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Showing posts with label Flotilla leaders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flotilla leaders. Show all posts

Friday, 4 September 2026

The Russian Baltic submarine fleet in 1927

The American Military Attaché Sweden wrote in his report dated 1 April 1927 No. 352 that all known facts indicated that the Soviet Union at least would have 20 submarines available in the Baltic which number would be doubled within two years. From Italy were 5 flotilla leaders for submarines with a displacement of 2,200 tons ordered. At the shipyards around Leningrad were 2 divisions of submarines under construction of which two were nearly completed waiting for their guns.

Source

National Archive. Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs Series: Security Classified Correspondence and Reports. File Unit. Russia: Navy - MID 2503-16 THRU 2503-265. Roll 1443.

Monday, 27 July 2026

Soviet flotillaleaders of the Baltic Fleet not sighted in July 1936 according to report No. 9697 dated 8 February 1937

Leningrad©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item referred to the report of the M/A, Riga, Latvia dealing with the training exercises of the Soviet Baltic Fleet in July 1936 and which was based on a reliable source. It supplemented the report dealing with June 1936 No. 9680-7040. The flotilla leader Leningrad was not seen in July. The anonymous flotilla leader seen in May and June stayed in July at the Marti shipyard.(1)

Note

1. Part of Leningrad-class destroyer leaders succeeded by Tashkent-class. Ordered under the 1st Five Year Oland, laid down by Shipyard 190 (Zhdanov), Leningrad with yard number 450 on 5 November 1932, launched on 17 November 1933, commissioned on 5 December 1936 and finally sunk after she was used as a target ship in May 1963.

Source

National Archive. Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs Series: Security Classified Correspondence and Reports. File Unit. Russia: Navy - MID 2503-16 THRU 2503-265. Roll 1443.

Friday, 12 June 2026

British destroyer HMS Wolfhound 1917-1948

Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Sistership Veteran. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

HMS Amazon D39 (1925-1927). ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Admiralty W-class preceded by S- and Parker-classes succeeded by Thornycroft type destroyer leaders Ambuscade and Amazon. Ordered on 9 December 1916, laid down by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland with yard number 535 in April 1917, launched on 14 March 1918, commissioned on 27 April 1918, reclaissified as escort destroyer in May 1940 and sold to be broken up on 18 February 1948. 

Wednesday, 29 April 2026

British flotilla leader HMS Saumarez 1916-1931

Sistership Kempenfelt Marksman-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Built under the Six Emergency War Construction Programme. Ordered in July 1915. Part of Parker-class flotilla leaders preceded by Marksman-class and succeeded by Admiralty V-class. Laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 2 March 1916, launched on 14 October 1916, commissioned on 21 December 1916 and sold to be broken up in January 1931. 

Saturday, 25 April 2026

British destroyer HMS Kelvin F37 1937-1949

Tribal. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Sister ship and flotillaleader HMS Kelly©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of K-class destroyers and flotilla leader of her class preceded by Tribal-class succeeded by L- and M-classes. Laid down by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company on 5 October 1937, launched on 19 January 1939, commissioned on 27 November 1939 and sold to be broken up on 6 April 1949. 

Thursday, 9 April 2026

Italian light cruiser San Giorgio to be commissioned on short notice according to the Australia Station Intelligence Summary dated 1 March 1955

Sister ship Africano Scipio. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the Italian light cruiser San Giorgio would be commissioned on short notice. In fact was she the former Pompeo Magno completed in 1943 and after Italian surrendered handed over to France by the Tripartite Naval Commission. She was later given back to Italy and rebuilt and refitted at Genoa, Italy. Her new characteristics were a designed speed of 38 knots, a standard displacement of 4,000 tons and as dimensions 455 x 47 x 17 feet. Armament consisted of 3x2-5”guins, 4x4-4cm guns, 2x2-cm guns, depth charges. Ahead-throwing weapons of possible Italian type and USA made gunnery control system. Radar consisted of F.C.l. Ml. 12/22 Mk.34 Air Warning AW/SPS 6 surface warning and SG6b Fighter Direction SP.(1)

Note

1. Part of the Capitani Romani-class light cruisers acting as flotilla leaders. Laid down by CNR, Ancona, Italy on 23 September 1939, launched on 24 August 1941, commissioned on 4 June 1943, decommissioned on 1 May 1948, decided to convert her into a destroyer, rebuilt by Cantieri del Tirreno, Genoa between 1953-1955, recommissioned on 1 July 1955 as a San Giorgio-class destroyer preceded by Soldati-class succeeded by Impetuoso-class, modified into a training ship between 1963-1965 and disarmed in 1980.

