Seventh Fleet Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)

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The Seventh Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy that operated in the North Sea late in the war.

History

July, 1918 – c. October, 1918

The formation is based in The Humber, and its seven ships are also known as the North Sea Fast Sweeping Flotilla.[1]

Operating from The Humber
Twin Screw Sweepers
Burslem Cattistock Clonmel(S.O.) Cupar
Sherborne Sligo Southdown

c. October, 1918 – January, 1919

Some time between August and November 1918, the roster has changed. Penarth now bears the Senior Officer, Badminton is joining (some time in November) and Southdown has left.[2]

Operating from The Humber
Twin Screw Sweepers
Badminton* Burslem Cattistock Clonmel
Cupar Penarth(S.O.) Sherborne Sligo

February, 1919

Penarth was mined on 4 February, and no ship is marked as bearing the Senior Officer.[3]

Operating from The Humber
Twin Screw Sweepers
Badminton Burslem Cattistock Clonmel
Cupar Sherborne Sligo

March, 1919 – April, 1919

The formation is based in the Humber for operations in the North Sea. Heythrop has joined.[4]

Operating from The Humber
Twin Screw Sweepers
Badminton Burslem Cattistock Clonmel
Cupar Heythrop Sherborne Sligo

May, 1919

By May, the formation had suddenly grown to thirteen ships.[5]

Operating from The Humber
Twin Screw Sweepers
Badminton Bicester Burslem Cattistock Clonmel Cotswold
Heythrop Holderness Muskerry Quorn Sherborne Sligo
Tedworth

June, 1919 – onward

From June, 1919 onward, the organization of Britain's minesweepers becomes indistinct, as they are simply listed together as "Vessels Employed on Mine Clearance Service". There is allegedly a separate Mine Clearance Service Weekly Return for closer detail, but we do not have any of those.[6]

Senior Officers

Footnotes

  1. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 15 and Supplements through August; September and October were unavailable to us.
  2. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 15 and Supplements through X.
  3. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 15.
  4. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 15 and Supplements through April.
  5. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 13.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 15.
  7. Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.
  8. Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.
  9. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 866.
  10. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 148.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.

See Also



British Minesweeping Formations
Fleet Sweeping Flotillas (Great War)
First | Second | Third | Sixth | Seventh | Eighth | Ninth | Tenth
Eleventh | Twelfth | Thirteenth | Fifteenth | Sixteenth | Eighteenth | Nineteenth
Twentieth | Twenty-first | Twenty-second | Twenty-third | Twenty-fourth
Minesweeping Flotillas (World War II)
First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth