Port Edgar

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Port Edgar was a minor Royal Navy base in the Great War situated on the southern side of the Firth of Forth.

History

Purchased by the Admiralty in 1916. The base and its parent ship the drifter Columbine, were shut down in November 1928 after its personnel had been transferred to the Greenwich at Rosyth.[1]

In Command

See Also

Footnotes

  1. "Port Edgar Base Closed." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 01, 1928; pg. 9; Issue 45065.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 749.
  3. Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  4. Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  5. Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  6. Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  7. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  8. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  9. Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 226.
  11. "Port Edgar Base Closed." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 01, 1928; pg. 9; Issue 45065.