Third Submarine Flotilla (Royal Navy)
The Third Submarine Flotilla was a formation of submarines of the Royal Navy.
History
Test Mobilisation of July 1914
The flotilla was comprised of a depot ship and six coastal submarines.[1]
| Test Mobilisation | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Forth | |||||
| Submarines | |||||
| B 3 | B 4 | B 5 | C 14 | C 15 | C 16 |
September, 1914
The flotilla, with the same assets, is one of five assigned to the forces covering Home and Atlantic Waters.[2]
| Serving in Home and Atlantic Waters | |||||
| Depot Ship | |||||
| Forth | |||||
| Submarines | |||||
| B 3 | B 4 | B 5 | C 14 | C 15 | C 16 |
This roster and tasking would apply until January, 1915.[3]
January, 1915
It appears that the flotilla has been disbanded. Forth has gone over to the Tenth Submarine Flotilla while C 14 has gone to the Sixth Submarine Flotilla and the other five submarines to the Fourth Submarine Flotilla.[4]
| Disbanded? | |||||
| It would be re-instituted in September, 1916 |
September, 1916
The flotilla is re-instituted using the parent ship and D 1 and D 6 of the Tenth Submarine Flotilla.D 3 and D 4 have come over from the Eighth Submarine Flotilla and D 7 and D 8 from the Eleventh Submarine Flotilla.[5][6] The strength is now six modern submarines and their parent ship.
| Under the Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England | |||||
| Parent Ship | |||||
| Vulcan | |||||
| Submarines | |||||
| D 1 | D 3 | D 4 | D 6 | D 7 | D 8 |
This roster would apply until February or March, 1917.[7]
March, 1917
Vulcan, D 3, D 7 and D 8 have left to become part of Vulcan's Flotilla, operating under Vice-Admiral, Queenstown. Hebe has come over to serve as parent ship.[8] Strength is now three submarines plus a parent ship.
| Under the Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England | |||||
| Parent Ship | |||||
| Hebe | |||||
| Submarines, tender to Wallington | |||||
| D 1 | D 4 | D 6 | |||
April, 1917
All three submarines have left to join Platypus and Vulcan's Flotillas operating under Vice-Admiral, Queenstown. They have been replaced by C 8 and C 9 from the Second Submarine Flotilla. Strength is now two submarines plus a parent ship.[9][10]
| Under the Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England | |||||
| Parent Ship | |||||
| Hebe | |||||
| Submarines, tender to Wallington | |||||
| C 8 | C 9 | ||||
This roster would apply until October.[11]
August, 1917
Operating submerged in tow of the sailing decoy ship H.M.S. Prize, D 6 was unable to intervene in time when her bait was attacked by day and then by night by a U-boat. Prize was sunk.[12]
October, 1917
C 19 and C 22 have joined from Tenth Submarine Flotilla. Strength is now four submarines plus a parent ship.[13][14]
| Under the Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England | |||||
| Parent Ship | |||||
| Hebe | |||||
| Submarines, tender to Wallington* | |||||
| C 8 | C 9 | C 19 | C 22 | ||
This roster would apply until some time between September and November, 1918, though explicit mention of support from Wallington ceased being noted in December, 1917.[15]
November, 1918
C 8 has left, to appear with the Sixth Submarine Flotilla in December, and C 9 has left for undiscovered purposes, replaced by C 13 from the Second Submarine Flotilla. Strength is now three submarines plus a parent ship.[16][17]
| Under the Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England | |||||
| Parent Ship | |||||
| Hebe | |||||
| Submarines | |||||
| C 13 | C 19 | C 22 | |||
This roster would apply until January, 1919.[18]
January, 1919
The war now over, C 19 and C 22 have left for undisclosed ends. Strength is now one submarine plus a parent ship.[19]
| Under the Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England | |||||
| Parent Ship | |||||
| Hebe | |||||
| Submarines | |||||
| C 13 |
February, 1919
The Flotilla is apparently disbanded, Hebe sent to the Humber, and C 13 to undisclosed ends.[20]
| Disbanded? | |||||
| Not to be re-instituted in the Dreadnought Era |
Captains (S)
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Martin E. Nasmith, 7 February, 1917[21]
- Commander Geoffrey Layton, July, 1920[22]
- Commander Colin Cantlie, 31 March, 1926[23] – 19 November, 1926[24]
Footnotes
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September 1914). p. 14.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 14 and Supplements through December.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 14.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1916). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1916). pp. 12, 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 16 and Supplements until March, 1917. No Supplement for Feb 1917 was found.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1917). p. 14, 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1917). pp. 14, 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1917). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1917). p. 16 and Supplements through September.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. pp. 12, 13.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 16 and Supplements through Nov 1918 except Sep and Oct 1918.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1918). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 21.
- ↑ Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90/89. f. 89.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 805.
- ↑ Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
- ↑ Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
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