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The '''First Destroyer Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Destroyer|destroyers]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. ==History== ===June, 1906=== The Flotilla had twelve destroyers, and was based in Portsmouth and assigned to the [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]] alongside the similarly equipped [[Second Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Second]] and {{UK-DF|3}}s.{{NLJun06|pp. 269, 270''a''}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Attached to the Channel Fleet''' |- |align=center colspan=6|'''Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-Boyne}}||align=center|{{UK-Crane}}||align=center|{{UK-Derwent}}||align=center|{{UK-Doon}}||align=center|{{UK-Fawn}}||align=center|{{UK-Flirt}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Garry}}||align=center|{{UK-Kangaroo}}||align=center|{{UK-Myrmidon}}||align=center|{{UK-1Peterel}}||align=center|{{UK-Ribble}}||align=center|{{UK-Waveney}} |- |} In August, 1907, the First and {{UK-DF|2}} transferred from the Home Fleet to the [[Channel Fleet]].{{NMI|Tuesday, 13 August, 1907. Issue '''38410''', col B, p. 10}} Between April and October, 1910 until 1911, it included the [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|''Beagle'' class destroyers]].{{Conways1906|p. 73}}{{March|p. 106}} ===18 March, 1910=== Operating as part of the First Division, Home Fleet and comprised of {{UK-Swift}}, the [[Tribal Class Destroyer (1907)|''Tribals'']], and several [[River Class Destroyer (1903)|''Rivers'']].{{NLApr10|p. 269}} {|style="margin:0" width=75% class="toccolours" |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''18 March, 1910''' |- |align=center colspan=6|'''Flagship''' |- |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Boadicea}} |- |align=center colspan=6|'''Scouts''' |- |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Adventure}} |- |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Pathfinder}} |- |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Blenheim}} |- |align=center colspan=6|'''Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Afridi}}||align=center|{{UK-Amazon}}||align=center|{{UK-Boyne}}||align=center|{{UK-1Cossack}}||align=center|{{UK-1Crusader}}||align=center|{{UK-Garry}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Ghurka}}||align=center|{{UK-1Maori}}||align=center|{{UK-1Mohawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Ness}}||align=center|{{UK-Nith}}||align=center|{{UK-1Nubian}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Ribble}}||align=center|{{UK-Rother}}||align=center|{{UK-1Saracen}}||align=center|{{UK-Swale}}||align=center|{{UK-Swift}}||align=center|{{UK-1Tartar}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Teviot}}||align=center|{{UK-Ure}}||align=center|{{UK-Usk}}||align=center|{{UK-Waveney}}||align=center|{{UK-Wear}}||align=center|{{UK-Welland}} |- |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Zulu}} |} ===Late 1911=== On 1 November, 1911, the flotilla was comprised of:{{March|p. 160}} {|style="margin:0" width=75% class="toccolours" |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Late 1911''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Cruiser''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-1Boadicea}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Leaders''' |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-1Blanche}}||align=center|{{UK-Patrol}}||align=center|{{UK-Swift}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Blenheim}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Destroyers''' |- |align=center colspan=2|Twelve [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|''Beagles'']]||&nbsp;||align=center colspan=2|Twelve [[Tribal Class Destroyer (1907)|"Tribals"]] |} From 1912 through much of 1916, it was also comprised of twenty [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class destroyers]] armed with {{Torp|21-in Mark II|UK}}es.{{ARTS1912|p. 36}}{{ARTS1916|p. 87}}{{Conways1906|p. 75}}{{March|p. 160}} Apparently, {{UK-Blonde}} was flagship and {{UK-Tyne}} a depot ship during that time.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 13 January, 1913. Issue '''40107''', col B, p. 11.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 14 January, 1912. Issue '''40108''', col F, p. 13.</ref> ===April, 1912=== The Royal Navy's flotillas were re-jiggered, leaving the 1 D.F. with twenty ''Acherons'' and a pair of cruisers, all with full crews and based on Rosyth. The depot ship, ''Venus'', was soon to be relieved by {{UK-Woolwich}}.<ref>"Torpedo Flotilla Organization" ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Apr 06, 1912; pg. 4; Issue 39866.</ref> {|style="margin:0" width=75% class="toccolours" |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Flotilla based at Rosyth''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flagship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-1Blonde}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Cruiser''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Pathfinder}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Venus}}* |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Acheron}}||align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Archer}}||align=center|{{UK-Attack}}||align=center|{{UK-Badger}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-1Forester}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Goshawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Hydra}}||align=center|{{UK-Jackal}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Tigress}}||align=center|{{UK-Lapwing}}||align=center|{{UK-Lizard}}||align=center|{{UK-1Phoenix}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}} |} ===February, 1913=== Part of the First Fleet, the Flotilla was now comprised of twenty [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acherons'']] under {{UK-Blonde|f=t}} with depot ship {{UK-Venus}}.