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In 1916, it was comprised of [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class destroyers]] whose sixty-six 21-in Mark II torpedo test runs in the first half of that year proved 77% probable to endanger the enemy.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916'', p. 87.</ref>
In 1916, it was comprised of [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class destroyers]] whose sixty-six 21-in Mark II torpedo test runs in the first half of that year proved 77% probable to endanger the enemy.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916'', p. 87.</ref>
==Captains (D)==
* Captain [[James Uchtred Farie|J. U. Farie]], in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UK-JutlandOD|p. 46}}
* Captain [[Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton]], November, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 756.</ref>{{INF}}


==Outbreak of War, August, 1914==
==Outbreak of War, August, 1914==
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==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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==See Also==
==See Also==
*[http://www.gwpda.org/naval/fdrn0004.htm Composition of the Grand Fleet]
*[http://www.gwpda.org/naval/fdrn0004.htm Composition of the Grand Fleet]


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Revision as of 18:48, 14 October 2012

The Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy. The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred.

In 1916, it was comprised of "M" class destroyers whose sixty-six 21-in Mark II torpedo test runs in the first half of that year proved 77% probable to endanger the enemy.[1]

Captains (D)

Outbreak of War, August, 1914

Battle of Jutland, June 1916

Ten destroyers under the lead of the light cruiser Champion screened the First Battle Cruiser Squadron. Eight of these vessels delivered a torpedo attack against the enemy battle cruisers at about 4.15pm, after gun and torpedo battle with enemy destroyers who were similarly tasked.

They were organised as follows:[3]

At the same time, Nepean remained in harbour and Paladin, Negro, Nereus, Penn and Penn were in dockyard hands.[4]

1 August, 1918

While operating with the Battle Cruiser Force, the flotilla was comprised as follows.[5]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 87.
  2. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 756.
  3. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 430.
  4. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 430.
  5. ↑ Battlecruiser Force Signal Orders, ADM 137/2135

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.

See Also


British Destroyer Flotillas
First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth | Seventh | Eighth | Ninth | Tenth
Eleventh | Twelfth | Thirteenth | Fourteenth | Fifteenth | Sixteenth | Seventeenth | Eighteenth | Nineteenth
Twentieth | Twenty-first
Local Defence Flotillas
Clyde | Devonport | Devonport & Falmouth | Falmouth | Firth of Forth | Gibraltar
Liverpool | Mersey | Newhaven | Nore | North Channel | Milford & Pembroke | Pembroke
Portland | Portsmouth | Queenstown

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