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It was formed after Jutland of a mix of modern "M" and "R" class destroyers. | It was formed after Jutland of a mix of modern "M" and "R" class destroyers. | ||
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| − | <div name=fredbot:officecaptD otitle="Captain (D), Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla" nat="UK"> | + | <div name=fredbot:officecaptD otitle="Captain (D), Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla" nat="UK"> |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton|nick=Arthur B. S. Dutton|appt=28 August, 1916<ref>Dutton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603013}} f. 258.</ref>|end=November, 1917<ref>Dutton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603013}} f. 258.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton|nick=Arthur B. S. Dutton|appt=28 August, 1916<ref>Dutton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603013}} f. 258.</ref>|end=November, 1917<ref>Dutton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603013}} f. 258.</ref>}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name= | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Rafe Grenville Rowley-Conwy|nick=Rafe G. Rowley-Conwy|appt=November, 1917<ref>Rowley-Conwy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/83.|D7576589}} ff. 83, 232.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 862}}|end=1 March, 1919<ref>Rowley-Conwy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/83.|D7576589}} ff. 83, 232.</ref>|note=in command at surrender of the [[High Sea Fleet]]}} |
| − | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=31 July, 1939<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|end=18 January, 1941<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>}} | |
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</div name=fredbot:officecaptD> | </div name=fredbot:officecaptD> | ||
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| + | ==Other Personnel== | ||
| + | ===Gunnery Duties=== | ||
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| + | <div name=fredbot:officeFGO otitle="Gunnery Duties, Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla" nat="UK"> | ||
| + | </div name=fredbot:officeFGO> | ||
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| + | <!-- | ||
| + | ===Torpedo Duties=== | ||
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| + | <div name=fredbot:officeFTO otitle="Torpedo Duties, Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla" nat="UK"> | ||
| + | </div name=fredbot:officeFTO> | ||
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| + | ===Signal Duties=== | ||
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| + | <div name=fredbot:officeFSO otitle="Signal Duties, Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla" nat="UK">\ | ||
| + | </div name=fredbot:officeFSO> | ||
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| + | ===Wireless Duties=== | ||
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| + | <div name=fredbot:officeFWO otitle="Wireless Duties, Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla" nat="UK"> | ||
| + | </div name=fredbot:officeFWO> | ||
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| + | ===Navigating Duties=== | ||
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| + | <div name=fredbot:officeFNO otitle="Navigating Duties, Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla" nat="UK"> | ||
| + | </div name=fredbot:officeFNO> | ||
| + | --> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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===October, 1916=== | ===October, 1916=== | ||
| − | New destroyers {{UK-Northesk}}, {{UK-Orcadia}}, {{UK- | + | New destroyers {{UK-Northesk}}, {{UK-Orcadia}}, {{UK-1Parthian}}, {{UK-Rapid}}, {{UK-Rocket}}, {{UK-Rowena}} and {{UK-Sabrina}} join. |
The formation now consists of a flotilla leader, a depot ship and eight destroyers.{{SMNLOct16|p. 12}} | The formation now consists of a flotilla leader, a depot ship and eight destroyers.{{SMNLOct16|p. 12}} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''"M" class Destroyers''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''"M" class Destroyers''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | ||align=center|{{UK-Northesk}}||align=center|{{UK-Orcadia}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | | ||align=center|{{UK-Northesk}}||align=center|{{UK-Orcadia}}||align=center|{{UK-1Parthian}}||align=center|{{UK-Rapid}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''"R" class Destroyers''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''"R" class Destroyers''' | ||
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===November, 1916=== | ===November, 1916=== | ||
| − | New destroyers {{UK-Portia}}, {{UK-Raider}}, {{UK-Ready}} and {{UK-Restless}} join. {{UK-Parker}} now bears a Captain (D), and has a subordinate leader, {{UK- | + | New destroyers {{UK-Portia}}, {{UK-Raider}}, {{UK-Ready}} and {{UK-Restless}} join. {{UK-Parker}} now bears a Captain (D), and has a subordinate leader, {{UK-1Grenville}}. |
The formation now consists of two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and twelve destroyers.{{SMNLNov16|p. 12}} | The formation now consists of two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and twelve destroyers.{{SMNLNov16|p. 12}} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''"M" class Destroyers''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''"M" class Destroyers''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Northesk}}||align=center|{{UK-Orcadia}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Northesk}}||align=center|{{UK-Orcadia}}||align=center|{{UK-1Parthian}}||align=center|{{UK-Portia}}||align=center|{{UK-Rapid}}||align=center|{{UK-Ready}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''"R" class Destroyers''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''"R" class Destroyers''' | ||
