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− | The '''Thirteenth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla''' was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the [[Royal Navy]]. | + | The '''Thirteenth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla''' was a formation of gunboats acting as fleet minesweepers of the [[Royal Navy]]. It operated out of the Clyde late in the war. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
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+ | ===February, 1919 – X=== | ||
+ | The formation is based in Clyde alongside the {{UK-FSF|21}}, and is unofficially dubbed the "Gunboat Fleet Sweeping Flotilla". {{UK-Speedwell}} bears the Senior Officer.{{SMNLMar19|p. 16 and Supplements through X}} | ||
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+ | |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Operating from [[Clyde]]''' | ||
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+ | |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Sweeping Torpedo Gunboats''' | ||
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+ | |align=center|{{UK-Spanker}}||align=center|{{UK-Speedwell}}<sup><small><small><small>(S.N.O.)</small></small></small></sup>||align=center|{{UK-Circe}}||align=center|{{UK-Gossamer}}||align=center|{{UK-Leda}} | ||
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==Senior Officers== | ==Senior Officers== | ||
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Revision as of 15:28, 14 December 2018
The Thirteenth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a formation of gunboats acting as fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy. It operated out of the Clyde late in the war.
History
February, 1919 – X
The formation is based in Clyde alongside the Twenty-first Fleet Sweeping Flotilla, and is unofficially dubbed the "Gunboat Fleet Sweeping Flotilla". Speedwell bears the Senior Officer.[1]
Operating from Clyde | ||||
Sweeping Torpedo Gunboats | ||||
Spanker | Speedwell(S.N.O.) | Circe | Gossamer | Leda |
Senior Officers
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Robert C. Warden, 19 December, 1918 – 9 April, 1919
Footnotes
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 16 and Supplements through X.
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 |