First Minesweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)
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The First Minesweeping Flotilla was a Royal Navy formation of minesweepers.
History
In Command
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Herbert C. Mayo, 25 July, 1927[1]
- Captain James Powell, 31 August, 1930[2] – 17 October, 1931[3]
- Captain Geoffrey J. A. Miles, 17 October, 1931 – January, 1933
- Captain Guy L. Warren, 15 December, 1932[4][5] – June, 1934[6]
- Captain Hubert G. D. Acland, 2 May, 1934 – 1 May, 1935
- Captain Victor A. C. Crutchley, 31 July, 1935[7]
- Captain Percival C. W. Manwaring, 2 April, 1936[8]
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 257.
- ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/115. f. ?.
- ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/115. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 258.
- ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
- ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 246.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 246.
Bibliography
See Also
| British Minesweeping Formations |
| Fleet Sweeping Flotillas (Great War) |
| First | Second | Third | Sixth | Seventh | Eighth | Ninth | Tenth |
| Eleventh | Twelfth | Thirteenth | Fifteenth | Sixteenth | Eighteenth | Nineteenth |
| Twentieth | Twenty-first | Twenty-second | Twenty-third | Twenty-fourth |
| Minesweeping Flotillas (World War II) |
| First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth |