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===December, 1916=== | ===December, 1916=== | ||
| − | New destroyers {{UK-Pheasant}}, {{UK-Rigorous}}, {{UK-RobRoy}}, {{UK-Sable}}, {{UK- | + | New destroyers {{UK-Pheasant}}, {{UK-Rigorous}}, {{UK-RobRoy}}, {{UK-Sable}}, {{UK-1Salmon}} and {{UK-Sorceress}} join. |
The formation now consists of two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and eighteen destroyers.{{SMNLDec16|p. 12}} | The formation now consists of two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and eighteen destroyers.{{SMNLDec16|p. 12}} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''"M" class Destroyers''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''"M" class Destroyers''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Northesk}}||align=center|{{UK-Orcadia}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Northesk}}||align=center|{{UK-Orcadia}}||align=center|{{UK-1Parthian}}||align=center|{{UK-Pheasant}}||align=center|{{UK-Portia}}||align=center|{{UK-Rapid}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Ready}} | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Ready}} | ||
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|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}} |
|} | |} | ||
===January, 1917=== | ===January, 1917=== | ||
| − | New destroyers {{UK-Rosalind}}, {{UK-Rigorous}}, {{UK-RobRoy}}, {{UK-Sable}}, {{UK- | + | New destroyers {{UK-Rosalind}}, {{UK-Rigorous}}, {{UK-RobRoy}}, {{UK-Sable}}, {{UK-1Salmon}} and {{UK-Sorceress}} join. |
{{UK-Orcadia}} has been sent to Portsmouth's Local Defence Flotilla to serve as their "Paravane Department". | {{UK-Orcadia}} has been sent to Portsmouth's Local Defence Flotilla to serve as their "Paravane Department". | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''"M" class Destroyers''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''"M" class Destroyers''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Northesk}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Northesk}}||align=center|{{UK-1Parthian}}||align=center|{{UK-Pheasant}}||align=center|{{UK-Portia}}||align=center|{{UK-Rapid}}||align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Ready}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''"R" class Destroyers''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''"R" class Destroyers''' | ||
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|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}} |
|} | |} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''"M" class Destroyers''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''"M" class Destroyers''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Northesk}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Northesk}}||align=center|{{UK-1Parthian}}||align=center|{{UK-Portia}}||align=center|{{UK-Rapid}}||align=center|{{UK-Ready}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''"R" class Destroyers''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''"R" class Destroyers''' | ||
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|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}} |
|} | |} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''"M" class Destroyers''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''"M" class Destroyers''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Northesk}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Northesk}}||align=center|{{UK-1Parthian}}||align=center|{{UK-Portia}}||align=center|{{UK-Rapid}}||align=center|{{UK-Ready}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''"R" class Destroyers''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''"R" class Destroyers''' | ||
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|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Undine}} | |align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Undine}} | ||
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===July, 1917=== | ===July, 1917=== | ||
| − | {{UK-Northesk}} and {{UK- | + | {{UK-Northesk}} and {{UK-1Parthian}} have left to join the [[Gibraltar Local Defence Flotilla]]. |
New destroyers {{UK-Tirade}} {{UK-Ulysses}} have joined. | New destroyers {{UK-Tirade}} {{UK-Ulysses}} have joined. | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
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|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}} |
|- | |- | ||
| ||align=center|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center|{{UK-Undine}} | | ||align=center|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center|{{UK-Undine}} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
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|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}}||align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}}||align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}}||align=center|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center|{{UK-Undine}} |
|} | |} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
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|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}}||align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}}||align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}}||align=center|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center|{{UK-Trenchant}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Undine}} | |align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Undine}} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
