# 3rd and 4th Divisions (Royal Navy)

The 3rd and 4th Divisions was a naval formation of the Home Fleet, Royal Navy. It was created before the First World War from March 1909 until May 1912.
In March 1909, following a Royal Navy re-organisation, the Channel Fleet was absorbed by the Home Fleet. The ships in home waters, including the former Channel Fleet, then became the Home Fleet's First and Second Divisions. The former Home Fleet as it then stood became the Third and Fourth Divisions, which was actually a single formation under a vice-admiral. These new divisions was made up of an 8-12 ship battle squadron that included either dreadnought battleships or pre-dreadnought battleships. Within the Home Fleet there were two levels of availability - the ships of the 1st and 2nd Divisions which were fully operational, and those of the 3rd and 4th divisions that were either in reserve or partially manned.

## Vice-Admirals Commanding 3rd and 4th Divisions

    Post holders included:
| # | Rank | Name | Term |
| Vice-Admirals Commanding Third and Fourth Divisions |||||
| 1 | Vice-Admiral | Sir George Neville | 24 March 1909 - 24 March 1911 |
| 2 | Vice-Admiral | Prince Louis of Battenberg | 24 March 1911 - 5 December 1911 |
| 3 | Acting-Vice-Admiral | Frederick T. Hamilton | 5 December 1911 - May, 1912 |

### Rear Admirals in the 3rd and 4th Divisions

    Post holders included:
| # | Rank | Name | Term |
| Rear Admirals in the Third and Fourth Divisions |||||
| 1 | Rear-Admiral | T. H. Martyn Jerram | 24 March 1909 - 9 August 1910 |
| 2 | Rear-Admiral | William Lowther Grant | 9 August 1910 - 2 November 1911 |
| 3 | Rear-Admiral | Charles H. Dundas of Dundas | 2 November 1911 - May 1912 |

## Devonport Division

    Post holders included:
| # | Rank | Name | Term |
| Rear-Admiral Commanding, Devonport Division, Home Fleet |||||
| 1 | Rear-Admiral | Cecil Burney | 5 January, 1910 – 5 January 1911 |
| 2 | Rear-Admiral | Richard B. Farquhar | 5 January 1911 - 5 January 1912 |
| 3 | Rear-Admiral | Henry Loftus Tottenham | 5 January 1912 - May 1912 |

### Components

    Included:
| # | Unit | Notes |
| 1 | Pre-dreadnought battleships | (3-7, pre-dreadnought battleships) |
| 2 | 5th Destroyer Flotilla | (2, destroyers) |
| 3 | 7th Destroyer Flotilla | (2, destroyers) |
| 4 | Devonport Submarine Flotilla | (5 A-class submarines, in reserve but recommissioned by 1910 and 3 B-class submarines ) |
| 5 | I Submarine Flotilla | (11 B-class submarines, 1 Depot ship ) |
| 6 | VI Submarine Flotilla | (a training unit ) |

## Nore Division

The Rear-Admiral Commanding, Nore Division, Home Fleet from 4 January, 1909 - 5 January, 1910 was Rear Admiral Charles J. Briggs.

### Components

    Included:
| # | Unit | Notes |
| 1 | Pre-dreadnought battleships | (8, pre-dreadnought battleships) |
| 2 | 3rd Destroyer Flotilla | (4, destroyers) |
| 3 | Nore Submarine Flotilla | (4 C-class submarines split into III and VII submarine flotillas, 4.1910 ) |
| 4 | III Submarine Flotilla | (9 C-class submarines, 1 depot ship) |
| 5 | VII Submarine Flotilla | (12 C-class submarines, 1 depot ship) |

## Portsmouth Division

    Post holders included:
| # | Rank | Name | Term |
| Rear-Admiral Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleet |||||
| 1 | Rear-Admiral | Frederic E. E. Brock | 17 November, 1909 – 10 November, 1910 |
| 2 | Rear-Admiral | Arthur H. Limpus | 10 November, 1910 - 17 November, 1911 |
| 3 | Rear-Admiral | Arthur Y. Moggridge | 17 November, 1911 - May 1912 |

### Components

    Included:
| # | Unit | Notes |
| 1 | Pre-dreadnought battleship | (4, pre-dreadnought battleships) |
| 2 | 4th Destroyer Flotilla | (4, destroyers) |
| 3 | Portsmouth Submarine Flotilla | (9 C-class submarines, 1 depot ship - till April 1910 then flotilla is split up) |
| 4 | II Submarine Flotilla | (9 C-class submarines, 4 D-class submarines, 1 depot ship - from 4.1910 ) |
| 5 | IV Submarine Flotilla | (4 A-class destroyers, 5 C-class submarines, 1 depot ship - from 4.1910) |
| 6 | V Submarine Flotilla | (formed as training unit from 4.1910) |