{{NLMar13|p. 269''a''}} {|width=75% class="toccolours" |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Attached to the First Fleet''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Cruiser''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Blonde}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Venus}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Acheron}}||align=center|{{UK-Archer}}||align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Attack}}||align=center|{{UK-Badger}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-1Forester}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Goshawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Hydra}}||align=center|{{UK-Jackal}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Lapwing}}||align=center|{{UK-Lizard}}||align=center|{{UK-1Phoenix}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}}||align=center|{{UK-Tigress}} |} ===July, 1913=== {{UK-Blonde}} has been transferred to the {{UK-BS|4}}, to be replaced by {{UK-Patrol}} after the end of manoeuvres.{{NLAug13|p. 269''a''}} {|width=75% class="toccolours" |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Attached to the First Fleet''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Cruiser''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Patrol}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Venus}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Acheron}}||align=center|{{UK-Archer}}||align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Attack}}||align=center|{{UK-Badger}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-1Forester}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Goshawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Hydra}}||align=center|{{UK-Jackal}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Lapwing}}||align=center|{{UK-Lizard}}||align=center|{{UK-1Phoenix}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}}||align=center|{{UK-Tigress}} |} ===October, 1913=== The First, [[Second Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Second]] and {{UK-DF|3}}s arrived at [[Longhope]] on 30 September and departed on 6 October to participate in combined exercises with the First Fleet in the North Sea.<ref>"Movements of Ships." ''The Times'' (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 01, 1913; pg. 11; Issue 40331.</ref> ===November, 1913=== The new destroyers {{UK-1Firedrake}} and {{UK-Lurcher}} are temporarily assigned to this flotilla, {{UK-Attentive}} has replaced ''Patrol'', and the ''Venus'' is scheduled to be relieved by the {{UK-Woolwich|f=t}}.{{NLDec13|p. 269''a''}} {|width=75% class="toccolours" |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Attached to the First Fleet''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Cruiser''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Attentive}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Venus}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Acheron}}||align=center|{{UK-Archer}}||align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Attack}}||align=center|{{UK-Badger}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-1Firedrake}} |- |align=center|{{UK-1Forester}}||align=center|{{UK-Goshawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Hydra}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Jackal}}||align=center|{{UK-Lapwing}}||align=center|{{UK-Lizard}}||align=center|{{UK-Lurcher}}||align=center|{{UK-1Phoenix}} |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}}||align=center|&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Tigress}}||align=center|&nbsp; |} ===January, 1914=== ''Lurcher'' has transferred to the {{UK-DF|4}} while ''Firedrake'' remains attached to the flotilla. ''Attentive'' is now part of {{UK-DF|7}}. ''Venus'' has gone to the {{UK-CS|11}}. {{UK-1Fearless}} is now the flotilla cruiser and {{UK-Woolwich}} the depot ship.{{NLJan14|p. 269''a''}} {|width=75% class="toccolours" |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Attached to the First Fleet''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Cruiser''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-1Fearless}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Woolwich}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Acheron}}||align=center|{{UK-Archer}}||align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Attack}}||align=center|{{UK-Badger}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-1Firedrake}} |- |align=center|{{UK-1Forester}}||align=center|{{UK-Goshawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Hydra}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Jackal}}||align=center|{{UK-Lapwing}}||align=center|{{UK-Lizard}}||align=center|{{UK-1Phoenix}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}} |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Tigress}} |} ===March, 1914=== ''Firedrake'' has transferred to the {{UK-DF|4}}.