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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=John Hay|nick=The Rt. Hon. Lord John Hay|appt=10 November, 1877<ref>Hay Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 591.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=John Hay|nick=The Rt. Hon. Lord John Hay|appt=10 November, 1877<ref>Hay Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 591.</ref>}} | ||
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Revision as of 19:51, 29 May 2022
History
The Channel Squadron was established as such in 1858, and was occasionally known as the Particular Service Squadron.[1] Vice-Admiral The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beresford was appointed Vice-Admiral Commanding, Channel Squadron, on 17 April, 1903.[2] On 6 May Beresford was informed by the Admiralty "that for the future the Channel Squadron shall be known as the Channel Fleet."[3]
Composition
1891
1896
February, 1900
- Arrogant
- Diadem
- Furious
- Hannibal
- Jupiter
- Magnificent
- Majestic
- Mars (temporarily detached to Cape of Good Hope Station)
- Niobe
- Pactolus
- Prince George
- Pelorus (temporarily detached to Cape of Good Hope Station)
- Repulse
- Resolution
January, 1901
The formation has remained unaltered, but Mars and Pelorus are no longer on temporary detachment.[7]
- Arrogant
- Diadem
- Furious
- Hannibal
- Jupiter
- Magnificent
- Majestic
- Mars
- Niobe
- Pactolus
- Prince George
- Pelorus
- Repulse
- Resolution
Senior Officers in Command
Dates of appointment given:
- Vice-Admiral Charles H. Fremantle, 1859 – 1860
- Vice-Admiral Robert F. Stopford, 1860 – 1861
- Vice-Admiral Robert Smart, 1861 – 1863
- Vice-Admiral Sidney C. Dacres, 1863 – 1866
- Vice-Admiral Hastings R. Yelverton, 1866 – 1867
- Rear-Admiral Frederick Warden, 1867 – 1868
- Vice-Admiral Thomas M. C. Symonds, 1868 – 1870
- Vice-Admiral Hastings R. Yelverton, July, 1870 – October, 1870
- Vice-Admiral George G. Wellesley, 25 October, 1870[8]
- Vice-Admiral Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby, 31 August, 1871[9]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick B. P. Seymour, 1 October, 1874[10]
- Vice-Admiral The Rt. Hon. Lord John Hay, 10 November, 1877[11]
- Vice-Admiral Arthur W. A. Hood, 9 December, 1879[12]
- Rear-Admiral The Hon. Henry C. Glynn, 1 December, 1881[13][14] – 26 April, 1882[15] (temporary)
- Vice-Admiral Sir William M. Dowell, 17 April, 1882[16]
- Vice-Admiral H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, 3 December, 1883[17] – 3 December, 1884[18]
- Admiral Algernon F. R. de Horsey, 4 December, 1884[19]
- Rear-Admiral William H. Whyte, 7 May, 1885 – c. 25 July, 1885[20] (temporary)
- Vice-Admiral Charles Fellowes, 1 July, 1885[21] – 18 March, 1886[Inference]
- Vice-Admiral William N. W. Hewett, 18 March, 1886[22] – 17 April, 1888[23]
- Vice-Admiral John K. E. Baird, 17 April, 1888[24] – 3 May, 1890
- Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart., 3 May, 1890[25] – 10 May, 1892[26]
- Vice-Admiral Henry Fairfax, 10 May, 1892[27] – 12 May, 1894[28]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Robert O'B. FitzRoy, 12 May, 1894[29] – 27 May, 1895[30] (requested relief on account of health)
- Vice-Admiral The Rt. Hon. Lord Walter Kerr, 27 May, 1895[31]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Henry F. Stephenson, 7 June, 1897[32] – 19 December, 1898[33] (resigned due to ill health)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Harry H. Rawson, 20 December, 1898[34]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur K. Wilson, 14 April, 1901[35] – 16 April, 1903[36]
- Vice-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, 17 April, 1903[37] – 6 May, 1903[38] (Renamed as Channel Fleet)
Seconds-in-Command
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Henry Chads, 1 October, 1869[39]
- Rear-Admiral Augustus Phillimore, January, 1876 – late 1876
- Rear-Admiral William M. Dowell, 1877
- Rear-Admiral Henry Boys, June, 1878[40] – June, 1879[41]
- Rear-Admiral The Hon. Henry C. Glyn, 20 June, 1881[42][43] – 1 December, 1881[44]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Francis W. Sullivan, Bart., 14 August, 1882[45]
- Rear-Admiral John C. Wilson, 1 April, 1883[46]
- Rear-Admiral William H. Whyte, 8 May, 1884[47] – 7 May, 1885[48]
- Rear-Admiral Algernon C. F. Heneage, 3 July, 1885[49] – 7 August, 1886[50]
- Rear-Admiral The Hon. Edmund R. Fremantle, 9 August, 1886[51]
- Rear-Admiral Charles J. Rowley, 18 August, 1887[52]
- Rear-Admiral St. George C. D'Arcy-Irvine, 1 September, 1888[53]
- Rear-Admiral Richard E. Tracey, 12 September, 1889[54]
- Rear-Admiral Loftus F. Jones, 12 September, 1890[55]
- Rear-Admiral Edward S. Adeane, 15 September, 1891[56]
- Rear-Admiral Edward H. Seymour, 16 September, 1892[57] – 25 April, 1894[58]
- Rear-Admiral Alfred T. Dale, 25 April, 1894[59] – 20 April, 1895[60]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur H. Alington, 1 May, 1895[61]
- Rear-Admiral Armand T. Powlett, 1 May, 1896[62] – 19 May, 1897 (invalided)
- Rear-Admiral John Fellowes, 19 May, 1897[63][64] – 1 June, 1898[65]
