The Flying Squadron was a Royal Navy squadron formed at least three times. Its first formation existed from June 1869-November 1870.
Departure of the Flying Squadron from Portsmouth for the Baltic in 1855. Illustrated London News
The British Flying Squadron of 1869 leaving False Bay, Cape of Good Hope, showing Liverpool (1860), Rattlesnake (1861), Scylla (1856), Endymion (1865), Bristol (1861), Barrosa (1860), and Seringapatam (1819). Illustrated London News 1869
The Flying Squadron of 1869 under Rear-Admiral Hornby at Wellington, with ships Rosario, Barossa, Endymion, Scylla, Liverpool, Phoebe and Liffey.
Plymouth Sound (June, 1869)
Alfred Taylor Dale
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Alfred Taylor Dale was a Royal Navy admiral.
Flying Squadron (United Kingdom)
…Oak, the Edgar-class cruiser Gibraltar and Theseus, and the Astraea-class cruisers Charybdis and Hermione. The squadron was commanded by Rear Admiral Alfred Taylor Dale. The Flying Squadron was held in readiness for ten months, and briefly was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet in mid-1896. No war broke out, and the…
Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London