Seventh Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)

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The Seventh Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy.

Composition

1 November, 1911
The flotilla in the Mediterranean was comprised of:[1]

July, 1914[2]

The flotilla was based in Devonport, part of the Second Fleet, under depôt ship Leander. It was to participate in the Test Mobilisation as follows.

Scout Cruiser
Skirmisher
"30 knotters"
Albatross Arab Avon Bullfinch Dove Earnest Leopard
Lively Locust Orwell Panther Quail Seal Sprightly
Success Sylvia Thorn Thrasher Vixen Violet Wolf
First-class T.B.s
T.B. 1 T.B. 2 T.B. 3 T.B. 4 T.B. 5 T.B. 13 T.B. 14
  T.B. 15 T.B. 16 T.B. 21 T.B. 22 T.B. 24  

November, 1915[3]
A patrol flotilla.

Flotilla Cruiser
Patrol
Destroyers
Albatross Avon Doon Earnest Itchen Kale Moy
Ness Nith Ouse Panther Quail Seal Stour
  Test Thrasher Violet Vixen Waveney Wolf  

July, 1918[4]
The Flotilla, along with the Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla was part of the East Coast Forces, operating out of the Humber. The flotilla is tender to Wallington, and Captain (D) is in the yacht Oriflamme (which seems to be Wallington under an alias). The destroyers are rather tired specimens.

Oriflamme, Captain (D)
Arab
Bat
Bullfinch
Boyne
Crane
Dee
Doon
Exe (paid off)
Fawn
Flying Fish
Garry
Greyhound
Leopard
Locust
Mermaid
Moy
Ness
Nith
Ouse
Peterel
Quail
Star
Stour
Sylvia
Test
Waveney

November, 1918[5]
Very nearly the same as July, but the Captain (D) is in the depot ship, Dee has re-joined, and a different destroyer is paid off.

Wallington, Captain (D)
Arab
Bat
Bullfinch
Boyne
Crane
Dee (detached)
Doon
Exe
Fawn
Flying Fish
Garry
Greyhound (paid off)
Leopard
Locust
Mermaid
Moy
Ness
Nith
Ouse
Peterel
Quail
Star
Stour
Sylvia
Test
Waveney

Training and Drill

In 1916, it was comprised of assorted old torpedo boats and River class destroyers. The T.B.s ran 37 18-in cold torpedoes that year, endangering the enemy 84% of the time, the "Rivers" were 97% likely to endanger the enemy with their 45 18-in Mark VII runs.[6]

Captains (D)

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. March. British Destroyers. p. 160.
  2. Printed page "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad" in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]
  3. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915). p. 16.
  4. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 15.
  5. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 15.
  6. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
  7. "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 11 November, 1911. Issue 39740, col B, p. 13.
  8. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 1 July, 1913. Issue 40252, col D, p. 6.
  9. Navy List (December, 1918). p. 1009.

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).

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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