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− | The '''Inspecting Captain of Mechanical Training Establishments''' was captain of '''H.M.S. ''Indus''''', a mechanics' training establishment situated in Devonport. | + | The '''Inspecting Captain of Mechanical Training Establishments''' was generally but not always also the captain of '''H.M.S. ''Indus''''', a mechanics' training establishment situated in Devonport. |
− | + | It operated from 1906 to 1922, and encompassed a number of changing hulk vessels. The final H.M.S. ''Indus'' was the former [[H.M.S. Defence (1861)|''Defence'']] of 6,270 tons, which paid off for the final time on 15 August, 1922.{{NLApr25|p. 248}} Training for Engineer Artificer Apprentices was thereafter consolidated at Portsmouth.{{NMI|Wednesday, August 16, 1922, Issue 43111, p.15}} | |
− | + | ==Captains== | |
− | == | + | <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Captain of H.M.S. Indus" nat="UK"> |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur William Edward Prothero|nick=Arthur W. E. Prothero|appt=16 July, 1902{{NLOct04|p. 371}}|end=23 February, 1905|note=and for command of Fleet Reserve, Devonport}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles James Collins|nick=Charles J. Collins|appt=15 March, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 332}}|end=31 December, 1905|note=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edwin Harold Edwards|nick=Edwin H. Edwards|appt=1 January, 1906<ref>Edwards Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/168.|}} f. 181.</ref>|end=1 January, 1908<ref>Edwards Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/168.|}} f. 181.</ref>{{NMI|2 Jan. 1908, p. 8}}|note=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe|nick=Louis C. S. Woollcombe|appt=1 January, 1908<ref>Woollcombe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 267.</ref>|end=4 January, 1910<ref>Woollcombe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 267.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert Powley|nick=Herbert Powley|appt=22 September, 1914<ref>Powley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/157.|}} f. 184.</ref>|end=24 May, 1918<ref>Powley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/157.|}} f. 184.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harry Tylden Mosse|nick=Harry T. Mosse|appt=1 February, 1919|end=18 February, 1920}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|nick=Charles P. Beaty-Pownall|appt=17 February, 1920{{NavAppts|Thursday, January 15, 1920, Issue 42308, p.6}}|end=11 January, 1921}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas John Spence Lyne|nick=Thomas J. S. Lyne|appt=11 January, 1921{{ToL|Captains' New Commands|Monday, January 10, 1921, Issue 42614, p.15}}|end=15 August, 1922|succBy=Station Shut Down}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:office0> | ||
− | <div name=fredbot: | + | ==Inspecting Captains of Mechanical Training Establishments== |
+ | |||
+ | <div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Inspecting Captain of Mechanical Training Establishments" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Reginald Hall|nick=W. Reginald Hall|appt=1 January, 1906<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Saturday, 9 December, 1905. Issue '''37886''', col B, p. 14.</ref><ref>Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 40/78.</ref>|end=10 December, 1907<ref>Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 40/78.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Reginald Hall|nick=W. Reginald Hall|appt=1 January, 1906<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Saturday, 9 December, 1905. Issue '''37886''', col B, p. 14.</ref><ref>Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 40/78.</ref>|end=10 December, 1907<ref>Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 40/78.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Hyde Smith|nick=Edmund H. Smith|appt=10 December, 1907<ref>Smith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 295.</ref>|end=1 March, 1910<ref>Smith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 295.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Hyde Smith|nick=Edmund H. Smith|appt=10 December, 1907<ref>Smith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 295.</ref>|end=1 March, 1910<ref>Smith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 295.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|nick=Bentinck J. D. Yelverton|appt=1 March, 1910<ref>Yelverton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=1 March, 1912<ref>Yelverton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 135.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|nick=Bentinck J. D. Yelverton|appt=1 March, 1910<ref>Yelverton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=1 March, 1912<ref>Yelverton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 135.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Edmund Ross Benson|nick=Robert E. R. Benson|appt=1 March, 1912<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 18 December, 1911. Issue '''39771''', col F, p. 15.</ref><ref>Benson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 240.</ref>|end=12 November, 1914<ref>Benson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 240.</ref>| | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Edmund Ross Benson|nick=Robert E. R. Benson|appt=1 March, 1912<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 18 December, 1911. Issue '''39771''', col F, p. 15.</ref><ref>Benson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 240.</ref>|end=12 November, 1914<ref>Benson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 240.</ref>}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Cuninghame Quayle|nick=George C. Quayle|appt=14 November, 1914<ref>Quayle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/206.|D7602543}} f. 223.</ref>|end=19 June, 1917<ref>Quayle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/206.|D7602543}} f. 223.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Judge D'Arcy|nick=Judge D'Arcy|appt=31 December, 1918<ref>D'Arcy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/400.|D8112192}} ff. 478, 40.</ref>|end=12 January, 1921<ref>D'Arcy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/400.|D8112192}} ff. 478, 40.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|nick=Charles P. Beaty-Pownall|appt=17 February, 1920<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 235.