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The '''Fifth Submarine Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Submarine|submarines]] of the [[Royal Navy]].
The '''Fifth Submarine Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Submarine|submarines]] of the [[Royal Navy]].


==Composition==
==History==


'''Test Mobilisation of July 1914'''{{AWO1914|109 of 10 July, 1914}}
===Test Mobilisation of July 1914===
* {{UK-Thames}}
The flotilla had the members it would carry through much of the war.{{AWO1914|109 of 10 July, 1914}}
** {{UK-C1}}, {{UK-C2}}, {{UK-C3}}, {{UK-C4}}, {{UK-C5}}, {{UK-C6}}


'''November, 1915'''<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1915). p. 17.</ref>
{|width=75% class="toccolours"
<br>A defensive flotilla in the Nore, with the same composition as before.
|-
* {{UK-Thames}}  
|align=center colspan=6|'''Tender'''
** {{UK-C1}}, {{UK-C2}}, {{UK-C3}}, {{UK-C4}}, {{UK-C5}}, {{UK-C6}}
|-
|align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Thames}}
|-
|align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-C1}}||align=center|{{UK-C2}}||align=center|{{UK-C3}}||align=center|{{UK-C4}}||align=center|{{UK-C5}}||align=center|{{UK-C6}}
|}
 
By September, 1914, the flotilla would be designated as a component of the [[Nore Defence Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Nore Defence Flotilla]].
It would retain this roster until September, 1916.
 
===September, 1916===
The flotilla is redesignated as the {{UK-SF|4}} &mdash; the vessels of that formation based at Dover are now the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.{{SMNLSep16|pp. 15, 17}}
 
{|width=75% class="toccolours"
|-
| style="background:#CEDFF2" colspan=6 align=center | '''Part of the [[Dover Patrol]]'''
|-
|align=center colspan=6|'''Flagship'''
|-
|align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Arrogant}}
|-
|align=center colspan=6|'''Tender'''
|-
|align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Hazard}}
|-
|align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines'''
|-
|align=center|{{UK-C15}}||align=center|{{UK-C17}}||align=center|{{UK-C18}}||align=center|{{UK-C19}}||align=center|{{UK-C20}}||align=center|{{UK-C21}}
|-
|&nbsp;||align=center|{{UK-C22}}||align=center|{{UK-C28}}||align=center|{{UK-C29}}||align=center|{{UK-C30}}
|}


==Captains (S)==
==Captains (S)==

Revision as of 17:09, 16 May 2013

The Fifth Submarine Flotilla was a formation of submarines of the Royal Navy.

History

Test Mobilisation of July 1914

The flotilla had the members it would carry through much of the war.[1]

Tender
Thames
Submarines
C 1 C 2 C 3 C 4 C 5 C 6

By September, 1914, the flotilla would be designated as a component of the Nore Defence Flotilla. It would retain this roster until September, 1916.

September, 1916

The flotilla is redesignated as the Fourth Submarine Flotilla — the vessels of that formation based at Dover are now the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.[2]

Part of the Dover Patrol
Flagship
Arrogant
Tender
Hazard
Submarines
C 15 C 17 C 18 C 19 C 20 C 21
  C 22 C 28 C 29 C 30

Captains (S)

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
  2. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1916). pp. 15, 17.

Bibliography

See Also


British Submarine Flotillas
First Submarine Flotilla | Second Submarine Flotilla | Third Submarine Flotilla | Fourth Submarine Flotilla
Fifth Submarine Flotilla | Sixth Submarine Flotilla | Seventh Submarine Flotilla | Eighth Submarine Flotilla
Ninth Submarine Flotilla | Tenth Submarine Flotilla | Eleventh Submarine Flotilla | Twelfth Submarine Flotilla
Thirteenth Submarine Flotilla | Fourteenth Submarine Flotilla | Fifteenth Submarine Flotilla | Sixteenth Submarine Flotilla
Ambrose's Flotilla | Mediterranean Flotilla | Platypus's Flotilla | Vulcan's Flotilla | Hong Kong Flotilla
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