{{NLApr14|p. 269''a''}} {|width=75% class="toccolours" |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Attached to the First Fleet''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Cruiser''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-1Fearless}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Woolwich}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Acheron}}||align=center|{{UK-Archer}}||align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Attack}}||align=center|{{UK-Badger}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-1Forester}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Goshawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Hydra}}||align=center|{{UK-Jackal}}|| |- |align=center|{{UK-Lapwing}}||align=center|{{UK-Lizard}}||align=center|{{UK-1Phoenix}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}}||align=center|{{UK-Tigress}} |} ===July, 1914=== Unchanged from March. The Commodore (T) directed First Fleet's four flotillas from the flagship, {{UK-Amethyst|f=t}}.{{AWO1914|109 of 10 July 1914}} {|width=75% class="toccolours" |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Attached to the First Fleet''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Cruiser''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-1Fearless}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Woolwich}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Acheron}}||align=center|{{UK-Archer}}||align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Attack}}||align=center|{{UK-Badger}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-1Forester}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Goshawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Hydra}}||align=center|{{UK-Jackal}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Lapwing}}||align=center|{{UK-Lizard}}||align=center|{{UK-1Phoenix}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}}||align=center|{{UK-Tigress}} |} This was very likely the composition at the outbreak of war, when it was less specifically described in other sources.{{March|p. 164}}{{DittColl|p. 15}} ===August, 1914=== On 13 August, the First and {{UK-DF|3}}s were made part of {{RearRN}} [[Arthur Henry Christian]]'s new [[Southern Force (Royal Navy)|Southern Force]]. The two flotillas operated out of Harwich under Commodore [[Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|Tyrwhitt]] in operations to protect the Belgian coast.<ref>See [[Southern Force (Royal Navy)]]</ref> ===September, 1914=== The First Flotilla is still shown as before. The First Fleet's flotilla flagship is now {{UK-1Arethusa|f=t}}.{{SMNLSep14|p. 11}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Serving in Home and Atlantic Waters''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Cruiser''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-1Fearless}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Woolwich}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Acheron}}||align=center|{{UK-Archer}}||align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Attack}}||align=center|{{UK-Badger}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-1Forester}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Goshawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Hydra}}||align=center|{{UK-Jackal}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Lapwing}}||align=center|{{UK-Lizard}}||align=center|{{UK-1Phoenix}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}}||align=center|{{UK-Tigress}} |} During the month, it was decided that {{UK-1Faulknor}} should join as the half-flotilla leader and be fitted with a [[Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus Mark II|Mark II W/T set]], longer mast, No. 2 set of flags and two additional signal ratings,{{GFConferences1914|p. 104}} a change that would limit this roster to applying for just September. ===October, 1914=== {{UK-1Faulknor}} has joined as the second flagship.{{SMNLOct14|p. 11}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Serving in Home and Atlantic Waters''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Cruisers''' |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-1Fearless}}||&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-1Faulknor}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Woolwich}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Acheron}}||align=center|{{UK-Archer}}||align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Attack}}||align=center|{{UK-Badger}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-1Forester}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Goshawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Hydra}}||align=center|{{UK-Jackal}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Lapwing}}||align=center|{{UK-Lizard}}||align=center|{{UK-1Phoenix}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}}||align=center|{{UK-Tigress}} |} On 24 November 1914, while centred in Harwich, the leader and half-flotilla leader were changed to {{UK-1Galatea}} and {{UK-Meteor}}.{{GFConferences1914|pp. 218-219}} ===December, 1914=== The flagships have changed according to the command of 24 November. Also, three newly-completed [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class destroyers]] have joined the formerly all-''Acheron'' flotilla, while they await a more permanent posting.{{SMNLDec14|p. 11}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Serving in Home and Atlantic Waters''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Leaders''' |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-1Galatea}}||&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Meteor}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Woolwich}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Acheron}}||align=center|{{UK-Archer}}||align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Attack}}||align=center|{{UK-Badger}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-1Forester}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Goshawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Hydra}}||align=center|{{UK-Jackal}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Lapwing}}||align=center|{{UK-Lizard}}||align=center|{{UK-1Phoenix}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}}||align=center|{{UK-Tigress}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''"M" class Destroyers''' |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Manly}}||align=center|{{UK-Mastiff}}||align=center|{{UK-Minos}}||align=center|&nbsp; |} ===January, 1915=== {{UK-Minos}}, {{UK-Manly}} and {{UK-Mastiff}} have been moved to the {{UK-DF|3}}, pending a move to the still-forming {{UK-DF|10}}. {{UK-1Galatea}} has also left for a temporary posting in the {{UK-DF|2}}, replaced by {{UK-1Fearless}} who is returning from the same. The First Flotilla has also been placed under the command of Vice-Admiral commanding the {{UK-BS|3}}.