1. FLEET DISTRIBUTION by DATE - 1914-1918

5 AUGUST 1914

  HOME WATERS

Grand Fleet

(includes Harwich Force)

 

Fleet flagship, Iron Duke.

1st BS, Marlborough, Collingwood, Colossus, Hercules, Neptune, St Vincent, Superb, Vanguard.

2nd BS, King George V, Ajax, Audacious, Centurion, Conqueror, Monarch, Orion, Thunderer
3rd BS, King Edward VII, Africa, Britannia, Commonwealth, Dominion, Hibernia, Hindustan, Zealandia.

4th BS, Dreadnought, Bellerophon, Temeraire, Agincourt (on Tyne).

9th BS (Grimsby), Hannibal, Magnificent, Mars, Victorious.

1st BCS, Lion, New Zealand, Princess Royal, Queen Mary.

2nd CS, Shannon (F), Achilles, Cochrane, Natal.

3rd CS, Antrim (F), Argyll, Devonshire, Roxburgh.

6th CS, Drake, Leviathan, Good Hope, King Alfred (later) (gw - allocated to Grand Fleet but mostly detached).

Attached, light cruisers Bellona, Blanche, Blonde, Boadicea, Sappho attached to BSs, destroyer Oak attached to Fleet Flagship.

Destroyer Command, cruiser Amethyst.

1st LCS, Southampton, Birmingham, Falmouth, Liverpool, Lowestoft, Nottingham.

1st DF, light cruiser Fearless, 20 I-class.

2nd DF, light cruiser Active (gw - shortly joined by Galatea), 20 H-class.

3rd DF (Harwich), light cruiser Amphion (gw - shortly joined by Undaunted), 16 L-class (4 to join) (gw - also lists light cruisers Arethusa, Penelope to shortly join Harwich Force).

4th DF, (gw - shortly joined by light cruiser Caroline), destroyer Swift, 20 K-class.

Local Defence Flotilla, Forward, 16 old destroyers.

Minelayers, 7 cruisers (at Sheerness) (gw - Minelaying Squadron: Andromache, Apollo, Iphigenia, Intrepid, Latona, Naiad, Thetis) .

Minesweepers, 10 TGBs (2 detached), .

Miscellaneous, 1 armed yacht, 2 ABSs.

 

Other Forces in UK waters

 

5th BS (Portland), Prince of Wales, Bulwark, Implacable, Irresistible, Formidable, London, Queen, Venerable, cruiser Topaze.

6th BS (Portland), Lord Nelson (to 5th BS), Russell, Agamemnon (to 5th BS), Albemarle., Cornwallis, Duncan, Exmouth, Vengeance, cruiser Diamond (to 5th BS).

7th BS (Devonport), Prince George, Caesar, Illustrious, Majestic, cruiser Sapphire.

8th BS (Devonport), Albion (to 7th BS), Canopus (to 7th BS), Glory (to W. Atlantic), Goliath (to 7th BS), Jupiter (to 7th BS), Ocean (to 7th BS), cruiser Proserpine (to 7th BS).

Cruiser Force F (Sheerness), Hogue, Sutlej.

5th CS (to West Africa), Carnarvon, Cornwall, Cumberland, Monmouth (see also West Africa, Cape Verde Islands below).

7th CS (Southern North Sea), Bacchante (F), Aboukir, Cressy, Euryalus (gw - soon to be dispersed).

9th CS (Portland), Europa (F), Amphitrite, Argonaut, Highflyer, Vindictive, Challenger (in Bristol Channel) (gw - Mid-Atlantic based on Gibraltar, repeated below).

10th CS (Northern Patrol), Crescent (F), Edgar, Endymion, Gibraltar, Grafton, Hawke, Royal Arthur, Theseus (gw - less Gibraltar, all soon replaced by 21 AMCs).

11th CS, Juno (F), Doris, Isis, Minerva, Venus (gw - West of Ireland Coast Patrol, later joined by Sutlej).

12th CS, Charydbis (F), Diana, Eclipse, Talbot (gw - Western Channel Patrol, support by eight French cruisers and one light cruiser)

(gw - 8th CS not formed)
(gw - light cruisers Brilliant and Sirius, two of six ships attached to Channel Fleet BSs)

(gw - plus 10th DF, soon to be joined by light cruiser Aurora)

(gw - assigned to Channel Fleet - River-class destroyers Erne, Ettrick, Exe, Cherwell, Dee, Wear, Swale, Rother)

 

Patrol Flotillas

 

6th DF (Dover), light cruisers Attentive, Adventure, Foresight, Sentinel (gw - less Sentinel with 8th DF), 12 F-class, 12 old destroyers.

7th DF (Humber), light cruiser Skirmisher, 22 old destroyers (gw - A-class Opossum, Ranger, Sunfish; B-class Thrasher, Success, Arab, Quail, Panther, Orwell, Lively, Griffon, Earnest, Seal, Express, Wolf; C-class Bittern, Roebuck, Thorn, Bullfinch, Leopard, Sylvia, Dove, Vigilant, Albatros, Violet, Avon, Vixen; D-class Mallard), 12 TBs.

8th DF (Forth), light cruiser Pathfinder (gw - plus Sentinel from 6th DF), 9 old destroyers (gw - A-class Conflict, Surly; B-class Spiteful, Peterel, Kangaroo; C-class Fairy, Cheerful, Velox, Star, Bat, Flying Fish, Osprey; D-class Desperate, Stag), 12 TBs.

9th DF (Tyne), light cruiser Patrol (gw - plus Forward), 19 old destroyers (gw - River-class Teviot, Garry, Derwent, Eden, Waveney, Boyne, Doon, Kale, Foyle, Itchen, Arun, Liffey, Moy, Ouse, Ness, Nith, Stour, Test)

Downs Boarding Flotilla, 6 armed tugs, 2 TGBs.

 

Submarine Flotillas

(NL/gw -1st (Devonport), A.8, A.9, HMS Onyx)
(NL/gw - 2nd (Portsmouth), A.5, A.6, A.13, B.1, D.2, E.10, S.1, HMS Dolphin)

3rd (Devonport), 3 B-class, 3 C-class (detached to Dover) (NL/gw - ?10th (Devonport), B.3, B.4, B.5, C.14, C.15, C.16, HMS Forth)

4th (Dover), 7 C-class (NL/gw - C.17, C.18, C.31, C.32, C.33, C.34, C.35, HMS Arrogant), D.1

5th (Nore), 6 C-class (NL/gw at Sheerness - C.1, C.2, C.3, C.4, C.5, C.6, HMS Thames)

6th (Humber), 6 C-class (NL/gw - C.7, C.8, C.9, C.10, C.12, C.13, HMS Bonaventure)

7th (Forth), 12 C-class (NL/gw at Leith - C.19, C.20, C.21, C.22, C.23, C.24, C.25, C.26, C.27, C.28, C.29, C.30, HMS Vulcan)

8th (Harwich), 2 destroyers, 8 D-class, 9 E-class (NL/gw - E.1, E.2, E.3, E.4, E.5, E.6, E.7, E.8, E.9, E.11, D.1, D.4, D.7, D.8, HMS Maidstone, D.3, D.5, D.6, HMS Adamant)

9th (Ardrossan), 1 destroyer, 3 A-class (NL/gw - A.10, A.11, A.12, HMS Pactolus)

 

Local Defence Flotillas

 

Nore, 12 old destroyers (gw -  A-class Lightning, Porcupine, Fervent, Zephyr; C-class Recruit, Vulture, Brazen, Electra, Kestrel; D-class Coquette, Cygnet, Cynthia), 20 TBs.

Portsmouth, 6 old destroyers, 13 TBs (gw - including TB.98-117), 4 old submarines (see 2nd S/M Flotilla above?).

Devonport, 4 TBs.

Pembroke, 4 TBs.

Queenstown, 4 TBs.

Home Ports, 13 Admiralty Trawlers, 13 hired trawlers.

 

Fitting-out etc. in the UK

 

Battleship, Queen Elizabeth.

Cruisers, Arethusa, Aurora, Cordelia, Donegal, Hermes, Kent, Sirius (gw - attached to Channel Fleet BS), Terrible.

