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...e or the East Indies (except that now, owing to having the three Destroyer Flotillas, he proposes keeping an Intelligence Officer at Portland). He knows quite ...his predecessor. While he pushed through important work on the war orders, minesweeping, and other technical issues he lacked the breadth of vision to stamp his pe

==The Patrol Flotillas== ...y)|Seventh]] and {{UK-DF|8}}s, formerly the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Flotillas of the Third and Fourth Divisions of the [[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fle

The Royal Navy's flotillas 1–8 were reorganised this month, leaving the 2 D.F. with sixteen dest ...Acorns'']] under a cruiser. The Commodore (T) directed First Fleet's four flotillas from flagship {{UK-Amethyst|f=t}}.{{AWO1914|109 of 10 July 1914}}

...avy)|Third]] and [[Fourth Submarine Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Fourth Submarine Flotillas]], the [[Downs Boarding Flotilla]], and other vessels at Dover.{{UKNSMonoXI ...ing the Dover Straits, had two yachts, 78 trawlers (56 of them fitted with minesweeping gear), 10 paddle minesweepers, 130 net drifters, 24 motor launches and five

Upon completion, most of these joined the Second and Third Minesweeping Flotillas operating out of Granton.{{Conways1906|p. 98}}

...ear whether the man in ''Lupin'' remained the Senior Officer for all three flotillas, or merely of the First. ...ten sweeping sloops, one bearing the Senior Officer of, perhaps, all three flotillas.{{SMNLJul16|p. 12 and Supplements through March 1917, save February which w

...ear whether the man in ''Lupin'' remained the Senior Officer for all three flotillas, or merely of the First. {{Footer British Minesweeping Formations}}

...numbered One through Three. That is, there appear never to have been any Flotillas Four or Five. Also, at some point between 1 August and 1 November, 1918, the Harwich area minesweeping received reinforcement from the new {{UK-FSF|20}}. In January 1919 these t

...Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Twentieth (or Felixstowe)]] Fleet Sweeping Flotillas.{{SMNLMar19|p. 15 and Supplements through X}} ...List'' at this juncture ceased bothering to print detailed information on minesweeping formations. All six vessels from this flotilla are described as being deta

...Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Twentieth (or Felixstowe)]] Fleet Sweeping Flotillas.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 13 and Supplements through X}} ...List'' at this juncture ceased bothering to print detailed information on minesweeping formations. The four vessels from this flotilla are described as being det

...ineteenth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Nineteenth]] Fleet Sweeping Flotillas.{{SMNLAug18|p. 13 and Supplements through May 1919, except no September or ...List'' at this juncture ceased bothering to print detailed information on minesweeping formations, though list {{UK-Blackburn}} as one of seven sloops now based i

...ear whether the man in ''Lupin'' remained the Senior Officer for all three flotillas, or merely of the First. {{Footer British Minesweeping Formations}}