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The '''Tenth Destroyer Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Destroyer|destroyers]] of the [[Royal Navy]].  The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred.
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The '''Tenth Destroyer Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Destroyer|destroyers]] of the [[Royal Navy]] instituted in mid-December, 1914.
  
In 1916, it was comprised of [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|''M'' class destroyers]] armed with 21-in Mark II torpedoes.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916'', p. 87.</ref>
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==Formation==
  
==Outbreak of War, August, 1914==
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Its formation was commanded on 15 December 1914 under leader {{UK-Aurora}} with ''Dido'' as the depot ship and eight [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|''Beagles'']] and all the [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|''M'' class destroyers]] presently available except {{UK-Miranda}} and {{UK-Meteor}}.
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In 1916, it was comprised of "M" class destroyers armed with 21-in Mark II torpedoes.{{ARTS1916|p. 87}}
  
 
==Battle of Jutland, June 1916==
 
==Battle of Jutland, June 1916==

Revision as of 21:17, 19 November 2012

The Tenth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy instituted in mid-December, 1914.

Formation

Its formation was commanded on 15 December 1914 under leader Aurora with Dido as the depot ship and eight Beagles and all the M class destroyers presently available except Miranda and Meteor.

In 1916, it was comprised of "M" class destroyers armed with 21-in Mark II torpedoes.[1]

Battle of Jutland, June 1916

Just four destroyers from the flotilla were at the Battle of Jutland:[2]

After Jutland, 1916

Captains (D)

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
  2. Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 430.
  3. Navy List (December, 1918). p. 910.

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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