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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 Ninth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla.
History
November, 1918 – December, 1918
Also known as the "Portsmouth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla", a nickname formerly associated with the Ninth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla, which was henceforth dubbed "Portsmouth Paddler Fleet Sweeping Flotilla". Prestatyn is expected to join "shortly".[1]
| Based in Portsmouth | |||||
| Senior Officer | |||||
| Tonbridge | |||||
| Minesweepers | |||||
| Northolt | Prestatyn* | Rugby | |||
December, 1918 – April, 1919
Prestatyn is reportedly in place.[2]
| Based in Portsmouth | |||||
| Senior Officer | |||||
| Tonbridge | |||||
| Minesweepers | |||||
| Northolt | Prestatyn | Rugby | |||
May, 1919
The flotilla, as well as her sister the Ninth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla, are no longer listed in the Supplement to the Monthly Navy List, but some movements are reported in The Times.
| Disbanded? some time in April |
The flotilla arrived at Lervig on 18 May.[3] They left Lervig on 22 September for Rosyth. This is the final mention of the formation I can locate.[4]
Senior Officers
- Lieutenant in Command William N. Kingdon, 3 April, 1919 – 4 November, 1919
Footnotes
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 16.
- ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, May 21, 1919; pg. 18; Issue 42105.
- ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 24, 1919; pg. 14; Issue 42213.
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 |
