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The '''Clyde Local Defence Flotilla''' was a [[Local Defence Flotilla]] in the [[Royal Navy]] stationed at the mouth of the River Clyde on the West coast of Scotland.

==History==

===Test Mobilisation, July 1914===

===September, 1914===
The flotilla is entirely comprised of the {{UK-SF|9}}, which then had three "A" class submarines and three surface vessels, one an armed yacht.  Its strength would vary over time, but it would not get greatly larger than this.{{SMNLSep14|p. 13}}

This roster would apply until September 1916.

===September, 1916===
The {{UK-SF|9}}, which has withered to just {{UK-Pactolus}} and submarine {{UK-B4}} is redesignated the {{UK-SF|7}} (which had formerly been a component of [[Firth of Forth Local Defence Flotilla]]) the and remains the only component of the Clyde Local Defence Flotilla.   {{UK-SF|8}}, a component of the [[Harwich Force]] is redesignated as the Ninth.{{SMNLAug16|p. 13}}{{SMNLSep16|p. 13}}

This roster would apply until the flotilla was disbanded sometime in November, 1916.

==Captains (D)==
Dates of appointment given:
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==Footnotes==
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==See Also==

{{RNDestroyerFlotillas|Defence Flotillas}}