{{SMNLJan15|p. 11}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Serving in Home and Atlantic Waters''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Leaders''' |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-1Fearless}}||&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Meteor}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Woolwich}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Acheron}}||align=center|{{UK-Archer}}||align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Attack}}||align=center|{{UK-Badger}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-1Forester}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Goshawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Hydra}}||align=center|{{UK-Jackal}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Lapwing}}||align=center|{{UK-Lizard}}||align=center|{{UK-1Phoenix}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}}||align=center|{{UK-Tigress}} |} ===Battle of Dogger Bank=== Fourteen ''Acheron'' class destroyers were attached to the Flotilla under {{UK-1Aurora|f=t}} in the [[Battle of Dogger Bank]] on 24 January. One of these, {{UK-Attack}} took [[David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|Beatty]] from {{UK-Lion}} when the battlecruiser was disabled.{{March|p. 123}} The January roster would last until February or March. ===February, 1915=== Early in the month, the flotilla with {{UK-Woolwich}} transferred from Harwich to South Queensferry to assist the Battle Cruiser Squadron based there.{{HardLying|p. 121}} ===March, 1915=== The flotilla is now under the command of Commander-in-Chief Home Fleets, the roster remaining as in January.{{SMNLMar15|p. 14}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Serving in Home and Atlantic Waters''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Leaders''' |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-1Fearless}}||&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Meteor}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Woolwich}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Acheron}}||align=center|{{UK-Archer}}||align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Attack}}||align=center|{{UK-Badger}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-1Forester}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Goshawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Hydra}}||align=center|{{UK-Jackal}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Lapwing}}||align=center|{{UK-Lizard}}||align=center|{{UK-1Phoenix}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}}||align=center|{{UK-Tigress}} |} ===April, 1915=== The flotilla is now attached to the [[Grand Fleet]]. {{UK-Botha}} has replaced {{UK-Meteor}} as second-in-command; ''Meteor'' has been sent to the {{UK-DF|10}}.{{SMNLApr15|pp. 11, 13}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Attached to the [[Grand Fleet]]''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Leader''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-1Fearless}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Leader''', 2nd in command |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Botha}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Woolwich}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Acheron}}||align=center|{{UK-Archer}}||align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Attack}}||align=center|{{UK-Badger}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-1Forester}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Goshawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Hydra}}||align=center|{{UK-Jackal}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Lapwing}}||align=center|{{UK-Lizard}}||align=center|{{UK-1Phoenix}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}}||align=center|{{UK-Tigress}} |} This roster would apply until June, 1916.{{SMNLMay15|p. 11 and Supplements through June, 1916}} ===Battle of Jutland=== :{{Main|First D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland}} Nine destroyers led by {{UK-1Fearless|f=t}} screened the {{UK-BS|5}} on its disengaged side during the Run to the South and then served the same duty for the {{UK-BCS|1}}. {{UK-Attack}} and {{UK-1Defender}} sustained hits from 11-in shells, but kept in the action.{{March|p. 123}} It was organised as follows:{{UKNavalOpsIII|pp. 429-30}}{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 46-7}} * {{UK-1Fearless|f=t}}, flagship, {{CaptRN}} (D) [[Charles Donnison Roper|Charles D. Roper]] **{{UK-1Acheron}}, {{CommRN}} [[Charles Gordon Ramsey|Charles G. Ramsey]] **{{UK-Ariel}}, {{LCommRN}} [[Arthur Grendon Tippet|Arthur G. Tippet]] **{{UK-Attack}}, {{LCommRN}} [[Charles Herbert Neill James|Charles H. N. James]] **{{UK-Hydra}}, {{LieutRN}} [[Francis George Glossop|Francis G. Glossop]] **{{UK-Badger}}, {{CommRN}} [[Charles Albert Fremantle|Charles A. Fremantle]] **{{UK-Goshawk}}, {{CommRN}} [[Dashwood Fowler Moir]] **{{UK-1Defender}}, {{LCommRN}} [[Laurence Reynolds Palmer|Laurence R. Palmer]] **{{UK-Lizard}}, {{LCommRN}} [[Edward Brooke]] **{{UK-Lapwing}}, {{LCommRN}} [[Alexander Hugh Gye|Alexander H. Gye]] At the same time, {{UK-1Phoenix}} remained in harbour and the {{UK-Botha|f=t}} and destroyers {{UK-Jackal}}, {{UK-Archer}}, {{UK-Tigress}} and {{UK-1Phoenix}} were in dockyard hands.