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Revision as of 14:18, 21 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.
History
The formation was seemingly created on the outbreak of the war.
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
- Commander Winstanley R. C. Moorsom, 14 November, 1914[1] – 15 January, 1915[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ Moorsom Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/488. f. 503.
- ↑ Moorsom Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/488. f. 503.
See Also
Bibliography
