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==Assistant to King's Harbour Master== | |||
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==Captain of Dockyard== | ==Captain of Dockyard== | ||
Revision as of 14:23, 30 November 2018
The Scottish town of Cromarty was a minor Royal Navy base in the Great War, situated on the eastern coast on the Moray Firth. It served as the base for Auxiliary Patrol Area IV.
The armoured cruiser H.M.S. Natal was destroyed in a cataclysmic explosion on 30 December, 1915 with heavy loss of life.
In Command
- Acting Captain Henry L. Dicks, 19 January, 1915[1] – after November, 1918
King's Harbour Master
- Captain James C. Tancred, 13 December, 1915 – 24 January, 1919
- Commander Morgan Tindal, 1 August, 1923[2]
Assistant to King's Harbour Master
- Commander (retired) Arnold Kirke, 10 November, 1914 – 9 March, 1916
Captain of Dockyard
- Captain James C. Tancred, 13 December, 1915 – 24 January, 1919
See Also
Footnotes
