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==Composition==
 
==Composition==
  
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===September, 1914===
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===September – October, 1914===
  
 
The formation is listed in the ''Navy List'' as the "Boarding Flotilla".
 
The formation is listed in the ''Navy List'' as the "Boarding Flotilla".
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* {{UK-Chubb}}
 
* {{UK-Chubb}}
 
* {{UK-Cerberus}}
 
* {{UK-Cerberus}}
 +
 +
{{TBC}}
  
 
===August, 1916===
 
===August, 1916===
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* {{UK-Codfish}}
 
* {{UK-Codfish}}
 
* {{UK-CrudenBay}}
 
* {{UK-CrudenBay}}
−
* ''Dragon'' (TODO: identify this Dragon, falling between two we know)
+
* ''Dragon'' (launched 1893)
 
* {{UK-ForemostI}}
 
* {{UK-ForemostI}}
 
* {{UK-Fore}}
 
* {{UK-Fore}}
 +
 +
===January, 1917===
 +
Five armed boarding vessels (same as in August, 1916)
 +
* {{UK-CityOfBelfast}}
 +
* {{UK-DutchessOfDevonshire}}
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* {{UK-Louvain}}
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* {{UK-PeelCastle}}
 +
* the yacht {{UK-Simoun}}
 +
 +
Ten tugs:
 +
* {{UK-Carcass}}
 +
* {{UK-Ceylon}}
 +
* {{UK-Charm}}
 +
* {{UK-ChesterIII}}
 +
* {{UK-Chichester}}
 +
* {{UK-Chubb}}
 +
* {{UK-Codfish}}
 +
* {{UK-CrudenBay}}
 +
* ''Dragon''
 +
* {{UK-Doria}}
 +
 +
Six paddlesweepers:
 +
* {{UK-Chelmsford}}
 +
* {{UK-Eglinton}}
 +
* {{UK-Newbury}}
 +
* {{UK-Goodwood}}
 +
* {{UK-Redcar}}
 +
* {{UK-Sandown}}
 +
 +
One gunboat:
 +
* H.M.S. [[H.M.S. Handy (1883)|''Calcutta'']]
 +
 +
===May, 1917===
 +
Three armed boarding vessels:
 +
* {{UK-DutchessOfDevonshire}}
 +
* {{UK-PeelCastle}}
 +
* the yacht {{UK-Simoun}}
 +
 +
Six tugs:
 +
* {{UK-Carcass}}
 +
* {{UK-Charm}}
 +
* {{UK-Chubb}}
 +
* {{UK-CrudenBay}}
 +
* ''Dragon'' (TODO: identify this Dragon, falling between two we know)
 +
* {{UK-Doria}}
 +
 +
Six paddlesweepers (same as in January):
 +
* {{UK-Chelmsford}}
 +
* {{UK-Eglinton}}
 +
* {{UK-Goodwood}}
 +
* {{UK-Newbury}}
 +
* {{UK-Redcar}}
 +
* {{UK-Sandown}}
 +
 +
One gunboat:
 +
* H.M.S. [[H.M.S. Handy (1883)|''Calcutta'']]
 +
 +
===August, 1917===
 +
Four armed boarding vessels:
 +
* {{UK-CityOfBelfast}}
 +
* {{UK-DutchessOfDevonshire}}
 +
* {{UK-PeelCastle}}
 +
* the yacht {{UK-Simoun}}
 +
 +
Six tugs (same as in May):
 +
* {{UK-Carcass}}
 +
* {{UK-Charm}}
 +
* {{UK-Chubb}}
 +
* {{UK-CrudenBay}}
 +
* ''Dragon'' (TODO: identify this Dragon, falling between two we know)
 +
* {{UK-Doria}}
 +
 +
Eight paddlesweepers:
 +
* {{UK-Chelmsford}}
 +
* {{UK-Eglinton}}
 +
* {{UK-Gatwick}}
 +
* {{UK-Goodwood}}
 +
* {{UK-Melton}}
 +
* {{UK-Newbury}}
 +
* {{UK-Plumpton}}
 +
* {{UK-Redcar}}
 +
* {{UK-Sandown}}
 +
 +
No gunboats
 +
 +
===December, 1917===
 +
Three armed boarding vessels:
 +
* {{UK-DutchessOfDevonshire}}
 +
* {{UK-PeelCastle}}
 +
* the yacht {{UK-Simoun}}
 +
 +
Five tugs:
 +
* {{UK-Carcass}}
 +
* {{UK-Charm}}
 +
* {{UK-Chubb}}
 +
* {{UK-CrudenBay}}
 +
* {{UK-Doria}}
 +
 +
No paddlesweepers
 +
 +
===April, 1918===
 +
Two armed boarding vessels:
 +
* {{UK-DutchessOfDevonshire}}
 +
* the yacht {{UK-Simoun}}
 +
 +
Five tugs:
 +
* {{UK-Carcass}}
 +
* {{UK-Charm}}
 +
* {{UK-Chubb}}
 +
* {{UK-CrudenBay}}
 +
* {{UK-Doria}}
 +
 +
No paddlesweepers
 +
 +
===June, 1918===
 +
One armed boarding vessel:
 +
* the yacht {{UK-Sigismund}}
 +
 +
Five tugs:
 +
* {{UK-Carcass}}
 +
* {{UK-Charm}}
 +
* {{UK-Chubb}}
 +
* {{UK-CrudenBay}}
 +
* {{UK-Doria}}
 +
 +
No paddlesweepers
 +
 +
===July – December, 1918===
 +
Two armed boarding vessels:
 +
* the yacht {{UK-Sigismund}}
 +
* the yacht {{UK-Ceto}}
 +
 +
Six tugs:
 +
* {{UK-Carcass}}
 +
* {{UK-Charm}}
 +
* {{UK-Chubb}}
 +
* {{UK-Commonweal}}
 +
* {{UK-CrudenBay}}
 +
* {{UK-Doria}}
 +
 +
No paddlesweepers
 +
 +
===January, 1919===
 +
Two armed boarding vessels:
 +
* the yacht {{UK-Sigismund}}
 +
* the yacht {{UK-Ceto}}
 +
 +
Eight tugs:
 +
* {{UK-Carcass}}
 +
* {{UK-Ceylon}}
 +
* {{UK-Charm}}
 +
* {{UK-Chichester}}
 +
* {{UK-Chubb}}
 +
* {{UK-Commonweal}}
 +
* {{UK-CrudenBay}}
 +
* {{UK-Doria}}
 +
 +
No paddlesweepers
 +
 +
===February, 1919===
 +
Two armed boarding vessels:
 +
* the yacht {{UK-Sigismund}}
 +
* the yacht {{UK-Ceto}}
 +
 +
Eight tugs:
 +
* {{UK-Carcass}}
 +
* {{UK-Chichester}}
 +
* {{UK-Chubb}}
 +
* {{UK-Commonweal}}
 +
* {{UK-CrudenBay}}
 +
 +
No paddlesweepers
 +
 +
===March, 1919===
 +
The formation has seemingly been disbanded.
  
 
==In Command==
 
==In Command==

Revision as of 20:40, 6 May 2024

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.

History

The formation was seemingly created on the outbreak of the war.

Composition

September – October, 1914

The formation is listed in the Navy List as the "Boarding Flotilla".

Eight vessels:

[TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]

August, 1916

Five armed boarding vessels:

Eleven tugs:

January, 1917

Five armed boarding vessels (same as in August, 1916)

Ten tugs:

Six paddlesweepers:

One gunboat:

May, 1917

Three armed boarding vessels:

Six tugs:

Six paddlesweepers (same as in January):

One gunboat:

August, 1917

Four armed boarding vessels:

Six tugs (same as in May):

Eight paddlesweepers:

No gunboats

December, 1917

Three armed boarding vessels:

Five tugs:

No paddlesweepers

April, 1918

Two armed boarding vessels:

Five tugs:

No paddlesweepers

June, 1918

One armed boarding vessel:

Five tugs:

No paddlesweepers

July – December, 1918

Two armed boarding vessels:

Six tugs:

No paddlesweepers

January, 1919

Two armed boarding vessels:

Eight tugs:

No paddlesweepers

February, 1919

Two armed boarding vessels:

Eight tugs:

No paddlesweepers

March, 1919

The formation has seemingly been disbanded.

In Command

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Moorsom Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/488. f. 503.
  2. ↑ Moorsom Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/488. f. 503.

See Also

Bibliography

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