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|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}}||align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}}||align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}}||align=center|{{UK-Tirade}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Undine}} | |align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Undine}} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
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|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}} |
|- | |- | ||
| ||align=center|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center|{{UK-Undine}} | | ||align=center|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center|{{UK-Undine}} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
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|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}} |
|- | |- | ||
| ||align=center|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center|{{UK-Undine}} | | ||align=center|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center|{{UK-Undine}} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
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|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}*||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}*||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}} |
|- | |- | ||
| ||align=center|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center|{{UK-Undine}} | | ||align=center|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center|{{UK-Undine}} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leaders''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leaders''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=3|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=3|{{UK-1Grenville}}||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Talisman}}* |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
| Line 503: | Line 530: | ||
|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}*||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}*||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}} |
|- | |- | ||
| ||align=center|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center|{{UK-Undine}} | | ||align=center|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center|{{UK-Undine}} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leaders''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leaders''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
| Line 537: | Line 564: | ||
|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}} |
|- | |- | ||
| ||align=center|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center|{{UK-Undine}} | | ||align=center|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center|{{UK-Ulysses}}||align=center|{{UK-Undine}} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leaders''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leaders''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
| Line 574: | Line 601: | ||
|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Undine}} | |align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Undine}} | ||
| Line 594: | Line 621: | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leaders''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leaders''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Campbell}}*||align=center colspan=3|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=3|{{UK-Campbell}}*||align=center colspan=3|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
| Line 608: | Line 635: | ||
|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Undine}} | |align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Undine}} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
| Line 642: | Line 669: | ||
|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rocket}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}}||align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sable}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Undine}} | |align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Trenchant}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Undine}} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK- | + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-1Grenville}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
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|align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}} | |align=center|{{UK-Radstock}}||align=center|{{UK-Raider}}||align=center|{{UK-Restless}}||align=center|{{UK-Rigorous}}||align=center|{{UK-RobRoy}}||align=center|{{UK-Rosalind}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK- | + | |align=center|{{UK-Rowena}}||align=center|{{UK-Sabrina}}||align=center|{{UK-1Salmon}}||align=center|{{UK-Sorceress}}||align=center|{{UK-Tirade}}||align=center|{{UK-Trenchant}} |
|- | |- | ||
|align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Undine}} | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Undine}} | ||
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The new {{UK-DF|2}} would take {{UK-Sandhurst}} as its depot ship and the {{UK-DF|3}} would take {{UK-Campbell}} as its flagship. | The new {{UK-DF|2}} would take {{UK-Sandhurst}} as its depot ship and the {{UK-DF|3}} would take {{UK-Campbell}} as its flagship. | ||
| − | {{UK- | + | {{UK-1Grenville}} and destroyers {{UK-Radstock}}, {{UK-Raider}}, {{UK-Ready}}, {{UK-Restless}}, {{UK-Rigorous}}, {{UK-Rosalind}}, {{UK-Rowena}} and {{UK-Sorceress}} would go to the {{UK-DF|4}}. |
| − | The {{UK-DF|5}} would claim {{UK-RobRoy}}, {{UK- | + | The {{UK-DF|5}} would claim {{UK-RobRoy}}, {{UK-1Salmon}}, {{UK-Tirade}}, {{UK-Trenchant}} and {{UK-Undine}}. |
{{UK-Sabrina}} went into Reserve at The Nore and {{UK-Patrician}} went to the Firth of Forth for undisclosed work. | {{UK-Sabrina}} went into Reserve at The Nore and {{UK-Patrician}} went to the Firth of Forth for undisclosed work. | ||
Latest revision as of 11:53, 30 April 2023
The Fifteenth 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.
