Eighth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)
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The Eighth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy. The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred.
Pre-War Service
War Service
At the outbreak of war, the Eighth had thirteen "B", "C" and "D" class destroyers led by scout cruiser Pathfinder. It was deemed a "Patrol Flotilla" and served out in the Nore Command with the Ninth flotilla, based out of Chatham.[1]
In 1916, it was comprised of assorted old torpedo boats of classes "A" through "D".[2]
Captains (D)
Date of appointment given:
- Captain (Acting) P. A. Bateman-Champain, 3 May, 1912.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 164.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1916). p. 398t.
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 | |||
