Amphion commissioned in March 1913 under Captain Frederic Dreyer, with the future Admiral John Tovey as first lieutenant. She moved from the Fourth Battle Squadron to the First Light Cruiser Squadron and then became leader of the Third Destroyer Flotilla. At the outbreak of war Captain Cecil H. Fox commanded her within the Harwich Force. The concentration of later-prominent officers foreshadows the hazardous duties that followed. Guarding the eastern approach to the English Channel placed the scout cruiser directly in the first naval actions of the war.
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HMS Amphion's high-profile officers and Harwich Force assignment
Amphion began service under Frederic Dreyer with John Tovey as first lieutenant before Cecil H. Fox led her and the Third Destroyer Flotilla into wartime patrols.