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==History== | ==History== | ||
===February, 1919 – X=== | |||
The formation is based in Firth of Forth (perhaps Granton, specifically). {{UK-Lewes}} is paid off.{{SMNLMar19|p. 16 and Supplements through X}} | |||
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=7 | '''Operating from [[Granton]]''' | |||
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=7 | '''Paddle Minesweepers''' | |||
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|align=center|{{UK-Cheltenham}}||align=center|{{UK-Doncaster}}||align=center|{{UK-Haldon}}||align=center|{{UK-Harpenden}}||align=center|{{UK-Lewes}}*||align=center|{{UK-Shincliffe}}||align=center|{{UK-Totnes}} | |||
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==Senior Officers== | ==Senior Officers== | ||
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{{ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Maitland Walter Sabine Boucher|nick=Maitland W. S. Boucher|appt=31 December, 1918<ref>Boucher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/63.|D7605150}} f. 421.</ref>|end=5 April, 1919<ref>Boucher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/63.|D7605150}} f. 421.</ref>}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:55, 14 December 2018
The Sixteenth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy that operated out of Granton late in the war.
History
February, 1919 – X
The formation is based in Firth of Forth (perhaps Granton, specifically). Lewes is paid off.[1]
| Operating from Granton | ||||||
| Paddle Minesweepers | ||||||
| Cheltenham | Doncaster | Haldon | Harpenden | Lewes* | Shincliffe | Totnes |
Senior Officers
- Lieutenant-Commander Maitland W. S. Boucher, 31 December, 1918[2] – 5 April, 1919[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 16 and Supplements through X.
- ↑ Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
- ↑ Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
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 |
