Twenty-third Fleet Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)
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The Twenty-third Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy that operated in the Northern Division of the Coast of Ireland Station late in the war.
History
February, 1919 – X
Rosemary carries the Senior Officer.[1]
| Operating from Buncrana | ||||||
| Sweeping Sloops | ||||||
| Buttercup | Crocus | Daffodil | Delphinium | Gladiolus | Poppy | Rosemary(S.O.) |
Senior Officers
Supplementary Commanding Officers
- Lieutenant-Commander Daniel McDowell, 24 April, 1919 – 29 May, 1919
Footnotes
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 16 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 |
