Coast of Scotland Station

The Coast of Scotland Station, also rendered as the Scottish Command, was instituted in 1913.

Limits

The boundaries of the station were defined in October, 1913, as:

The line drawn from the western end of the Boundary of Scotland to the position Lat. 54 30 N, Long. 4 35 W., thence to a position one league from the coast of Ireland in Lat. 54 30 N., thence following the limit of the Irish Command (one league from the coast of Ireland) to the northward until the meridian of Long. 7 20 W. is reached, thence to Lat. 58 N., Long 9 W., thence to Lat. 61 N., Long. 3 W., thence to Lat. 61 N. on the meridian of Greenwich, thence to 55 46 N. on the same meridian, and thence to the eastern end of the Boundary of Scotland.

Senior Officers and Commanders-in-Chief

The appointment was instituted in 1913 as Senior Officer on the Coast of Scotland. From 1 July, 1916, the title was altered to Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth.

Dates of appointment given:

• Admiral Sir Robert S. Lowry, 1 July, 1913 – 1 July, 1916
• Admiral Sir Frederick T. Hamilton, 1 July, 1916 – 4 October, 1917
• Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, 13 October, 1917 – 30 March, 1919
• Vice-Admiral Sir Herbert L. Heath, 30 March, 1919 – 31 March, 1922
• Vice-Admiral Sir John F. E. Green, 1 April, 1922 – 30 June, 1923  (and Admiral Superintendent of Rosyth Dockyard)
• Rear-Admiral Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart., 30 June, 1923 – 30 June, 1925  (and Admiral Superintendent of Rosyth Dockyard)
• Vice-Admiral Sir Walter H. Cowan, 30 June, 1925 – 2 June, 1926  (and Admiral Superintendent of Rosyth Dockyard)
• Rear-Admiral Humphrey W. Bowring, 2 June, 1926 – 2 June, 1928
• Rear-Admiral John E. Cameron, 2 June, 1928
• Rear-Admiral Theodore J. Hallett, July, 1929 – 6 July, 1931
• Rear-Admiral The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower, 6 july, 1931 – 12 July, 1933
• Rear-Admiral Everard J. Hardman-Jones, 12 July, 1933 – 15 July, 1935
• Rear-Admiral Robert C. Davenport, ? – 22 July, 1937
• Rear-Admiral Evelyn C. O. Thomson, 22 July, 1937 – 3 August, 1939
• Vice-Admiral Charles G. Ramsey, 3 August, 1939 – 15 April, 1942
• Admiral Wilbraham T. R. Ford, 15 April, 1942 – c. 4 May, 1942  (fell ill)
• Vice-Admiral Sir Charles G. Ramsey, 4 May, 1942 – 1 June, 1942
• Admiral Sir Wilbraham T. R. Ford, 1 June, 1942 – 1 June, 1944
• Admiral Sir William J. Whitworth, 1 June, 1944 – 17 July, 1946
• Admiral Sir Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton, July, 1946 – July, 1948
• Vice-Admiral Sir Ernest R. Archer, July, 1948 – 31 July, 1950
• Vice-Admiral Sir Angus E. M. B. Cunninghame Graham, 31 July, 1950 – August, 1951

Flag Captains

Dates of appointment given:

• Captain Edward H. Moubray, 1 July, 1913 – 12 January, 1915