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In 1911, while supporting operations in the Dardanelles, it was composed of the [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|''Beagle'' class destroyers]].<ref>''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906-1921'', p. 73.</ref>
 
In 1911, while supporting operations in the Dardanelles, it was composed of the [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|''Beagle'' class destroyers]].<ref>''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906-1921'', p. 73.</ref>
  
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==Outbreak of War, August, 1914==
 
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From the outbreak through the Dardanelles campaign, sixteen [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|''Beagle'' class]] were amongst those comprising the Fifth in the Mediterranean.<ref>March.  ''British Destroyers'', pp. 108, 164.</ref> In 1916, it was comprised of [[River Class Destroyer (1903)|''River'']], [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|''Beagle'']] and [[Acorn Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acorn'' class destroyers]], whose torpedo test runnings in the first half of that year resulted in shots that were 79%, 82% and 80% likely to be dangerous to the enemy.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916''.  p. 87.</ref>
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From the outbreak through the Dardanelles campaign, sixteen [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|''Beagle'' class]] were amongst those comprising the Fifth in the Mediterranean.{{March|pp. 108, 164}} In 1916, it was comprised of [[River Class Destroyer (1903)|''River'']], [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|''Beagle'']] and [[Acorn Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acorn'' class destroyers]], whose torpedo test runnings in the first half of that year resulted in shots that were 79%, 82% and 80% likely to be dangerous to the enemy.{{ARTS1916|p. 87}}
  
 
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==Battle of Jutland, June 1916==

Revision as of 20:22, 21 September 2012

The Fifth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy. The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred.

History

Originally the Devonport Destroyer Flotilla, composed of nucleus crew vessels, it became the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in April, 1910.[1]

In 1911, while supporting operations in the Dardanelles, it was composed of the Beagle class destroyers.[2]

On 1 November, 1911, the flotilla was comprised of:[3]

Outbreak of War, August, 1914

From the outbreak through the Dardanelles campaign, sixteen Beagle class were amongst those comprising the Fifth in the Mediterranean.[4] In 1916, it was comprised of River, Beagle and Acorn class destroyers, whose torpedo test runnings in the first half of that year resulted in shots that were 79%, 82% and 80% likely to be dangerous to the enemy.[5]

Battle of Jutland, June 1916

After Jutland, 1916

Captains (D)

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 April, 1910. Issue 39251, col A, p. 9.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906-1921, p. 73.
  3. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 160. This is at odds with the Beagle/Dardanelle reference. Perhaps there was a Dardanelles detachment.
  4. ↑ March. British Destroyers. pp. 108, 164.
  5. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
  6. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 21 November, 1910. Issue 39435, col F, p. 8.
  7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 25 April, 1912. Issue 39882, col E, p. 10.
  8. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 6 January, 1914. Issue 40413, col G, p. 11.
  9. ↑ Navy List (December, 1918). p. 743.

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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