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* Captain [[Hugh Justin Tweedie]], ?.{{FC}}
* Captain [[Hugh Justin Tweedie]], ?.{{FC}}


==Outbreak of War, August, 1914==
==Composition==
 
'''Battle of Jutland'''
==Battle of Jutland, June 1916==
<br>Ten destroyers under the lead of the {{UK-Champion|f=t}} screened the {{UK-BCS|1}}.  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.
Ten destroyers under the lead of the {{UK-Champion|f=t}} screened the {{UK-BCS|1}}.  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:{{UKNavalOpsIII|p. 430}}
They were organised as follows:{{UKNavalOpsIII|p. 430}}
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At the same time, {{UK-Nepean}} remained in harbour and {{UK-Paladin}}, {{UK-Negro}}, {{UK-Nereus}}, {{UK-Penn}} and {{UK-Penn}} were in dockyard hands.{{UKNavalOpsIII|p. 430}}
At the same time, {{UK-Nepean}} remained in harbour and {{UK-Paladin}}, {{UK-Negro}}, {{UK-Nereus}}, {{UK-Penn}} and {{UK-Penn}} were in dockyard hands.{{UKNavalOpsIII|p. 430}}


==1 August, 1918==
'''July, 1918'''<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (July, 1918).  p. 12.</ref>
While operating with the [[Battle Cruiser Force]], the flotilla was comprised as follows.<ref>''Battlecruiser Force Signal Orders'', ADM 137/2135</ref>
<br>The Flotilla is one of six attached to the [[Grand Fleet]] under overall command of Commodore (F) in {{UK-Castor}}.  The flotilla is tender to depot ship {{UK-Columbine}}.
*{{UK-Champion|f=t}}, Captain (D)
*{{UK-Valentine|f=t}}
*{{UK-Valkyrie|f=t}}
**{{UK-Osiris}}
**{{UK-Paladin}}
**{{UK-Patrician}}
**{{UK-Tower}}
**{{UK-Tristram}}
**{{UK-Ulster}}
**{{UK-Umpire}}
**{{UK-Urchin}}
**{{UK-Ursa}}
**{{UK-Ursula}}
**{{UK-Vectis}}
**{{UK-Vega}}
**{{UK-Vendetta}}
**{{UK-Venetia}}
**{{UK-Verdun}}
**{{UK-Verulam}}
**{{UK-Vesper}}
**{{UK-Viceroy}}
**{{UK-Vidette}}
**{{UK-Vimiera}}
**{{UK-Violent}}
**{{UK-Wakeful}}
**{{UK-Wessex}}
**{{UK-Westcott}}
**{{UK-Westminster}}
**{{UK-Winchelsea}}
**{{UK-Wolfhound}}
**{{UK-Woolston}}
 
'''1 August, 1918'''
<br>While operating with the [[Battle Cruiser Force]], the flotilla was comprised as follows.<ref>''Battlecruiser Force Signal Orders'', {{TNA|ADM 137/2135}}.</ref>


* {{UK-Champion|f=t}}, flagship
* {{UK-Champion|f=t}}, flagship

Revision as of 18:26, 21 December 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)

Composition

Battle of Jutland
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:[4]

At the same time, Nepean remained in harbour and Paladin, Negro, Nereus, Penn and Penn were in dockyard hands.[5]

July, 1918[6]
The Flotilla is one of six attached to the Grand Fleet under overall command of Commodore (F) in Castor. The flotilla is tender to depot ship Columbine.

1 August, 1918
While operating with the Battle Cruiser Force, the flotilla was comprised as follows.[7]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 87.
  2. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
  3. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 756.
  4. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 430.
  5. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 430.
  6. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 12.
  7. ↑ Battlecruiser Force Signal Orders, The National Archives. 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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