Sixth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)
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The Sixth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of 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.
In 1916, it was comprised of assorted old torpedo boats and even some P-boats, whose torpedo test runnings that year resulted in shots that were 94% and 83% likely to be dangerous to the enemy.
The backbone, however, was comprised of River and Tribal class destroyers, whose torpedoes were 70% likely to be dangerous to the enemy.[1]
Contents
Outbreak of War, August, 1914
Battle of Jutland, June 1916
After Jutland, 1916
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 87.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
