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The '''Portsmouth Navigation School''' was also known as '''H.M.S. ''Dryad'''''.
 
The '''Portsmouth Navigation School''' was also known as '''H.M.S. ''Dryad'''''.
  
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It was closed from 1 September, 1914 to 2 January, 1919.{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}
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It was closed from 1 September, 1914 to 2 January, 1919.{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}} Just before closing for the war, the course of instruction offered ran about six months in duration.
  
 
==Captains of H.M. Navigation School==
 
==Captains of H.M. Navigation School==
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Gardiner Troup|nick=James A. G. Troup|appt=17 December, 1928{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>|end=20 June, 1930<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Gardiner Troup|nick=James A. G. Troup|appt=17 December, 1928{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>|end=20 June, 1930<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford|nick=Wilbraham T. R. Ford|appt=20 June, 1930{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}<ref>Ford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 180.</ref>|end=10 June, 1932<ref>Successor appointed that day.  Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford|nick=Wilbraham T. R. Ford|appt=20 June, 1930{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}<ref>Ford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 180.</ref>|end=10 June, 1932<ref>Successor appointed that day.  Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Oswald Henry Dawson|nick=Oswald H. Dawson|appt=10 June, 1932<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Oswald Henry Dawson|nick=Oswald H. Dawson|appt=20 June, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 235}}<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.  This source MAY say 10 June.</ref>|end=27 July, 1934{{INF}}{{NLJul34|p. 235}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest John Spooner|nick=Ernest J. Spooner|appt=27 July, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 235}}|end=17 August, 1936<ref>Gell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/248.|}} f. 251.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Hope Gell|nick=William H. Gell|appt=17 August, 1936<ref>Gell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/248.|}} f. 251.</ref>|end=May, 1937{{ToL|Royqal Navy|22 Apr. 1938, p. 26}}|note=left in ill health}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Robin Moore Bridge|nick=Arthur R. M. Bridge|appt=3 May, 1937{{NLMay39|p. 277}}|end=16 June, 1939}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Aubrey Rowley|nick=Henry A. Rowley|appt=16 June, 1939<ref>Rowley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/136.|}} f. 136.</ref>|end=5 December, 1939<ref>Rowley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/136.|}} f. 136.</ref>|note=vice Bridge}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Charles Armstrong|nick=Thomas C. Armstrong|appt=5 December, 1939<ref>Armstrong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/24.|}} f. 24.</ref>{{NLDec41|p. 1302}}|end=19 January, 1944<ref>Armstrong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/24.|}} f. 24.</ref>|note=vice Rowley}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Brian Betham Schofield|nick=Brian B. Schofield|appt=19 January, 1944<ref>Schofield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/16.|}} f. 16.</ref>|end=6 January, 1945}}
 
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==See Also==
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* [[:Category:Navigating Officers (UK)|List of Royal Navy Navigating Officers]]
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 19:34, 22 March 2022

The Portsmouth Navigation School was also known as H.M.S. Dryad.

It was closed from 1 September, 1914 to 2 January, 1919.[1] Just before closing for the war, the course of instruction offered ran about six months in duration.

Captains of H.M. Navigation School

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  2. ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 319.
  3. ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 319.
  4. ↑ Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 230.
  5. ↑ Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 469.
  6. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/69. f. 76.
  7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 7 January, 1910. Issue 39163, col D, p. 17.
  8. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/69. f. 76.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1913). p. 304.
  10. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 781.
  12. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  13. ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
  14. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  15. ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
  16. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 234.
  18. ↑ Carrington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 489.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 233.
  20. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  21. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  22. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
  23. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
  24. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  25. ↑ Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  26. ↑ Successor appointed that day. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.
  28. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384. This source MAY say 10 June.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 235.
  31. ↑ Gell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/248. f. 251.
  32. ↑ Gell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/248. f. 251.
  33. ↑ "Royqal Navy." The Times (London, England), 22 Apr. 1938, p. 26.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 277.
  35. ↑ Rowley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/136. f. 136.
  36. ↑ Rowley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/136. f. 136.
  37. ↑ Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/24. f. 24.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1302.
  39. ↑ Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/24. f. 24.
  40. ↑ Schofield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/16. f. 16.

Bibliography

  • Schofield, Vice-Admiral B. B. (1977). Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. Havant: Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd. ISBN 085937-087-9.

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