Hong Kong
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Hong Kong was an important base for the Royal Navy throughout the Dreadnought Era and right up to 1997. It was based in H.M.S. Tamar before moving ashore.
History
By early 1927, Fleet Air Arm Flights Nos. 401, 442 and 443B were based here, under a Headquarters Flight under the command of Flight Lieutenant R.A.F. P. J. Farmer.[1]
Commodores
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Matthew S. Nolloth, 16 July, 1861[2]
- Commodore, Second Class Oliver J. Jones, 21 March, 1866[3]
- Commodore, Second Class Francis H. Shortt, 13 September, 1870[4][5] – 10 August, 1873[6]
- Commodore, Second Class John E. Parish, c. 1872[7]
- Commodore, Second Class George W. Watson, 1 March, 1876[8]
- Commodore, Second Class William H. Cuming, 2 May, 1881[9]
- Commodore, Second Class George D. Morant, 12 February, 1884[10] – 12 February, 1887
- Commodore, Second Class William H. Maxwell, 12 February, 1887[11]
- Commodore, Second Class Edmund J. Church, 27 December, 1888[12] – 1891
- Rear-Admiral Henry St. L. Bury Palliser, 29 December, 1891[13] – 31 August, 1893
- Commodore, Second Class George T. H. Boyes, 20 June, 1893[14] – 8 July, 1896[15]
- Rear-Admiral Swinton C. Holland, 8 July, 1896[16] – 7 March, 1899
- Commodore, Second Class Francis Powell, 5 January, 1899[17][18] – 10 February, 1902[19]
- Rear-Admiral Charles G. Robinson, 10 February, 1902[20]
- Commodore, Second Class Charles G. Dicken, 1 January, 1904[21] – 11 November, 1905[22]
- Commodore, Second Class Hugh P. Williams, 17 July, 1905[23] – 5 March, 1907[24]
- Rear-Admiral Robert H. S. Stokes, 5 March, 1907[25] – 1908[26]
- Commodore, Second Class Herbert Lyon, 18 August, 1908[27][28] – 19 August, 1910[29]
- Commodore, Second Class Cresswell J. Eyres, 14 April, 1910[30] – 26 April, 1912[31]
- Rear-Admiral Robert H. Anstruther, 26 April, 1912[32] – 18 May, 1916[33]
- Commodore, Second Class Henry G. G. Sandeman, 18 May, 1916[34] – 4 March, 1918[35]
- Commodore, Second Class Victor G. Gurner, 4 Mar, 1918[36] – 1 April, 1920[37]
- Commodore, Second Class William Bowden-Smith, 1 April, 1920[38] – 20 April, 1922[39]
- Commodore, Second Class Henry E. Grace, 28 April, 1922[40] – 1924
- Commodore, Second Class Anselan J. B. Stirling, 15 October, 1924[41][42] – December, 1926[43]
- Commodore, Second Class John L. Pearson, 22 October, 1926[44][45] – December, 1928[46]
- Captain Richard A. S. Hill, December, 1928[47] – 8 November, 1930[48]
- Commodore, Second Class Arthur T. Walker, October, 1930[49] – August, 1932[50]
- Commodore, Second Class Edward McC. W. Lawrie, 8 July, 1932[51][52] – 5 May, 1933[53]
- Commodore, Second Class Hugh R. Marrack, 5 May, 1933[54] – 14 July, 1933[55]
- Commodore, Second Class Frank Elliott, 14 July, 1933[56] – April, 1935[57]
- Commodore, Second Class Cyril G. Sedgwick, 2 March, 1935[58] – 1937
- Commodore, Second Class Edward B. C. Dicken, 3 April, 1937[59] – 30 April, 1939[60]
- Commodore, Second Class Arthur M. Peters, 30 April, 1939[61] – November, 1940[62]
- Commodore, Second Class Alfred C. Collinson, November, 1940[63] – 1941[64]
- Commodore, Second Class Douglas H. Everett, 1 March, 1947[65] – 7 August, 1947[66] (vice Blake)
- Commodore, Second Class Charles L. Robertson, 8 August, 1947[67] – 27 January, 1949[68] (vice Everett)
King's Harbour Master
Dates of appointment given:
Assistant King's Harbour Master
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Charles A. Browne, 1925 – September, 1926
- Commander Christopher H. Philips, 16 August, 1926[69] – March, 1929
See Also
- Plan of Harbour & Kowloon Docks c. 1908 at GWPDA.org
- Plan of Naval Yard c. 1908 at GWPDA.org
- Plan of Taikoo Dockyard c. 1908 at GWPDA.org
- H.M.S. Tamar at Wikipedia.org
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 272.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1863). p. 234.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1869). p. 262.
- ↑ Shortt Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/37/902. f. 1222.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (October, 1871). p. 237.
- ↑ Shortt Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/37/902. f. 1222.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1876). p. [illeg].
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 305.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1883). p. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1887) Corrected to 20 March, 1887. p. 308.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 263.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 356.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 356a.
- ↑ Boyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/558. f. 177.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 8 July, 1896. Issue 34937, col A, p. 12.
- ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/243. f. 1052.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 4 January, 1899. Issue 35717, col D, p. 8.
- ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/243. f. 1052.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 16 January, 1902. Issue 36666, col A, p. 7.
- ↑ Visitations of England and Wales. II. p. vii.
- ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 449.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 13 July, 1905. Issue 37758, col D, p. 10.
- ↑ Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1409.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 8 February, 1907. Issue 38251, col C, p. 10.
- ↑ Either 15 January or 15 June ... illegible. Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1251.
- ↑ Lyon Service Record at The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 446.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 10 August, 1908. Issue 38721, col C, p. 7.
- ↑ Lyon Service Record at The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 446.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 21 April, 1910. Issue 39252, col C, p. 9.
- ↑ Eyres Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 9.
- ↑ Anstruther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 96.
- ↑ Anstruther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 96.
- ↑ Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
- ↑ Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1918). p. 8.
- ↑ Gurner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 97.
- ↑ Bowden-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/415. f. 461.
- ↑ Bowden-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/415. f. 461.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 273.
- ↑ Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 273.
- ↑ Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 272.
- ↑ Pearson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 486.
- ↑ Pearson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 486.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 146.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 146.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 276.
- ↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
- ↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
- ↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
- ↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
- ↑ Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/30. f. 186.
- ↑ Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/30. f. 186.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 278.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 278.
- ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/75. f. 75.
- ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/75. f. 75.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/185. f. 185.
- ↑ Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/185. f. 185.
- ↑ Robertson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/151. f. 151.
- ↑ Robertson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/151. f. 151.
- ↑ "Captain Philips Retired." The Times (London, England), 24 Oct. 1930, p. 5.
