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===February, 1919 – X===
===February, 1919 – X===
The formation is based in Clyde alongside the {{UK-FSF|21}}, and is unofficially dubbed the "Gunboat Fleet Sweeping Flotilla".{{SMNLMar19|p. 16 and Supplements through X}}
The formation is based in Clyde alongside the {{UK-FSF|21}}, and is unofficially dubbed the "Gunboat Fleet Sweeping Flotilla".  {{UK-Speedwell}} bears the Senior Officer.{{SMNLMar19|p. 16 and Supplements through X}}


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Revision as of 19:24, 14 December 2018

The Thirteenth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla was a formation of gunboats acting as fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy. It operated out of the Clyde late in the war.

History

February, 1919 – X

The formation is based in Clyde alongside the Twenty-first Fleet Sweeping Flotilla, and is unofficially dubbed the "Gunboat Fleet Sweeping Flotilla". Speedwell bears the Senior Officer.[1]

Operating from Clyde
Sweeping Torpedo Gunboats
Spanker Speedwell(S.N.O.) Circe Gossamer Leda

Senior Officers

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 16 and Supplements through X.

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
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