The 1916 Dover lesson carries forward to the Normandy campaign. The 10th Destroyer Flotilla operated as a coherent group while protecting the invasion beaches rather than sending divisions in different directions. Ships remained within sight and close enough for mutual support until contact with the enemy. That procedure directly avoided Nubian's problem of using superior speed to arrive alone at a confused night action.
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The Dover raid's lesson for destroyer tactics off Normandy
The dispersed 1916 response helps explain why the 10th Destroyer Flotilla stayed concentrated while protecting the Normandy beaches in 1944.