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The '''Third Fleet Sweeping Flotilla''' was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the [[Royal Navy]].  It was one of several attached to the Grand Fleet during the war.
The '''Third Fleet Sweeping Flotilla''' was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the [[Royal Navy]].  It was one of several attached to the Grand Fleet during the war.


==History==
==History==
Before mid-1916, a growing number of minesweeping vessels had been attached to the [[Grand Fleet]], but by 1 July the growth rate was such that it was deemed fit to break the assemblage into three flotillas: the [[First Fleet Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)|First]], [[Second Fleet Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Second]] and Third.


==Senior Officers==
==Senior Officers==

Revision as of 14:07, 14 December 2018

The Third Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy. It was one of several attached to the Grand Fleet during the war.


History

Before mid-1916, a growing number of minesweeping vessels had been attached to the Grand Fleet, but by 1 July the growth rate was such that it was deemed fit to break the assemblage into three flotillas: the First, Second and Third.

Senior Officers

Footnotes

  1. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/56. f. 56.
  2. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/56. f. 56.

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