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| − | The '''Dover Patrol''' was a Royal Navy | + | The '''Dover Patrol''' was a [[Royal Navy]] command based in Dover and Dunkirk, apparently instituted in June, 1915.{{SMNLJun15|p. 15. Not listed in previous editions}} |
| − | It operated continuously through the end of the war, with its strength primarily comprised of the {{UK-DF|6}}, the {{UK-SF|5}}, the [[Downs Boarding Flotilla]] (which was created earlier than the Dover Patrol, and a collection of monitors. | + | It operated continuously through the end of the war, with its strength primarily comprised of the {{UK-DF|6}}, the {{UK-SF|5}}, the [[Downs Boarding Flotilla]] (which was created earlier than the Dover Patrol, and a collection of monitors. Its primary mission was to monitor barriers and defences at the eastern end of the English Channel to prevent U-boats from gaining access to western areas. |
In March 1919, it was renamed the Dover Patrol Force,{{SMNLMar19|p. 13}} and it rapidly frittered away from there, losing its destroyers and submarines, leaving only a collection of minesweepers and [["P" Class Patrol Boat (1915)|"P" Boats]] by May.{{SMNLMay19|p. 14}} | In March 1919, it was renamed the Dover Patrol Force,{{SMNLMar19|p. 13}} and it rapidly frittered away from there, losing its destroyers and submarines, leaving only a collection of minesweepers and [["P" Class Patrol Boat (1915)|"P" Boats]] by May.{{SMNLMay19|p. 14}} | ||
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Revision as of 13:55, 3 May 2013
The Dover Patrol was a Royal Navy command based in Dover and Dunkirk, apparently instituted in June, 1915.[1]
It operated continuously through the end of the war, with its strength primarily comprised of the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, the Fifth Submarine Flotilla, the Downs Boarding Flotilla (which was created earlier than the Dover Patrol, and a collection of monitors. Its primary mission was to monitor barriers and defences at the eastern end of the English Channel to prevent U-boats from gaining access to western areas.
In March 1919, it was renamed the Dover Patrol Force,[2] and it rapidly frittered away from there, losing its destroyers and submarines, leaving only a collection of minesweepers and "P" Boats by May.[3]
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