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==History==
 
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===February, 1919 – X===
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The formation is based in Humber for operations in the North Sea.{{SMNLMar19|p. 15 and Supplements through X}}
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The formation is based in The Humber, and its seven ships are also known as the '''North Sea Fast Sweeping Flotilla'''.{{SMNLJul18|p. 15 and Supplements through August; September and October were unavailable to us}}
  
 
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Operating from [[The Humber]]'''
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Sweeping Torpedo Gunboats'''
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|align=center|{{UK-Burslem}}||align=center|{{UK-Cattistock}}||align=center|{{UK-Clonmel}} (S.O.)||align=center|{{UK-Cupar}}
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|align=center|{{UK-Sherborne}}||align=center|{{UK-Sligo}}||align=center|{{UK-Southdown}}
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===c. October, 1918 – January, 1919===
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Some time between August and November 1918, the roster has changed.  {{UK-Penarth}} now bears the Senior Officer, {{UK-Badminton}} is joining (some time in November) and {{UK-Southdown}} has left.{{SMNLNov18|p. 15 and Supplements through X}}
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Sweeping Torpedo Gunboats'''
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|align=center|{{UK-Badminton}}*||align=center|{{UK-Burslem}}||align=center|{{UK-Cattistock}}||align=center|{{UK-Clonmel}}
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|align=center|{{UK-Cupar}}||align=center|{{UK-Penarth}} (S.O.)||align=center|{{UK-Sherborne}}||align=center|{{UK-Sligo}}
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===February, 1919===
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{{UK-Penarth}} has left, and no ship is marked as bearing the Senior Officer.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 15 and Supplements through X}}
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Sweeping Torpedo Gunboats'''
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|align=center|{{UK-Badminton}}||align=center|{{UK-Burslem}}||align=center|{{UK-Cattistock}}||align=center|{{UK-Clonmel}}
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|align=center|{{UK-Cupar}}||align=center|{{UK-Sherborne}}||align=center|{{UK-Sligo}}
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===March, 1919 – April, 1919===
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The formation is based in the Humber for operations in the North Sea.  {{UK-Heythrop}} has joined.{{SMNLMar19|p. 15 and Supplements through April}}
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|align=center|{{UK-Cupar}}||align=center|{{UK-Heythrop}}||align=center|{{UK-Sherborne}}||align=center|{{UK-Sligo}}
 
|align=center|{{UK-Cupar}}||align=center|{{UK-Heythrop}}||align=center|{{UK-Sherborne}}||align=center|{{UK-Sligo}}
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===May, 1919 – onward===
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By May, the formation had suddenly grown to thirteen ships.{{SMNLMay19|p. 13}}
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From June, 1919 onward, the organization of Britain's minesweepers becomes indistinct, as they are simply listed together as "Vessels Employed on Mine Clearance Service".  There is allegedly a separate Mine Clearance Service Weekly Return for closer detail, but we do not have any of those.
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Sweeping Torpedo Gunboats'''
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|align=center|{{UK-Badminton}}||align=center|{{UK-Bicester}}||align=center|{{UK-Burslem}}||align=center|{{UK-Cattistock}}||align=center|{{UK-Clonmel}}||align=center|{{UK-Cotswold}}
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|align=center|{{UK-Heythrop}}||align=center|{{UK-Holderness}}||align=center|{{UK-Muskerry}}||align=center|{{UK-Quorn}}||align=center|{{UK-Sherborne}}||align=center|{{UK-Sligo}}
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|align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Tedworth}}
 
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Revision as of 11:54, 29 May 2020

The Seventh Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy that operated in the North Sea late in the war.

History

July, 1918 – c. October, 1918

The formation is based in The Humber, and its seven ships are also known as the North Sea Fast Sweeping Flotilla.[1]

Operating from The Humber
Sweeping Torpedo Gunboats
Burslem Cattistock Clonmel (S.O.) Cupar
Sherborne Sligo Southdown

c. October, 1918 – January, 1919

Some time between August and November 1918, the roster has changed. Penarth now bears the Senior Officer, Badminton is joining (some time in November) and Southdown has left.[2]

Operating from The Humber
Sweeping Torpedo Gunboats
Badminton* Burslem Cattistock Clonmel
Cupar Penarth (S.O.) Sherborne Sligo

February, 1919

Penarth has left, and no ship is marked as bearing the Senior Officer.[3]

Operating from The Humber
Sweeping Torpedo Gunboats
Badminton Burslem Cattistock Clonmel
Cupar Sherborne Sligo

March, 1919 – April, 1919

The formation is based in the Humber for operations in the North Sea. Heythrop has joined.[4]

Operating from The Humber
Sweeping Torpedo Gunboats
Badminton Burslem Cattistock Clonmel
Cupar Heythrop Sherborne Sligo

May, 1919 – onward

By May, the formation had suddenly grown to thirteen ships.[5]

From June, 1919 onward, the organization of Britain's minesweepers becomes indistinct, as they are simply listed together as "Vessels Employed on Mine Clearance Service". There is allegedly a separate Mine Clearance Service Weekly Return for closer detail, but we do not have any of those.

Operating from The Humber
Sweeping Torpedo Gunboats
Badminton Bicester Burslem Cattistock Clonmel Cotswold
Heythrop Holderness Muskerry Quorn Sherborne Sligo
Tedworth

Senior Officers

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 15 and Supplements through August; September and October were unavailable to us.
  2. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 15 and Supplements through X.
  3. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 15 and Supplements through X.
  4. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 15 and Supplements through April.
  5. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 13.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 866.
  7. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 148.

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
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