Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)

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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]

Captains (D)

Composition

Battle of Jutland
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]

At the same time, Nepean remained in harbour and Paladin, Negro, Nereus, Penn and Penn were in dockyard hands.[5]

July, 1918[6]
The Flotilla is one of six attached to the Grand Fleet under overall command of Commodore (F) in Castor. The flotilla is tender to depot ship Columbine.

1 August, 1918
While operating with the Battle Cruiser Force, the flotilla was comprised as follows.[7]

Footnotes

  1. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 87.
  2. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
  3. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 756.
  4. Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 430.
  5. Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 430.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 12.
  7. Battlecruiser Force Signal Orders, The National Archives. 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