The new flotilla was then assigned to the 2nd Division of the Home Fleet from February 1909 to May 1912.

[1] After its stay with the Grand Fleet the flotilla was assigned to the Plymouth Command from April 1916 to November 1917 and was stationed at Devonport.

[2] After World War One the flotilla was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet from December 1918 to November 1924.

[3] The flotilla was gradually dispersed to the South Atlantic and West Indies, and in January 1940 it was reformed once more as part of the Home Fleet until May 1940.

Its final posting was with the Mediterranean Fleet until 1951 when it was re-designated as the 2nd Destroyer Squadron.