Tenth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)
The Tenth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy instituted in mid-December, 1914.
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History
Its formation was commanded on 15 December 1914 under leader Aurora with Dido as the depot ship and eight Beagles and all the M class destroyers presently available except Miranda and Meteor.
November, 1915
It, along with the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla was a component of the Harwich Force, sharing depot ship Dido.[1]
In 1916, it was comprised of M class destroyers armed with 21-in Mark II torpedoes.[2]
Battle of Jutland
Just four destroyers from the flotilla were at the Battle of Jutland.[3]
Two fought with ?
- Moorsom, Commander J. C. Hodgson
- Morris, Lieutenant-Commander E. S. Graham
And two were temporarily attached to the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla:[4]
- Turbulent (lost), Lieutenant-Commander Dudley Stuart
- Termagant, Lieutenant-Commander Cuthbert P. Blake
July, 1918
The Flotilla was attached to the Harwich Force, supporting the Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron and tender to depot ship Dido.[5]
- flotilla leader Spenser, Captain (D)
- flotilla leader Bruce
- flotilla leader Scott
- submarine Shakespeare, paid off
Captains (D)
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Colin K. MacLean, D.S.O., 17 October, 1917.[6]
- Captain Wilmot Stuart Nicholson,
Footnotes
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915). p. 13.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 430.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 224.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 13.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1918). p. 910.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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 | |||
