Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)
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The Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla was a formation of destroyers of the Royal Navy. The flotilla changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred. For tactical reasons the flotilla was divided into two half flotillas.
It was formed after Jutland of modern destroyers.
Captains (D)
- Captain Edward Oliver Gladstone, likely the first commander.[1]
- Captain (D) Rafe Grenville Rowley-Conwy, in command at the surrender of the High Sea Fleet.[Citation needed]
Composition
July, 1918[2]
The Flotilla is one of six attached to the Grand Fleet under overall command of Commodore (F) in Castor. The flotilla is tender to depot ship Sandhurst.
Footnotes
- ↑ At The National Archives. ADM 137/1645, p. 41.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 12.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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 | |||
