Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search

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

In 1916, it was comprised of M class destroyers whose 104 torpedo test runs in the first half of that year proved 91% probable to endanger the enemy.[1]

In 1917, its composition was, in part:[2]

Outbreak of War, August, 1914

Battle of Jutland, June 1916

Its composition in the battle was 14 "M" class destroyers and two leaders, organised as follows[3] under the commanders given in the Official Despatches. [4]

Captains (D)

After Jutland, 1916

Footnotes

  1. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
  2. March. British Destroyers. caption Photo 20/1.
  3. Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 432.
  4. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 44.
  5. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 44.

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

[[Category:Royal Navy {{{1}}}]][[Category:{{{1}}}]]