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The '''Third Submarine Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Submarine|submarines]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. | The '''Third Submarine Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Submarine|submarines]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
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− | == | + | ===Test Mobilisation of July 1914=== |
+ | The flotilla was comprised of a depot ship and six coastal submarines.{{AWO1914|109 of 10 July, 1914}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|width=75% class="toccolours" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Test Mobilisation''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Forth}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center|{{UK-B3}}||align=center|{{UK-B4}}||align=center|{{UK-B5}}||align=center|{{UK-C14}}||align=center|{{UK-C15}}||align=center|{{UK-C16}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===September, 1914=== | ||
+ | The flotilla, with the same assets, is one of five assigned to the forces covering Home and Atlantic Waters.{{SMNLSep14|p. 14}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|width=75% class="toccolours" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Serving in Home and Atlantic Waters''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Forth}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center|{{UK-B3}}||align=center|{{UK-B4}}||align=center|{{UK-B5}}||align=center|{{UK-C14}}||align=center|{{UK-C15}}||align=center|{{UK-C16}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | This roster and tasking would apply until January, 1915.{{SMNLOct14|p. 14 and Supplements through December}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===January, 1915=== | ||
+ | It appears that the flotilla has been disbanded. {{UK-Forth}} has gone over to the {{UK-SF|10}} while {{UK-C14}} has gone to the {{UK-SF|6}} and the other five submarines to the {{UK-SF|4}}.{{SMNLJan15|p. 14}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|width=75% class="toccolours" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Disbanded?''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|It would be re-instituted in September, 1916 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===September, 1916=== | ||
+ | The flotilla is re-instituted using the parent ship and {{UK-D1}} and {{UK-D6}} of the {{UK-SF|10}}.{{UK-D3}} and {{UK-D4}} have come over from the {{UK-SF|8}} and {{UK-D7}} and {{UK-D8}} from the {{UK-SF|11}}.{{SMNLSep16|p. 16}}{{SMNLAug16|pp. 12, 16}} The strength is now six modern submarines and their parent ship. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|width=75% class="toccolours" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Under the [[Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England]]''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Parent Ship''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Vulcan}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center|{{UK-D1}}||align=center|{{UK-D3}}||align=center|{{UK-D4}}||align=center|{{UK-D6}}||align=center|{{UK-D7}}||align=center|{{UK-D8}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | This roster would apply until February or March, 1917.{{SMNLOct16|p. 16 and Supplements until March, 1917. No Supplement for Feb 1917 was found}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===March, 1917=== | ||
+ | {{UK-Vulcan}}, {{UK-D3}}, {{UK-D7}} and {{UK-D8}} have left to become part of [[Vulcan's Flotilla]], operating under Vice-Admiral, Queenstown. {{UK-Hebe}} has come over to serve as parent ship.{{SMNLMar17|p. 14, 16}} Strength is now three submarines plus a parent ship. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|width=75% class="toccolours" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Under the [[Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England]]''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Parent Ship''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Hebe}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines''', tender to {{UK-Wallington}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |colspan=2 align=center|{{UK-D1}}||colspan=2 align=center|{{UK-D4}}||colspan=2 align=center|{{UK-D6}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===April, 1917=== | ||
+ | All three submarines have left to join [[Platypus and Vulcan's Flotillas]] operating under Vice-Admiral, Queenstown. They have been replaced by {{UK-C8}} and {{UK-C9}} from the {{UK-SF|2}}. Strength is now two submarines plus a parent ship.{{SMNLApr17|pp. 14, 16}}{{SMNLMar17|p. 16}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|width=75% class="toccolours" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Under the [[Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England]]''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Parent Ship''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Hebe}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines''', tender to {{UK-Wallington}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |colspan=3 align=center|{{UK-C8}}||colspan=3 align=center|{{UK-C9}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | This roster would apply until October.{{SMNLMay17|p. 16 and Supplements through September}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===August, 1917=== | ||
+ | Operating submerged in tow of the sailing decoy ship H.M.S. ''Prize'', {{UK-D6}} was unable to intervene in time when her bait was attacked by day and then by night by a U-boat. ''Prize'' was sunk.{{UKTH1|pp. 12, 13}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===October, 1917=== | ||
+ | {{UK-C19}} and {{UK-C22}} have joined from {{UK-SF|10}}. Strength is now four submarines plus a parent ship.{{SMNLOct17|p. 16}}{{SMNLSep17|p. 12}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|width=75% class="toccolours" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Under the [[Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England]]''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Parent Ship''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Hebe}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines''', tender to {{UK-Wallington}}* | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ||align=center|{{UK-C8}}||align=center|{{UK-C9}}||align=center|{{UK-C19}}||align=center|{{UK-C22}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | This roster would apply until some time between September and November, 1918, though explicit mention of support from ''Wallington'' ceased being noted in December, 1917.{{SMNLNov17|p. 16 and Supplements through Nov 1918 except Sep and Oct 1918}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===November, 1918=== | ||