{{UKNavalOpsIII|pp. 429-30}} ===June, 1916=== {{UK-Beaver}}, {{UK-1Defender}}, {{UK-Druid}}, {{UK-Ferret}}, {{UK-1Forester}}, {{UK-Hind}}, {{UK-Hornet}} and {{UK-Sandfly}} have been detached to screen the {{UK-BS|3}}, relieving the {{UK-CS|3}} of this duty, as it is presumably now needed to make good cruiser loses of those screening the Battle Fleet at Jutland. {{UK-1Fearless}} is noted as being a temporary member.{{SMNLJun16|pp. 12, 13}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Attached to the [[Grand Fleet]]''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Cruisers''' |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Champion}}||&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-1Fearless}}* |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Woolwich}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Acheron}}||align=center|{{UK-Archer}}||align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Attack}}||align=center|{{UK-Badger}} |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Goshawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Hydra}}||align=center|{{UK-Jackal}}||&nbsp; |- |align=center|{{UK-Lapwing}}||align=center|{{UK-Lizard}}||&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-1Phoenix}}||align=center|{{UK-Tigress}} |} ===July, 1916=== {{UK-Tigress}} has been detached to join the {{UK-DF|2}} in Devonport, answering to Commander-in-Chief of that port. {{UK-1Fearless}} remains as a temporary member.{{SMNLJul16|pp. 12, 14}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Attached to the [[Grand Fleet]]''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Cruisers''' |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Champion}}||&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-1Fearless}}* |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Woolwich}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Acheron}}||align=center|{{UK-Archer}}||align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Attack}}||align=center|{{UK-Badger}} |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Goshawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Hydra}}||align=center|{{UK-Jackal}}||&nbsp; |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Lapwing}}||align=center|{{UK-Lizard}}||align=center|{{UK-1Phoenix}}||&nbsp; |} This roster would apply until September.{{SMNLAug16|p. 12, and September's Supplement}} ===September, 1916=== {{UK-1Fearless}}'s temporary assignment as second-in-command has lapsed, and she next appears as flagship of the {{UK-SF|12}} in early 1917.{{SMNLSep16|p. 12}}{{SMNLJan17|p. 12}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Attached to the [[Grand Fleet]]''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Flotilla Cruiser''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Champion}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=5|{{UK-Woolwich}} |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-1Acheron}}||align=center|{{UK-Archer}}||align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Attack}}||align=center|{{UK-Badger}} |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Goshawk}}||align=center|{{UK-Hydra}}||align=center|{{UK-Jackal}}||&nbsp; |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Lapwing}}||align=center|{{UK-Lizard}}||align=center|{{UK-1Phoenix}}||&nbsp; |} This roster would apply until November.{{SMNLOct16|p. 12}} ===November, 1916=== The Flotilla is no longer screening the Grand Fleet, and {{UK-Champion}} has moved to the {{UK-DF|13}}, but those destroyers (now numbering seven &ndash; {{UK-1Defender}} is curiously not listed, though she'd been there in October and she'd reappear in December) operating with the {{UK-BS|3}} now are labelled as the First Destroyer Flotilla, tendered to {{UK-Dido}}. {{UK-1Acheron}}, {{UK-Archer}}, {{UK-Ariel}}, {{UK-Attack}}, {{UK-Goshawk}}, {{UK-Hydra}} and {{UK-Lizard}} have been moved to the {{UK-DF|2}}, under orders of the Commander-in-Chief of Devonport. {{UK-Tigress}} seems to be with an unnamed assortment of ten [[Acorn Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acorn'' class destroyers]] led by {{UK-1Eclipse|f=pt}}.{{SMNLNov16|pp. 12, 13, 14}} {|width=60% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=7 | '''Operating with the {{UK-BS|3}}''' |- |align=center colspan=7|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}}||align=center|{{UK-1Forester}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}} |} This roster would apply just for November. ===December, 1916=== {{UK-1Defender}} has reappeared with the Flotilla, still working with the {{UK-BS|3}} and tender to {{UK-Dido}}.{{SMNLDec16|p. 13}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Operating with the {{UK-BS|3}}''' |- |align=center colspan=4|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''', tenders to {{UK-Dido}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}} |- |align=center|{{UK-1Forester}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}} |} This roster would apply until April, 1917.{{SMNLJan17|p. 13, and Supplements through April, less February}} ===April, 1917=== No longer working with the {{UK-BS|3}}, the Flotilla is in Portsmouth.