Second Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)

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The Second Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy. The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred. For tactical reasons the flotilla was divided into two half flotillas.

In 1916, it was comprised of Acheron class destroyers. Their test runnings of the 21-in Mark II torpedoes that year resulted in 89% of the shots being dangerous to the enemy.[1]

Outbreak of War, August, 1914

Battle of Jutland, June 1916

After Jutland, 1916

Footnotes

  1. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 87.

Bibliography

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

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