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The '''Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Destroyer|destroyers]] of the [[Royal Navy]].  The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred.  For tactical reasons the flotilla was divided into two half flotillas.
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The '''Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Destroyer|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 Destroyer (1914)|''M'' class destroyers]] whose torpedo test runs were 91% probable to endanger the enemy.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916'', p. 87.</ref>
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In 1916, it was comprised of [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|''M'' class destroyers]] whose 104 torpedo test runs in the first half of that year proved 91% probable to endanger the enemy.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916'', p. 87.</ref>
  
 
==Outbreak of War, August, 1914==
 
==Outbreak of War, August, 1914==

Revision as of 18:36, 24 January 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]

Outbreak of War, August, 1914

Battle of Jutland, June 1916

After Jutland, 1916

Footnotes

  1. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 87.

Bibliography

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

External links