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The '''Twenty-second Fleet Sweeping Flotilla''' was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the [[Royal Navy]] that operated out of Portsmouth late in the war alongside the paddle sweepers of the {{UK-FSF|9}}.

==History==

===November, 1918 &ndash; December, 1918===
Also known as the "Portsmouth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla", a nickname formerly associated with the {{UK-FSF|9}}, which was henceforth dubbed "Portsmouth Paddler Fleet Sweeping Flotilla".  {{UK-Prestatyn}} is expected to join "shortly".  {{UK-Tonbridge}} bears the Senior Officer.{{SMNLDec18|p. 16}}  

{|style="margin:0" width=75% class="toccolours"
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Based in [[Portsmouth]]'''
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|align=center colspan=4|'''Minesweepers'''
|-
|align=center |{{UK-Tonbridge}}<sup><small><small><small>(S.O.)</small></small></small></sup>||align=center |{{UK-Northolt}}||align=center|{{UK-Prestatyn}}*||align=center|{{UK-Rugby}}
|}

===December, 1918 &ndash; April, 1919===
{{UK-Prestatyn}} is reportedly in place.{{SMNLJan19|p. 16}}  

{|style="margin:0" width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Based in [[Portsmouth]]'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Minesweepers'''
|-
|align=center |{{UK-Tonbridge}}<sup><small><small><small>(S.O.)</small></small></small></sup>||align=center |{{UK-Northolt}}||align=center|{{UK-Prestatyn}}||align=center|{{UK-Rugby}}
|}

===May, 1919===

The flotilla, as well as her sister the {{UK-FSF|9}}, are no longer listed in the ''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'', but some movements are reported in ''The Times''.

{|style="margin:0" width=75% class="toccolours"
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Disbanded? some time in April'''
|}

The flotilla arrived at Lervig on 18 May.{{MoS|Wednesday, May 21, 1919; pg. 18; Issue 42105}}  They left Lervig on 22 September for [[Rosyth]].  This is the final mention of the formation I can locate.{{MoS|Wednesday, Sep 24, 1919; pg. 14; Issue 42213}}

==Senior Officers==

<div name=fredbot:officeSO otitle="Senior Officer, Twenty-second Fleet Sweeping Flotilla" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Claude Preston Hermon-Hodge|nick=Claude P. Hermon-Hodge|appt=30 October, 1918|end=April, 1919|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=William Napier Kingdon|nick=William N. Kingdon|appt=3 April, 1919<ref>Kingdon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>|end=4 November, 1919<ref>Kingdon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>|succBy=Flotilla Disestablished}}
</div name=fredbot:officeSO>

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