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==History==
 
==History==
 
The Second was one of six new flotillas to first appear in the Navy List in July, 1918, joining the long-established {{UK-SloopF|1}} and {{UK-SloopF|10}}.
 
The Second was one of six new flotillas to first appear in the Navy List in July, 1918, joining the long-established {{UK-SloopF|1}} and {{UK-SloopF|10}}.
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===July, 1918===
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The flotilla is established some time in June with a strength of nine sloops, operating in the Northern Division of the Coast of Ireland Station, based in Buncrana, where it would be operating alongside the {{UK-DF|2}} and [[Platypus's Flotilla]] of submarines..{{SMNLJul18|p. 19}}
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===August, 1918===
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{{UK-Anchusa}} was sunk by {{DE-U54}} on 18 July, reducing the flotilla to eight sloops.  This line-up would persist until some time in X.{{SMNLJul18|p. 19 and Supplements through X}}
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==In Command==
 
==In Command==

Revision as of 20:08, 21 May 2018

The Second Sloop Flotilla was a formation of sloops of the Royal Navy.

History

The Second was one of six new flotillas to first appear in the Navy List in July, 1918, joining the long-established First Sloop Flotilla and Tenth Sloop Flotilla.

July, 1918

The flotilla is established some time in June with a strength of nine sloops, operating in the Northern Division of the Coast of Ireland Station, based in Buncrana, where it would be operating alongside the Second Destroyer Flotilla and Platypus's Flotilla of submarines..[1]

Attached to the Northern Division, Coast of Ireland
Sloops
Anchusa Ard Patrick Convolvulus Eglantine Gardenia Marjoram
Saxifrage Silene Silvio

August, 1918

Anchusa was sunk by U 54 on 18 July, reducing the flotilla to eight sloops. This line-up would persist until some time in X.[2]

Attached to the Northern Division, Coast of Ireland
Sloops
Ard Patrick Convolvulus Eglantine Gardenia Marjoram
Saxifrage Silene Silvio

In Command

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 19.
  2. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 19 and Supplements through X.

Bibliography

See Also


British Sloop Flotillas
First Sloop Flotilla | Second Sloop Flotilla | Third Sloop Flotilla | Fourth Sloop Flotilla
  Ninth Sloop Flotilla | Tenth Sloop Flotilla | Eleventh Sloop Flotilla | Twelfth Sloop Flotilla 
Thirteenth Sloop Flotilla