- Rear-Admiral John W. Brackenbury, 1 June, 1898[66][67] – 1 June, 1899[68]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur D. Fanshawe, 1 June, 1899[69] – 31 May, 1900[70]
- Rear-Admiral Albert B. Jenkings, 1 June, 1900[71][72] – 4 June, 1901[73]
- Rear-Admiral Sir William A. D. Acland, Bart., 5 June, 1901[74] – 5 June, 1902
- Rear-Admiral The Hon. Assheton G. Curzon-Howe, 5 June, 1902[75]
Footnotes
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1903). p. 216.
- ↑ Letter No 743 of 6 May, 1903. The National Archives. ADM 144/16. f. 60.
- ↑ Parkes. British Battleships. p. 693.
- ↑ Parkes. British Battleships. p. 693.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 218.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy: A History. VII. p. 89.
- ↑ Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 653.
- ↑ Alcester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1212.
- ↑ Hay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 591.
- ↑ Hood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 192.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1882). p. 188.
- ↑ Glyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
- ↑ Glyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
- ↑ Dowell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 334.
- ↑ Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 22.
- ↑ Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/25. ff. 18, 22.
- ↑ De Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 312.
- ↑ Whyte Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1506. f. 1394. Second digit of day of month not legible.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1885). p. 188.
- ↑ Hewett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1606. f. 602.
- ↑ Hewett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1606. f. 602.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/16. f. 821.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
- ↑ Fairfax Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 721.
- ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 454.
- ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 454.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
- ↑ Stephenson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1134. f. 1235.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
- ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1410.
- ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1410.
- ↑ Beresford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 90.
- ↑ Letter No 743 of 6 May, 1903. The National Archives. ADM 144/16. f. 60.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1870). p. 180.
- ↑ William Loney RN Website.
- ↑ William Loney RN Website.
- ↑ Glyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1881). p. 188.
- ↑ Glyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
- ↑ Sullivan service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1130
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1883). p. 188.
- ↑ Whyte Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1506. f. 1394.
- ↑ Whyte Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1506. f. 1394.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1885). p. 188.
- ↑ Heneage Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/13/332
- ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 478.
- ↑ Rowley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 1112.
- ↑ D'Arcy-Irvine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1890). p. 187.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1891). p. 187.
- ↑ Adeane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 10.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1213.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1213.
- ↑ Dale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 291.
- ↑ Dale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 161.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 2 May, 1895. Issue 34566, col C, p. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1896). p. 191.
- ↑ Fellowes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1012. f. ?.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 24 April, 1894. Issue 34246, col B, p. 10.
- ↑ Fellowes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1012. f. ?.
- ↑ Brackenbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/398. ff. 72, 156.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 1 June, 1898. Issue 35531, col D, p. 5.
- ↑ Brackenbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/398. ff. 72, 156.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 June, 1899. Issue 35844, col D, p. 11.
- ↑ Fanshawe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 90.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, 2 June, 1900. Issue 36158, col G, p. 12.
- ↑ Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1766. f. 701.
- ↑ Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1766. f. 701.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 6 June, 1901. Issue 36474, col E, p. 11.
- ↑ Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.
Bibliography
- 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.
