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==Battle of Jutland, June 1916== | ==Battle of Jutland, June 1916== | ||
| + | Its composition in the battle was 14 [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class destroyers]] and two leaders:{{UKNavalOpsIII|p. 432}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Castor|f=t}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Kempenfelt|f=t}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Ossory}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Mystic}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Moon}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-MorningStar}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Magic}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Mounsey}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Mandate}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Marne}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Minion}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Manners}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Michael}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Mons}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Martial}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Milbrook}} | ||
==After Jutland, 1916== | ==After Jutland, 1916== | ||
Revision as of 17:46, 27 September 2012
The Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy. The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred.
In 1916, it was comprised of M class destroyers whose 104 torpedo test runs in the first half of that year proved 91% probable to endanger the enemy.[1]
In 1917, its composition was, in part:[2]
- Kempenfelt G.10 (flagship)
- Marne GO.5 (or G.05 per Dittmar/Colledge)
- Prince G.43
- Marmion
- Morning Star
Outbreak of War, August, 1914
Battle of Jutland, June 1916
Its composition in the battle was 14 "M" class destroyers and two leaders:[3]
- light cruiser Castor
- destroyer Kempenfelt
- Ossory
- Mystic
- Moon
- Morning Star
- Magic
- Mounsey
- Mandate
- Marne
- Minion
- Manners
- Michael
- Mons
- Martial
- Milbrook
After Jutland, 1916
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953. London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited. (on Bookfinder.com).
See Also
| British Destroyer Flotillas | |||
| First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth | Seventh | Eighth | Ninth | Tenth | |||
| Eleventh | Twelfth | Thirteenth | Fourteenth | Fifteenth | Sixteenth | Seventeenth | Eighteenth | Nineteenth | |||
| Twentieth | Twenty-first | |||
| Local Defence Flotillas | |||
| Clyde | Devonport | Devonport & Falmouth | Falmouth | Firth of Forth | Gibraltar | |||
| Liverpool | Mersey | Newhaven | Nore | North Channel | Milford & Pembroke | Pembroke | |||
| Portland | Portsmouth | Queenstown | |||
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