Clyde Local Defence Flotilla: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
|||
| (7 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
The '''Clyde 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. | 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== | ==History== | ||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
===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 | 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. | This roster would apply until the flotilla was disbanded sometime in November, 1916. | ||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
==Captains (D)== | ==Captains (D)== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Captain of Clyde Local Defence Flotilla" nat="UK"> | |||
</div name=fredbot:office0> | |||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:17, 7 September 2016
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 Ninth Submarine Flotilla, 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.[1]
This roster would apply until September 1916.
September, 1916
The Ninth Submarine Flotilla, which has withered to just Pactolus and submarine B 4 is redesignated the Seventh Submarine Flotilla (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. Eighth Submarine Flotilla, a component of the Harwich Force is redesignated as the Ninth.[2][3]
This roster would apply until the flotilla was disbanded sometime in November, 1916.
Captains (D)
Dates of appointment given:
Footnotes
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 | |||
