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The Atlantic Fleet was a major fleet formation of the Royal Navy . There have been two main formations in the Royal Navy officially called the Atlantic Fleet. The first was created in 1909 and lasted until 1914 . The second lasted from 1919 until 1932 . The Atlantic Fleet was formed in 1909 from the Channel Fleet as part of a reorganisation of the Royal Navy by the then First Sea Lord Admiral Of The Fleet John Fisher . The Atlantic Fleet lasted until 1914 when rising tensions with Germany forced the Royal Navy to relook at fleet formations. As a result, the majority of the fleet's assets were merged together into the Home Fleet which was renamed the Grand Fleet . The Atlantic Fleet was again formed after the end of World War I , when British naval forces were reorganised to reflect the changed economic and political situation in Europe. The fleet was created upon the disbandment of the Grand Fleet , which had fought at the Battle Of Jutland , absorbing many, but not all of its elements. The fleet never fought in a naval battle in its short history. The fleet's only point of note in history was in 1931 , during the Invergordon Mutiny . Sailors of the fleet openly refused to obey orders over a dispute on pay sparked by the government at the time. The mutiny lasted 2 days. The fleets short history ended in 1932, when the Admiralty having been shaken by the events of the Invergordon Mutiny, renamed the fleet, as the Home Fleet , which had been the name prior to the Grand Fleet . The Admiralty felt that this act would help expunge the memory of the incident. |
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