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In November 1912, fifteen destroyers were to be given [[British Wireless Systems#Destroyer Set|Destroyer W/T Sets]], part of an initiative to equip 26 destroyers in three patrol flotillas.{{ARTS1912|Wireless Appendix, p. 7}}
In November 1912, fifteen destroyers were to be given [[British Wireless Systems#Destroyer Set|Destroyer W/T Sets]], part of an initiative to equip 26 destroyers in three patrol flotillas.{{ARTS1912|Wireless Appendix, p. 7}}


At the outbreak of war, the Eighth had thirteen "B", "C" and "D" class destroyers led by {{UK-Pathfinder|f=t}} and a variety of torpedo boats.  It was deemed a "Patrol Flotilla" and served out in the Nore Command with the Ninth flotilla, based out of Chatham.{{March|p. 164}}  Its depot ships were {{UK-Tyne}} and {{UK-Aquarius}}.{{AWO1914|109 of 10 July, 1914}}
At the outbreak of war, the Eighth had thirteen "B", "C" and "D" class destroyers led by {{UK-Pathfinder|f=t}} and a variety of torpedo boats.  It was deemed a "Patrol Flotilla" and served out in the Nore Command with the {{UK-DF|9}}, based out of Chatham.{{March|p. 164}}  Its depot ships were {{UK-Tyne}} and {{UK-Aquarius}}.{{AWO1914|109 of 10 July, 1914}}


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The Eighth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy.

History

In November 1912, fifteen destroyers were to be given Destroyer W/T Sets, part of an initiative to equip 26 destroyers in three patrol flotillas.[1]

At the outbreak of war, the Eighth had thirteen "B", "C" and "D" class destroyers led by scout cruiser Pathfinder and a variety of torpedo boats. It was deemed a "Patrol Flotilla" and served out in the Nore Command with the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla, based out of Chatham.[2] Its depot ships were Tyne and Aquarius.[3]

Scout Cruiser
Pathfinder
"30 knotters"
Albacore Bat Cheerful Express Fairy Flying Fish Mallard
  Osprey Ostrich Peterel Stag Star Vigilant  
First-class T.B.s
  T.B. 25 T.B. 26 T.B. 27 T.B. 28 T.B. 29 T.B. 30  
  T.B. 31 T.B. 32 T.B. 33* T.B. 34 T.B. 35 T.B. 36  

It was noted that T.B. 33 was to join the Test Mobilisation, presumably delayed from a refit.[4]

In 1916, it was comprised of assorted old torpedo boats of classes "A" through "D".[5]

Captains (D)

Date of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 7.
  2. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 164.
  3. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
  4. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
  5. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 87.
  6. ↑ Navy List (December, 1916). p. 398t.
  7. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.

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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