commodore Le Mesurier's flagship.[4] The 4th Light Cruiser Squadron was initially deployed as an anti-submarine screen directly ahead of the main British battle fleet, with HMS Calliope in the lead followed, in order, by Constance, Comus, Royalist and Caroline.[5] Shortly after 8:05p.m. 31 May, the First Division of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron (Calliope, Constance and Comus), engaged with German destroyers and then sighted the main German battle fleet at which Calliope launched a torpedo before retiring under heavy German fire.[6]
^Harper, J.E.T. (2016) The Jutland Scandal: The Truth about the First World War's Greatest Sea Battle. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, p. 86, ISBN 978-1-5107-0871-6.
^Corbett, Julian S. (1923). Naval Operations. Official History of the War. Vol. III. London: Longmans, Green & Co., p. 386 footnote 2.
^Corbett, Julian S. (1923). Naval Operations. Official History of the War. Vol. III. London: Longmans, Green & Co., p. 345 and frontispiece 6:30p.m. Deployment Map.
^Corbett, Julian S. (1923). Naval Operations. Official History of the War. Vol. III. London: Longmans, Green & Co., p. 386
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