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Four destroyers from the flotilla was at the [[Battle of Jutland]]:{{UKNavalOpsIII|p. 430}} | Four destroyers from the flotilla was at the [[Battle of Jutland]]:{{UKNavalOpsIII|p. 430}} | ||
− | * {{UK-Lydiard}} | + | * {{UK-Lydiard}}, {{CommRN}} M. L. Goldsmith |
− | * {{UK-Liberty}} | + | * {{UK-Liberty}}, {{LCommRN}} P. W. S. King |
− | * {{UK-Landrail}} | + | * {{UK-Landrail}} {{LCommRN}} F. E. H. G. Hobart |
− | * {{UK-Laurel}} | + | * {{UK-Laurel}}, {{LieutRN}} H. D. C. Stanistreet |
==Captains (D)== | ==Captains (D)== |
Revision as of 18:05, 27 September 2012
The Ninth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy. The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred.
Pre-War Service
War Service
At the outbreak of war, the Ninth had seventeen "River" class destroyers led by scout cruisers Forward and Patrol. It was deemed a "Patrol Flotilla" and served as part of the Nore Command with the Eighth flotilla, based out of Chatham.[1]
In 1916, it was comprised of Laforey class destroyers, whose torpedoes proved only 64% likely to be dangerous to the enemy in limited test runs of that year.[2]
Four destroyers from the flotilla was at the Battle of Jutland:[3]
- Lydiard, Commander M. L. Goldsmith
- Liberty, Lieutenant-Commander P. W. S. King
- Landrail Lieutenant-Commander F. E. H. G. Hobart
- Laurel, Lieutenant H. D. C. Stanistreet
Captains (D)
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Alan C. Bruce, 27 January, 1914.[4]
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953. London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited. (on Bookfinder.com).
See Also
British Destroyer Flotillas | |||
First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth | Seventh | Eighth | Ninth | Tenth | |||
Eleventh | Twelfth | Thirteenth | Fourteenth | Fifteenth | Sixteenth | Seventeenth | Eighteenth | Nineteenth | |||
Twentieth | Twenty-first | |||
Local Defence Flotillas | |||
Clyde | Devonport | Devonport & Falmouth | Falmouth | Firth of Forth | Gibraltar | |||
Liverpool | Mersey | Newhaven | Nore | North Channel | Milford & Pembroke | Pembroke | |||
Portland | Portsmouth | Queenstown |
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