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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.

Originally the Portsmouth Destroyer Flotilla, composed of nucleus crew vessels, it became the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in April, 1910.[1]

Early History

On 1 November, 1911, the flotilla was comprised of:[2]

July, 1914 - Outbreak of War

Part of the First Fleet, the Flotilla was now comprised of twenty Acasta class destroyers under flotilla leader Swift with depot ship Hecla. The Commodore (T) directed First Fleet's four flotillas from the flagship, third class protected cruiser Amethyst.[3] It retained this composition at the start of the war,[4] making it uniformly capable of 30 knots.[5]

The destroyers' test runnings of the 21-in Mark II torpedoes in 1916 resulted in five bad runs.[6][7]

flotilla leader Swift
Acasta Achates Ambuscade Ardent Christopher
Cockatrice Contest Fortune Garland Hardy
Lynx Midge Owl Paragon Porpoise
Shark Sparrowhawk Spitfire Unity Victor

Battle of Jutland, June 1916

The flotilla, with substantially the same membership (Lynx had been lost earlier in the war, Paragon, Victor and Cockatrice were absent perhaps due to being under refit, and the "M" class destroyer Ophelia was attached), faced heavy losses in the night action when it met elements of the High Sea Fleet unexpectedly at short range. Its composition in the battle was as follows:[8]

After Jutland, 1916

Captains (D)

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 April, 1910. Issue 39251, col A, p. 9.
  2. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 160.
  3. ↑ Printed page "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad" in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
  5. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 164.
  6. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 131.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
  8. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 432.
  9. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  10. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 5 July, 1910. Issue 39316, col C, p. 9.
  11. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 25 April, 1912. Issue 39882, col E, p. 10.
  12. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 2 August, 1912. Issue 39967, col F, p. 2.

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
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