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The '''Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Destroyer|destroyers]] of the [[Royal Navy]].  The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred.   
 
The '''Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Destroyer|destroyers]] of the [[Royal Navy]].  The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred.   
  
In 1916, it was comprised of [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|''M'' class destroyers]] whose 104 torpedo test runs in the first half of that year proved 91% probable to endanger the enemy.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916'', p. 87.</ref>
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In 1916, it was comprised of [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|''M'' class destroyers]] whose 104 torpedo test runs in the first half of that year proved 91% probable to endanger the enemy.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916'', p. 87.</ref>]
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In 1917, its composition was, in part:<ref>March.  ''British Destroyers'', caption Photo 20/1.</ref>
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* [[H.M.S. Kempenfelt (1915)|''Kempenfelt'']]  G. 10 (flagship)
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* ''Marne'' GO.5
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* ''Prince'' G.43
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* ''Marmion''
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* ''Morning Star''
  
 
==Outbreak of War, August, 1914==
 
==Outbreak of War, August, 1914==
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Revision as of 18:56, 24 January 2012

The Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy. The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred.

In 1916, it was comprised of M class destroyers whose 104 torpedo test runs in the first half of that year proved 91% probable to endanger the enemy.[1]]

In 1917, its composition was, in part:[2]

  • Kempenfelt G. 10 (flagship)
  • Marne GO.5
  • Prince G.43
  • Marmion
  • Morning Star

Outbreak of War, August, 1914

Battle of Jutland, June 1916

After Jutland, 1916

Footnotes

  1. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 87.
  2. March. British Destroyers, caption Photo 20/1.

Bibliography

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