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==In Command==
==In Command==
The flotilla was disbanded in late 1926, and its submarines transferred to the Portsmouth and Portland Flotillas, and the depot ship {{UK-Maidstone}} sent to the {{UK-SF|2}}.{{NMI|20 Oct. 1926, p. 22}}
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment given:
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Revision as of 19:59, 8 August 2020

The Third Submarine Flotilla was a formation of submarines of the Royal Navy.

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 They have been replaced by C 8 and C 9 from the Second Submarine Flotilla.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

The flotilla was disbanded in late 1926, and its submarines transferred to the Portsmouth and Portland Flotillas, and the depot ship Maidstone sent to the Second Submarine Flotilla.[22] Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
  2. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September 1914). p. 14.
  3. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 14 and Supplements through December.
  4. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 14.
  5. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1916). p. 16.
  6. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1916). pp. 12, 16.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 16 and Supplements until March, 1917. No Supplement for Feb 1917 was found.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1917). p. 14, 16.
  9. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1917). pp. 14, 16.
  10. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1917). p. 16.
  11. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1917). p. 16 and Supplements through September.
  12. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. pp. 12, 13.
  13. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 16.
  14. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). p. 12.
  15. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 16 and Supplements through Nov 1918 except Sep and Oct 1918.
  16. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 15.
  17. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1918). p. 15.
  18. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 15.
  19. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 15.
  20. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 21.
  21. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 12.
  22. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 20 Oct. 1926, p. 22.
  23. ↑ Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/178. f. 583.
  24. ↑ Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90/89. f. 89.
  25. ↑ Candy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/279. f. 279.
  26. ↑ Candy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/279. f. 279.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 805.
  28. ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 780.
  30. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  31. ↑ Superseded that day. Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
  32. ↑ Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
  33. ↑ Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.

Bibliography

See Also


British Submarine Flotillas
First Submarine Flotilla | Second Submarine Flotilla | Third Submarine Flotilla | Fourth Submarine Flotilla
Fifth Submarine Flotilla | Sixth Submarine Flotilla | Seventh Submarine Flotilla | Eighth Submarine Flotilla
Ninth Submarine Flotilla | Tenth Submarine Flotilla | Eleventh Submarine Flotilla | Twelfth Submarine Flotilla
Thirteenth Submarine Flotilla | Fourteenth Submarine Flotilla | Fifteenth Submarine Flotilla | Sixteenth Submarine Flotilla
Ambrose's Flotilla | Mediterranean Flotilla | Platypus's Flotilla | Vulcan's Flotilla | Hong Kong Flotilla
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