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Its composition in the battle was 14 [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class destroyers]] and two leaders, organised as follows{{UKNavalOpsIII|p. 432}} under the commanders given in the ''Official Despatches''. {{UKJutlandOD|pp. 44-5}}
 
Its composition in the battle was 14 [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class destroyers]] and two leaders, organised as follows{{UKNavalOpsIII|p. 432}} under the commanders given in the ''Official Despatches''. {{UKJutlandOD|pp. 44-5}}
 
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Revision as of 14:08, 2 October 2013

The Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy. The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred.

History

November, 1915

One of five flotillas attached to the Grand Fleet, relying on depot ship Blake.[1]

In 1916, it was comprised of M class destroyers whose 104 torpedo test runs in the first half of that year proved 91% probable to endanger the enemy.[2]

Battle of Jutland

Main article: Eleventh D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland

Its composition in the battle was 14 "M" class destroyers and two leaders, organised as follows[3] under the commanders given in the Official Despatches. [4]

At 10.5 at night, the Eleventh was five miles from the Second Battle Squadron, bearing about Green 169 when it encountered the German battlecruisers. Castor, Marne and Magic exchanged fire at just 2,000 yards and each fired a torpedo and turned away to port. Castor lost her W/T and was unable to direct the flotilla to attack more generally. Compounding this, some destroyers worried that the battlecruisers were British.

At 0.15 a.m., Castor encountered a destroyer on her bow and fired on it with gusto at point blank range. Its disappearance was taken as a sign that it was surely sunk.[5]

1917

The Flotilla's composition was, in part:[6]

July, 1918

The Flotilla is one of six attached to the Grand Fleet under overall command of Commodore (F) in Castor. The flotilla is tender to depot ship Blake.[7]

Captains (D)

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915). p. 12.
  2. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
  3. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 432.
  4. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 44-5.
  5. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 22-23.
  6. ↑ March. British Destroyers. caption Photo 20/1.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 12.
  8. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 44.

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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