Sixth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)
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The Sixth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy.
History
February, 1919 – X
The formation is based in Harwich alongside the Twelfth, Nineteenth and Twentieth (or Felixstowe) Fleet Sweeping Flotillas..[1]
| Operating from Harwich | |||||
| Senior Officer | |||||
| Tring | |||||
| Sweeping Sloops | |||||
| Bootle | Fareham | Sutton | |||
Senior Officers
- Commander F. C. Guy St. Clair, 14 August, 1918 – 2 October, 1918 (temporary)
- Lieutenant in Command Alpin E. Thomson, 30 August, 1918 – 25 September, 1919
Footnotes
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 15 and Supplements through X.
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 |
