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Also known as the "Portsmouth Flotilla".{{ | Also known as the "Portsmouth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla", a nickname formerly associated with the {{UK-FSF|9}}, which was henceforth dubbed "Portsmouth Paddler Fleet Sweeping Flotilla". {{UK-Prestatyn}} is expected to join "shortly".{{SMNLDec18|p. 16}} | ||
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|align=center colspan=6|{{UK-Tonbridge}} | |||
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Minesweepers''' | |||
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|align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Northolt}}||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Prestatyn}}*||align=center colspan=2|{{UK-Rugby}} | |||
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{{UK-Prestatyn}} is reportedly in place.{{SMNLJan19|p. 16}} | |||
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===May, 1919=== | |||
The flotilla, as well as her sister the {{UK-FSF|22}}, are no longer listed in the ''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'', but some movements are reported in ''The Times''. | |||
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The flotilla arrived at Lervig on 18 May.{{MoS|Wednesday, May 21, 1919; pg. 18; Issue 42105}} They left Lervig on 22 September for [[Rosyth]]. This is the final mention of the formation I can locate.{{MoS|Wednesday, Sep 24, 1919; pg. 14; Issue 42213}} | |||
==Senior Officers== | ==Senior Officers== |
Revision as of 14:50, 13 December 2018
The Twenty-second Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a formation of fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy that operated out of Portsmouth late in the war alongside the paddle sweepers of the Ninth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla.
History
November, 1918 – December, 1918
Also known as the "Portsmouth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla", a nickname formerly associated with the Ninth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla, which was henceforth dubbed "Portsmouth Paddler Fleet Sweeping Flotilla". Prestatyn is expected to join "shortly".[1]
Based in Portsmouth | |||||
Senior Officer | |||||
Tonbridge | |||||
Minesweepers | |||||
Northolt | Prestatyn* | Rugby |
1 January, 1919 –
Prestatyn is reportedly in place.[2]
Based in Portsmouth | |||||
Senior Officer | |||||
Tonbridge | |||||
Minesweepers | |||||
Northolt | Prestatyn | Rugby |
May, 1919
The flotilla, as well as her sister the Twenty-second Fleet Sweeping Flotilla, are no longer listed in the Supplement to the Monthly Navy List, but some movements are reported in The Times.
Disbanded? some time in April |
The flotilla arrived at Lervig on 18 May.[3] They left Lervig on 22 September for Rosyth. This is the final mention of the formation I can locate.[4]
Senior Officers
- Lieutenant in Command William N. Kingdon, 3 April, 1919 – 4 November, 1919
Footnotes
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 16.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 16.
- ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, May 21, 1919; pg. 18; Issue 42105.
- ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 24, 1919; pg. 14; Issue 42213.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
See Also
British Minesweeping Formations |
Fleet Sweeping Flotillas (Great War) |
First | Second | Third | Sixth | Seventh | Eighth | Ninth | Tenth |
Eleventh | Twelfth | Thirteenth | Fifteenth | Sixteenth | Eighteenth | Nineteenth |
Twentieth | Twenty-first | Twenty-second | Twenty-third | Twenty-fourth |
Minesweeping Flotillas (World War II) |
First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth |