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Latest revision as of 17:28, 2 August 2021

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

History

February, 1919 – X

The formation is based at Queenstown alongside the Twenty-fourth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla.[1]

Operating from Queenstown
Paddle Sweepers
Sandown(S.N.O.) Epsom Eridge Hurst

Senior Officers

Footnotes

  1. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 16 and Supplements through X.
  2. Hindmarsh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/82. f. 43.
  3. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 902.
  4. Hindmarsh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/82. f. 43.

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