+ | {{UK-C8}} has left, to appear with the {{UK-SF|6}} in December, and {{UK-C9}} has left for undiscovered purposes, replaced by {{UK-C13}} from the {{UK-SF|2}}. Strength is now three submarines plus a parent ship.{{SMNLNov18|p. 15}}{{SMNLAug18|p. 15}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|width=75% class="toccolours" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Under the [[Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England]]''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Parent Ship''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Hebe}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |colspan=2 align=center|{{UK-C13}}||colspan=2 align=center|{{UK-C19}}||colspan=2 align=center|{{UK-C22}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | This roster would apply until January, 1919.{{SMNLDec18|p. 15}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===January, 1919=== | ||
+ | The war now over, {{UK-C19}} and {{UK-C22}} have left for undisclosed ends. Strength is now one submarine plus a parent ship.{{SMNLJan19|p. 15}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|width=75% class="toccolours" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Under the [[Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England]]''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Parent Ship''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Hebe}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |colspan=6 align=center|{{UK-C13}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===February, 1919=== | ||
+ | The Flotilla is apparently disbanded, {{UK-Hebe}} sent to the Humber, and {{UK-C13}} to undisclosed ends.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 21}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|width=75% class="toccolours" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Disbanded?''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|Not to be re-instituted in the Dreadnought Era | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===March, 1919=== | ||
+ | Back as one of six flotillas supporting the Grand Fleet in the post-war navy, the flotilla has a depot ship, four assorted vessels and fifteen submarines of "E", H" and "L" classes..{{SMNLMar19|p. 12}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|width=75% class="toccolours" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Supporting the [[Grand Fleet]]<br>one of six new flotillas''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Depot Ship''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Maidstone}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Ships''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ||align=center|{{UK-1Firedrake}}||align=center|{{UK-Lurcher}}||align=center|{{UK-1Pandora}}||align=center|{{UK-Orby}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center|{{UK-E29}}||align=center|{{UK-E31}}||align=center|{{UK-E38}}||align=center|{{UK-E43}}||align=center|{{UK-E51}}||align=center|{{UK-E52}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center|{{UK-E53}}||align=center|{{UK-E55}}||align=center|{{UK-E56}}||align=center|{{UK-H21}}||align=center|{{UK-H22}}||align=center|{{UK-L9}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align=center colspan=2|{{UK-L14}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-L15}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-L17}} | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==In Command== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
+ | <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Commander (S), Third Submarine Flotilla" nat="UK"> | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith|nick=Martin E. Nasmith|appt=7 February, 1917<ref>Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/178.|D7604082}} f. 583.</ref>|end=November, 1917<ref>Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/90/89.|D8115817}} f. 89.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Andrew Wilmot-Smith|nick=Andrew Wilmot-Smith|appt=September, 1917|end=1 February, 1919|as=Lieutenant-Commander (S), Third Submarine Flotilla}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Algernon Henry Chester Candy|nick=Algernon H. C. Candy|appt=1 March, 1919<ref>Candy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/279.|D7576613}} f. 279.</ref>|end=8 August, 1919<ref>Candy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/279.|D7576613}} f. 279.</ref>|as=Captain (S), {{UK-SF|3}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Layton|nick=Geoffrey Layton|appt=July, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 805}}|end=7 July, 1921<ref>Layton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Bertram Ramsay|nick=Robert B. Ramsay|appt=July, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 780}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Burnard Darke|nick=Reginald B. Darke|appt=1 January, 1924<ref>Darke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/88.|D7604500}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=31 March, 1926<ref>Superseded that day. Cantlie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Colin Cantlie|nick=Colin Cantlie|appt=31 March, 1926<ref>Cantlie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>|end=19 November, 1926<ref>Cantlie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:office0> | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
+ | {{refbegin}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
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The Third Submarine Flotilla was a formation of submarines of the Royal Navy.
Contents
History
Test Mobilisation of July 1914
The flotilla was comprised of a depot ship and six coastal submarines.[1]
Test Mobilisation | |||||
Depot Ship | |||||
Forth | |||||
Submarines | |||||
B 3 | B 4 | B 5 | C 14 | C 15 | C 16 |
September, 1914
The flotilla, with the same assets, is one of five assigned to the forces covering Home and Atlantic Waters.[2]
Serving in Home and Atlantic Waters | |||||
Depot Ship | |||||
Forth | |||||
Submarines | |||||
B 3 | B 4 | B 5 | C 14 | C 15 | C 16 |
This roster and tasking would apply until January, 1915.[3]
January, 1915
It appears that the flotilla has been disbanded. Forth has gone over to the Tenth Submarine Flotilla while C 14 has gone to the Sixth Submarine Flotilla and the other five submarines to the Fourth Submarine Flotilla.[4]
Disbanded? | |||||
It would be re-instituted in September, 1916 |
September, 1916
The flotilla is re-instituted using the parent ship and D 1 and D 6 of the Tenth Submarine Flotilla.D 3 and D 4 have come over from the Eighth Submarine Flotilla and D 7 and D 8 from the Eleventh Submarine Flotilla.[5][6] The strength is now six modern submarines and their parent ship.
Under the Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England | |||||
Parent Ship | |||||
Vulcan | |||||
Submarines | |||||
D 1 | D 3 | D 4 | D 6 | D 7 | D 8 |
This roster would apply until February or March, 1917.[7]
March, 1917
Vulcan, D 3, D 7 and D 8 have left to become part of Vulcan's Flotilla, operating under Vice-Admiral, Queenstown. Hebe has come over to serve as parent ship.[8] Strength is now three submarines plus a parent ship.
Under the Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England | |||||
Parent Ship | |||||
Hebe | |||||
Submarines, tender to Wallington | |||||
D 1 | D 4 | D 6 |
April, 1917
All three submarines have left to join Platypus and Vulcan's Flotillas operating under Vice-Admiral, Queenstown. They have been replaced by C 8 and C 9 from the Second Submarine Flotilla. Strength is now two submarines plus a parent ship.[9][10]
Under the Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England | |||||
Parent Ship | |||||
Hebe | |||||
Submarines, tender to Wallington | |||||
C 8 | C 9 |
This roster would apply until October.[11]
August, 1917
Operating submerged in tow of the sailing decoy ship H.M.S. Prize, D 6 was unable to intervene in time when her bait was attacked by day and then by night by a U-boat. Prize was sunk.[12]
October, 1917
C 19 and C 22 have joined from Tenth Submarine Flotilla. Strength is now four submarines plus a parent ship.[13][14]
Under the Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England | |||||
Parent Ship | |||||
Hebe | |||||
Submarines, tender to Wallington* | |||||
C 8 | C 9 | C 19 | C 22 |
This roster would apply until some time between September and November, 1918, though explicit mention of support from Wallington ceased being noted in December, 1917.[15]
November, 1918
C 8 has left, to appear with the Sixth Submarine Flotilla in December, and C 9 has left for undiscovered purposes, replaced by C 13 from the Second Submarine Flotilla. Strength is now three submarines plus a parent ship.[16][17]
Under the Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England | |||||
Parent Ship | |||||
Hebe | |||||
Submarines | |||||
C 13 | C 19 | C 22 |
This roster would apply until January, 1919.[18]
January, 1919
The war now over, C 19 and C 22 have left for undisclosed ends. Strength is now one submarine plus a parent ship.[19]
Under the Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England | |||||
Parent Ship | |||||
Hebe | |||||
Submarines | |||||
C 13 |
February, 1919
The Flotilla is apparently disbanded, Hebe sent to the Humber, and C 13 to undisclosed ends.[20]
Disbanded? | |||||
Not to be re-instituted in the Dreadnought Era |
March, 1919
Back as one of six flotillas supporting the Grand Fleet in the post-war navy, the flotilla has a depot ship, four assorted vessels and fifteen submarines of "E", H" and "L" classes..[21]
Supporting the Grand Fleet one of six new flotillas | |||||
Depot Ship | |||||
Maidstone | |||||
Ships | |||||
Firedrake | Lurcher | Pandora | Orby | ||
Submarines | |||||
E 29 | E 31 | E 38 | E 43 | E 51 | E 52 |
E 53 | E 55 | E 56 | H 21 | H 22 | L 9 |
L 14 | L 15 | L 17 |
In Command
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Martin E. Nasmith, 7 February, 1917[22] – November, 1917[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander Andrew Wilmot-Smith, September, 1917 – 1 February, 1919
- Captain Algernon H. C. Candy, 1 March, 1919[24] – 8 August, 1919[25]
- Commander Geoffrey Layton, July, 1920[26] – 7 July, 1921[27]
- Commander Robert B. Ramsay, July, 1921[28]
- Commander Reginald B. Darke, 1 January, 1924[29] – 31 March, 1926[30]
- Commander Colin Cantlie, 31 March, 1926[31] – 19 November, 1926[32]
Footnotes
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September 1914). p. 14.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 14 and Supplements through December.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 14.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1916). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1916). pp. 12, 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 16 and Supplements until March, 1917. No Supplement for Feb 1917 was found.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1917). p. 14, 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1917). pp. 14, 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1917). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1917). p. 16 and Supplements through September.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. pp. 12, 13.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 16 and Supplements through Nov 1918 except Sep and Oct 1918.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1918). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 21.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 12.
- ↑ Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/178. f. 583.
- ↑ Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90/89. f. 89.
- ↑ Candy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/279. f. 279.
- ↑ Candy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/279. f. 279.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 805.
- ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 780.
- ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
- ↑ Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
- ↑ Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
Bibliography
See Also