It was formed after Jutland of a mix of modern "M" and "R" class destroyers.
Contents
- 1 In Command
- 2 Other Personnel
- 3 History
- 3.1 September, 1916
- 3.2 October, 1916
- 3.3 November, 1916
- 3.4 December, 1916
- 3.5 January, 1917
- 3.6 April, 1917
- 3.7 May, 1917
- 3.8 July, 1917
- 3.9 August, 1917
- 3.10 September, 1917
- 3.11 October, 1917
- 3.12 November, 1917
- 3.13 March, 1918
- 3.14 May, 1918
- 3.15 June, 1918
- 3.16 July, 1918
- 3.17 November, 1918
- 3.18 December, 1918
- 3.19 January, 1919
- 3.20 February, 1919
- 3.21 March, 1919
- 4 Footnotes
- 5 Bibliography
- 6 See Also
In Command
- Captain Arthur B. S. Dutton, 28 August, 1916[1] – November, 1917[2]
- Captain Rafe G. Rowley-Conwy, November, 1917[3][4] – 1 March, 1919[5] (in command at surrender of the High Sea Fleet)
- Captain Ralph Kerr, 31 July, 1939[6] – 18 January, 1941[7]
Other Personnel
Gunnery Duties
History
September, 1916
The formation appears in the Navy List for the first time in a primordial form of a flotilla leader, a depot ship and a single destroyer.[8]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock |
October, 1916
New destroyers Northesk, Orcadia, Parthian, Rapid, Rocket, Rowena and Sabrina join.
The formation now consists of a flotilla leader, a depot ship and eight destroyers.[9]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Northesk | Orcadia | Parthian | Rapid | ||
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock | Rocket | Rowena | Sabrina | ||
November, 1916
New destroyers Portia, Raider, Ready and Restless join. Parker now bears a Captain (D), and has a subordinate leader, Grenville.
The formation now consists of two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and twelve destroyers.[10]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Flotilla Leader | |||||
| Grenville | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Northesk | Orcadia | Parthian | Portia | Rapid | Ready |
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock | Raider | Restless | Rocket | Rowena | Sabrina |
December, 1916
New destroyers Pheasant, Rigorous, Rob Roy, Sable, Salmon and Sorceress join.
The formation now consists of two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and eighteen destroyers.[11]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Flotilla Leader | |||||
| Grenville | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Northesk | Orcadia | Parthian | Pheasant | Portia | Rapid |
| Ready | |||||
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock | Raider | Restless | Rigorous | Rob Roy | Rocket |
| Rowena | Sable | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress | |
January, 1917
New destroyers Rosalind, Rigorous, Rob Roy, Sable, Salmon and Sorceress join.
Orcadia has been sent to Portsmouth's Local Defence Flotilla to serve as their "Paravane Department".
The formation now consists of two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and eighteen destroyers.[12]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | ||||||||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | ||||||||||
| Parker | ||||||||||
| Flotilla Leader | ||||||||||
| Grenville | ||||||||||
| Depot Ship | ||||||||||
| Sandhurst | ||||||||||
| "M" class Destroyers | ||||||||||
| Northesk | Parthian | Pheasant | Portia | Rapid | Ready | |||||
| "R" class Destroyers | ||||||||||
| Radstock | Raider | Restless | Rigorous | Rob Roy | Rocket | |||||
| Rosalind | Rowena | Sable | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress | |||||
This roster would seemingly apply until April.[13]
April, 1917
Pheasant has been removed, having been mined on 1 March.[14]
The formation now consists of two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and seventeen destroyers.[15]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Flotilla Leader | |||||
| Grenville | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Northesk | Parthian | Portia | Rapid | Ready | |
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock | Raider | Restless | Rigorous | Rob Roy | Rocket |
| Rosalind | Rowena | Sable | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress |
May, 1917
New destroyers Trenchant and Undine have joined.
