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Revision as of 15:51, 14 December 2018

The Eighteenth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy that operated out of Devonport late in the war.

History

February, 1919 – X

The formation is based in Devonport.[1]

Operating from Devonport
Paddle Minesweepers
Eglinton Gatwick Melton Pontefract

Senior Officers

Footnotes

  1. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 16 and Supplements through X.
  2. Nichols Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/224. f. 223.
  3. Nichols Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/224. f. 223.
  4. Nichols Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/224. f. 223.

Bibliography

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

See Also



British Minesweeping Formations
Fleet Sweeping Flotillas (Great War)
First | Second | Third | Sixth | Seventh | Eighth | Ninth | Tenth
Eleventh | Twelfth | Thirteenth | Fifteenth | Sixteenth | Eighteenth | Nineteenth
Twentieth | Twenty-first | Twenty-second | Twenty-third | Twenty-fourth
Minesweeping Flotillas (World War II)
First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth