page_title: Escort Group
section_title: 1st Escort Group
hierarchical_section_title: Escort Group / Organization / 1st Escort Group
caption_attribution_description: English: The Royal Navy during the Second World War HMS KEPPEL docked in the East India Dock, London.
context_page_description: An Escort Group consisted of several small warships organized and trained to operate together providing protection for trade convoys. Escort groups were a World War II tactical innovation in anti-submarine warfare by the Royal Navy to combat the threat of the Kriegsmarine's "wolfpack" tactics. Early escort groups often contained destroyers, sloops, naval trawlers and, later, corvettes of differing specifications lacking the ability to maneuver together as a flotilla of similar warships, but rigorously trained in anti-submarine tactics to use teamwork emphasizing the unique sensors, weapons, speed and turning radius of each ship. The development of these 'escort groups' proved an effective means of defending shipping convoys through the Battle of the Atlantic.
context_section_description: Thornycroft type destroyer leader: HMS Keppel
  V and W-class destroyer: HMS Venomous
  Town-class destroyers: HMS Lincoln & Rockingham
  Admiralty S-class destroyers: HMS Sabre & Shikari
  Flower-class corvettes: HMS Alisma, Dianella, Kingcup & Sunflower
caption: HMS Keppel was a World War I flotilla leader.
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