Ninth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)
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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 Twenty-second Fleet Sweeping Flotilla.
History
1 April, 1919
Also known as the "Portsmouth Paddler".[1]
1 April, 1919 – based in Portsmouth | |||||
Paddle Sweepers | |||||
Atherstone | Chepstow | Croxton |
Senior Officers
Footnotes
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1919). p. 14.
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 |