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==History==
In a letter to the First Lord of the Admiralty on 11 July, 1913, the Commander-in-Chief, [[Herbert Goodenough King-Hall|Herbert G. King-Hall]], noted of his command, "Though small it gets through quite a lot of exercises at Sea in the most approved Home Fleet manner."<ref>''Winston S. Churchill.  Part II.  Companion Part 3.''  p. 1753.</ref>

The station title was changed to '''Africa Station''' by an order of 21 June, 1919.{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}

In 1939, it was renamed the '''South Atlantic Station'''.

==Commanders-in-Chief==
<div name=fredbot:officeCiC otitle="Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederick William Grey|nick=Sir Frederick W. Grey|appt=1857|end=1860|as=Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station|note=as Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Henry Keppel|nick=Sir Henry Keppel|appt=1860|end=1860|as=Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Baldwin Wake Walker, First Baronet|nick=Sir Baldwin W. Walker|appt=1861|end=1865|as=Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=Frederick Byng Montresor|nick=Sir Frederick B. Montresor|appt=1865|end=1865|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=Charles Farrell Hillyar|nick=Sir Charles F. Hillyar|appt=1865|end=1867|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=William Montagu Dowell|nick=Sir William M. Dowell|appt=1867|end=1871|note=now known as Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=John Edmund Commerell|nick=Sir John E. Commerell|appt=1871|end=1873}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=William Nathan Wrighte Hewett|nick=Sir William N. W. Hewett|appt=2 October, 1873<ref>Hewett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1606.|}} f. 623.</ref>|ass=4 November, 1873<ref>Hewett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1606.|}} f. 623.</ref>|end=1876{{CN}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=Francis William Sullivan, Sixth Baronet|nick=Sir  Francis W. Sullivan|appt=1876|end=1879}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=Frederick William Richards|nick=Sir Frederick W. Richards|appt=1879|end=1882}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Nowell Salmon|nick=Nowell Salmon|appt=11 April, 1882{{NLJan85|p. 188}}|end=14 May, 1885{{NLOct85|p. 188}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Walter James Hunt-Grubbe|nick=Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe|appt=6 March, 1885|ass=15 May, 1885{{NLOct85|p. 188}}|end=15 May, 1888}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Richard Wells|nick=Richard Wells|appt=29 March, 1888{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}<ref>Wells Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1382.</ref>|ass=16 May, 1888<ref>Wells Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1382.</ref>|end=1 September, 1890<ref>Wells Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1382.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Henry Frederick Nicholson|nick=Henry F. Nicholson|appt=1 September, 1890<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/339.|}} ff. 950, 967.</ref>{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}|ass=9 October, 1890<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/339.|}} ff. 950, 967.</ref>|end=21 September, 1892<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/339.|}} ff. 950, 967.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederick George Denham Bedford|nick=Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford|appt=10 August, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}|ass=21 September, 1892<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/339.|}} ff. 950, 967.</ref>|end=31 May, 1895<ref>Bedford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}} f. 824</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Harry Holdsworth Rawson|nick=Sir Harry H. Rawson|appt=4 May, 1895<ref>Rawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}|ass=5 June, 1895<ref>Rawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>|end=8 June, 1898<ref>Rawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Robert Hastings Harris|nick=Sir Robert Hastings Harris|appt=27 April, 1898{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}|ass=8 June, 1898<ref>Rawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur William Moore|nick=Sir Arthur W. Moore|appt=11 February, 1901<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 915.</ref>|ass=15 April, 1901<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 915.</ref>|end=11 February, 1904<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 915.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=John Durnford|nick=Sir John Durnford|appt=11 February, 1904<ref>Durnford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 356.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Sir Edmund S. Poë|appt=20 April, 1907<ref>Poë Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1052.</ref>|ass=20 April, 1907<ref>Poë Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1052.</ref>|end=20 August, 1908<ref>Poë Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1052.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=George Le Clerc Egerton|nick=Sir George Le C. Egerton|appt=20 August, 1908<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 396.</ref>|ass=30 September, 1908<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 396.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Paul Warner Bush|nick=Paul W. Bush|appt=17 December, 1910<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19/325|D7590140}}  f. 505.</ref>|end=8 February, 1913<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 505.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Herbert Goodenough King-Hall|nick=Herbert G. King-Hall|appt=28 December, 1912<ref>King-Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 42.