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Revision as of 13:07, 19 December 2012
The Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy. The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred.
In 1916, it was comprised of "M" class destroyers whose sixty-six 21-in Mark II torpedo test runs in the first half of that year proved 77% probable to endanger the enemy.[1]
Contents
Captains (D)
- Captain J. U. Farie, in command at the Battle of Jutland.[2]
- Captain Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton, November, 1917.[3][Inference]
- Captain Hugh Justin Tweedie, ?.[Fact Check]
Outbreak of War, August, 1914
Battle of Jutland, June 1916
Ten destroyers under the lead of the light cruiser Champion screened the First Battle Cruiser Squadron. Eight of these vessels delivered a torpedo attack against the enemy battle cruisers at about 4.15pm, after gun and torpedo battle with enemy destroyers who were similarly tasked.
They were organised as follows:[4]
- light cruiser Champion, flagship, Captain (D) J. U. Farie
- Nestor (lost), Commander E. B. S. Bingham
- Nomad (lost), Lieutenant-Commander P. Whitfield
- Template:UK-Narbrough, Lieutenant-Commander G. Corlett
- Obdurate, Lieutenant-Commander C. H. H. Sams
- Petard, Lieutenant-Commander E. C. O. Thomson
- Pelican, Lieutenant-Commander K. A. Beattie
- Nerissa, Lieutenant-Commander Montague G. B. Legge
- Onslow, Lieutenant-Commander J. C. Tovey
- Moresby, Lieutenant-Commander R. V. Alison
- Nicator, Lieutenant J. E. A. Mocatta
At the same time, Nepean remained in harbour and Paladin, Negro, Nereus, Penn and Penn were in dockyard hands.[5]
1 August, 1918
While operating with the Battle Cruiser Force, the flotilla was comprised as follows.[6]
- light cruiser Champion, flagship
- flotilla leader Valentine, half-flotilla leader
- flotilla leader Valkyrie, half-flotilla leader
- 1st Division
- 2nd Division
- 4th Division
- 5th Division
- 6th Division
- 7th Division
- Spares
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 87.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 756.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 430.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 430.
- ↑ Battlecruiser Force Signal Orders, ADM 137/2135
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 | |||
