Sixteenth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)

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The Sixteenth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy that operated out of Granton late in the war.

History

February, 1919 – X

The formation is based in Firth of Forth (perhaps Granton, specifically). Lewes is paid off.[1]

Operating from Granton
Paddle Minesweepers
Cheltenham Doncaster Haldon Harpenden Lewes* Shincliffe Totnes

Senior Officers

Footnotes

  1. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 16 and Supplements through X.
  2. Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
  3. Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.

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