</ref>|end=20 December, 1915<ref>King-Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 42.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edward Francis Benedict Charlton|nick=Sir Edward F. B. Charlton|appt=6 December, 1915<ref>Charlton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 282.</ref>|end=May, 1918<ref>Charlton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 282.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|nick=The Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert|appt=12 June, 1918<ref>Fitzherbert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 198.</ref>|end=26 May, 1920<ref>Stafford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 221.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=William Edmund Goodenough|nick=Sir William E. Goodenough|appt=18 June, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 699-700}}|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station|note=henceforth known as C-in-C, Africa Station|end=2 August, 1922<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 206.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Rudolf Walter Bentinck|nick=Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck|appt=2 August, 1922{{NLDec24|p. 200}}|end=6 February, 1925<ref>Bentinck Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 47.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|nick=Maurice S. FitzMaurice|appt=7 February, 1925{{NLSep25|p. 200}}|end=22 January, 1927<ref>FitzMaurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 289.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=David Murray Anderson|nick=David M. Anderson|appt=27 December, 1926<ref>Anderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 415.</ref>|ass=27 February, 1927<ref>Anderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 415.</ref>|end=14 February, 1929<ref>Anderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 415.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Rudolf Miles Burmester|nick=Rudolf M. Burmester|appt=27 DEcember, 1928<ref>Burmester Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/39.|D7576584}} f. 39.</ref>|ass=14 February, 1929<ref>Burmester Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/39.|D7576584}} f. 39.</ref>|end=26 February, 1931<ref>Burmester Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/39.|D7576584}} f. 39.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Hugh Justin Tweedie|nick=Hugh J. Tweedie|appt=9 January, 1931<ref>Tweedie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 332.</ref>|end=March, 1933<ref>Tweedie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 332.</ref>|ass=26 February, 1931<ref>Tweedie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 332.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, First Baron Mountevans|nick=Edward R. G. R. Evans|appt=18 January, 1933<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 40.</ref>|end=26 July, 1935<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 40.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Francis William Loftus Tottenham|nick=Francis W. L. Tottenham|appt=1935|end=1938|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Hamilton D'Oyly Lyon|nick=George H. D'O. Lyon|appt=31 January, 1938<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 480.</ref>|end=7 September, 1940<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 480.</ref>|ass=c. 7 March, 1938<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 480.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Robert Henry Taunton Raikes|nick=Robert H. T. Raikes|appt=1 August, 1940<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} ff. 220, 221.</ref>|ass=7 September, 1940<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} ff. 220, 221.</ref>|end=15 November, 1941<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} ff. 220, 221.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Algernon Usborne Willis|nick=Algernon U. Willis|appt=1941|end=17 February, 1942<ref>Tait Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/328.|}}  f. 343.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=William Eric Campbell Tait|nick=William E. C. Tait|appt=17 February, 1942<ref>Tait Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/328.|}}  f. 343.</ref>|ass=28 February, 1942|end=27 August, 1944<ref>Tait Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/328.|}}  f. 343.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Robert Lindsay Burnett|nick=Robert L. Burnett|appt=c. August, 1944|end=1946|as=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Clement Moody|nick=Clement Moody|appt=19 July, 1946|end=May, 1948|as=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Edward Desmond Bewley McCarthy|nick=Edward D. B. McCarthy|appt=15 March, 1948<ref>McCarthy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/145/536.|}}  f. 30.</ref>|end=c. July, 1950<ref>McCarthy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/145/536.|}}  f. 30.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Herbert Annesley Packer|nick=Herbert A. Packer|appt=1950|end=1952|as=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Peveril Barton Reibey Wallop William-Powlett|nick=Peveril B. R. W. William-Powlett|appt=1952|end=1954|as=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic|succBy=Ian Campbell}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCiC>

==Other Personnel==
===Fleet Gunnery Officer===

<div name=fredbot:officeFGO otitle="Fleet Gunnery Officer, Africa Station" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} ('''G''')|name=Harold Hickling|nick=Harold Hickling|appt=c. late 1919<ref>Hickling Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/195.|}} f. 27.</ref>|end=29 October, 1921<ref>Hickling Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/195.|}} f. 27.</ref>}}
</div name=fredbot:officeFGO>

