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The Fourth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy. The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred.

On 1 November, 1911, the flotilla was comprised of:^[1]

• Topaze (flag)
• Pathfinder, Skirmisher (scouts)
• Hecla (depot ship)
• Twenty-three "30 knotters"

The following year, it was comprised of Acastas.

History

Originally the Portsmouth Destroyer Flotilla, composed of nucleus crew vessels, it became the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in April, 1910.^[2]

Outbreak of War, August, 1914

From August 1914 into at least 1916, it was comprised of Acasta class destroyers under leader Swift, all capable of 30 knots.^[3] The destroyers' test runnings of the 21-in Mark II torpedoes in 1916 resulted in 5 bad runs.^[4][5]

Battle of Jutland, June 1916

After Jutland, 1916

Captains (D)

Dates of appointment given:

• Captain Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, 10 August, 1909.^[6]
• Captain Wilfred Henderson, 1 May, 1912.^[7]

Footnotes

1. ↑ March, Edgar J. British Destroyers, p. 160.
2. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 April, 1910. Issue 39251, col A, pg. 9.
3. ↑ March. p. 164.
4. ↑ March, p. 131.
5. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 87.
6. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 25 April, 1912. Issue 39882, col E, pg. 10.

Bibliography

• Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
• Template:BibMarchBritishDestroyers

See Also

• Composition of the Grand Fleet

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

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