Flying Squadron (United Kingdom)

For other uses of "Flying Squadron", see Flying Squadron (disambiguation).

Flying Squadron
Active1869–1870; 1870-72; 1896
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeSquadron
Departure of the Flying Squadron from Portsmouth for the Baltic in 1855. Illustrated London News

The Flying Squadron was a Royal Navy squadron formed at least three times. Its first formation existed from June 1869-November 1870.[1]

  1. ^ Benyon, Paul. "The Times newspaper on the 1869-1870 Flying Squadron". www.pdavis.nl. PL Benyon. Retrieved 14 February 2018.