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==History==
 
==History==
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===July, 1918 – c. October, 1918===
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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="margin:0" width=75% class="toccolours"
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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 | '''Twin Screw Sweepers'''
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|align=center|{{UK-Burslem}}||align=center|{{UK-Cattistock}}||align=center|{{UK-Clonmel}}<sup><small><small><small>(S.O.)</small></small></small></sup>||align=center|{{UK-Cupar}}
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|align=center|{{UK-Sherborne}}||align=center|{{UK-Sligo}}||align=center|{{UK-Southdown}}
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|}
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===c. October, 1918 &ndash; 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="margin:0" width=75% class="toccolours"
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Operating from [[The Humber]]'''
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Twin Screw Sweepers'''
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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}}<sup><small><small><small>(S.O.)</small></small></small></sup>||align=center|{{UK-Sherborne}}||align=center|{{UK-Sligo}}
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===February, 1919===
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{{UK-Penarth}} was mined on 4 February, and no ship is marked as bearing the Senior Officer.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 15}}
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{|style="margin:0" width=75% class="toccolours"
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Operating from [[The Humber]]'''
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Twin Screw Sweepers'''
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|-
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|align=center|{{UK-Badminton}}||align=center|{{UK-Burslem}}||align=center|{{UK-Cattistock}}||align=center|{{UK-Clonmel}}
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|-
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|align=center|{{UK-Cupar}}||align=center|{{UK-Sherborne}}||align=center|{{UK-Sligo}}
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|}
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===March, 1919 &ndash; 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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{|style="margin:0" width=75% class="toccolours"
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Operating from [[The Humber]]'''
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Twin Screw Sweepers'''
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|-
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|align=center|{{UK-Badminton}}||align=center|{{UK-Burslem}}||align=center|{{UK-Cattistock}}||align=center|{{UK-Clonmel}}
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|-
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|align=center|{{UK-Cupar}}||align=center|{{UK-Heythrop}}||align=center|{{UK-Sherborne}}||align=center|{{UK-Sligo}}
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|}
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===May, 1919===
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By May, the formation had suddenly grown to thirteen ships.{{SMNLMay19|p. 13}}
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{|style="margin:0" width=75% class="toccolours"
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Operating from [[The Humber]]'''
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Twin Screw Sweepers'''
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|-
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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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|}
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===June, 1919 &ndash; onward===
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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.{{SMNLJun19|p. 15}}
  
 
==Senior Officers==
 
==Senior Officers==
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Basil Richard Brooke|nick=Basil R. Brooke|appt=26 May, 1918<ref>Brooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/25.|D7603732}} f. 230.</ref>|end=December, 1918<ref>Brooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/25.|D7603732}} f. 230.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Peter Alexander Crawford Sturrock|nick=Peter A. C. Sturrock|appt=December, 1918{{NLMar19|p. 866}}|end=4 February, 1919{{HepperLosses|p. 148}}|note=killed when vessel mined}}
 
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Latest revision as of 08:40, 30 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
Twin Screw Sweepers
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
Twin Screw Sweepers
Badminton* Burslem Cattistock Clonmel
Cupar Penarth(S.O.) Sherborne Sligo

February, 1919

Penarth was mined on 4 February, and no ship is marked as bearing the Senior Officer.[3]

Operating from The Humber
Twin Screw Sweepers
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
Twin Screw Sweepers
Badminton Burslem Cattistock Clonmel
Cupar Heythrop Sherborne Sligo

May, 1919

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

Operating from The Humber
Twin Screw Sweepers
Badminton Bicester Burslem Cattistock Clonmel Cotswold
Heythrop Holderness Muskerry Quorn Sherborne Sligo
Tedworth

June, 1919 – onward

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.[6]

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.
  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. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 15.
  7. ↑ Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.
  8. ↑ Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 866.
  10. ↑ 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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