Second Submarine Flotilla (Royal Navy)
The Second Submarine Flotilla was a formation of submarines of the Royal Navy.
History
Test Mobilisation of July 1914
The following vessels were known to participate: [1]
September, 1914
The flotilla is a component of the Portsmouth Defence Flotilla, which also has some six organic destroyers and twenty two torpedo boats. Its strength is a depot ship, a torpedo boat and four coastal submarines.[2]
Attached to the Portsmouth Defence Flotilla | |||||
Depot Ship | |||||
Dolphin | |||||
Torpedo Boat | |||||
T.B. 026 | |||||
Submarines | |||||
A 5 | A 6 | A 13 | B 1 |
This roster and tasking would apply until December.[3]
December, 1914
A 13 has been dropped for unknown reasons and has been replaced by the more modern coastal submarine, W 1.[4]
Attached to the Portsmouth Defence Flotilla | |||||
Depot Ship | |||||
Dolphin | |||||
Torpedo Boat | |||||
T.B. 026 | |||||
Submarines | |||||
A 5 | A 6 | B 1 | W 1 |
This roster and tasking would apply until February or March, 1915.[5]
March, 1915
W 1 has left to join the Sixth Submarine Flotilla.[6]
Attached to the Portsmouth Defence Flotilla | |||||
Depot Ship | |||||
Dolphin | |||||
Torpedo Boat | |||||
T.B. 026 | |||||
Submarines | |||||
A 5 | A 6 | B 1 |
This roster and tasking would apply until September.[7][8][9][10][11]
September, 1915
A large surge of foreign-built "H" class submarines brings the strength up to the depot ship, a destroyer, and nine coastal submarines.[12]
Attached to the Portsmouth Defence Flotilla | |||||
Depot Ship | |||||
Dolphin | |||||
Torpedo Boat | |||||
T.B. 026 | |||||
Submarines | |||||
A 5 | A 6 | B 1 | |||
H 5 | H 6 | H 7 | H 8 | H 9 | H 10 |
The visitors would not remain long.
October, 1915
The new submarines leave to join the Eighth Submarine Flotilla, reducing strength again to the depot ship, a destroyer, and three coastal submarines.[13]
Attached to the Portsmouth Defence Flotilla | |||||
Depot Ship | |||||
Dolphin | |||||
Torpedo Boat | |||||
T.B. 026 | |||||
Submarines | |||||
A 5 | A 6 | B 1 |
November, 1915
B 5 has joined from the Fourth Submarine Flotilla, bringing the strength to one depot ship, a destroyer, and four coastal submarines.[14][15]
Attached to the Portsmouth Defence Flotilla | |||||
Depot Ship | |||||
Dolphin | |||||
Torpedo Boat | |||||
T.B. 026 | |||||
Submarines | |||||
A 5 | A 6 | B 1 | B 5 |
December, 1915
The newly-commissioned G 1 has joined, bringing the strength to one depot ship, a destroyer, and five coastal submarines.[16][17]
Attached to the Portsmouth Defence Flotilla | |||||
Depot Ship | |||||
Dolphin | |||||
Torpedo Boat | |||||
T.B. 026 | |||||
Submarines | |||||
A 5 | A 6 | B 1 | B 5 | G 1 |
This roster would apply until February, 1916.[18]
February, 1916
A 5 and G 1 have left for undiscovered ends, bringing the strength to one depot ship, a destroyer, and three coastal submarines.[19][20]
Attached to the Portsmouth Defence Flotilla | |||||
Depot Ship | |||||
Dolphin | |||||
Torpedo Boat | |||||
T.B. 026 | |||||
Submarines | |||||
A 6 | B 1 | B 5 |
March, 1916
T.B. 026 has been booted up to the parent Portsmouth Defence Flotilla and A 6 has left for undiscovered ends, reducing the strength to one depot ship and two coastal submarines.[21]
Attached to the Portsmouth Defence Flotilla | |||||
Depot Ship | |||||
Dolphin | |||||
Submarines | |||||
B 1 | B 5 |
This roster would apply until August.[22]{SMNLMay16|p. 17}}{SMNLJun16|p. 17}}{SMNLJul16|p. 17}}
August, 1916
S 1 has joined, increasing the strength to one depot ship and three coastal submarines.[23]
Attached to the Portsmouth Defence Flotilla | |||||
Depot Ship | |||||
Dolphin | |||||
Submarines | |||||
B 1 | B 5 | S 1 |
September, 1916
K 3 has joined temporarily, increasing the strength to one depot ship, three coastal submarines, and a steam-powered visitor.[24]
Attached to the Portsmouth Defence Flotilla | |||||
Depot Ship | |||||
Dolphin | |||||
Submarines | |||||
B 1 | B 5 | S 1 | K 3 |
This roster would apply until December, 1916.[25][26]
December, 1916
A change of names with another flotilla is being effected this month. The flotilla serving with the Portsmouth Defence will be keeping Dolphin, S 1 and K 3 while picking up two other coastal submarines and the name Sixth Submarine Flotilla. It is not clear what has become of B 1 and B 5.
