Third Fleet Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)
The Third Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy. It was one of several attached to the Grand Fleet during the war.
History
Before mid-1916, a growing number of minesweeping vessels had been attached to the Grand Fleet, but by 1 July the growth rate was such that it was deemed fit to break the assemblage into three flotillas: the First, Second and Third. The First would retain Lupin, which had long borne the Senior Officer and nine other sweeping sloops. The Second would be a mix of ten sweeping sloops and older torpedo gunboats, while the Third would be comprised of twelve paddle minesweepers. It is not clear whether the man in Lupin remained the Senior Officer for all three flotillas, or merely of the First.
June, 1916 –
| Attached to the Grand Fleet | |||||
| Ascot | Eridge | Melton | Haldon | Chepstow | Croxton |
| Plumpton | Kempton | Lingfield | Atherstone | Epsom | Hurst |
Senior Officers
- Acting Captain Hugh Seymour, 15 February, 1917[1] – 19 November, 1919[2]
- Commander Charles C. Bell, 18 February, 1919 – 20 January, 1920
Footnotes
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/56. f. 56.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/56. f. 56.
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 |