</ref>|end=11 January, 1921<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 235.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|nick=Charles P. Beaty-Pownall|appt=17 February, 1920<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 235.</ref>|end=11 January, 1921<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 235.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas John Spence Lyne|nick=Thomas J. S. Lyne|appt=10 January, 1921|end=November, 1922}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Horace Walker Longden|nick=Horace W. Longden|appt=1 May, 1923{{NLApr25|p. 239}}|end=1 May, 1925}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Kemmis Betty|nick=Arthur K. Betty|appt=1 May, 1925<ref>Betty Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 397.</ref>|end=2 May, 1927<ref>Betty Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 397.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Kemmis Betty|nick=Arthur K. Betty|appt=1 May, 1925<ref>Betty Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 397.</ref>|end=2 May, 1927<ref>Betty Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 397.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Avenel Sommerville|nick=Frederick A. Sommerville|appt=2 May, 1927<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>|end=6 May, 1929<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Avenel Sommerville|nick=Frederick A. Sommerville|appt=2 May, 1927<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>|end=6 May, 1929<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Gascoigne Robinson|nick=Eric G. Robinson|appt=18 May, 1931<ref>Robinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|end=11 April, 1932<ref>Robinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Gascoigne Robinson|nick=Eric G. Robinson|appt=18 May, 1931<ref>Robinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|end=11 April, 1932<ref>Robinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>}} | ||
− | + | </div name=fredbot:office1> | |
− | </div name=fredbot: | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== |
Latest revision as of 20:13, 8 January 2020
The Inspecting Captain of Mechanical Training Establishments was generally but not always also the captain of H.M.S. Indus, a mechanics' training establishment situated in Devonport.
It operated from 1906 to 1922, and encompassed a number of changing hulk vessels. The final H.M.S. Indus was the former Defence of 6,270 tons, which paid off for the final time on 15 August, 1922.[1] Training for Engineer Artificer Apprentices was thereafter consolidated at Portsmouth.[2]
Captains
- Captain Arthur W. E. Prothero, 16 July, 1902[3] – 23 February, 1905 (and for command of Fleet Reserve, Devonport)
- Commander Charles J. Collins, 15 March, 1905[4] – 31 December, 1905
- Commander Edwin H. Edwards, 1 January, 1906[5] – 1 January, 1908[6][7]
- Commander Louis C. S. Woollcombe, 1 January, 1908[8] – 4 January, 1910[9]
- Commander Herbert Powley, 22 September, 1914[10] – 24 May, 1918[11]
- Commander Harry T. Mosse, 1 February, 1919 – 18 February, 1920
- Captain Charles P. Beaty-Pownall, 17 February, 1920[12] – 11 January, 1921
- Captain Thomas J. S. Lyne, 11 January, 1921[13] – 15 August, 1922
Inspecting Captains of Mechanical Training Establishments
- Captain W. Reginald Hall, 1 January, 1906[14][15] – 10 December, 1907[16]
- Captain Edmund H. Smith, 10 December, 1907[17] – 1 March, 1910[18]
- Captain Bentinck J. D. Yelverton, 1 March, 1910[19] – 1 March, 1912[20]
- Captain Robert E. R. Benson, 1 March, 1912[21][22] – 12 November, 1914[23]
- Captain George C. Quayle, 14 November, 1914[24] – 19 June, 1917[25]
- Captain Judge D'Arcy, 31 December, 1918[26] – 12 January, 1921[27]
- Captain Charles P. Beaty-Pownall, 17 February, 1920[28] – 11 January, 1921[29]
- Captain Thomas J. S. Lyne, 10 January, 1921 – November, 1922
- Captain Horace W. Longden, 1 May, 1923[30] – 1 May, 1925
- Captain Arthur K. Betty, 1 May, 1925[31] – 2 May, 1927[32]
- Captain Frederick A. Sommerville, 2 May, 1927[33] – 6 May, 1929[34]
- Captain Eric G. Robinson, 18 May, 1931[35] – 11 April, 1932[36]
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 248.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, August 16, 1922, Issue 43111, p.15.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 371.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 332.
- ↑ Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/168. f. 181.
- ↑ Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/168. f. 181.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 2 Jan. 1908, p. 8.
- ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.
- ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.
- ↑ Powley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/157. f. 184.
- ↑ Powley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/157. f. 184.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, January 15, 1920, Issue 42308, p.6.
- ↑ "Captains' New Commands." The Times (London, England), Monday, January 10, 1921, Issue 42614, p.15.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 9 December, 1905. Issue 37886, col B, p. 14.
- ↑ Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 40/78.
- ↑ Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 40/78.
- ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 295.
- ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 295.
- ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
- ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 18 December, 1911. Issue 39771, col F, p. 15.
- ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.
- ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.
- ↑ Quayle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/206. f. 223.
- ↑ Quayle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/206. f. 223.
- ↑ D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
- ↑ D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
- ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
- ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 239.
- ↑ Betty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 397.
- ↑ Betty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 397.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
- ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
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