The formation now consists of two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and nineteen destroyers.[16]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Flotilla Leader | |||||
| Grenville | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Northesk | Parthian | Portia | Rapid | Ready | |
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock | Raider | Restless | Rigorous | Rob Roy | Rocket |
| Rosalind | Rowena | Sable | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress |
| Trenchant | Undine | ||||
This roster would apply until July.[17]
July, 1917
Northesk and Parthian have left to join the Gibraltar Local Defence Flotilla.
New destroyers Tirade Ulysses have joined.
The formation is still two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and nineteen destroyers.[18]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Flotilla Leader | |||||
| Grenville | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Portia | Rapid | Ready | |||
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock | Raider | Restless | Rigorous | Rob Roy | Rocket |
| Rosalind | Rowena | Sable | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress |
| Tirade | Trenchant | Ulysses | Undine | ||
August, 1917
Portia has been transferred to the Northern Division of the Coast of Ireland Station, and Restless, Rob Roy, Tirade and Trenchant are also there on a loan.
The formation is now reduced to two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and fourteen destroyers.[19]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Flotilla Leader | |||||
| Grenville | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Rapid | Ready | ||||
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock | Raider | Rigorous | Rocket | Rosalind | Rowena |
| Sable | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress | Ulysses | Undine |
September, 1917
Tirade and Trenchant have returned after only a single month away.
The formation is now two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and sixteen destroyers.[20]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Flotilla Leader | |||||
| Grenville | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Rapid | Ready | ||||
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock | Raider | Rigorous | Rocket | Rosalind | Rowena |
| Sable | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress | Tirade | Trenchant |
| Ulysses | Undine | ||||
October, 1917
Rob Roy and has returned from her two month loan-out.
The formation is now two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and seventeen destroyers.[21]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Flotilla Leader | |||||
| Grenville | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Rapid | Ready | ||||
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock | Raider | Rigorous | Rob Roy | Rocket | Rosalind |
| Rowena | Sable | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress | Tirade |
| Trenchant | Ulysses | Undine | |||
November, 1917
Restless and has returned from her loan-out, having been three months gone.
The formation is now two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and eighteen destroyers.[22]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Flotilla Leader | |||||
| Grenville | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Rapid | Ready | ||||
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock | Raider | Restless | Rigorous | Rob Roy | Rocket |
| Rosalind | Rowena | Sable | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress |
| Tirade | Trenchant | Ulysses | Undine | ||
This arrangement would apply until March, 1918.[23]
March, 1918
A change in Grand Fleet organization has attached the flotilla along with four others directly to the Battle Fleet under the direct oversight of Commodore (F) in Castor, while the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla alone is attached to the Battle Cruiser Force. This new wrinkle would last until June.
The roster here has not changed.
The formation is two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and eighteen destroyers.[24]
| Attached to the Battle Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Flotilla Leader | |||||
| Grenville | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Rapid | Ready | ||||
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock | Raider | Restless | Rigorous | Rob Roy | Rocket |
| Rosalind | Rowena | Sable | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress |
| Tirade | Trenchant | Ulysses | Undine | ||
This roster would apply until May.[25]
May, 1918
Radstock is paid off. The roster is otherwise unchanged.
The formation is two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and eighteen destroyers.[26]
| Attached to the Battle Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Flotilla Leader | |||||
| Grenville | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Rapid | Ready | ||||
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock* | Raider | Restless | Rigorous | Rob Roy | Rocket |
| Rosalind | Rowena | Sable | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress |
| Tirade | Trenchant | Ulysses | Undine | ||
June, 1918
The flotilla is again attached to the Grand Fleet. Radstock is still paid off.
Talisman has joined, temporarily detached from the Third Destroyer Flotilla.
The formation is three flotilla leaders, a depot ship and eighteen destroyers.[27]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Flotilla Leaders | |||||
| Grenville | Talisman* | ||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Rapid | Ready | ||||
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock* | Raider | Restless | Rigorous | Rob Roy | Rocket |
| Rosalind | Rowena | Sable | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress |
| Tirade | Trenchant | Ulysses | Undine | ||
July, 1918
Radstock is no longer paid off and Talisman has gone back to the Third Destroyer Flotilla.
