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Revision as of 13:20, 23 August 2013
The Pembroke Flotilla was a formation of the Royal Navy which provided local defence to Pembroke.
Pembroke Defence Flotilla
A small force of four torpedo boats participated in the Test Mobilisation in July 1914.[1]
Torpedo Boats | |||||
T.B. 033 | T.B. 041 | T.B. 045 | T.B. 049 |
This little force would remain constant clear through May, 1917, when the flotilla expanded and took on the additional responsibility of Milford.[2]
Milford and Pembroke Defence Flotilla
In May, 1917, the flotilla was tasked with the additional burden of meeting Milford's needs.[3]
May, 1917
To meet its enlarged mission, four patrol boats were added, bringing the strength to four torpedo boats and four patrol boats.[4]
Torpedo Boats | |||||
T.B. 033 | T.B. 041 | T.B. 045 | T.B. 049 | ||
Patrol Boats | |||||
P35 | P39 | P46 | P53 |
June, 1917
Submarine C 6 on "special duty" has arrived from XXX, bringing the strength to four torpedo boats, four patrol boats and one submarine.[5]
Torpedo Boats | |||||
T.B. 033 | T.B. 041 | T.B. 045 | T.B. 049 | ||
Patrol Boats | |||||
P35 | P39 | P46 | P53 | ||
Submarines | |||||
C 6 |
July, 1917
Two patrol boats were added, bringing the strength to four torpedo boats, six patrol boats and one submarine.[6]
Torpedo Boats | |||||
T.B. 033 | T.B. 041 | T.B. 045 | T.B. 049 | ||
Patrol Boats | |||||
P35 | P39 | P46 | P53 | P 60 | P 67 |
Submarines | |||||
C 6 |
August, 1917
P18 has joined from Lowestoft, P23 from the Dover Patrol, and P 44 and P 55 were added from undiscovered assignments, as P35 and P39 have left to join the Portsmouth Escort Flotilla, bringing the strength to four torpedo boats, eight patrol boats and one submarine.[7][8]
Torpedo Boats | |||||
T.B. 033 | T.B. 041 | T.B. 045 | T.B. 049 | ||
Patrol Boats | |||||
P18 | P23 | P 44 | P46 | ||
P53 | P 55 | P 60 | P 67 | ||
Submarines | |||||
C 6 |
September, 1917
P18, P23, P46 and P53 have left to join the Portsmouth Escort Flotilla, being replaced by P 51, P 61, P 62 and P 68 which appear to be just entering service, maintaining the previous overall strength of four torpedo boats, eight patrol boats and one submarine.[9]
Torpedo Boats | |||||
T.B. 033 | T.B. 041 | T.B. 045 | T.B. 049 | ||
Patrol Boats | |||||
P 44 | P 51 | P 55 | P 60 | ||
P 61 | P 62 | P 67 | P 68 | ||
Submarines | |||||
C 6 |
October, 1917
P 42 and P 56 have come over from the Devonport and Falmouth Defence Flotilla, increasing the strength to four torpedo boats, ten patrol boats and one submarine.[10][11]
Torpedo Boats | |||||
T.B. 033 | T.B. 041 | T.B. 045 | T.B. 049 | ||
Patrol Boats | |||||
P 42 | P 44 | P 51 | P 55 | P 56 | |
P 60 | P 61 | P 62 | P 67 | P 68 | |
Submarines | |||||
C 6 |
November, 1917
P 43 has joined, seemingly new in service, and submarine C 6 has left, to an as-yet undiscovered assignment, making the strength four torpedo boats, and eleven patrol boats.[12]
Torpedo Boats | |||||
T.B. 033 | T.B. 041 | T.B. 045 | T.B. 049 | ||
Patrol Boats | |||||
P 42 | P 43 | P 44 | P 51 | P 55 | P 56 |
P 60 | P 61 | P 62 | P 67 | P 68 |
December, 1917
P 65 has joined, seemingly new in service, increasing the strength slightly to four torpedo boats, and twelve patrol boats.[13]
Torpedo Boats | |||||
T.B. 033 | T.B. 041 | T.B. 045 | T.B. 049 | ||
Patrol Boats | |||||
P 42 | P 43 | P 44 | P 51 | P 55 | P 56 |
P 60 | P 61 | P 62 | P 65 | P 67 | P 68 |
January, 1918
P 63 has joined, seemingly new in service, increasing the strength slightly to four torpedo boats, and thirteen patrol boats.[14]
Torpedo Boats | |||||
T.B. 033 | T.B. 041 | T.B. 045 | T.B. 049 | ||
Patrol Boats | |||||
P 42 | P 43 | P 44 | P 51 | P 55 | P 56 |
P 60 | P 61 | P 62 | P 63 | P 65 | P 67 |
P 68 |
February, 1918
A pair of sloops have joined from previous convoying service with the Grand Fleet, increasing the strength to four torpedo boats, thirteen patrol boats and two sloops.[15][16]
Torpedo Boats | |||||
T.B. 033 | T.B. 041 | T.B. 045 | T.B. 049 | ||
Patrol Boats | |||||
P 42 | P 43 | P 44 | P 51 | P 55 | P 56 |
P 60 | P 61 | P 62 | P 63 | P 65 | P 67 |
P 68 | |||||
Sloops | |||||
Auricula | Montbretia |
March, 1918