Source

Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.

Monday, 30 March 2026

British flotilla leader HMS Seymour 1915-1931

Sistership Kempenfelt Marksman-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Built under the Six Emergency War Construction programme. Ordered in July 1915. Part of Parker-class flotilla leaders preceded by Marksman-class and succeeded by Admiralty V-class. Laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 23 November 1915, launched on 31 August 1916, commissioned on 30 November 1916 and sold to be broken up in January 1931.

Saturday, 28 March 2026

British destroyer HMS Khartoum 1937-1940

Tribal. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Sister ship and flotillaleader HMS Kelly©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

F45/G45. Part of K-class destroyers and flotilla leader of her class preceded by Tribal-class succeeded by L- and M-classes. Laid down by Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom on 27 October 1937, launched on 6 February 1939, commissioned in November 1939, in acutal service on 6 November 1939, beached after a Mark IX torpedo caused an uncontrollable fire and magazine explosion in the harbor of Perim in the Red Sea on 23 June 1940. 

Monday, 23 March 2026

British flotilla leader HMS Hoste 1915-1916

Sistership Kempenfelt Marksman-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Built under the Six Emergency War Construction Programme. Ordered in July 1915. Part of Parker-class flotilla leaders preceded by Marksman-class and succeeded by Admiralty V-class. Laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 1 July 1915, launched on 16 August 1916, commissioned on 13 November 1916 and sunk after a collision with HMS Negro on 21 December 1916. 

Tuesday, 17 March 2026

British flotilla leader HMS Grenville 1915-1931

Sistership Kempenfelt Marksman-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Built under the Six Emergency War Construction Programme. Ordered in February 1915. Part of Parker-class flotilla leaders preceded by Marksman-class and succeeded by Admiralty V-class. Laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 19 June 1915. launched on 17 June 1916, commissioned on11 October 1916 and sold to be broken up on 17 December 1931. 

Sunday, 25 January 2026

Yugoslav destroyer Dubrovnik 1930-1941, Premuda 1942-1943, TA32 1943-1945 (1950)

©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Also called a flotilla leader. Ordered in 1929, laid down by Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, Scotland on 10 June 1930, launched on 11 October 1931, commissioned in May 1932, captured by Italy on 17 April 1941, renamed as Premuda commissioned in February 1942, captured by Germany on 9 September 1943, renamed TA32 and commissioned on 18 August 1944, scuttled at Genoa, Italy on 24 April 1945, salvaged and broken up in 1950. 

Saturday, 24 January 2026

British warships HMS Dunedin, Castor, Cleopatra, Valhalla and Wessex lying at Copenhagen, Denmark according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary Nr. 10 for the week ending 11 September 1920

Danae- or D-class cruisers. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

C-class light cruisers, Caroline-sub class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the British cruiser HMS Dunedin (1), Castor (2), Cleopatra (3), flotilla leader Valhalla (4) and Wessex (5) were on 11 September lying at Copenhagen, Denmark.

Notes

1. Part of Danae or D-class light cruisers, preceded by C-class, succeeded by Emerald-class. Laid down by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne on 5 November 917, launched on 19 November 1918, commissioned on 13 September 1919 and sunk by the German submarine U-124 on 24 November 1941 north east of Recife, Brazil east of the St. Paul’s Rock

2. C-class Cambrian sub-class light cruiser, preceded by Arethusa-class, succeeded by Danae-class, laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 28 October 1914, launched on 28 July 1915, completed and commissioned in November 1915. decommissioned in May 1935 and sold to be broken up on 30 July 1936.

3. Ordered in 1913 under the 1913-1914 Program. Part of C-class light cruisers, Caroline-sub class, preceded by Arethusa-class, succeeded by Danae-class. Consisted of Caroline, Carysfort, Cleopatra, Comus, Conquest and Cordelia. Laid down by Devonport Dockyard on 26 February 1914, launched on 14 January 1915, completed in June 1915 and sold to be broken up on 26 June 1931.

4. Part of Admiralty V-class flotilla leaders preceded by S- and Parker-classes succeeded by Thornycroft type destroyer leader, ordered in July 1916, laid down by Cammell Laird&Company on 8 August 1916, launched on 22 May 1917, commissioned on 31 July 1917, stricken in 1931 and sold to be broken up on 17 December 1931.

5. Part of Admiralty W-class destroyers preceded by S- and Parker-classes succeeded by Thornycroft type destroyer leader, ordered on 9 December 1916, laid down by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Tyneside on 25 May 1917, launched on 12 March 1918, completed and commissioned on 11 May 1918 and sunk during a German air attack when attacking German troops closing in Calais, France on 24 May 1940.

Source

The National Archives CAB-24-111-56. Weekly Intelligence Summary Nr. 10 for the week ending 11 September 1920.

Sunday, 4 January 2026

British flotilla leader HMS Anzac 1916-1936

Sistership Kempenfelt Marksman-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Built under the Six Emergency War Construction Programme. Ordered in December 1915. Part of Parker-class flotilla leaders preceded by Marksman-class and succeeded by Admiralty V-class. Laid down by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland on 31 January 1916, launched on 11 January 1917, commissioned on 24 April 1917, decommissioned in March 1919, handed over to the Royal Australian Navy, commissioned on 27 January 1920, decommissioned on 30 July 1931 and sunk as a target on 7 May 1936. 

Tuesday, 11 November 2025

British flotilla leader HMS (ex-Frobisher) Parker 1915-1921 (1923)

Sistership Kempenfelt Marksman-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Built under the Six Emergency War Construction Prgramme. Ordered in February 1915. Part of Parker-class flotilla leaders preceded by Marksman-class and succeeded by Admiralty V-class. Originally to be named Frobisher but renamed Parker before launching. Laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 19 June 1915, launched on 17 August 1916, commissioned on13 November 1916, sold to be broken up on 15 November 1921 and went from Chatham to the scrapyard on 16 May 1923.

Friday, 5 September 2025

British flotilla leader HMS Ithuriel 1915-1921

HMS Faulknor©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Sistership Kempenfelt Marksman-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Marksman-class preceded by Faulknor-class succeeded by Parker-class. Ordered under the War Emergency Programme in November 1915, laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 14 January 1915, launched on 12 March 1916, completed on 2 August 1916 and sold to be broken up on 8 November 1921. 

Tuesday, 2 September 2025

British flotilla leader HMS Gabriel 1915-1921

HMS Faulknor©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Sistership Kempenfelt Marksman-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Marksman-class preceded by Faulknor-class succeeded by Parker-classs. Ordered under the War Emergency Programme in November 1915, laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 12 January 1915, launched on 23 December 1915, completed on 1 July 1916 and sold to be broken up on 9 May 1921. 

Sunday, 24 August 2025

British flotilla leader HMS Abdiel 1915-1936

HMS Faulknor©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Sistership Kempenfelt Marksman-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Marksman-class preceded by Faulknor-class succeeded by Parker-class. Ordered under the War Emergency Programme in November 1915, laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 6 May 1915, launched on 12 October 1915, completed on 26 March 1916 and sold to be broken up in July 1936. 

Saturday, 16 August 2025

British flotilla leader HMS Kempenfelt 1914-1921

HMS Faulknor©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Sistership Kempenfelt Marksman-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Marksman-class preceded by Faulknor-class succeeded by Parker-class. Ordered under the 1914-1915 Programme, laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 2 October 1914, launched on 1 May 1915, completed on 20 August 1915 and sold to be broken up on 9 May 1921. 

Sunday, 3 August 2025

British flotilla leader HMS Marksman 1914-1921

HMS Faulknor©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Sistership Kempenfelt Marksman-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Marksman-class preceded by Faulknor-class succeeded by Parker-class. Ordered under the 1913-1914 Programme, laid down by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, England on 20 July 1914, launched on 28 April 1915, completed on 18 November 1915 and sold to be broken up on 8 November 1921. 

Saturday, 2 August 2025

British flotilla leader HMS Lightfoot 1914-1921

HMS Faulknor. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Sistership Kempenfelt Marksman-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Marksman-class preceded by Faulknor-class succeeded by Parker-class. Ordered under the 1913-1914 Programme, laid down by J. Samuel White, Cowes, Wight on 9 June 1914, launched on 28 May 1915, completed on 29 May 1915 and sold to be broken up on 9 May 1921.