Fifth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)
The Fifth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy. The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred.
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History
Originally the Devonport Destroyer Flotilla, composed of nucleus crew vessels, it became the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in April, 1910.[1]
In 1911, while supporting operations in the Dardanelles, it was composed of the Beagle class destroyers.[2]
On 1 November, 1911, the flotilla was comprised of:[3]
Outbreak of War, August, 1914
From the outbreak through the Dardanelles campaign, sixteen Beagle class were amongst those comprising the Fifth in the Mediterranean.[4] In 1916, it was comprised of River, Beagle and Acorn class destroyers, whose torpedo test runnings in the first half of that year resulted in shots that were 79%, 82% and 80% likely to be dangerous to the enemy.[5]
Battle of Jutland, June 1916
After Jutland, 1916
Captains (D)
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Noel Grant, 20 December, 1910.[6]
- Captain Edward G. Lowther-Crofton, 1 May, 1912.[7]
- Captain Charles P. R. Coode, 1 February, 1914.[8]
- Captain George K. Chetwode, 15 August, 1917.[9]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 April, 1910. Issue 39251, col A, pg. 9.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906-1921, p. 73.
- ↑ March, Edgar J. British Destroyers, p. 160. This is at odds with the Beagle/Dardanelle reference. Perhaps there was a Dardanelles detachment.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers, pp. 108, 164.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 21 November, 1910. Issue 39435, col F, pg. 8.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 25 April, 1912. Issue 39882, col E, pg. 10.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 6 January, 1914. Issue 40413, col G, pg. 11.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1918). p. 743.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Template:BibMarchBritishDestroyers
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 | |||