===Fleet Torpedo Officer===

<div name=fredbot:officeFTO otitle="Fleet Torpedo Officer, Africa Station" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Stanley Sandford|nick=Cecil S. Sandford|appt=5 November, 1920<ref>Sandford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|end=December, 1922<ref>Sandford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>}}
</div name=fredbot:officeFTO>

===Fleet Signal Officer===

<div name=fredbot:officeFSO otitle="Fleet Signal Officer, Africa Station" nat="UK">
</div name=fredbot:officeFSO>

===Fleet Wireless Officer===

<div name=fredbot:officeFWO otitle="Fleet Wireless Officer, Africa Station" nat="UK">
</div name=fredbot:officeFWO>

===Fleet Navigating Officer===

<div name=fredbot:officeFNO otitle="Fleet Navigating Officer, Africa Station" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=James Victor Vincent Magrane|nick=James V. V. Magrane|appt=c. 1921<ref>Magrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/324.|}} f. 328.</ref>|end=18 September, 1923<ref>Magrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/324.|}} f. 328.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Gerald Percival Bowen|nick=Gerald P. Bowen|appt=20 November, 1926<ref>Bowen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/163.|}} f. 521.</ref>|end=May, 1927<ref>Bowen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/163.|}} f. 521.</ref>}}
</div name=fredbot:officeFNO>

==Composition==
===March, 1897===
{{NLApr97|p. 193}}

* {{UK-1Alecto}}
* {{UK-Barossa}}
* {{UK-1Blonde}}
* {{UK-Fox}}
* {{UK-1Herald}}
* {{UK-Magpie}}
* {{UK-1Monarch}}
* {{UK-1Mosquito}}
* {{UK-2Penelope}}
* {{UK-Philomel}}
* {{UK-1Phoebe}}
* {{UK-1Racoon}}
* {{UK-StGeorge}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
* {{UK-Sparrow}}
* {{UK-Thrush}}
* {{UK-Widgeon}}

===February, 1900===
At this juncture, the station included the West Coast of Africa.{{NLFeb00|p. 218}}

* {{UK-Barracouta}}
* {{UK-Barossa}}
* {{UK-Doris}}
* {{UK-Dwarf}}
* {{UK-Forte}}
* {{UK-1Herald}}
* {{UK-Magicienne}}
* {{UK-Magpie}}
* {{UK-1Monarch}}
* {{UK-1Mosquito}}
* {{UK-1Partridge}}
* {{UK-Philomel}}
* {{UK-2Tartar}}
* {{UK-Widgeon}}

===January, 1901===
The station still included the West Coast of Africa.{{NLJan01|p. 218}}

* {{UK-Barracouta}}
* {{UK-Barossa}} (ordered home)
* {{UK-2Blanche}}
* {{UK-Doris}}
* {{UK-Dwarf}}
* {{UK-Forte}}
* {{UK-1Herald}}
* {{UK-Magicienne}} (ordered home)
* {{UK-Magpie}}
* {{UK-1Monarch}}
* {{UK-1Mosquito}}
* {{UK-1Partridge}}
* {{UK-Philomel}}
* {{UK-1Sybille}}
* {{UK-2Tartar}}
* {{UK-Thrush}}
* {{UK-Widgeon}}

===December, 1903===
{{NLJan04|p. 269}}

* {{UK-Barossa}}
* {{UK-Forte}}
* {{UK-Gibraltar}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
* {{UK-1Monarch}}
* {{UK-1Odin}}
* {{UK-1Partridge}}
* {{UK-Pearl}}
* {{UK-2Penelope}}
* {{UK-Terpsichore}}

===June, 1906===
{{NLJun06|pp. 268, 269''a''}}

* {{UK-1Crescent}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
* {{UK-Forte}}
* {{UK-Pelorus}}
* {{UK-Terpsichore}}

==See Also==
{{refbegin}}
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_Station}}
* [[Simonstown]]
{{refend}}

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
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*{{UKCeased}}
*{{ClowesVII}}
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