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==History== | ==History== | ||
===February, 1919 – 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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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Operating from [[Clyde]]''' | |||
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==Senior Officers== | ==Senior Officers== | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:26, 20 April 2022
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
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Robert C. Warden, 19 December, 1918[2] – 9 April, 1919[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 16 and Supplements through X.
- ↑ Warden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/106. f. 106.
- ↑ Warden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/106. f. 106.
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 |