4 a/c carriers, 5 AMCs (incl Victorian?) .

 

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OVERSEAS

Mediterranean

 

2nd BCS, Inflexible, Indefatigable, Indomitable.

1st CS, Defence (F), Black Prince, Duke of Edinburgh, Warrior (gw - soon to join Grand Fleet).

Cruisers, Chatham, Dublin, Gloucester, Weymouth (gw - Weymouth in East Indies Station).

16 G-class destroyers (gw - Beagle, Bulldog, Foxhound, Pincher, Grasshopper, Mosquito, Scorpion, Scourge, Raccoon, Renard, Wolverine, Rattlesnake, Grampus, Savage, Basilisk, Harpy), 1 TGB/MS (gw - Hussar), 1 AMC

Gibraltar

(gw - TBs 83, 88, 89, 90-97)

(NL/gw - B-class submarines B.6, B.8, B.7, HMS Cormorant, tender HMS Rapid. Sent with Malta boats to Dardanelles with D/S Hindu Kush)

Malta

(gw - TBs 042, 044, 046, 063, 70)
(NL/gw - B-class submarines B.9, B.10, B.11, HMS Egmont. Sent with Gibraltar boats to Dardanelles with D/S Hindu Kush)

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West Atlantic

(gw - North America; also North America and West Indies Station)

 

4th CS, Suffolk (F), Berwick, Bristol, Essex, Lancaster, battleship Glory (from 8th BS), 1 AMC (gw - later joined by light cruisers HMAS Melbourne and Sydney)
Cruiser Niobe (RCN, at Halifax)

West Africa

(gw - Cape Verde Islands; also Mid Atlantic)

5th CS, Carnarvon (F), Cornwall, Cumberland, Monmouth (repeated above in UK waters)

9th CS, Europa (F), Amphitrite, Argonaut, Highflyer, Vindictive, Challenger (repeated above in UK waters) (gw - Mid-Atlantic based on Gibraltar)

 

South Atlantic

(gw - South America; SE Coast of South America)

 

Cruiser Glasgow.

 

Cape & West Africa

(gw - Cape of Good Hope)

 

Cruisers Hyacinth, Astraea, Pegasus (detached), 1 gunboat.

 

East Indies

 

Battleship Swiftsure, cruisers Dartmouth, Fox (gw - also Weymouth, but already listed in Mediterranean above), 3 sloops, 5 RIM ships.

 

China

 

Cruisers Minotaur (F), Hampshire, Yarmouth (gw - also Newcastle; in Pacific below), battleship Triumph, 8 old destroyers (gw - Chelmer, Colne, Jed, Kennet, Ribble, Usk, Welland, Otter, Fame), 4 TBs, 3 old submarines (NL/gw at Hong Kong - C.36, 37, 38, HMS Rosario), 6 sloops, 4 AMCs (fitting out).

 

Australia

 

Battlecruiser Australia, cruisers Melbourne, Sydney, Encounter,  Pioneer, 3 destroyers (gw - Parramatta, Yarra, Warrago), 2 E-class submarines (gw - AE.1, AE.2)

 

New Zealand.

Cruisers Psyche, Philomel, Pyramus, 1 sloop.

 

Pacific

 

Cruisers Newcastle (see China), Rainbow (Canadian, Pacific coast), 2 sloops.

 

 

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JANUARY 1915

  HOME WATERS

Grand Fleet

(includes Harwich Force and Northern Patrol)

 

Fleet flagship, Iron Duke.

1st BS, Marlborough, Collingwood, Colossus, Hercules, Neptune, St Vincent, Superb, Vanguard, .

2nd BS, Centurion, Ajax, Audacious, Conqueror, King George V, Monarch, Orion, Thunderer.

3rd BS, King Edward VII, Africa, Britannia, Commonwealth, Dominion, Hibernia, Hindustan, Zealandia.

4th BS, Benbow, Agincourt, Bellerophon, Dreadnought, Emperor of India, Erin, Temeraire.

1st BCS, Lion, Indomitable, New Zealand, Princess Royal, Queen Mary, Tiger, .

Detached battlecruisers, Inflexible, Invincible.

Attached, cruisers Bellona, Blanche, Blonde, Boadicea, Sapphire, Sappho, destroyer Oak.

1st CS, Leviathan, Black Prince, Duke of Edinburgh, Warrior.

2nd CS, Shannon, Achilles, Cochrane, Natal.

3rd CS, Antrim, Argyll, Devonshire, Roxburgh.

6th CS, Drake, Cumberland, Donegal, Hampshire.

Destroyer Command, cruisers Arethusa, Aurora (at Chatham)

(gw - addition of new 1st LCS at Rosyth by early 1915, Galatea (F), Caroline, Cordelia, Inconstant).

1st LCS, Southampton (F), Birmingham, Lowestoft, Nottingham (gw - 2nd LCS by early 1915).

2nd LCS, Falmouth (F), Gloucester, Liverpool, Yarmouth, Dartmouth (detached) (gw - 3rd LCS by early 1915)

A/C Carriers (at Harwich), Empress, Engadine, Riviera.

Minesweepers, 8 TGBs, 8 hired vessels.

1st DF, Fearless, Meteor, 20 I-class.

2nd DF, Active, Galatea, Broke, 21 H-class.

3rd DF (Harwich), Undaunted, 30 L & M-classes.

4th DF, Caroline, Faulknor, Swift, 22 K-class.

Local Defence Flotilla, 29 old destroyers.

Miscellaneous, 8 ABSs.

 

Other Forces in UK Waters

5th BS (Channel), Lord Nelson, Agamemnon, Formidable, Implacable, Irresistible, London, Prince of Wales, Queen, Venerable, Diamond, cruiser Topaze.

6th BS (Nore), Albemarle, Cornwallis, Duncan, Exmouth, Russell, Revenge (at Dover).

10th CS (Northern Patrol), 23 AMCs.

11th CS (Irish ports), Sutlej, Isis, Juno, Venus, 4 ABSs.

12th CS (Atlantic convoys), Euryalus, Bacchante, Charybdis, Diana, Eclipse, Talbot, 4 ABSs, .

 

Patrol flotillas

 

6th DF (Dover), Attentive, Adventure, Foresight, 12 F-class, 12 old destroyers, 2 monitors.

7th DF (Humber), Skirmisher, Forward, 10 old destroyers, 8 TBs.

8th DF (Forth), Sentinel, 7 old destroyers, 14 TBs.

9th DF (Tyne), Patrol, 14 old destroyers, 4 TBs.

Downs Boarding Flotilla, 4 ABSs, 8 armed tugs.

 

Submarine Flotillas

 

1st (Devonport), 2 A-class.

2nd (Portsmouth), 2 A-class, 1 B-class.

3rd (Yarmouth), 1 C-class.

4th (Dover), 3 B-class, 9 C-class.

5th (Sheerness), 6 C-class.

6th (Tyne), 7 C-class.

7th (Forth), 6 C-class.

8th (Harwich), 2 destroyers, 4 D-class, 10 E-class, 1 S-class.

9th (Clyde), 3 A-class.

10th (Humber), 5 C-class.

 

Local Defence etc

 

Nore, 12 old destroyers, 20 TBs, 7 minelayers, 1 monitor, 1 sloop, .

Portsmouth, 8 old destroyers, 17 TBs, 6 destroyer, G-class (to 10th DF), 1 sloop.

Portland, 6 TBs, .

Devonport, 4 old destroyers, 8 TBs.

Pembroke, 4 TBs.

Queenstown, 4 TBs.

 

Guardships, refits etc

 

Battleships, Queen Elizabeth, Hannibal, Illustrious, Jupiter, Magnificent, Majestic, Victorious.

Cruisers, Brilliant, Cordelia, Diadem, Hermione, Sirius, Wallaroo.

 

OVERSEAS

Mediterranean

 

Battlecruiser Indefatigable, cruisers Dublin, Pelorus, Philomel, 9 destroyers, 11 TBs, 5 submarines.

 

North America & West Indies

 

Battleship Glory, cruisers Berwick, Dartmouth, Essex, Lancaster, Melbourne, Niobe, Suffolk, Sydney, 2 AMCs, .

