The British 9th Battle Squadron was a short-lived Royal Navy squadron consisting of Battleships serving in the Grand Fleet.
In August 1914, the 9th Battle Squadron was formed at Grimsby on 27 July 1914, and comprised a number of the older Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleships. These included[1]:
Due to the age and obsolescence, on 7 August 1914 the 9th Battle Squadron was dissolved and the ships were allocated to guard ship duty and disarmed shortly after.