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First Fleet (United Kingdom)

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Active
  
31 July 1912–1914

Branch
  
Royal Navy

Country
  
United Kingdom

Type
  
Fleet

The First Fleet was a formation of the Royal Navy that briefly existed before the First World War. Formed on 31 July 1912, it included, under Captain Cecil Lambert, four destroyer flotillas. Captain Reginald Tyrwhitt took over the command of the destroyer flotillas in December 1913.

References

First Fleet (United Kingdom) Wikipedia