Twentieth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)
The Twentieth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy. It was generally based in Felixstowe.
History
c. August-October, 1918 – April, 1919
The Flotilla was created some time between 1 August and 1 November, 1918, when it joined the Sixth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla in operations near Harwich. By 1 November it was found "temporarily detached to Granton", but bearing the parenthetical base of Felixstowe. By 1 December, Granton is no longer mentioned, suggesting it was back at Felixstowe.
In January, the two Harwich-area flotillas were further reinforced by the new Twelfth and Nineteenth Fleet Sweeping Flotillas.[1]
Operating from Felixstowe | |||||||
Sweeping Sloops | |||||||
Blackburn | Derby | Harrow | Stoke |
April, 1919 – May, 1919
The Flotilla, along with the 6th, 12th and 19th, moved on to Scheveningen some time in April, 1919.[2]
Operating from Scheveningen | |||||||
Sweeping Sloops | |||||||
Blackburn | Derby | Harrow | Stoke |
May, 1919 – ?
The Supplement to the Monthly Navy List at this juncture ceased bothering to print detailed information on minesweeping formations, though list Blackburn as one of seven sloops now based in Southampton, with the other three being detailed to unspecified "Mine Clearance Service". Reference is made to a separate Mine Clearance Service Weekly Return which has not been located.[3]
Senior Officers
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
See Also
British Minesweeping Formations |
Fleet Sweeping Flotillas (Great War) |
First | Second | Third | Sixth | Seventh | Eighth | Ninth | Tenth |
Eleventh | Twelfth | Thirteenth | Fifteenth | Sixteenth | Eighteenth | Nineteenth |
Twentieth | Twenty-first | Twenty-second | Twenty-third | Twenty-fourth |
Minesweeping Flotillas (World War II) |
First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth |