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The '''Hong Kong Submarine Flotilla''' was a small formation of [[Submarine|submarines]] of the [[Royal Navy]] that was active during the [[Great War]]. ==History== The formation's constituent ships were simply listed with other assets on the [[China Station]]. The formation's membership seemed uniquely static: three "C" class coastal submarines arranged under the depot ship {{UK-Rosario}}, whose services may also have been provided to T.Bs. and T.B.Ds. on the station. ===September, 1914=== Three "C" class submarines and their depot ship are listed under "China Station". This arrangement would carry through the entire war, which is remarkable.{{SMNLSep15|p. 16 and Supplements through October, 1918}} {|width=75% class="toccolours" |- | style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''At Hong Kong''' |- |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' |- |colspan=6 align=center|{{UK-Rosario}} |- |align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines''' |- |colspan=2 align=center|{{UK-C36}}||colspan=2 align=center|{{UK-C37}}||colspan=2 align=center|{{UK-C38}} |} In March 1918, the format of the ''Navy List'' would more clearly align the submarines with ''Rosario''. Whether this was a meaningful change is not clear, but it would persist through the end of the war as ''Supplements to the Monthly Navy List'' would make clear. ===November, 1918=== No real change, except {{UK-Rosario}} is marked as "Paid off". This arrangement would carry through December.{{SMNLNov18|p. 24}} {|width=75% class="toccolours" |- | style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''At Hong Kong''' |- |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' |- |colspan=6 align=center|{{UK-Rosario}}* |- |align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines''' |- |colspan=2 align=center|{{UK-C36}}||colspan=2 align=center|{{UK-C37}}||colspan=2 align=center|{{UK-C38}} |} ===December, 1918=== No real change, all component vessels are marked as "Paid off". This dormant status would carry through until at least July, 1919.{{SMNLDec18|p. 24 and Supplements through July, 1919}} {|width=75% class="toccolours" |- | style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''At Hong Kong''' |- |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' |- |colspan=6 align=center|{{UK-Rosario}}* |- |align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines''' |- |colspan=2 align=center|{{UK-C36}}*||colspan=2 align=center|{{UK-C37}}*||colspan=2 align=center|{{UK-C38}}* |} ==In Command== I can find no clear sign that the flotilla had a commander after March, 1915. It may have ceased to exist as a named entity, though its components remained on the ''Navy List''. Dates of appointment given: <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="In Command, Hong Kong Submarine Flotilla" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Nicholas Edward Archdale|nick=Nicholas E. Archdale|appt=24 April, 1911{{NLMar13|p. 368}}|end=October, 1913<ref>Archdale Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 187.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Allen Newton Cromie|nick=Francis A. N. Cromie|appt=c. mid August 1913{{NMI|22 Aug. 1913, p. 8}}|end=March 1915<ref>Cromie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/86.|D7603793}} f. 291.</ref>}} </div name=fredbot:office0> ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} {{refend}} ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{refend}} {{RNSubmarineFlotillas|sort=Hong Kong}}

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