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Revision as of 21:54, 21 December 2012

The Tenth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy instituted in mid-December, 1914.

Composition

Its formation was commanded on 15 December 1914 under leader Aurora with Dido as the depot ship and eight Beagles and all the M class destroyers presently available except Miranda and Meteor.

November, 1915
It, along with the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla was a component of the Harwich Force, sharing depot ship Dido.[1]

In 1916, it was comprised of M class destroyers armed with 21-in Mark II torpedoes.[2]

Battle of Jutland, June 1916[3]

Just four destroyers from the flotilla were at the Battle of Jutland:

July, 1918[4]
The Flotilla was attached to the Harwich Force, supporting the Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron and tender to depot ship Dido.

Captains (D)

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915). p. 13.
  2. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
  3. Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 430.
  4. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 13.
  5. Navy List (December, 1918). p. 910.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.

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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