 

Cape Verde

 

Battleship Vengeance, cruiser Highflyer, 2 AMCs.

 

Off West Africa

 

9th CS, Argonaut, Amphitrite, Vindictive, Europa (at Portsmouth), Prince George (at Lisbon), 3 AMCs.

 

SE coast of South America

 

Battleship Canopus, cruisers Bristol, Carnarvon, Cornwall, Glasgow, Kent, 5 AMCs.

 

Cape & West Africa

 

Battleships Albion, Goliath, cruisers Astraea, Defence, Hyacinth, Minotaur, 2 TBs, 2 AMCs, Challenger, 1 gunboat, .

 

East Indies & Egypt

 

Battleships Swiftsure, Ocean, cruisers Doris, Minerva, Proserpine, Pyramus, 7 old destroyers, 6 TBs, 3 sloops, 3 AMCs, 6 RIM ships, .

 

China

 

Battleship Triumph, 3 old destroyers, 4 TBs, 3 submarines, 1 AMC.

 

Australia

 

Cruisers Encounter, Pioneer, 3 destroyers, 1 submarine, 2 sloops.

 

Pacific

 

Battlecruiser Australia, cruisers Newcastle, Psyche, Rainbow, 1 sloop.

 

 

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JANUARY 1916

HOME WATERS

 

Grand Fleet

(includes Harwich Force and Northern Patrol)

 

Fleet Flagship, Iron Duke.

BC Force Flagship, Lion.

1st BS, Marlborough, Agincourt, Collingwood, Colossus, Hercules, Neptune, St Vincent, Vanguard.

2nd BS, King George V, Ajax, Centurion, Conqueror, Erin, Monarch, Orion, Thunderer.

3rd BS, King Edward VII, Africa, Albermarle, Britannia, Commonwealth, Dominion, Hindustan.

4th BS, Benbow, Bellerophon, Canada, Dreadnought, Emperor of India, Superb, Temeraire.

5th BS, Barham, Queen Elizabeth, Warspite.

1st BCS, Princess Royal, Queen Mary, Tiger.

2nd BCS, Australia, Indefatigable, New Zealand.

3rd BCS, Invincible, Indomitable, Inflexible.

Attached Ships, cruisers Bellona, Blanche, Boadicea, Diamond, Sappho, destroyer Oak.

1st CS, Defence, Black Prince, Duke of Edinburgh, Warrior.

2nd CS, Shannon, Achilles, Cochrane.

3rd CS, Antrim, Devonshire, Roxburgh.

7th CS, Minotaur, Donegal, Hampshire.

A/C Carriers, Campania, Empress, Engadine (Forth), Vindex (Harwich).

1st LCS, Galatea, Cordelia, Inconstant, Phaeton.

2nd LCS, Southampton, Birmingham, Lowestoft, Nottingham, Champion.

3rd LCS, Falmouth, Birkenhead, Gloucester, Yarmouth.

4th LCS, Calliope, Caroline, Comus.

5th LCS (Harwich), Arethusa, Cleopatra, Conquest, Penelope.

1st DF, Fearless, Botha, 20 I-class.

2nd DF (Cromarty), Broke, 2 M-class.

4th DF, Carysfort, Faulknor, 19 K-class.

9th DF (Harwich), Undaunted, Lightfoot, 18 L-class.

10th DF (Harwich), Aurora, Nimrod, 16 M-class.

11th DF (Cromarty), Castor, Kempenfelt, 15 M-class.

12th DF, Royalist, Marksman, 5 M-class.

Local Defence Flotilla, 15 old destroyers.

Miscellaneous, 9 ABSs.

Minesweepers, 6 TGBs, 9 sloops (incl Acacia).

10th CS (Northern Patrol), 23 AMCs.

 

Patrol Flotillas

 

6th DF (Dover), Attentive, Swift, 11 F-class, 13 old destroyers.

7th DF (Humber), Patrol, 20 old destroyers.

8th DF (Rosyth), 7 old destroyers, 10 TBs.

North Channel (Larne), 2 old destroyers, .

Liverpool, 2 old destroyers, .

Downs Boarding Flotilla, 5 ABSs, 10 armed tugs.

 

Submarine Flotillas

 

1st (Devonport), 2 A-class.

2nd (Portsmouth), 1 A-class, 2 B-class, 1 G-class.

4th (Dover), 2 A-class, 6 C-class, 1 F-class, 2 V-class.

5th (Sheerness), 6 C-class.

6th (Tyne), 8 C-class.

7th (Leith), 8 C-class.

8th (Harwich), 2 destroyers, 4 D-class, 9 E-class, 5 E-class (detached), 2 H-class, 4 H-class (at Yarmouth).

9th (Ardrossan), 1 destroyer, 1 A-class, 2 B-class.

10th (Humber), 3 C-class, 2 W-class.

11th (Blyth), 1 destroyer, 2 D-class, 2 E-class.

 

Local Defence etc

 

Minesweepers (North Sea), 4 TGBs, 4 sloops.

Nore, 10 old destroyers, 17 TBs, 4 minelayers.

Dover, 12 monitors, 1 A/C carrier.

Part 2nd DF detached from Grand Fleet, Tipperary, 9, H-class, .

Portsmouth, 18 old destroyers, 21 TBs, .

Portland, 6 TBs.

Devonport, 6 old destroyers, 8, TBs.

Queenstown, 4 TBs, 12 sloops.

 

Ships Paid-Off, Refits etc

 

Battleships, Illustrious, Redoubtable, Victorious.

Cruisers, Active, Amphitrite, Andromache, Apollo, Argonaut, Ariadne, Berwick, Bristol, Crescent, Diadem, Drake, Dublin, Eclipse, Hermione, Intrepid, Lancaster, Naiad, Sutlej, Thetis, Wallaroo, .

 

OVERSEAS

Mediterranean

 

Battleships, Hibernia, Agamemnon, Albion, Canopus, Cornwallis, Exmouth, Glory, Lord Nelson, Prince George, Prince of Wales, Russell, Swiftsure, Zealandia.

Cruisers, Bacchante, Chatham, Doris, Edgar, Endymion, Euryalus, Foresight, Forward, Grafton, Pelorus, Sentinel, Skirmisher, Talbot, Theseus.

Trooping, Magnificent, Mars, Terrible.

Destroyers, 3, L-class, 4, H-class, 13 G-class, 9 old destroyers.

19 TBs, 11 submarines, 2 A/C carriers, 19 monitors, 2 minelayers, 13 ABSs.

 

Attached Italian Fleet

Battleships, Queen, London, Duncan, Venerable.

Light Cruisers, Dartmouth, Liverpool, Sapphire, Topaze, Weymouth.

5 B-class submarines.

 

Egyptian Waters

 

Battleships Hannibal depot ship, Implacable, cruisers Jupiter, Fox, Minerva, Proserpine, Venus, 2 A/C carriers, 2 monitors, 6 sloops, 4 RIM Ships.

 

White Sea

 

Cruiser Iphigenia.

 

North America & West Indies

 

Cruisers Leviathan, Carnarvon, Cumberland, Isis, Melbourne, Sydney, Suffolk, battleship Caesar, 2 AMCs, .

 

West Africa

 

Cruisers Astraea, Sirius, 2, sloops.

 

Off West Africa

 

Cruiser Highflyer, 1, AMC.

9th CS, King Alfred, Essex, 2 AMCs.

 

Cape

 

Cruiser Hyacinth, battleship Vengeance, 2 AMCs, 2 TBs.

 

East Africa

 

Cruisers Challenger, Pioneer, 1 AMC, monitors Mersey, Severn.

 

Persian Gulf

 

Cruisers Juno, Philomel, Pyramus, 5 sloops, 2 RIM Ships, .

 

China

 

Cruisers Cornwall, Diana, Encounter, Psyche, 3 old destroyers, 4 TBs, 3 C-class submarines, 2 sloops, 1 AMC.

 

Australia

 

3 destroyers, 1 sloop.

 

Pacific

 

Cruisers Kent, Newcastle, Rainbow depot ship, 1 AMC.

 

 

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JANUARY 1917

  HOME WATERS

Grand Fleet

(includes Harwich Force and Northern Patrol)

 

Fleet Flagship, Iron Duke.