The sloops have left, destined to join the Northern Patrol in May, reducing the strength to four torpedo boats and thirteen patrol boats.[17][18]
Torpedo Boats | |||||
T.B. 033 | T.B. 041 | T.B. 045 | T.B. 049 | ||
Patrol Boats | |||||
P 42 | P 43 | P 44 | P 51 | P 55 | P 56 |
P 60 | P 61 | P 62 | P 63 | P 65 | P 67 |
P 68 |
April, 1918
P 66 has joined "temporarily", increasing the strength to four torpedo boats and fourteen patrol boats.[19]
Torpedo Boats | |||||
T.B. 033 | T.B. 041 | T.B. 045 | T.B. 049 | ||
Patrol Boats | |||||
P 42 | P 43 | P 44 | P 51 | P 55 | P 56 |
P 60 | P 61 | P 62 | P 63 | P 65 | P 66 |
P 67 | P 68 |
May, 1918
P 70 and P 71 have joined "temporarily", increasing the strength to four torpedo boats and sixteen patrol boats.[20]
Torpedo Boats | |||||
T.B. 033 | T.B. 041 | T.B. 045 | T.B. 049 | ||
Patrol Boats | |||||
P 42 | P 43 | P 44 | P 51 | P 55 | P 56 |
P 60 | P 61 | P 62 | P 63 | P 65 | P 66 |
P 67 | P 68 | P 70 | P 71 |
June, 1918
For the first time in the entire war, the torpedo boat team has been changed: T.B. 033 has left.
P 69 has joined, making the strength three torpedo boats and seventeen patrol boats.[21]
Torpedo Boats | |||||
T.B. 041 | T.B. 045 | T.B. 049 | |||
Patrol Boats | |||||
P 42 | P 43 | P 44 | P 51 | P 55 | P 56 |
P 60 | P 61 | P 62 | P 63 | P 65 | P 66 |
P 67 | P 68 | P 69 | P 70 | P 71 |
This roster would apply until sometime between September and November (no documents for September or October were found).[22][23]
November, 1918
P 72 and P 73 have joined, making the strength three torpedo boats and nineteen patrol boats.[24]
Torpedo Boats | |||||
T.B. 041 | T.B. 045 | T.B. 049 | |||
Patrol Boats | |||||
P 42 | P 43 | P 44 | P 51 | P 55 | P 56 |
P 60 | P 61 | P 62 | P 63 | P 65 | P 66 |
P 67 | P 68 | P 69 | P 70 | P 71 | P 72 |
P 73 |
December, 1918
The destroyers have been removed, replaced by an ad-hoc submarine flotilla dubbed the "Platypus flotilla" in honor of its depot ship has joined, making the strength nineteen patrol boats and six submarines.[25]
Patrol Boats | |||||
P 42 | P 43 | P 44 | P 51 | P 55 | P 56 |
P 60 | P 61 | P 62 | P 63 | P 65 | P 66 |
P 67 | P 68 | P 69 | P 70 | P 71 | P 72 |
P 73 | |||||
Platypus Submarine Flotilla' | |||||
E 23 | E 38 | R 7 | R 8 | R 11 | R 12 |
January, 1919
The patrol boats have all been pulled out, and the submarine flotilla has lost E 23 to the "periscope school" Cambeltown at the Clyde.[26]
Platypus Submarine Flotilla' | |||||
E 38 | R 7 | R 8 | R 11 | R 12 |
February, 1919
It appears The flotilla has been abolished. R 7 and R 8 have gone to the Portsmouth Defence Flotilla. R 11 has joined Fourteenth Submarine Flotilla. R 12 has gone to form "periscope school" Cambeltown at the Clyde. Platypus is labelled as a "miscellaneous ship in commission".[27]
Captains (D)
Dates of appointment given:
Footnotes
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
- ↑ A fairly complete set of Supplements to the Monthly Navy List.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1917). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1917). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1917). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1917). p. 18.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1917). pp. 14, 18.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1917). pp. 14, 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). pp. 14, 18.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 18.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). p. 18.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 18.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1917). p. 18.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1918). p. 18.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1918). p. 18.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1917). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1918). p. 13.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1918). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1918). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1918). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1918). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1918). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). pp. 11, 16, 21.
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 |