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| − | The '''Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Destroyer|destroyers]] of the [[Royal Navy]] | + | The '''Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Destroyer|destroyers]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. |
==Captains (D)== | ==Captains (D)== | ||
* Captain [[Berwick Curtis]], in command during the surrender of the German Fleet.{{CN}} | * Captain [[Berwick Curtis]], in command during the surrender of the German Fleet.{{CN}} | ||
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| + | ===March, 1918=== | ||
| + | The flotilla appears for the first time in the ''Navy List'', working alongside the {{UK-DF|7}} out of the Humber, answering to [[East Coast Forces]]. | ||
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| + | {{UK-Abdiel}} has come as flotilla leader, having previously been attached directly to the [[Grand Fleet]]. | ||
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| + | Destroyers {{UK-Ariel}}, {{UK-Ferret}}, {{UK-Legion}} and {{UK-Sandfly}} had already been working out of the Humber as minelayers. | ||
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| + | {{UK-Tarpon}} has joined, having been off the ''Navy List'' for some reason since August 1917. Less mysterious are {{UK-Telemachus}} and {{UK-Venturous}}, who have joined from the {{UK-DF|13}}. | ||
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| + | The Twentieth is born, then, of a flotilla leader and seven destroyers of various classes.{{SMNLMar18|p. 15}}{{SMNLFeb18|p. 10, 12, 16}} | ||
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| + | |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Attached to [[East Coast Forces]] out of the Humber''' | ||
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| + | |align=center colspan=6|'''Flotilla Leader''' | ||
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| + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Abdiel}} | ||
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| + | |align=center colspan=6|'''Destroyers''', tenders to {{UK-Wallington}} | ||
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| + | |align=center|{{UK-Ariel}}||align=center|{{UK-Ferret}}||align=center|{{UK-Legion}}*||align=center|{{UK-Sandfly}}*||align=center|{{UK-Tarpon}}||align=center|{{UK-Telemachus}} | ||
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| + | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Venturous}} | ||
| + | |} | ||
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| + | {{TBC}} | ||
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'''July, 1918'''<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (July, 1918). p. 15.</ref> | '''July, 1918'''<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (July, 1918). p. 15.</ref> | ||
<br>The Flotilla, along with the {{UK-DF|7}} is part of the East Coast Forces, operating out of the Humber. The flotilla is tender to depôt ship {{UK-Leander}}. | <br>The Flotilla, along with the {{UK-DF|7}} is part of the East Coast Forces, operating out of the Humber. The flotilla is tender to depôt ship {{UK-Leander}}. | ||
Revision as of 13:03, 14 December 2013
The Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy.
Captains (D)
- Captain Berwick Curtis, in command during the surrender of the German Fleet.[Citation needed]
History
March, 1918
The flotilla appears for the first time in the Navy List, working alongside the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla out of the Humber, answering to East Coast Forces.
Abdiel has come as flotilla leader, having previously been attached directly to the Grand Fleet.
Destroyers Ariel, Ferret, Legion and Sandfly had already been working out of the Humber as minelayers.
Tarpon has joined, having been off the Navy List for some reason since August 1917. Less mysterious are Telemachus and Venturous, who have joined from the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla.
The Twentieth is born, then, of a flotilla leader and seven destroyers of various classes.[1][2]
| Attached to East Coast Forces out of the Humber | |||||
| Flotilla Leader | |||||
| Abdiel | |||||
| Destroyers, tenders to Wallington | |||||
| Ariel | Ferret | Legion* | Sandfly* | Tarpon | Telemachus |
| Venturous | |||||
[TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]
July, 1918[3]
The Flotilla, along with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla is part of the East Coast Forces, operating out of the Humber. The flotilla is tender to depôt ship Leander.
- flotilla leader Abdiel, Captain (D)
November, 1918[4]
Still with Leander as depôt ship, very few changes since July. Vehement and Ariel have been lost to mines, and Prince has been brought in.
- flotilla leader Abdiel, Captain (D)
By November 1918, the entire flotilla and their leaders were equipped to lay mines, leaders carrying up to 66 mines and destroyers 38 or 44. The torpedo tubes and guns removed when the mines were shipped could be placed back aboard with enough notice.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1918). p. 10, 12, 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 15.
- ↑ Admiralty. Annual Report of the Torpedo School Mining Appendix, 1917-1918, p. 11. Plate 7.
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 | |||