BC Force Flagship, Lion.

1st BS, Marlborough, Agincourt, Benbow, Canada, Emperor of India, Revenge, Royal Oak, Royal Sovereign.

2nd BS, King George V, Ajax, Centurion, Conqueror, Erin, Monarch, Orion, Thunderer.

3rd BS, Dreadnought, Commonwealth, Dominion, Hibernia, Hindustan, Zealandia.

4th BS, Hercules, Bellerophon, Collingwood, Colossus, Neptune, St Vincent, Superb, Temeraire, Vanguard.

5th BS, Barham, Malaya, Queen Elizabeth, Valiant, Warspite.

1st BCS, Princess Royal, Tiger, Repulse, Renown (later).

2nd BCS, New Zealand, Australia, Indomitable, Inflexible, .

2nd CS, Cochrane, Achilles, Minotaur, Shannon, Duke of Edinburgh (detached).

Attached, cruisers Bellona, Blonde, Boadicea, Diamond, destroyers Abdiel, Oak.

A/C Carriers, Campania, Vindex (Harwich).

Destroyer Command, cruiser Castor.

1st LCS, Galatea, Cordelia, Inconstant, Phaeton.

2nd LCS, Southampton, Dublin, Melbourne, Sydney.

3rd LCS, Birkenhead, Chester, Chatham, Yarmouth, light battlecruiser Courageous.

4th LCS, Calliope, Caroline, Cambrian, Comus, Constance, Royalist.

5th LCS (Harwich), Centaur, Aurora, Canterbury, Carysfort, Cleopatra, Concord, Conquest, Penelope.

6th LCS, Weymouth (detached).

1st DF (Harwich), 8 I-class.

9th DF (Harwich), Undaunted, Lightfoot, 20 L-class.

10th DF (Harwich), 8 M-class, Nimrod and, 6 M-class detached to Dover.

11th DF, Seymour, Kempenfelt, 16 M-class, 2 R-class.

12th DF, Saumarez, Marksman, 18 M-class.

13th DF, Champion, Gabriel, 25 M-class.

14th DF, Botha, Ithuriel, 17 M-class, 1 R-class.

15th DF, Parker, Grenville, 5 M-class, 13 R-class.

Local Defence, 15 old destroyers.

10th CS (Clyde) 26 AMCs.

1st M/S Flotilla, 10 sloops.

2nd M/S Flotilla, 4 sloops, 6 TGBs.

3rd M/S Flotilla, 12 paddle M/S, .

Miscellaneous, 8 ABSs.

 

Offensive, Convoy Escort, Patrol and Local Defence Flotillas etc,

 

Forth, 8th DF, 6 old destroyers, 10 TBs, 2 A/C carriers.

Tyne, 10th Sloop Flotilla, 6 sloops.

Humber, battleship Albion, 7th DF, Patrol, 20 old destroyers, 1 P Boat.

Lowestoft, 1 monitor, 2 TGBs, 4 P Boats, 6 paddle M/S.

Harwich, 2 TGBs, 2 P Boats.

Nore, 3 minelayers.

Local Defence Flotilla (Nore), 9 old destroyers, 14 TBs, 10 P Boats.

Dover, 6th DF, Attentive, Broke, Swift, Faulknor, 11 F-class, 7 I & K-classes, 11 old destroyers
3 TBs, 12 monitors, 1 A/C carrier, 5 P Boats, 6 paddle M/S.

Downs Boarding Flotilla, 5 ABSs, 10 armed tugs.

Newhaven, 4 TBs.

Portsmouth Local Defence Flotilla, 8 old destroyers, 22 TBs.

Escort Flotilla (Portsmouth), 10 old destroyers, 3 H, I-classes, 4 P Boats.

4th DF (Portsmouth), Active, 10 K-class.

Portland, 4 TBs,.

Devonport Local Defence Flotilla, 6 old destroyers, 8 TBs.

2nd DF (Devonport), 14 H, I-classes.

Pembroke, 4 TBs.

North Channel, 4 old destroyers.

Queenstown, Adventure, 4 TBs, 1st Sloop Flotilla of 19 sloops.

 

Submarine Flotillas

(listed submarines as of August 1916 following a reorganisation of the flotillas)

 

1st (Leith), 4 B, C-classes (NS/gw (8.16) at Firth of Forth - B.3, C.23, C.24, C.25, D/S Hebe)

2nd (Tyne), 1 destroyer, 8 C-class (NS/gw (8.16) - C.7, C.8, C.9, C.10, C.12, C.13, C.14, C.16, D/S Bonaventure)

3rd (Humber), 6 D-class (NS/gw (8.16) at Immingham - D.1, D.3, D.4, D.6, D.7, D.8, D/S Vulcan)

4th (Medway), 6 C-class (NS/gw (8.16) at Queenborough - C.1, C.2, C.3, C.4, C.5, C.6, D/S Thames)

5th (Dover), 8 C-class (NS/gw (8.16) -  C.15, C.17, C.18, C.19, C.20, C.21, C.22, C.28, C.30, C.34, D/S Arrogant)

6th (Portsmouth), 2 C-class, 1 S-class (NS/gw (8.16) -  B.1, B.5, D/S Dolphin)

8th (Yarmouth), 2 F-class, 4 V-class, 5 H-class (NS/gw (8.16) -  F.1, F.3, H.5, H.7, H.8, H.9, H.10, V.1, V.2, V.3, V.4, D/S Alecto)

9th (Harwich), 3 destroyers, 18 E-class (NS/gw (8.16) - E.23, E.29, E.30, E.31, E.35, E.37, E.38, E.42, E.43, E.45, E.53, E.54, E.55, E.56, E.32, E.33, E.46, E.47, D/S Maidstone)

10th (Tees), 2 destroyers, 3 E-class, 7 G-class (NS/gw (8.16) - E.44, G.7, G.8, G.9, G.11, G.12, E.39, G.13, D/S Lucia)

11th (Blyth), 2 destroyers, 6 G-class, 6 J-class (NS/gw (8.16) - G.1, G.2, G.3, G.4, G.5, G.6, G.10, J.1, J.2, J.3, J.4, J.5, J.6, S.1, D/S Titania)

12th (Grand Fleet), Fearless, 1 K-class, 3 K-class (later) (NS/gw (8.16) at Scapa and Rosyth - also 13th Flotilla, K.1-12 (building), D/S Fearless)

(NS/gw (8.16) - 7th (Ardrossan), A.10, B.4, D/S Pactolus)

(NS/gw (8.16) in Baltic at Revel - C.26, C.27, C.32, C.35, E.1, E.8, E.9, E.19,  D/S Dvina (Russian))

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Ships Paid-Off, Refits etc

Battleships, Albemarle, Canopus, Jupiter, London, Magnificent, Prince George, Redoubtable, Venerable.

Cruisers, Amphitrite, Apollo, Argonaut, Ariadne, Bacchante, Birmingham, Blanche, Cumberland, Eclipse, Essex, Sappho, Suffolk, Terrible, Wallaroo.

 

OVERSEAS

Mediterranean

 

Battleships, Africa, Agamemnon, Cornwallis, Exmouth, Implacable, Lord Nelson.

Cruisers, Andromache (H/S), Dartmouth, Doris, Edgar, Endymion, Foresight, Forward, Grafton, Lowestoft, Newcastle, Pelorus, Sentinel, Skirmisher, Theseus.

Destroyers, 16 G-class, 8 H-class, 10 old destroyers.

18 TBs,

5 B-class, 8 E-class submarines (NS/gw (8.16) -  E.2, E.11, E.12, E.14, E.21, E.25, D/S Europa at Malta. Note B-class below at Venice)

13 monitors, 2, A/C carriers, 3, minelayers
26 sloops, 10 ABSs, .

 

Attached Italian Fleet

 

Battleships, Queen, Britannia, Duncan, Prince of Wales.

Cruisers, Bristol, Gloucester, Liverpool, Topaze.

4 destroyers

3 H-class submarines (NS/gw (8.16) - B.6, .B.7, B.9, B.11, D/S Marco Polo (Italian) at Venice; H.1, H.2, H.4, D/S Adamant at Brindisi)

1 monitor.

