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==History==
==History==
The Sixth appears to be the first Fleet Sweeping Flotilla created after those numbered One through Three.  That is, there appear never to have been any Flotillas Four or Five.
===January, 1918 &ndash; c. July/October, 1918===
The flotilla that would become known as 6 F.S.F. appears to have been created in January, 1918 though it initially appears to have had no proper name.  Comprised of four paddle sweepers attached to the [[Harwich Force]], by 1 June 1918 it was dubbed the Sixth F.S.F. and {{UK-Melton}} is identified as the vessel bearing the Senior Officer.{{SMNLAug18|p. 13 and Supplements through November, except no September or October 1918 edition was found}}
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Operating from [[Harwich]]'''
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Sweeping Sloops'''
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|align=center|{{UK-Melton}}<sup><small><small><small>(S.O.)</small></small></small></sup>||align=center|{{UK-Eglinton}}||align=center |{{UK-Gatwick}}||align=center|{{UK-Pontefract}}
|}
===c. July/October, 1918 &ndash; April, 1919===
Some time between 1 July and 1 November 1918, the composition of this formation was entirely changed to four different vessels.
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 two formations were joined by the new [[Twelfth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Twelfth]] and {{UK-FSF|19}}.  This roster would apply until some time in April, 1919.{{SMNLAug18|p. 13 and Supplements through May 1919, except no September or October 1918 edition was found}}
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|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Operating from [[Harwich]]'''
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Sweeping Sloops'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Tring}}<sup><small><small><small>(S.O.)</small></small></small></sup>||align=center|{{UK-Bootle}}||align=center |{{UK-Fareham}}||align=center|{{UK-Sutton}}
|}
===April, 1919 &ndash; May, 1919===
The Flotilla, along with the 12th, 19th and 20th, moved on to the Dutch port of Scheveningen some time in April, 1919.{{SMNLMay19|p. 14 and Supplements through X}}
{|style="margin:0" width=75% class="toccolours"
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=8 | '''Operating from [[Scheveningen]]'''
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Sweeping Sloops'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-Tring}}<sup><small><small><small>(S.O.)</small></small></small></sup>||align=center|{{UK-Bootle}}||align=center |{{UK-Fareham}}||align=center|{{UK-Sutton}}
|}
===May, 1919 &ndash; ?===
The ''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' at this juncture ceased bothering to print detailed information on minesweeping formations, but it does show that the vessels of this formation remain detailed to unspecified "Mine Clearance Service".  Reference is made to a separate ''Mine Clearance Service Weekly Return'' which has not been located.{{SMNLJun19|pp. 15, 18}}


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


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{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Cathcart Guy St. Clair|nick=F. C. Guy St. Clair|appt=14 August, 1918|end=2 October, 1918|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Alpin Erroll Thomson|nick=Alpin E. Thomson|appt=30 August, 1918|end=25 September, 1919}}
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Latest revision as of 15:40, 15 December 2018

The Sixth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy.

History

The Sixth appears to be the first Fleet Sweeping Flotilla created after those numbered One through Three. That is, there appear never to have been any Flotillas Four or Five.

January, 1918 – c. July/October, 1918

The flotilla that would become known as 6 F.S.F. appears to have been created in January, 1918 though it initially appears to have had no proper name. Comprised of four paddle sweepers attached to the Harwich Force, by 1 June 1918 it was dubbed the Sixth F.S.F. and Melton is identified as the vessel bearing the Senior Officer.[1]

Operating from Harwich
Sweeping Sloops
Melton(S.O.) Eglinton Gatwick Pontefract

c. July/October, 1918 – April, 1919

Some time between 1 July and 1 November 1918, the composition of this formation was entirely changed to four different vessels.

Also, at some point between 1 August and 1 November, 1918, the Harwich area minesweeping received reinforcement from the new Twentieth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla. In January 1919 these two formations were joined by the new Twelfth and Nineteenth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla. This roster would apply until some time in April, 1919.[2]

Operating from Harwich
Sweeping Sloops
Tring(S.O.) Bootle Fareham Sutton

April, 1919 – May, 1919

The Flotilla, along with the 12th, 19th and 20th, moved on to the Dutch port of Scheveningen some time in April, 1919.[3]

Operating from Scheveningen
Sweeping Sloops
Tring(S.O.) Bootle Fareham Sutton

May, 1919 – ?

The Supplement to the Monthly Navy List at this juncture ceased bothering to print detailed information on minesweeping formations, but it does show that the vessels of this formation remain detailed to unspecified "Mine Clearance Service". Reference is made to a separate Mine Clearance Service Weekly Return which has not been located.[4]

Senior Officers

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1918). p. 13 and Supplements through November, except no September or October 1918 edition was found.
  2. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1918). p. 13 and Supplements through May 1919, except no September or October 1918 edition was found.
  3. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 14 and Supplements through X.
  4. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1919). pp. 15, 18.

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
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