Ninth Sloop Flotilla (Royal Navy)
The Ninth Sloop Flotilla was a formation of sloops of the Royal Navy. It appears to have received its numeric designation some time in June 1918, and was initially comprised of a small number of sloops which had been a component of the British Ægean Squadron since approximately August, 1917.
History
The Ninth was one of six new flotillas to first appear in the Navy List in July, 1918, joining the long-established First Sloop Flotilla and Tenth Sloop Flotilla. Its pre-history appears to have been an informal collection of sloops in the Aegean.
September, 1917
July, 1918
The flotilla is formed as part of the British Aegean Squadron, with six sloops.[1] It very much resembled an unlabelled group of sloops on the same station that had been in place since at least September, 1917.[2]
| Part of the British Aegean Squadron | |||||
| Sloops | |||||
| Anemone | Azalea | Heliotrope | Jonquil | Peony | Spiraea |
August, 1918
Peony has left and Azalea is paid off, reducing the formation's strength to five sloops. The membership would remain the same until some time in December, and Azalea would be re-commissioned before 1 November.[3]
| Part of the British Aegean Squadron | |||||
| Sloops | |||||
| Anemone | Azalea* | Heliotrope | Jonquil | Spiraea | |
January, 1919
Anemone and Azalea remain listed with six other sloops, as part of the Aegean Squadron, but there is no name given to the formation. Jonquil has been sent to Devonport, and Heliotrope and Spiraea have become two of six sloops on the Black Sea and Marmora Division.[4]
| Flotilla is Disbanded |
In Command
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