Twenty-third Fleet Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchThe Twenty-third Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy that operated in the Northern Division of the Coast of Ireland Station late in the war.
History
1 December, 1918 – May, 1919
Rosemary carries the Senior Officer.[1]
| Operating from Buncrana | ||||||
| Sweeping Sloops | ||||||
| Buttercup | Crocus | Daffodil | Delphinium | Gladiolus | Poppy | Rosemary(S.O.) |
June, 1919 – onward
From June, 1919 onward, the organization of Britain's minesweepers becomes indistinct, as they are simply listed together as "Vessels Employed on Mine Clearance Service" in the Navy List. There is allegedly a separate Mine Clearance Service Weekly Return for closer detail, but we do not have any of those.[2]
Senior Officers
Supplementary Commanding Officers
- Lieutenant-Commander Daniel McDowell, 24 April, 1919 – 29 May, 1919
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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 |
