Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)
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.
Composition
November, 1915[1]
One of five flotillas attached to the Grand Fleet, relying on depot ship Blake.
- light cruiser Castor, leader
- destroyer Kempenfelt, 2nd in command
- Mandate
- Achates
- Manners
- Marmion
- Marne
- Martial
- Michael
- Milbrook
- Mons
- Moon
- Morning Star
- Mounsey
- Mystic
- Ossory
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.[2]
Battle of Jutland
Its composition in the battle was 14 "M" class destroyers and two leaders, organised as follows[3] under the commanders given in the Official Despatches. [4]
- light cruiser Castor, Commodore (F) James R. P. Hawksley
- destroyer Kempenfelt, Commander Harold E. Sulivan
- Ossory, Commander Harold V. Dundas
- Mystic, Commander Claude F. Allsup
- Moon, Commander (Acting) Willaim D. Irvin
- Morning Star, Lieutenant-Commander Hugh U. Fletcher
- Magic, Lieutenant-Commander Gerald C. Wynter
- Mounsey, Lieutenant-Commander Ralph V. Eyre
- Mandate, Lieutenant-Commander Edward McC. W. Lawrie
- Marne, Lieutenant-Commander George B. Hartford
- Minion, Lieutenant-Commander Henry C. Rawlings
- Manners, Lieutenant-Commander Gerald C. Harrison
- Michael, Lieutenant-Commander Claude L. Bate
- Mons, Lieutenant-Commander Robert Makin
- Martial, Lieutenant-Commander Julian Harrison
- Milbrook, Lieutenant Charles G. Naylor
1917
Its composition was, in part:[5]
- Kempenfelt G.10 (flagship)
- Marne GO.5 (or G.05 per Dittmar/Colledge)
- Prince G.43
- Marmion
- Morning Star
July, 1918[6]
The Flotilla is one of six attached to the Grand Fleet under overall command of Commodore (F) in Castor. The flotilla is tender to depot ship Blake.
- flotilla leader Seymour (Captain (D))
- flotilla leader Valorous (2nd in command)
- Kempenfelt
- Romola
- Sarpedon
- Tancred
- Tenacious
- Tormentor
- Vancouver
- Vanessa
- Vanity
- Versatile
- Viscount
- Vittoria
- Vivacious
- Vortigern
- Voyager
- Walker
- Walrus
- Watchman
Captains (D)
- Commodore (F) James R. P. Hawksley, in command at the Battle of Jutland.[7]
- Captain (D) Brien Michael Money, in command at the surrender of the High Sea Fleet.[Citation needed]
Footnotes
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915). p. 12.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 432.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 44-5.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. caption Photo 20/1.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 12.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 44.
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 | |||