{{SMNLApr17|pp. 13, 14}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Under Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth''' |- |align=center colspan=4|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''', tenders to {{UK-Victory}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}} |- |align=center|{{UK-1Forester}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}} |} ===May, 1917=== The Flotilla has been augmented by {{UK-Lark}} and {{UK-Linnet}}, arriving from the {{UK-DF|6}}.{{SMNLMay17|p. 14}}{{SMNLApr17|p. 15}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Under Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''', tenders to {{UK-Victory}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}}||align=center|{{UK-1Forester}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Lark}}||&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Linnet}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}} |} This roster would apply until July.{{SMNLJun17|p. 14}} ===July, 1917=== The Flotilla has received further "L" class destroyers {{UK-Landrail}} and {{UK-Lydiard}} from the neighboring escort flotilla in Portsmouth and {{UK-Llewellyn}} and {{UK-Lucifer}} from the {{UK-DF|6}}.{{SMNLJul17|p. 14}}{{SMNLJun17|pp. 14,15}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Under Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''', tenders to {{UK-Victory}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Beaver}}||align=center|{{UK-1Defender}}||align=center|{{UK-Druid}}||align=center|{{UK-1Forester}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Landrail}}||align=center|{{UK-Lydiard}}||align=center|{{UK-Llewellyn}}||align=center|{{UK-Lark}} |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Linnet}}||align=center|{{UK-Lucifer}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}}||&nbsp; |} ===August, 1917=== {{UK-Beaver}}, {{UK-Druid}} and {{UK-1Forester}} have been sent off to the {{UK-DF|4}}.{{SMNLAug17|p. 14}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Under Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth''' |- |align=center colspan=5|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''', tenders to {{UK-Victory}} |- |align=center|{{UK-1Defender}}||align=center|{{UK-Hind}}||align=center|{{UK-Hornet}}||align=center|{{UK-Landrail}}||align=center|{{UK-Lydiard}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Llewellyn}}||align=center|{{UK-Lark}}||align=center|{{UK-Linnet}}||align=center|{{UK-Lucifer}}||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}} |} ===September, 1917=== {{UK-1Defender}}, {{UK-Hind}}, {{UK-Hornet}} and {{UK-Sandfly}} have also been sent off to the {{UK-DF|4}}, leaving six destroyers.{{SMNLSep17|p. 14}} While the First had long been centered on the ''Acheron'' class, it now has just six ''Laforey'' class destroyers. {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6| '''Under Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth''' |- |align=center colspan=6|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''', tenders to {{UK-Victory}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Landrail}}||align=center|{{UK-Lydiard}}||align=center|{{UK-Llewellyn}}||align=center|{{UK-Lark}}||alignt=center|{{UK-Linnet}}||align=center|{{UK-Lucifer}} |} This roster would last until February, 1918.{{SMNLOct17|p. 14, and Supplements through February}} ===February, 1918=== The Flotilla's six destroyers have all left, replaced by eight "River" class destroyers.{{SMNLFeb18|p. 14}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Under Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth''' |- |align=center colspan=4|'''"River" class Destroyers''', tenders to {{UK-Victory}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Arun}}||align=center|{{UK-Cherwell}}||align=center|{{UK-Ettrick}}||align=center|{{UK-Liffey}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Rother}}||align=center|{{UK-Swale}}||align=center|{{UK-Teviot}}||align=center|{{UK-Ure}} |} ===March, 1918=== The Flotilla is presumably still tender to {{UK-Victory}} though this is not specified. {{UK-1Cossack}} has joined, but she is paid off.{{SMNLMar18|p. 16}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Under Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth''' |- |align=center colspan=4|'''"River" class Destroyers''', tenders to {{UK-Victory}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Arun}}||align=center|{{UK-Cherwell}}||align=center|{{UK-1Cossack}}*||align=center|{{UK-Ettrick}}||align=center|{{UK-Liffey}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Rother}}||align=center|{{UK-Swale}}||align=center|{{UK-Teviot}}||align=center|{{UK-Ure}} |} This roster would last until June.{{SMNLApr18|p. 16}}{{SMNLMay18|p. 16}} ===June, 1918=== The Flotilla is presumably still tender to {{UK-Victory}} though this is not specified. {{UK-1Cossack}} has left.{{SMNLJun18|p. 16}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Under Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth''' |- |align=center colspan=4|'''"River" class Destroyers''', tenders to {{UK-Victory}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Arun}}||align=center|{{UK-Cherwell}}||align=center|{{UK-Ettrick}}||align=center|{{UK-Liffey}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Rother}}||align=center|{{UK-Swale}}||align=center|{{UK-Teviot}}||align=center|{{UK-Ure}} |} ===July, 1918=== The Flotilla is in Portsmouth, presumably still tender to {{UK-Victory}} though this is not specified. The former submarine (now converted to a surface patrol craft) {{UK-1Swordfish}} has joined.