7th Destroyer Flotilla

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|commander1= Captain Arthur Hulbert

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|commander2= Captain Llewellyn Morgan

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The 7th Destroyer Flotilla,{{cite book |last1=Field |first1=Andrew |title=Royal Navy Strategy in the Far East 1919-1939: Planning for War Against Japan |date=1999 |publisher=Routledge |location=Cambridge, England |isbn=9781135774080 |page=206 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OU6RAgAAQBAJ&q=7th+Destroyer+Flotilla+Royal+Navy&pg=PA206 |language=en}} also styled as the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, was a military formation of the Royal Navy from 1911 to 1939.

History

The flotilla was first formed in November 1911, and was disbanded in May 1939, before the outbreak of the Second World War. Its first commander was Captain Arthur Hulbert, and its last was Captain Llewellyn Morgan.{{cite web |last1=Harley |first1=Simon |last2=Lovell |first2=Tony |title=Seventh Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy) - The Dreadnought Project |url=http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Seventh_Destroyer_Flotilla_(Royal_Navy)#In_Command |website=www.dreadnoughtproject.org |publisher=Harley and Lovell, 19 May 2018 |access-date=9 July 2018 |language=en}}

Administration

=Captains (D) afloat, 7th Destroyer Flotilla=

Captain (D) afloat is a Royal Navy appointment of an operational commander of a destroyer flotilla or squadron.{{cite book |last1=Whitby |first1=Michael |title=Commanding Canadians: The Second World War Diaries of A.F.C. Layard |date=2011 |publisher=UBC Press |location=Vancouver, Canada |isbn=9780774840378 |page=Abbrev: XV |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4mIXtaqcAvgC&q=Captain+%28D%29+is+an+appointment+of+a+commander+of+a+destroyer+flotilla+or+squadron.&pg=PR13 |language=en}}

References

Sources

Field, Andrew (1999). Royal Navy Strategy in the Far East 1919–1939: Planning for War Against Japan. Cambridge, England: Routledge. {{ISBN|9781135774080}}.
Harley, Simon; Lovell, Tony. (2018) "Seventh Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy) - The Dreadnought Project". www.dreadnoughtproject.org. Harley and Lovell.
Whitby, Michael (2011). Commanding Canadians: The Second World War Diaries of A.F.C. Layard. Vancouver, Canada: UBC Press. {{ISBN|9780774840378}}.

External links

Category:Destroyer flotillas of the Royal Navy

Category:Military units and formations established in 1911

Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1939