Fourteenth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)
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The Fourteenth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a planned formation of fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy to be created as the war ended. It may never have existed in the real world.
History
One R.N.R. officer was appointed to be Senior Officer on 14 December, 1918, commanding the formation from the paddle minesweeper Totnes, but this was cancelled on 31 December and the formation is never mentioned in the Navy List.[1]
Senior Officers
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Percy R. Vaughan, 14 December, 1918[2] – 31 December, 1918[3] (cancelled)
Footnotes
- ↑ Vaughan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Vereker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Vereker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/24. f. 24.
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 |