{{SMNLJul18|p. 16}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Under Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth''' |- |align=center colspan=4|'''''Acheron'' class Destroyers''', tenders to {{UK-Victory}}{{INF}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Arun}}||align=center|{{UK-Cherwell}}||align=center|{{UK-Ettrick}}||align=center|{{UK-Liffey}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Rother}}||align=center|{{UK-Swale}}||align=center|{{UK-Teviot}}||align=center|{{UK-Ure}} |- |colspan=4 align=center|{{UK-1Swordfish}} |} This roster would last until sometime between September and November.{{SMNLAug18|p. 16. No Supplement for September or October was found}} ===November, 1918=== The Flotilla is in Portsmouth, presumably still tender to {{UK-Victory}} though this is not specified. {{UK-1Swordfish}} has been dropped and {{UK-Ettrick}} and {{UK-Ure}} are temporarily detached to Immingham.{{SMNLNov18|p. 16}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Under Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth''' |- |align=center colspan=4|'''"River" class Destroyers''', tenders to {{UK-Victory}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Arun}}||align=center|{{UK-Cherwell}}||align=center|{{UK-Ettrick}}*||align=center|{{UK-Liffey}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Rother}}||align=center|{{UK-Swale}}||align=center|{{UK-Teviot}}||align=center|{{UK-Ure}}* |} ===December, 1918=== The Flotilla is presumably still tender to {{UK-Victory}} though this is not specified. {{UK-Ettrick}} and {{UK-Ure}} are still temporarily detached to Immingham, and six new "M" class destroyers have joined from the {{UK-DF|14}}: {{UK-Medina}}, {{UK-Nonpareil}}, {{UK-Observer}}, {{UK-Offa}}, {{UK-Orestes}}, and {{UK-Plucky}}.{{SMNLDec18|p. 16}}{{SMNLNov18|p. 12}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Under Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth''' |- |align=center colspan=6|'''Destroyers''', tenders to {{UK-Victory}}{{INF}} |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Arun}}||align=center|{{UK-Cherwell}}||align=center|{{UK-Ettrick}}*||align=center|{{UK-Liffey}} |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Rother}}||align=center|{{UK-Swale}}||align=center|{{UK-Teviot}}||align=center|{{UK-Ure}}* |- |align=center|{{UK-Medina}}||align=center|{{UK-Nonpareil}}||align=center|{{UK-Observer}}||align=center|{{UK-Offa}}||align=center|{{UK-Orestes}}||align=center|{{UK-Plucky}} |} ===January, 1919=== The Flotilla is no more, with most its ships "temporarily" at various home ports: {{UK-Arun}}, {{UK-Medina}}, {{UK-Nonpareil}}, {{UK-Observer}}, {{UK-Offa}}, {{UK-Orestes}} and {{UK-Plucky}} at Portsmouth, {{UK-Cherwell}}, {{UK-Liffey}}, {{UK-Rother}}, {{UK-Swale}} and {{UK-Teviot}} at the Nore, and {{UK-Ettrick}} and {{UK-Ure}} sent to the {{UK-DF|7}} at the Humber.{{SMNLJan19|pp. 15, 19, 20}} ===March, 1919=== The Flotilla is reborn as one of seven flotillas of the post-war Grand Fleet, equipped with sixteen modern destroyers, two leaders and a depot ship. {{UK-Wallace}} has come from Devonport and bears the First's Captain (D). {{UK-Valorous}} has come in as second-in-command from the {{UK-DF|11}}, bringing with her {{UK-Vancouver}}, {{UK-Vanessa}}, {{UK-Vanity}} (which is paid off and would remain so until May), {{UK-Versatile}}, {{UK-Viscount}} {{UK-Vivacious}}, {{UK-Vortigern}}, {{UK-Voyager}}, {{UK-Walker}}, {{UK-Watchman}} and {{UK-Wryneck}}. {{UK-Waterhen}} has come from the {{UK-DF|12}} and {{UK-Velox}}, {{UK-Warwick}} and {{UK-Whirlwind}} from the {{UK-DF|14}}, bringing with them their depot ship, {{UK-Greenwich}}.{{SMNLMar19|p. 11}}{{SMNLFeb19|pp. 12, 20}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the [[Grand Fleet]]''' |- |align=center colspan=6|'''Flagships''' |- |align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Wallace}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Valorous}} |- |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Greenwich}} |- |align=center colspan=6|'''"V "& "W" Class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-Vanity}}*||align=center|{{UK-Vanessa}}||align=center|{{UK-Voyager}}||align=center|{{UK-Viscount}}||align=center|{{UK-Vancouver}}||align=center|{{UK-Velox}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Versatile}}||align=center|{{UK-Vivacious}}||align=center|{{UK-Vortigern}}||align=center|{{UK-Wryneck}}||align=center|{{UK-Waterhen}}||align=center|{{UK-Walker}} |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Walrus}}||align=center|{{UK-Warwick}}||align=center|{{UK-Watchman}}||align=center|{{UK-Whirlwind}} |} This roster would apply until June, 1919.{{SMNLApr19|p. 11 and May's Supplement}} ===June, 1919=== {{UK-Vanity}} ceased being paid off in May, but in June, the five destroyers marked with asterisks below were temporarily made tenders to {{UK-Columbine}}, though they'd revert in July. {{SMNLJun19|p. 11}} {|width=75% class=toccolours |- |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the [[Grand Fleet]]''' |- |align=center colspan=6|'''Flagships''' |- |align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Wallace}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Valorous}} |- |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' |- |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Greenwich}} |- |align=center colspan=6|'''"V "& "W" Class Destroyers''' |- |align=center|{{UK-Vanity}}*||align=center|{{UK-Vanessa}}||align=center|{{UK-Voyager}}||align=center|{{UK-Viscount}}*||align=center|{{UK-Vancouver}}||align=center|{{UK-Velox}} |- |align=center|{{UK-Versatile}}||align=center|{{UK-Vivacious}}||align=center|{{UK-Vortigern}}*||align=center|{{UK-Wryneck}}||align=center|{{UK-Waterhen}}||align=center|{{UK-Walker}} |- |&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-Walrus}}||align=center|{{UK-Warwick}}*||align=center|{{UK-Watchman}}||align=center|{{UK-Whirlwind}}* |} In July, 1919 the same roster applied. {{TBC}} ==In Command== Dates of appointment given: <div name=fredbot:officecaptD otitle="Captain (D), First Destroyer Flotilla" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank=Commodore|name=Edward Francis Benedict Charlton|nick=Edward F. B. Charlton|appt=27 July, 1909<ref>Charlton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 282.