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The '''Ninth Destroyer Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Destroyer|destroyers]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. | The '''Ninth Destroyer Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Destroyer|destroyers]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
'''July 1914 Test Mobilisation''' | '''July 1914 Test Mobilisation''' | ||
It was deemed a "Patrol Flotilla" and served as part of the Nore Command with the Eighth flotilla, based out of Chatham.{{March|p. 164}} Operating with depot ship {{UK-StGeorge}}, the flotilla was to mobilise with:{{AWO1914|109 of 10 July, 1914}} | It was deemed a "Patrol Flotilla" and served as part of the Nore Command with the Eighth flotilla, based out of Chatham.{{March|p. 164}} Operating with depot ship {{UK-StGeorge}}, the flotilla was to mobilise with:{{AWO1914|109 of 10 July, 1914}} | ||
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In November, 1915, it was a component of the [[Harwich Force]].<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1915). p. 13.</ref> | |||
In 1916, it was comprised of [[Laforey Class Destroyer (1913)|''Laforey'' class destroyers]], whose torpedoes proved only 64% likely to be dangerous to the enemy in limited test runs of that year.{{ARTS1916|p. 87}} | In 1916, it was comprised of [[Laforey Class Destroyer (1913)|''Laforey'' class destroyers]], whose torpedoes proved only 64% likely to be dangerous to the enemy in limited test runs of that year.{{ARTS1916|p. 87}} | ||
Four destroyers from the flotilla | Four destroyers from the flotilla were at the [[Battle of Jutland]]:{{UKNavalOpsIII|p. 430}} | ||
* {{UK-Lydiard}}, {{CommRN}} M. L. Goldsmith | * {{UK-Lydiard}}, {{CommRN}} M. L. Goldsmith | ||
* {{UK-Liberty}}, {{LCommRN}} P. W. S. King | * {{UK-Liberty}}, {{LCommRN}} P. W. S. King | ||
Revision as of 18:18, 11 December 2012
The Ninth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy.
Composition
July 1914 Test Mobilisation
It was deemed a "Patrol Flotilla" and served as part of the Nore Command with the Eighth flotilla, based out of Chatham.[1] Operating with depot ship St. George, the flotilla was to mobilise with:[2]
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| Patrol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| River Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eden | Ettrick | Foyle | Itchen | Kale | Liffey | Moy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nith | Ouse | Rother | Stour | Test | Teviot | Waveney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Rivers to join Late | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arun | Boyne | Cherwell | Dee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Erne | Exe | Swale | Ure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In November, 1915, it was a component of the Harwich Force.[3]
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.[4]
Four destroyers from the flotilla were at the Battle of Jutland:[5]
- 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.[6]
- Captain Sidney Robert Bailey,
- Captain Edward George Lowther-Crofton,
Footnotes
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 164.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915). p. 13.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 430.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 21 January, 1914. Issue 40426, col G, p. 10.
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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