 

Egypt & East Indies

 

Battleships Hannibal depot ship, Vengeance, cruisers Euryalus, Fox, Juno, Minerva, Philomel, Proserpine, Pyramus, Sapphire, 4 monitors, 3 A/C carriers, 16 sloops, 6 RIM Ships.

 

White Sea

 

Cruisers Vindictive, Intrepid (at Chatham), Iphigenia (at Chatham), battleship Glory depot ship.

 

North America & West Indies

 

Cruisers Leviathan, Antrim, Berwick, Carnarvon, Devonshire, Drake, Isis, Roxburgh, 2 AMCs, battleship Caesar.

 

West Africa

 

Cruisers Astraea, Sirius.

9th CS, King Alfred, Donegal, Sutlej, 2 AMCs, battleship Swiftsure, cruiser Highflyer.

 

SE Coast of S America

 

Cruisers Amethyst, Glasgow, 3 AMCs.

 

Cape

 

Cruisers Kent, Hyacinth, 2 TBs.

 

East Africa

 

Cruisers Challenger, Talbot, 4 AMCs, monitors Mersey, Severn, 2 sloops, 1 gunboat.

 

China

 

Cruisers Cornwall, Diana, Psyche, Venus, 3 old destroyers, 4 TBs, 3 C-class submarines, 2 sloops.

 

Australia

 

Cruisers Brisbane, Encounter, Pioneer, 6 destroyers, 1 sloop.

 

Pacific

 

Cruiser Lancaster, 3 AMCs.

 

 

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JANUARY 1918

HOME WATERS

Grand Fleet

 

Fleet Flagship, Queen Elizabeth.

1st BS, Resolution, Benbow, Canada, Emperor of India, Iron Duke, Marlborough, Ramillies, Revenge, Royal Oak, Royal Sovereign.

2nd BS, King George V, Agincourt, Ajax, Centurion, Conqueror, Erin, Monarch, Orion, Thunderer.

3rd BS, Dreadnought, Commonwealth, Dominion, Hindustan, Zealandia.

4th BS, Hercules, Bellerophon, Collingwood, Colossus, Neptune, St Vincent, Superb, Temeraire.

5th BS, Barham, Malaya, Valiant, Warspite.

6th BS, USS New York, USS Delaware, USS Florida, USS Wyoming.

Attached, cruisers Bellona, Blanche, Blonde, Boadicea, Diamond, destroyers Abdiel, Oak.

A/C Carriers, Campania, Nairana, Pegasus.

2nd CS, Minotaur, Shannon, 3 AMCs.

4th LCS, Calliope, Cambrian, Caroline, Comus, Constance, Cordelia.

6th LCS, Cardiff, Calypso, Caradoc, Cassandra, Ceres.

11th DF, Seymour, Valorous, 9, M-class, 8 R-class, 1 V-class.

12th DF, Saumarez, Valhalla, 18 M-class.

14th DF, Vampire, Anzac, 16 M-class, 1 R-class.

15th DF, Parker, Grenville, 10 R& Mod R-classes.

Local Defence Flotilla, 10 old destroyers, .

Lerwick Force, 8 R-class.

1st M/S Flotilla, 10 sloops.

2nd M/S Flotilla, 4 sloops, 4 Hunts.

3rd M/S Flotilla, 12 Hunts.

Hydrophone Flotilla, 5 sloops.

Miscellaneous, 1 ABS.

 

Battlecruiser Force

 

Flagship Lion.

1st BCS, Renown, Repulse, Princess Royal, Tiger.

2nd BCS, Australia, Indomitable, Inflexible, New Zealand.

1st CS, Courageous, Glorious, Furious.

1st LCS, Caledon, Galatea (M/L), Inconstant (M/L), Phaeton (M/L), Royalist (M/L).

2nd LCS, Birmingham, Dublin, Melbourne, Southampton, Sydney.

3rd LCS, Chatham, Chester, Birkenhead, Yarmouth.

13th DF, Champion, Gabriel, Valentine, 12 M-class, 8 R & Mod. R-classes, 7 V/W-class, 7 V-class (M/Ls).

 

Harwich Force

 

5th LCS, Aurora, Carysfort, Cleopatra, Conquest, Canterbury, Centaur, Concord, Curlew, Penelope.

10th DF, Undaunted, Spenser, Valkyrie, Nimrod, Shakespeare, 21 R & Mod. R-classes.

A/C Carrier, Vindex.

 

Offensive, Convoy Escort, Patrol and Local Defence Flotillas etc,

 

W Scotland, 7 TGB M/S, 3 paddle M/S.

Tyne, battleship Illustrious, cruiser Naiad.

Tees, 1 monitor.

Humber, 7th DF, Patrol, 29 old destroyers, 4 P Boats, battleship Albion, cruiser Wallaroo, 2 M/L destroyers, 1 minelayer, 4 paddle M/S.

Yarmouth, 1 monitor.

Lowestoft, 2 old destroyers, 1 monitor, 2 TGB M/S.

Nore, cruiser Amphitrite (M/L), 4 Boarding Tugs.

Local Defence Flotilla (Nore), 12 old destroyers, 13 TBs, .

Dover, 6th DF, Attentive, Botha, Broke, Faulknor, Kempenfelt, Lightfoot, Marksman, Swift, 7 F-class, 10 old destroyers, 17 M-class, 2 R-class, 2 TBs, 1 A/C carrier, 15 monitors, 6 P Boats, 7 paddle M/S.

Downs Boarding Flotilla, 3 ABSs, 5 A Tugs.

Portsmouth, Local Defence Flotilla, 9 destroyers, 25 TBs.

1st DF (Portsmouth), 6 L-class, Swordfish, 18 L, M-classes, 31 P Boats, 1 minelayer.

Portland, 1 old destroyer, 6 TBs.

Devonport, Local Defence Flotilla, 4 old destroyers, 8 TBs.

4th DF (Devonport), Apollo, 21 I, K-classes, 18 L, M-classes.

Pembroke, 4 TBs, 12 P Boats.

N Channel, 6 old destroyers, 11 sloops.

N Ireland, 2nd DF, 10 G-class, 3 H, I-classes, 11 M-class.

Queenstown, Active, Adventure, 1 A/C carrier, 37 US destroyers, 4 TBs, 9 Hunt M/S, .

 

Submarine Flotillas

 

1st (Rosyth), 1 B-class.

2nd (Tyne), 1 destroyer, 4 C-class.

3rd (Humber), 4 C-class.

5th (Dover), 5 C-class.

6th (Portsmouth), N.1, 3 C-class, 2 D-class, 3 F-class.

8th (Yarmouth), 4 H-class, 4 V-class.

9th (Harwich), 3 destroyers, 8 C-class, 17 E-class.

10th (Tees), 2 destroyers, 3 E-class, 8 G-class.

11th (Grand Fleet), 2 destroyers, 5 G-class, 7 J-class, .

12th (Grand Fleet), 7 K-class.

13th (Grand Fleet), Ithuriel, 6 K-class.

 

Ships Paid-Off, Refits etc,

 

Battleships, Albemarle, Canopus, Duncan, Exmouth, Hibernia, Implacable, Jupiter, London, Prince George, Prince of Wales, Redoubtable, Swiftsure, Venerable, Vengeance.

Cruisers, Argonaut, Diadem, Eclipse, Essex, Sappho, Terrible.

 

OVERSEAS

Mediterranean

 

Battleships, Lord Nelson, Agamemnon.

Cruisers, Edgar, Endymion, Europa depot ship, Foresight, Forward, Latona depot ship, Lowestoft, Pelorus, Sentinel, Skirmisher, Theseus.

Destroyers, 9 old destroyers, 5 G-class, 15 H-class, 5, I-class, 2 M-class, 6, Australian, 14 Japanese.

6 E-class submarines, 2 A/C carriers, 12 monitors, 30 sloops, 18 TBs, 2 minelayers, 13 ABSs.

 

Adriatic Force

 

Battleship, Queen.

8th LCS, Bristol, Dartmouth, Gloucester, Liverpool, Weymouth.

