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.
On 1 November, 1911, the flotilla was comprised of:[1]
From 1912 through at least 1916, it was comprised of Acorn class destroyers.[2] Their test runnings of the 21-in Mark II torpedoes in the first half of 1916 resulted in 89% of the shots being dangerous to the enemy.[3]
On 2 October 1917, Brisk of the Acorn class struck a mine while moving to assist the torpedoed armoured cruiser Drake.[4]
Outbreak of War, August, 1914
Twenty Acorn class destroyers under leader Active.[5][6]
Battle of Jutland, June 1916
After Jutland, 1916
Captains (D)
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, 10 August, 1912.[7]
Footnotes
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 160.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 160.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Vol. V. p. 162.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 164.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 15.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 26 July, 1912. Issue 39961, col C, p. 12.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953. London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited. (on Bookfinder.com).
- Newbolt, Henry (1931). Naval Operations. Vol. V. London: Longmans, Green and Co..
See Also
| British Destroyer Flotillas | |||
| First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth | Seventh | Eighth | Ninth | Tenth | |||
| Eleventh | Twelfth | Thirteenth | Fourteenth | Fifteenth | Sixteenth | Seventeenth | Eighteenth | Nineteenth | |||
| Twentieth | Twenty-first | |||
| Local Defence Flotillas | |||
| Clyde | Devonport | Devonport & Falmouth | Falmouth | Firth of Forth | Gibraltar | |||
| Liverpool | Mersey | Newhaven | Nore | North Channel | Milford & Pembroke | Pembroke | |||
| Portland | Portsmouth | Queenstown | |||
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