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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 on a depot ship and six coastal submarines.{{AWO1914|109 of 10 July, 1914}} | |
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− | * | + | {|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. | ||
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+ | {|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. | ||
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+ | {|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}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===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 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
==Captains (S)== | ==Captains (S)== | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
+ | {{refbegin}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
{{RNSubmarineFlotillas|sort=3}} | {{RNSubmarineFlotillas|sort=3}} |
Revision as of 11:25, 30 May 2013
The Third Submarine Flotilla was a formation of submarines of the Royal Navy.
Contents
History
Test Mobilisation of July 1914
The flotilla was comprised on 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]
October, 1917
C 19 and C 22 have joined from Tenth Submarine Flotilla. Strength is now four submarines plus a parent ship.[12][13]
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.[14]
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.[15][16]
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.[17]
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.[18]
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.[19]
Disbanded? | |||||
Not to be re-instituted in the Dreadnought Era |
Captains (S)
Dates of appointment given:
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.
- ↑ 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.
Bibliography
See Also