2 monitors, 3 H-class submarines, 4 patrol boats (ex-B-class submarines).

 

Egypt & Red Sea

 

Cruisers Grafton, Fox, Pyramus, Topaze, 2 A/C carriers, 2 monitors, 14 sloops.

 

White Sea

 

Battleship Glory depot ship, cruisers Intrepid (Chatham), Iphigenia (Lerwick), Vindictive (Liverpool), 2 ABSs.

 

Atlantic Convoys

 

9th CS, Bacchante, battleships Africa, Britannia, 24 AMCs, 8 escort ships (incl Bayano, Carrigan Head, Coronado, Knight Templar)

 

North America & West Indies

 

Cruisers Leviathan, Achilles, Antrim, Berwick, Carnarvon, Cochrane, Cornwall, Cumberland, Devonshire, Donegal, Duke of Edinburgh, Highflyer, Isis, King Alfred, Roxburgh, battleship Caesar.

1 AMC, 1 Sloop, 2 submarines.

 

West Africa

 

Cruisers Astraea, Sirius, 1 gunboat.

 

SE Coast of South America

 

Cruisers Newcastle, Amethyst, Glasgow, 2 AMCs.

 

Cape

 

Cruisers Hyacinth, Kent, 2 TBs, 1 AMC.

 

East Africa

 

Cruisers Challenger, Minerva, Talbot, 2 monitors, 2 sloops.

 

East Indies

 

Cruisers Diana, Doris, Juno, Proserpine, Sapphire, Venus, 4 RIM Ships.

 

China

 

Cruisers Suffolk, Euryalus (paid off), 3 old destroyers, 4 TBs, 3 C-class submarines.

 

Australia

 

Cruisers Brisbane, Encounter, Philomel, Pioneer (paid off), Psyche, 1 Sloop.

 

Pacific

 

Cruiser Lancaster, 3 AMCs.

 

 

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11 NOVEMBER 1918

HOME WATERS

 

Grand Fleet.

 

Fleet Flagship, Queen Elizabeth.

1st BS, Revenge, Benbow, Canada, Emperor of India, Iron Duke, Marlborough, Ramillies, Resolution, Royal Oak, Royal Sovereign.

2nd BS, King George V, Agincourt, Ajax, Centurion, Conqueror, Erin, Orion, Monarch, Thunderer.

4th BS, Hercules, Bellerophon, Collingwood, Colossus, Dreadnought, Neptune, St Vincent.

5th BS, Barham, Malaya, Valiant, Warspite.

6th BS, USS New York, USS Arkansas, USS Florida, USS Texas, USS Wyoming.

Attached, light cruisers Bellona, Blanche, Blonde, Boadicea, destroyer Oak.

2nd CS, Minotaur, Achilles (detached), Cochrane, Shannon (gw - incl. Minotaur (F), Cochrane detached to White Sea. Only heavy cruiser squadron remaining).

4th LCS, Calliope (F), Cambrian, Caroline, Comus, Constance, Cordelia.

7th LCS, Carysfort (F), Aurora, Cleopatra, Penelope, Undaunted (gw - less Cleopatra with 5th LCS).

Flying Squadron, A/C carriers Furious, Argus, Nairana, Pegasus, Vindictive, kite balloon ship Canning .

Destroyer Command, light cruiser Castor (Cdre D).

3rd DF, Nimrod, Talisman, 12 M-class (NL/gw at Rosyth - Nimrod, Talisman, Maenad, Mameluck, Marvel, Menace, Michael, Munster, Napier, Noble, Nonsuch, Onslaught, Petard).

11th DF, Seymour, Kempenfelt, Valorous, 5 R-class, 12 V/W-class (NL/gw -Valorous, Seymour, Romola, Sarpedon, Tenacious, Tormentor, Tancred, Vivacious,Vittoria, Vortigern, Watchman, Verstaile, Walker, Vancouver, Viscount, Walrus, Vanessa, Vanity, Voyager)

12th DF, Saumarez, Valhalla, 13 S-class, 4 V/W-class (NL/gw - Valhalla, Saumarez, Simoon, Winchester, Wrestler, Scimitar, Torch, Vivien, Wolsey,Scotsman, Scout, Scythe, Tomahawk, Waterhen, Sepoy, Speedy, Sea, Bear, Sirdar, Trinidad, Tryphon)

13th DF, light cruiser Champion, Valentine, Valkyrie, 7 Mod. R-class, 21 V/W-class (NL/gw - Valentine, Valkyrie, Tristram, Tower, Umpire, Urchin, Ursula, Vimiera,Ursa, Vendetta, Ulster, Verdun, Violent, Wakeful, Vectis, Vega, Venetia, Verulam, Viceroy, Vesper,Wolfhound, Vidette, Westcott, Westminster, .Winchelsea, Wessex, Woolston, Walpole, Windsor, Whitley, Wryneck)

14th DF, Vampire, Anzac, 14 M-class, 5 R/S-classes, 3 V/W-class (NL/gw -Vampire, Anzac, Ophelia, Relentless, Medina, Nonpareil, Observer, Opportune, Orestes, Pellew, Peyton, Plover, Patriot, Offa, Peregrine, Plucky, Norman, Orford, Pylades, Warwick,Velox, Whirlwind, Paladin, Penn, .Octavia, Patrician, Tyrant, Splendid, Tobago, Sabre, Seafire, Seraph)

15th DF, Parker, Grenville, 18 R-class (NL/gw - Parker, Grenville, Rapid, Sabrina, Radstock, Rowena, Ready, Raider, Restless,Rocket, Rigorous, Sable, Rob, Roy, Salmon, Sorceress, Rosalind, Trenchant, Undine, Tirade)

21st DF, Botha, Douglas, Swift, 8 M-class (NL/gw - 21st DF, Dover to Grand Fleet - Botha, Douglas, Swift, Miranda, Matchless, Milne, Morris, Murray,Mentor, Mansfield, Moorsom)

Temporarily Attached, 16 L, M-classes 

Miscellaneous, 1 Sloop, 1 ABS.

Minesweepers (based at Granton)
1st M/S Flotilla, 8 sloops (NL/gw - Godetia, Carnation, Dahlia, Daphne, Iris, Lilac, Marigold, Myrtle, Pansy, Sunflower), 2 Hunts (NL/gw - Quorn, Zetland)

2nd M/S Flotilla, 7 sloops (NL/gw - Lupin, Foxglove, Gentian, Larkspur), 2 Hunts (NL/gw - Bicester, Croome)

3rd M/S Flotilla, 14 Hunts (NL/gw - Belvoir, Cotswold, Cottesmore, Dartmoor, Garth, Gretna, Hambledon, Heythrop, Holderness, Meynell, Muskerry, Oakley, Pytchley, Tedworth) .

 

Battlecruiser Force

 

Flagship Lion.

1st BCS, Repulse, Renown, Princess Royal, Tiger.

2nd BCS, New Zealand, Australia (RAN), Indomitable, Inflexible.

1st CS, Courageous, Glorious.

1st LCS, Caledon (F), Inconstant, Galatea, Phaeton, Royalist.

2nd LCS, Birmingham (F), Dublin, Melbourne (RAN), Sydney (RAN), Yarmouth.

3rd LCS, Birkenhead (F), Chatham, Chester, Southampton.

6th LCS, Cardiff (F), Caradoc, Calypso, Cassandra, Ceres.

 

Harwich Force

 

5th LCS, Curacoa (F), Concord, Coventry, Danae, Centaur, Conquest, Curlew, Dragon (gw - plus Canterbury, Diamond listed here in Med, Cleopatra with 7th LCS, Dauntless new ship) .

10th DF, flotilla leaders Spenser, Shakespeare, Bruce, Montrose, 24 R-class (NL/gw - Montrose, Bruce, Shakespeare, Spenser, Starfish, Sybille, Redgauntlet, Satyr, Skate, Stork, Sturgeon, Sylph, Radiant, Redoubt, Skilfull, Tempest, Thruster, Retriever, Sharpshooter, Springbok, Truculent, Sceptre, Torrid, Taurus, Tetrarch, Thisbe, Teazer, Sparrowhawk, Swallow, Tactician).

