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*Captain [[Anselan John Buchanan Stirling|Anselan Stirling]], in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. | *Captain [[Anselan John Buchanan Stirling|Anselan Stirling]], in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. | ||
− | *Captain [[William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville|William Spencer Leveson-Gower]], | + | *Captain [[William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville|William Spencer Leveson-Gower]], in command at the surrender of the [[High Sea Fleet]]. |
==Outbreak of War, August, 1914== | ==Outbreak of War, August, 1914== |
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The Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy. The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred.
Formed early in 1916, it was comprised of M class destroyers whose 200 21-in Mark II torpedo test runs through March of that year were 90% probable to endanger the enemy.[1]
Contents
Captains (D)
- Captain Anselan Stirling, in command at the Battle of Jutland.
- Captain William Spencer Leveson-Gower, in command at the surrender of the High Sea Fleet.
Outbreak of War, August, 1914
Battle of Jutland, June 1916
Its composition in the battle was 14 "M" class destroyers and two leaders:[2]
- destroyer Faulknor, Captain (D) Anselan Stirling
- flotilla leader Marksman, Commander Norton A. Sulivan
- Obedient
- Maenad
- Opal
- Mary Rose
- Marvel
- Menace
- Nessus
- Narwhal
- Mindful
- Onslaught
- Munster
- Nonsuch
- Noble
- Mischief
After Jutland, 1916
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87. Data reflects runs from formation of flotilla to March 1916.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 432.
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 |