</ref>|end=after 27 June, 1910<ref>"The Mobilization of the Fleet" ''The Times''. Monday, 27 June, 1910.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot|appt=29 November, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 13 October, 1910. Issue '''39402''', col B, p. 9.</ref>|note=as {{Com2RN}}|end=1 May, 1912<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 202.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Russell Hulbert|nick=Arthur R. Hulbert|appt=10 May, 1912<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 23 April, 1912. Issue '''39880''', col G, p. 16.</ref>{{March|pp. 160-161}}|end=12 January, 1913|note=Hulbert fell from ''Blonde'' and drowned at Harwich<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 13 January, 1913. Issue '''40107''', col B, p. 11.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Lawrie Shelford|nick=Thomas L. Shelford|appt=20 January, 1913{{NLMar13|p. 286}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Frederick Blunt|nick=William F. Blunt|appt=25 April, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 286}}|end=25 July, 1915<ref>Blunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 109.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Donnison Roper|nick=Charles D. Roper|appt=27 July, 1915<ref>Roper Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/151.|D7602937}} f. 169.</ref>|end=8 June, 1916<ref>Roper Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/151.|D7602937}} f. 169.</ref>|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Brien Michael Money|nick=Brien M. Money|appt=1 March, 1919<ref>Money Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 215.</ref>|end=4 April, 1919<ref>Money Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 215.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George William McOran Campbell|nick=George W. McO. Campbell|appt=4 April, 1919<ref>Campbell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7576618}} f. 341.</ref>|end=1 December, 1920<ref>Campbell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7576618}} f. 341.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Kemmis Betty|nick=Arthur K. Betty|appt=1 December, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 897}}<ref>Betty Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 397.</ref>|end=19 December, 1922<ref>Betty Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 397.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Andrew Browne Cunningham, First Viscount Cunningham|nick=Sir Andrew B. Cunningham|appt=19 December, 1922<ref>Cunningham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>|end=1 July, 1924<ref>Cunningham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Kenneth MacLeod|nick=Kenneth MacLeod|appt=1 July, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 287}}|end=1 April, 1925}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Vandeleur Creagh|nick=James V. Creagh|appt=7 July, 1925<ref>Creagh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/95.|D7576658}} f. 220.</ref>|end=October, 1927<ref>Creagh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/95.|D7576658}} f. 220.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Harry Kay Clegg|nick=John H. K. Clegg|appt=11 October, 1927{{NLJan28|p. 255}}|end=7 December, 1929}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alan Ramsay Dewar|nick=Alan R. Dewar|appt=16 November, 1929<ref>Dewar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/241.}} f. 297.</ref>|end=10 December, 1931<ref>Dewar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/241.}} f. 297.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Balfour Cloete|nick=Edward B. Cloete|appt=10 December, 1931<ref>Cloete Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 181.</ref>|end=December, 1932<ref>Cloete Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 181.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Frederick Harris|nick=Charles F. Harris|appt=12 December, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 252}}|end=14 February, 1934}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Tom Baillie-Grohman|nick=Harold T. Baillie-Grohman|appt=10 February, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 235}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Maurice Blackman|nick=Charles M. Blackman|appt=18 May, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 245}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Hector Creswell|nick=George H. Creswell|appt=2 May, 1938<ref>Creswell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>|end=1 May, 1939<ref>Creswell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Augustine Willington Shelton Agar|nick=Augustine W. S. Agar|appt=25 June, 1940<ref>Agar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/301.|D7576725}} f. 656.</ref>|end=13 July, 1940<ref>Agar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/301.|D7576725}} f. 656.</ref>|note=temporary}} </div name=fredbot:officecaptD> ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{DittColl}} *{{March}} {{refend}} ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{refend}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1}} {{RNDestroyerFlotillas|Destroyer Flotillas}}

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