The new Second Submarine Flotilla is resuming the role previously assigned the Sixth, serving with another submarine and a destroyer flotilla under Rear-Admiral commanding East Coast of England:[27]
Under Rear-Admiral commanding East Coast of England | |||||
Parent Ship | |||||
Bonaventure | |||||
Destroyer | |||||
Bonetta | |||||
Submarines | |||||
C 7 | C 8 | C 9 | C 10 | C 12 | C 13 |
C 14 | C 16 |
This roster would apply until February or March, 1917.[28]
March, 1917
C 7 and C 16 are now attached to the Ninth Submarine Flotilla, reducing strength to six submarines.[29]
Under Rear-Admiral commanding East Coast of England | |||||
Parent Ship | |||||
Bonaventure | |||||
Destroyer | |||||
Bonetta | |||||
Submarines | |||||
C 8 | C 9 | C 10 | C 12 | C 13 | C 14 |
April, 1917
The attrition continues. C 8 and C 9 are now transferred to the Third Submarine Flotilla, reducing our strength to four submarines.[30]
Under Rear-Admiral commanding East Coast of England | |||||
Parent Ship | |||||
Bonaventure | |||||
Destroyer | |||||
Bonetta | |||||
Submarines | |||||
C 10 | C 12 | C 13 | C 14 |
This roster would apply until March, 1918.[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
March, 1918
Parent ship Bonaventure has been dropped, sent down to Gibraltar to act as a depot ship for its submarine flotilla.[41]
Under Rear-Admiral commanding East Coast of England | |||||
Destroyer | |||||
Bonetta | |||||
Submarines | |||||
C 10 | C 12 | C 13 | C 14 |
April, 1918
The submarines are now tender to Titania.[42]
Assigned to East Coast Forces, out of Humber | |||||
Destroyer | |||||
Bonetta | |||||
Submarines | |||||
C 10 | C 12 | C 13 | C 14 |
This roster would apply until October or November.[43][44][45][46]
November, 1918
The flotilla is apparently disbanded in this month or October. Bonetta would be moved to the Fourteenth Submarine Flotilla, but I see no record of the submarines ever being listed again.[47]
Captains (S)
Dates of appointment given:
Footnotes
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September 1914). p. 13.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 13.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 13.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 13.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1915). pp. 16, 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1915). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1915). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1915). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1915). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1915). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1915). pp. 13, 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1915). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1916). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1916). pp. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1916). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1916). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1916). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1916). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1916). p. 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1916). pp. 16, 17.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1917). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1917). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1917). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1917). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1917). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1917). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1917). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1918). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1918). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). pp. 15, 22.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1918). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1918). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1918). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1918). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 15.
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