6th M/S Flotilla, 4 Hunts (NL/gw - Bootle, Fareham, Sutton, Tring)

15 CMBs.

 

Minelayers

 

1st M/L Sqdn (Grangemouth), London, Amphitrite, Angora, Princess Margaret, Wahine.

2nd M/L Sqdn, 10 US Ships.

20th DF (Humber), Abdiel, Gabriel, 9 destroyers (NL/gw at Immingham - Abdiel, Gabriel, Ferret, Sandfly, Lawford, Legion, Prince, Tarpon,Telemachus, Vanquisher, Vanoc, Venturous)

 

Offensive, Convoy Escort, Patrol and Local Defence Flotillas etc
(UK bases, north to south, east to west)

 

3rd Sloop Flotilla (Dundee), 20 sloops (NL/gw -  Aubretia, Auricula, Buttercup, Crocus, Daffodil, .Delphinium, Gladiolus, Harebell, Mistletoe, Montbretia, Myosotis, Poppy, Pelargonium, Polyanthus, Primrose, Rosemary, Syringa, Tamarisk, Viola, Windflower)

Northern Patrol (Dundee), Marksman, 3 destroyers (NL/gw - Marksman, Ambuscade, Christopher, Cockatrice)

Methil Convoy DF, 6 L-class (NL/gw - Landrail, Lark, Linnett, Llewellyn, Lydiard, Lysander)

Southern Patrol (Granton), 4th Sloop Flotilla, Lightfoot (NL/gw), 6 sloops (NL/gw -  Bend Or, Cicero, Iroquois, Ladas, Ormonde, Sefton)

E Coast Convoys, 7th DF (Humber), 28 old destroyers (NL/gw - Boyne, Dee, Doon, Exe, Garry, Moy, .Ness, Ouse, Stour, Test, Waveney, Arab, .Bat, Bullfinch, Crane, Fawn, Flying, Fish, Greyhound, .Leopard, Locust, Mermaid, Peterel, Quail, Star, . Sylvia), 3 TBs

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8th DF (Forth), 10 TBs.

Lowestoft, 2 old destroyers (NL/gw - detached from Nore LDF - Albatross, Ostrich)

Nore Local Defence Force, 6 old destroyers (NL/gw - Cygnet, Cynthia, Electra, Fervent, Thrasher, Vixen), 13 TBs

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Dover Patrol, 6th DF, Broke, Faulknor, 6 F-class, 8 old destroyers, 9 M-class (NL/gw - Broke, Afridi, Amazon, Cossack, Crusader, Saracen, .Viking, Zubian, Manly, Myngs, Melpomene, Termagent, Trident, Nugent, Phoebe, Gipsy, Kangaroo, Leven, Panther, Racehorse, Syren, Violet), 12 P boats, 9 monitors, 23 CMBs.

1st DF (Portsmouth), 8 old destroyers (NK/gw - Cherwell, Ettrick, Liffey, Rother, Swale, Teviot, Ure) .

Portsmouth Escort Flotilla, 30 P Boats.

Portland, 1 old destroyer (NLgw - detached from Portsmouth LDF - Vigilant), 5 TBs, 6 CMBs, .

Devonport Local Defence Force, 3 old destroyers  (NL/gw - Opossum, Roebuck, Sunfish) , 8 TBs.

Devonport, 4th DF, 6 G-class, 20 K, L-classes, 12 M-class (NL/gw - Faulknor, Achates, Contest, Garland, Hardy, Midge, Owl, Porpoise, Spitfire, Nereus, Oberon, Onslow, Oracle, Oriole, Orpheus, Pasley, Laertes, Lance, Laurel, Laverock, Lennox, Leonidas, Liberty, Lochinvar, Loyal, Lysander, Lookout, Minion, Narwhal, Nepean, Nerissa, Morning, Star, Nizam, Norseman, Obdurate, .Obedient, Oriana, Osiris, Rival, Bulldog, Harpy, Mosquito, Savage, Grasshopper, Scorpion, Scourge)

Pembroke, 19 PC Boats.

Holyhead, 6 old destroyers.

Irish Sea, Hunting Flotilla (Kingstown), 5 old destroyers (NL/gw - Earnest, Kestrel, Mallard, Seal, Zephyr, Avon, .Griffon, Lively, Orwell, Sprightly, Stag) .

N Channel Patrol, 6 old destroyers (probably included in Irish Sea list above).

N Coast of Ireland: 2nd DF, 6 G-class, 14 M-class (NL/gw at Londonderry - Mandate, Marne, Martial, Michael, Milbrook, Minos, Moresby, Nicator, Ossory, Pelican, Pigeon, Magic, Manners, Medway, Mindful, Mons, Mounsey, Mystic, Musketeer, Beagle, Foxhound, Basilisk, Grampus, Renard, Rattlesnake; attached - Express, Osprey, Thorn, Wolf); 2nd Sloop Flotilla, 8 sloops (NL/gw in Londonderry - Ard Patrick, Convolvulus, Eglantine, Marjoram, Saxifrage, Silvio, Silene, Spearmint)
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Berehaven, Battleships USS Utah, USS Nevada, USS Oklahoma, 24 US destroyers.

1st Sloop Flotilla (Queenstown), 8 sloops (NL/gw - Bluebell, Camellia, Heather, Jessamine, Snowdrop, Zinnia, Flying, Fox, Sir Bevis)

(gw - light cruiser Patrol at Queenstown)
(NL/gw - destroyers attached Vernon, Portsmouth - 1st DF Acasta, Orcadia)
(NL/gw - Portsmouth Local Defence Flotilla - destroyers Angler, Conflict, Desperate, Spiteful, Surly)
(NL/gw - at Liverpool, attached from Devonport LDF - destroyers Albacore, Dove)

(NL/gw - 5th-8th Sloop Flotillas not formed)

 

Submarine Flotillas

 

3rd (Humber), 3 C-class (NL/gw - C.12, C.19, C.22, D.1)

6th (Portsmouth), 8 C-class, 3 D-class, 1 G-class, N.1 (NL/gw - C.1, C.5, C.15, C.18, C.20, C.24, C.28, C.30, D.4, D.6, D.8, G.14) .

8th (Yarmouth), 2 V-class, 4 H-class (NL/gw - H.21, H.28, H.29, H.30)
9th (Harwich), 3 destroyers (NL/gw - Firedrake, Lurcher, Melampus), 3 C-class, 11 E-class, 4 L-class (NL/gw - C.23, C.25, E.29, E.31, E.41, E.43, E.45, E.51, E.52, E.53, E.56, L.9, L.15, L.14, L.17)

10th (Tees), 2 destroyers (NL/gw - Medea, Mohawk), 6 E-class, 3 G-class, 3 L-class (NL/gw - E.27, E.33, E.39, E.40, E.42, E.44, G.6, G.12, G.13, L.11, L.12, L.16)

11th (Blyth), 2 destroyers (NL/gw - Moon, Tartar), 8 G-class, 5 J-class (NL/gw - G.1, G.2, G.3, G.4, G.5, G.10, J.2, J.3, J.4, J.5, J.6, J.7)

12th, Grand Fleet, light cruiser Fearless, 7 K-class (NL/gw at Rosyth - K.2, K.3, K.5, K.6, K.7, K.8, K.15)

13th, Grand Fleet, flotilla leader Ithuriel, 7 K-class (NL/gw at Rosyth - K.9, K.10, K.11, K.12, K.14, K.16, K.22)

14th (Blyth), 1 destroyer (NL/gw - Bonetta), 7 H-class, 1 L-class, 1 R-class (NL/gw - H.8, H.11, H.12, H.14, H.15, H.22, H.23, H.24, H.25, H.26, L.8, R.1, R.2, R.9, R.12)

Falmouth, 7 L-class (NL/gw - L.1, L.2, L.3, L.4, L.5, L.6, L.7)

Training (Forth/Clyde), 1 B-class, 4 C-class.

