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The '''Ninth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla''' was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the [[Royal Navy]] that operated paddler sweepers out of Portsmouth late in the war alongside the screw sweepers of the {{UK-FSF|22}}.
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The '''Ninth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla''' was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the [[Royal Navy]] that operated paddler sweepers out of Portsmouth late in the war alongside the screw sweepers of the {{UK-FSF|22}}.  The flotilla was seemingly disbanded in April, 1919.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
  
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===1 April, 1919===
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===May, 1918 – November, 1918===
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Also known as the "Portsmouth Paddler".{{SMNLApr19|p. 14}}
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The flotilla seems to have formed between 1 May and 1 June and was initially also known as the "Portsmouth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla".{{SMNLJun18|p. 16 and Supplements through November}} For some period of time in October-November the formation was temporarily detached to [[Granton]].{{SMNLNov18|p. 16}}  The {{UK-FSF|22}} was created some time in November, as well and took over the name "Portsmouth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla", relegating the Ninth to the new appellation of "Portsmouth Paddler Fleet Sweeping Flotilla".
  
 
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===November, 1918 – April, 1919===
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{{UK-Ascot}} left some time in November.{{SMNLDec18|p. 16 and Supplements through April, 1919}}
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===May, 1919===
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The flotilla, as well as her sister the {{UK-FSF|22}}, are no longer listed in the ''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List''.  Sporadic reports of movements of the vessels continue to be reported in ''The Times''.
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Revision as of 10:48, 13 December 2018

The Ninth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy that operated paddler sweepers out of Portsmouth late in the war alongside the screw sweepers of the Twenty-second Fleet Sweeping Flotilla. The flotilla was seemingly disbanded in April, 1919.

History

May, 1918 – November, 1918

The flotilla seems to have formed between 1 May and 1 June and was initially also known as the "Portsmouth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla".[1] For some period of time in October-November the formation was temporarily detached to Granton.[2] The Twenty-second Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was created some time in November, as well and took over the name "Portsmouth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla", relegating the Ninth to the new appellation of "Portsmouth Paddler Fleet Sweeping Flotilla".

Based in Portsmouth
Paddle Sweepers
Ascot Atherstone Chepstow Croxton

November, 1918 – April, 1919

Ascot left some time in November.[3]

Based in Portsmouth
Paddle Sweepers
Atherstone Chepstow Croxton

May, 1919

The flotilla, as well as her sister the Twenty-second Fleet Sweeping Flotilla, are no longer listed in the Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. Sporadic reports of movements of the vessels continue to be reported in The Times.

Disbanded? some time in April

Senior Officers

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1918). p. 16 and Supplements through November.
  2. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 16.
  3. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 16 and Supplements through April, 1919.

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
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