The formation is again two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and eighteen destroyers.[28]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Flotilla Leaders | |||||
| Grenville | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Rapid | Ready | ||||
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock | Raider | Restless | Rigorous | Rob Roy | Rocket |
| Rosalind | Rowena | Sable | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress |
| Tirade | Trenchant | Ulysses | Undine | ||
This roster would apply until some time between September and November.[29]
November, 1918
Patrician arrives, on loan from the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla. Ulysses is gone, having been lost to a collision on 29 October.[30]
The formation is two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and eighteen destroyers.[31]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Flotilla Leaders | |||||
| Grenville | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Patrician* | Rapid | Ready | |||
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock | Raider | Restless | Rigorous | Rob Roy | Rocket |
| Rosalind | Rowena | Sable | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress |
| Tirade | Trenchant | Undine | |||
December, 1918
Campbell is to arrive "shortly". Patrician's tenure here is no longer characterized as temporary.
The formation is two/three flotilla leaders, a depot ship and eighteen destroyers.[32]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Parker | |||||
| Flotilla Leaders | |||||
| Campbell* | Grenville | ||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Patrician | Rapid | Ready | |||
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock | Raider | Restless | Rigorous | Rob Roy | Rocket |
| Rosalind | Rowena | Sable | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress |
| Tirade | Trenchant | Undine | |||
January, 1919
Campbell now bears the Captain (D), as Parker has been sent "temporarily" to her home port, The Nore.
The formation is two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and eighteen destroyers.[33]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Campbell | |||||
| Flotilla Leader | |||||
| Grenville | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Patrician | Rapid | Ready | |||
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock | Raider | Restless | Rigorous | Rob Roy | Rocket |
| Rosalind | Rowena | Sable | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress |
| Tirade | Trenchant | Undine | |||
February, 1919
Rapid has paid off and been sent to Portsmouth. Rocket and Sable have been sent to a Torpedo School there.
The formation is two flotilla leaders, a depot ship and fifteen destroyers.[34]
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Flotilla Leader, Captain (D) | |||||
| Campbell | |||||
| Flotilla Leader | |||||
| Grenville | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Sandhurst | |||||
| "M" class Destroyers | |||||
| Patrician | Ready | ||||
| "R" class Destroyers | |||||
| Radstock | Raider | Restless | Rigorous | Rob Roy | Rosalind |
| Rowena | Sabrina | Salmon | Sorceress | Tirade | Trenchant |
| Undine | |||||
March, 1919
| Flotilla is Dis-established |
The massive post-war reorganization of the destroyer flotillas eradicated the Fifteenth and sent its assets to various new purposes.[35]
The new Second Destroyer Flotilla would take Sandhurst as its depot ship and the Third Destroyer Flotilla would take Campbell as its flagship.
Grenville and destroyers Radstock, Raider, Ready, Restless, Rigorous, Rosalind, Rowena and Sorceress would go to the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.
The Fifth Destroyer Flotilla would claim Rob Roy, Salmon, Tirade, Trenchant and Undine.
Sabrina went into Reserve at The Nore and Patrician went to the Firth of Forth for undisclosed work.
Footnotes
- ↑ Dutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 258.
- ↑ Dutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 258.
- ↑ Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 862.
- ↑ Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1916). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1916). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1917). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1917). p. 12, and April's Supplement. No Supplement for February was found.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 67.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1917). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1917). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1917). p. 12 and July's Supplement.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1917). pp. 12, 18.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1917). pp. 12, 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1917). p. 12 and Supplements through March.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1918). p. 12 and May's Supplement.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1918). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1918). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1918). p. 12 and November's Supplement - no editions for September or October were found.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1919). pp. 12, 19.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). pp. 12, 16, 20.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). pp. 11, 16, 17.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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 | |||
