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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}}

Revision as of 18:26, 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]

Scout Cruiser
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  


November, 1915
It, along with the Tenth Destroyer Flotilla was a component of the Harwich Force, sharing depot ship Dido.[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]

Captains (D)

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 164.
  2. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
  3. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915). p. 13.
  4. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
  5. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 430.
  6. ↑ "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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