Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)
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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,
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 |