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==Battle of Jutland, June 1916==
 
==Battle of Jutland, June 1916==
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Its composition in the battle was 14 [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class destroyers]] and two leaders:{{UKNavalOpsIII|p. 432}}
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Its composition in the battle was 14 [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class destroyers]] and two leaders, organised as follows{{UKNavalOpsIII|p. 432}} under the commanders given in the ''Official Despatches''. {{UKJutlandOfficialDespatches|p. 44}}
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* {{UK-Castor|f=t}}, Commodore (F) James R. P. Hawksley
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* {{UK-Kempenfelt|f=t}}, {{CommRN}} Harold E. Sulivan
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** {{UK-Ossory}}, {{CommRN}} Harold V. Dundas
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* {{UK-Mystic}}
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** {{UK-Mystic}}, {{CommRN}} Claud F. Allsup
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** {{UK-Moon}}, {{CommRN}} (Acting) Willaim D. Irvin
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** {{UK-MorningStar}}, {{LCommRN}} Hugh U. Fletcher
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** {{UK-Magic}}, {{LCommRN}} Gerald C. Wynter
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** {{UK-Mounsey}}, {{LCommRN}} Ralph V. Eyre
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** {{UK-Mandate}}, {{LCommRN}} Edward McC. W. Lawrie
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* {{UK-Marne}}
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** {{UK-Marne}}, {{LCommRN}} George B. Hartford
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* {{UK-Minion}}
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** {{UK-Minion}}, {{LCommRN}} Henry C. Rawlings
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** {{UK-Manners}}, {{LCommRN}} Gerald C. Harrison
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** {{UK-Michael}}, {{LCommRN}} Claude L. Bate
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** {{UK-Mons}}, {{LCommRN}} Robert Makin
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** {{UK-Martial}}, {{LCommRN}} Julian Harrison
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** {{UK-Milbrook}}, {{LieutRN}} Charles G. Naylor
  
 
==After Jutland, 1916==
 
==After Jutland, 1916==

Revision as of 18:38, 27 September 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]

Outbreak of War, August, 1914

Battle of Jutland, June 1916

Its composition in the battle was 14 "M" class destroyers and two leaders, organised as follows[3] under the commanders given in the Official Despatches. Template:UKJutlandOfficialDespatches

After Jutland, 1916

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
  2. ↑ March. British Destroyers. caption Photo 20/1.
  3. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 432.

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

[[Category:Royal Navy {{{1}}}]][[Category:{{{1}}}]]

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