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| + | ===September, 1914=== | ||
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| + | The formation is listed in the ''Navy List'' as the "Boarding Flotilla". | ||
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| + | Eight vessels: | ||
| + | * the {{UK-Harrier|f=t}} | ||
| + | * the {{UK-Niger|f=t}} | ||
| + | * the tug {{UK-Carcass}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-ChesterIII}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Chichester}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Ceylon}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Chubb}} | ||
| + | * {{UK-Cerberus}} | ||
===August, 1916=== | ===August, 1916=== | ||
Revision as of 12:17, 19 May 2021
The Downs Boarding Flotilla was an ad-hoc Royal Navy formation of vessels which provided inspection services in the Channel area as part of the Dover Patrol.
Contents
History
Composition
September, 1914
The formation is listed in the Navy List as the "Boarding Flotilla".
Eight vessels:
- the torpedo gunboat Harrier
- the torpedo gunboat Niger
- the tug Template:UK-Carcass
- Template:UK-ChesterIII
- Template:UK-Chichester
- Template:UK-Ceylon
- Template:UK-Chubb
- Template:UK-Cerberus
August, 1916
Five armed boarding vessels:
Eleven tugs:
- Template:UK-Carcass
- Template:UK-Ceylon
- Template:UK-Charm
- Template:UK-ChesterIII
- Template:UK-Chichester
- Template:UK-Chubb
- Template:UK-Codfish
- Template:UK-CrudenBay
- Dragon
- Template:UK-ForemostI
- Template:UK-Fore
In Command
Footnotes
See Also
Bibliography
