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==Battles==
==Battles==
===Battle of Jutland===
===Battle of Jutland===
Four destroyers from the flotilla were at the [[Battle of Jutland]]:{{UKNavalOpsIII|p. 430}}
Four destroyers from the flotilla were at the [[Battle of Jutland]]:{{UKJutlandOD|p. 47}}
* {{UK-Lydiard}}, {{CommRN}} [[Malcolm L. Goldsmith]]
* {{UK-Lydiard}}, {{CommRN}} [[Malcolm L. Goldsmith]]
* {{UK-Liberty}}, {{LCommRN}} P. W. S. King
* {{UK-Liberty}}, {{LCommRN}} [[Philip W. S. King]]
* {{UK-Landrail}} {{LCommRN}} F. E. H. G. Hobart
* {{UK-Landrail}} {{LCommRN}} [[Francis E. H. G. Hobart]]
* {{UK-Laurel}}, {{LieutRN}} H. D. C. Stanistreet
* {{UK-Laurel}}, {{LieutRN}} [[Henry Dawson Crawford Stanistreet|Henry D. C. Stanistreet]]


==Captains (D)==
==Captains (D)==

Revision as of 16:25, 14 October 2013

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  

October, 1915

The flotilla formerly known as the Third Destroyer Flotilla became the Ninth Flotilla some time in September, and was listed as the Ninth in the Navy List. The changes discussed here are, then, relative to the roster of 3DF in June, 1915.

Part of the Harwich Striking Force, with the depot ship Dido and under the command of Commodore (T) in light cruiser Arethusa. Tipperary has been replaced as second-in-command, eventually to go to the Second Destroyer Flotilla. She has been replaced by flotilla leader Lightfoot, which probably just entered service.Laforey, Lawford, Louis and Lydiard have been sent over to the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, and the newly-completed Lassoo has been added.[3]

light cruiser Undaunted flotilla leader Lightfoot, 2nd in command
Laertes Lance Landrail Lark Lassoo
Laurel Laverock Legion Lennox Leonidas
Liberty Linnet Llewellyn Lookout Loyal
  Lucifer   Lysander

This roster and tasking would last until December, 1915.[4]

December, 1915

Part of the Harwich Striking Force, with the depot ship Dido and under the command of Commodore (T) in light cruiser Arethusa. The newly-completed Lochinvar has been added.[5]

light cruiser Undaunted flotilla leader Lightfoot, 2nd in command
Laertes Lance Landrail Lark Lassoo
Laurel Laverock Legion Lennox Leonidas
Liberty Linnet Llewellyn Lochinvar Lookout
  Loyal Lucifer Lysander

This roster and tasking would last until April, 1916.[6][7][8]

[TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]

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.[9]

Battles

Battle of Jutland

Four destroyers from the flotilla were at the Battle of Jutland:[10]

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. (October, 1915). pp. 13, 20.
  4. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 13.
  5. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1915). p. 13.
  6. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1916). p. 13.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1916). p. 13.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1916). p. 13.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
  10. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 47.
  11. ↑ "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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