Fifth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)
The Fifth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy. Originally called the Devonport Flotilla and comprised of Nucleus Crew vessels, it was re-designated as the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in April, 1910,[1] but it was clearly still called the Devonport Flotilla as late as the Test Mobilisation of July 1914.
Composition
1 November, 1911 The flotilla was comprised of:[2]
Test Mobilisation, July 1914[3] As the Devonport Flotilla, the following vessels participated in the Test:
- Bittern, Opossum, Roebuck, Sunfish
- T.B. 054, T.B. 067, T.B. 074, T.B. 99, T.B. 104, T.B. 105, T.B. 107, T.B. 108
Soon thereafter, the flotilla was substantially changed. During the Dardanelles campaign, sixteen Beagle class were amongst those comprising the Fifth in the Mediterranean.[4][5]
In 1916, it was comprised of River, Beagle and Acorn class destroyers, whose torpedo test runnings in the first half of that year resulted in shots that were 79%, 82% and 80% likely to be dangerous to the enemy.[6]
Captains (D)
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Noel Grant, 20 December, 1910.[7]
- Captain Edward G. Lowther-Crofton, 1 May, 1912.[8]
- Captain Charles P. R. Coode, 1 February, 1914.[9]
- Captain George K. Chetwode, 15 August, 1917.[10]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 April, 1910. Issue 39251, col A, p. 9.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 160.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. pp. 108, 164.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 73.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 21 November, 1910. Issue 39435, col F, p. 8.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 25 April, 1912. Issue 39882, col E, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 6 January, 1914. Issue 40413, col G, p. 11.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1918). p. 743.
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 | |||
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