The First Battlecruiser Squadron was a Royal Navy squadron of battlecruisers that saw service as part of the Grand Fleet during the First World War. It was created in 1909 as the First Cruiser Squadro
HMS Repulse
The squadron in Kronstadt, Russia, in June 1914. HMS Boadicea is in the foreground
HMS Princess Royal was the second of two Lion-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy before the First World War. Designed in response to the Moltke-class battlecruisers of the Imperial German N
Princess Royal
A 3-inch 20 cwt AA gun on the quarterdeck of HMAS Australia
Princess Royal and the Russian cruiser Admiral Makarov at Kronstadt, June 1914