Training (Campbeltown), 3 F-class, 2 V-class (NL/gw - F.1, F.2, F.3, V.1, V.2, V.3, V.4)

Killybegs, 2 E-class, 4 R-class (NL/gw at Donegal - E.23, E.38, R.7, R.8, R.11)

Berehaven, 7, US Boats

(NL/gw -  attached HMS Vernon, C.6, C.7, C.8)
(NL/gw - attached HMS Vernon, sloop Laburnum)

 

Minesweeping Flotillas

 

7th (Grimsby), 9 Hunts (NL/gw - Bodmin, Burslea, Cattistock, Clonmel, Cupar, Penarth, Sherborne)

8th (Queenstown), 4 Hunts (NL/gw - Sandown, Epsom, Eridge, Hurst)

9th (Granton), 4 paddle (NL/gw, at Portsmouth - Ascot, Atherstone, Chepstow, Croxton)

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10th (Dover), 5 paddle (NL/gw - Chelmsford, Goodwood, Langfield, Newbury, Plumpton)

11th (Liverpool), 4 Hunts (NL/gw - Banbury, Hexham, Lanark, Wetherby)

12th (Clyde), 4 Hunts (NL/gw - Gaddeston, Irvine, Kendal, Southdown)

13th (Oban), 6 TGBs (NL/gw - Spanker, Speedwell, Circe, Gossamer, Leda, Skipjack) .

14th (Oban), 4 paddle (NL/gw - Redcar, Shincliffe, Shirley, Totnes) .

15th (Falmouth), 4 Hunts (NL/gw - Gainsborough, Munlochy, Pangbourne, Shrewsbury)

16th (Granton), 5 paddle (NL/gw - Cheltenham, Doncaster, Haldon, Harpenden, Lewes)

17th (Portland), 6 Hired paddle (NL/gw - not formed?)

18th (Plymouth), 4 paddle (NL/gw - Eglinton, Gatwick, Melton, Pontefract)

19th (Swansea), 4 Hunts (NL/gw - Faversham, Newark, Saltash, Tiverton)

20th (Felixstowe), 4 Hunts (NL/gw - Blackburn, Derby, Harrow, Stoke)

(NL/gw - plus 21st (Kirkwall), Hunts Nailsea, Yeovil)
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Ships Paid-Off, Refits etc

 

Battleships, Albemarle, Albion, Africa, Canopus, Commonwealth, Dominion, Duncan, Exmouth, Hibernia, Hindustan, Illustrious, Jupiter, Prince of Wales, Redoubtable, Swiftsure, Vengeance.

Cruisers, Amethyst, Argonaut, Diadem, Eclipse, Essex, Sappho, Terrible, Wallaroo.

8 monitors

 
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OVERSEAS
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Mediterranean

 

Battleships, Lord Nelson, Agamemnon, Superb, Temeraire.

Cruisers, Active (in UK), Adventure, Canterbury, Diamond, Edgar (in UK), Endymion, Foresight, Forward, Grafton, Liverpool, Sentinel, Skirmisher, Theseus (gw -  Aegean Squadron: Endymion, Theseus, Liverpool, Forward, Sentinel, Skirmisher; also Edgar, Active, Adventure at Gibraltar).

Destroyers, 8 old destroyers, 15 H-class, 15 I-class, 2 M-class, 5, S-class, 6 Australian, 14 Japanese (NL/gw - 5th DF/Mediterranean Flotilla -

Chelmer, Colne, Jed, Kennet, Ribble, Usk, Welland, Wear, Arno, Acorn, Fury, Rifleman, Sheldrake, Cameleon, Larne, Nemesis, Redpole, Alarm, Hope, Lyra, Martin, Ruby, Brisk, Nymph, Acheron, Archer, Hydra, Jackal, Lapwing, Lizard, Tigress, Attack, Badger, Beaver, Defender, Druid, Forester, Goshawk, Hind, Hornet, Parramatta, Warrego, Yarra, Huon, Swan, Torrens, North, Esk, Parthian, Senator, Shark, Sikh, Tilbury, Tribune), .

A/C carriers, Ark Royal, Empress, Engadine, Manxman, Riviera, Vindex.

Submarines, 6 E-class, 3 H-class, J.1, M.1 (NL/gw - E.32, E.35, E.54, J.1, M.1 at Gibraltar; E.2, E.11, E.12, E.21, E.25, E.46, E.48 at Malta (C.5 hulked); for H-class, see Adriatic)

9th Sloop Flotilla, 5 sloops (NL/gw in Aegean - Anemone, Azalea, Heliotrope, Jonquil, Spiraea)

11th Sloop Flotilla, 17 sloops (NL/gw at Gibraltar - Celandine, Chrysanthemum, Coreopsis, Dianthus, Donovan, Gilia, Hibiscus, Hollyhock, Hydrangea, Lychnis, Petunia, Marguerite, Narcissus, Rocksand, Sweetbriar, Tuberose, Wistaria)

12th Sloop Flotilla, 9 sloops (NL/gw at Malta - Acacia, Asphodel, Campanula, Ceonathus, Clematis, Geranium, Pentstemon, Snapdragon, Wallflower)
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13 monitors, 12 TBs, 1 minelayer, 5 Hunt M/S (NL/gw at Malta - Abingdon, Banchory) , 12 ABSs

(NL/gw - M/S, ex-TGB Harrier at Malta)
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Adriatic Force

 

Battleship Queen.

8th LCS, Lowestoft (F), Dartmouth, Glasgow, Gloucester, Weymouth.

Submarines, 1 C-class, 4 E-class, 2 H-class (NL/gw at Brindisi - H.1, H.2, H.4, H.7, H.9)

10th Sloop Flotilla, 6 sloops (NL/gw - Berberis, Cyclamen, Lobelia, Mimosa, Honeysuckle, Veronica)

Miscellaneous, 4 TBs, 2 ABSs

(NL/gw - plus Hunt M/S Aberdare, Craigie, Pontypool, Kinross, Widnes)
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Egypt & Red Sea

 

Cruisers Fox, Proserpine, Sapphire, Topaze (gw - plus Grafton, all in Red Sea), 3 old sloops (NL/gw in Red Sea - Clio, Espiegle, Odin)

13th Sloop Flotilla (Egypt), 11 sloops (NL/gw - Amaryllis, Bryony, Cornflower, Gardenia, Ivy, Lily, Mallow, Magnolia, Nigella, Valerian, Verbena)

 

White Sea

 

Battleship Glory depot ship, 2 monitors, light cruiser Attentive (gw - was at Gibraltar, now detached), Glory IV.

 

Atlantic Convoys

 

30 AMCs, 9 escort ships (incl Bayano, Carrigan Head, Coronado, Knight Templar, Lepanto, Naneric)

 

North America & West Indies

 

Cruisers Antrim, Berwick, Carnarvon, Cornwall, Cumberland, King Alfred, Roxburgh, 1 AMC .

Cruisers Devonshire, Donegal, Duke of Edinburgh, Highflyer, Isis, Leviathan, 1 sloop (NL/gw in West Indies - Shearwater, Mutine)

(gw - all cruisers, now a squadron, successor to 4th CS)

 

West Africa

 

Cruiser Astraea, 1 gunboat.

9th CS, Bacchante (F) (gw - both cruisers with Cape of Good Hope Station, at Sierra Leone).

 

SE Coast of S America

 

Cruisers Newcastle, Bristol (gw - plus Amethyst, listed as paid off).

Cape

(gw - Cape of Good Hope)

 

Cruisers Hyacinth (F), Minerva, Talbot (gw - less Minerva in East Africa), 1 sloop (NL/gw - Rinaldo) , 2 TBs.

 

East Africa

 

Cruiser Challenger (gw - plus Minerva from Cape, both Cape of Good Hope Station), 1 gunboat.

 

East Indies

 

Cruisers Euryalus (paid off), Diana, Doris, Juno, Venus, 4 RIM Ships, 4 gunboats.

 

China

 

Cruisers Suffolk, Kent, 3 old destroyers (NL/gw - Virago, Whiting, Fame), 4 TBs, 3 old submarines (NL/gw - C.36, C.37, C.38), 2 sloops (NL/gw - Cadmus)

 

Australia

 

Cruisers Brisbane, Encounter, Philomel, Pioneer (paid off), Psyche (paid off), 2 sloops.

 

Pacific

 

Cruiser Lancaster (F), 1 AMC (gw - plus Rainbow, Canadian Patrol)