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Revision as of 18:18, 12 February 2015
History
In a letter to the First Lord of the Admiralty on 11 July, 1913, the Commander-in-Chief, 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."[1]
The station title was changed to Africa Station by an order of 21 June, 1919.[2]
Commanders-in-Chief
- Rear-Admiral Nowell Salmon, 11 April, 1882[3] – 14 May, 1885[4]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe, 15 May, 1885[5]
- Vice-Admiral Richard Wells, 29 March, 1888[6]
- Vice-Admiral Henry F. Nicholson, 1 September, 1890[7]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford, 10 August, 1892[8] – 31 May, 1895[9]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Harry H. Rawson, 4 May, 1895[10]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Hastings Harris, 27 April, 1898[11]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore, 11 February, 1901[12]
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Durnford, 11 February, 1904[13]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund S. Poë, 20 April, 1907[14]
- Vice-Admiral Sir George Le C. Egerton, 20 August, 1908[15]
- Vice-Admiral Paul W. Bush, 17 December, 1910[16] – 8 February, 1913[17]
- Vice-Admiral Herbert G. King-Hall, 28 December, 1912[18]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edward F. B. Charlton, 6 December, 1915[19] – May, 1918[20]
- Vice-Admiral The Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert, 12 June, 1918[21] – 26 May, 1920[22]
- Vice-Admiral Sir William E. Goodenough, 18 June, 1920[23] – 2 August, 1922[24] (henceforth known as C-in-C, Africa Station)
- Rear-Admiral Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck, 2 August, 1922[25] – 6 February, 1925[26]
- Vice-Admiral Maurice S. FitzMaurice, 7 February, 1925[27] – 23 January, 1927
- Vice-Admiral David M. Anderson, 27 December, 1926[28] – 14 February, 1929[29]
- Vice-Admiral Rudolf M. Burmester, 14 February, 1929[30]
- Vice-Admiral Hugh J. Tweedie, 1931
- Vice-Admiral Edward R. G. R. Evans, 1933 – 1935
- Vice-Admiral Francis W. L. Tottenham, 1935 – 1938
- Vice-Admiral George H. D'O. Lyon, 1938 – 1939
Simonstown
- Rear-Admiral Owen F. Gillett, 17 November, 1914[31]
- Rear-Admiral Marcus R. Hill, 4 May, 1918[32]
- Captain James U. Farie, 15 May, 1919[33] – 20 May, 1921[34]
See Also
Composition
March, 1897:[35]
- Alecto
- Template:UK-Barrosa
- Blonde
- Fox
- Herald
- Magpie
- Monarch
- Mosquito
- Penelope
- Philomel
- Phoebe
- Racoon
- St. George
- Sparrow
- Thrush
- Widgeon
December, 1903:[36]
June, 1906:[37]
Footnotes
- ↑ Winston S. Churchill. Part II. Companion Part 3. p. 1753.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1884). p. 188.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1885). p. 188.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1885). p. 188.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Bedford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 824
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
- ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 356.
- ↑ Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1052.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 396.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19/325 f. 505.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 505.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
- ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
- ↑ Fitzherbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 198.
- ↑ Stafford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 699-700.
- ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 206.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1924). p. 200.
- ↑ Bentinck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 47.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1925). p. 200.
- ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 415.
- ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 415.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1930). p. 200.
- ↑ Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 7.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 154.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 154.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 193.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 269.
- ↑ The Navy List (June, 1906). pp. 268, 269a.
Bibliography
- "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461.
- Clowes, Sir Wm. Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria. Vol. VII. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited.
