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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Resident Naval Officer and in Command Naval Depot, Port Said" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Resident Naval Officer and in Command Naval Depot, Port Said" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest Edward Alexander Betts|nick=Ernest E. A. Betts|appt=7 December, 1916|end=March, 1919}} | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest Edward Alexander Betts|nick=Ernest E. A. Betts|appt=7 December, 1916|end=March, 1919}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Retired {{ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Rowland Kyrle Cecil Pope|nick=Rowland K. C. Pope|appt=17 September, 1935|end=24 April, 1936}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Antony Simpson|nick=Henry A. Simpson|appt=c. May 1936|end=5 August, 1937|as=Naval Officer in Charge, Port Said}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Antony Simpson|nick=Henry A. Simpson|appt=6 October, 1937|end=6 February, 1940|as=Naval Officer in Charge, Port Said}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Retired {{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Hepburn Brady|nick=Gerald H. Brady|appt=12 January, 1941|end=29 January, 1941|note=temporary, while "Haynes" is sick|as=Naval Officer in Charge, Port Said}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Bayard Hynes|nick=William Bayard Hynes|appt=1942<ref>Hynes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52.}} f. 395.</ref>|end=mid 1942<ref>Hynes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52.}} f. 395.</ref>|as=Naval Officer in Charge, Port Said}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Eustace Harold Wace|nick=Eustace H. Wace|appt=1942|end=24 May, 1945|note=vice "Kirkpatrick"|as=Naval Officer in Charge, Port Said}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Wilmot Sitwell|nick=Walter W. Sitwell|appt=1 January, 1946|end=28 March, 1946|as=Naval Officer in Charge, Port Said}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:office0> | </div name=fredbot:office0> | ||
==Divisional Naval Transport Officer== | |||
<div name=fredbot:officeDNTO otitle="Divisional Naval Transport Officer, Port Said" nat="UK"> | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Lawrence de Wahl Satow|nick=Lawrence de W. Satow|appt=2 February, 1916|end=11 February, 1918}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Walter Henry Calthrop Calthrop|nick=Walter H. C. Calthrop|appt=February, 1918|end=25 October, 1918|note=sick at end}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRNR}}|name=Gordon Staveley Horsburgh|nick=Gordon S. Horsburgh|appt=23 October, 1918|end=12 June, 1919<ref>Horsburgh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/54/143.|}} f. 143.</ref>|note=}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeDNTO> | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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[[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]] | [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:46, 21 September 2022
The Egyptian city Port Said was a minor Royal Navy base in the Great War on the Mediterranean. It afforded access to the Suez Canal.
In Command
- Acting Captain Ernest E. A. Betts, 7 December, 1916 – March, 1919
- Commander (retired) Rowland K. C. Pope, 17 September, 1935 – 24 April, 1936
- Acting Captain Henry A. Simpson, c. May 1936 – 5 August, 1937
- Acting Captain Henry A. Simpson, 6 October, 1937 – 6 February, 1940
- Retired Captain Gerald H. Brady, 12 January, 1941 – 29 January, 1941 (temporary, while "Haynes" is sick)
- Captain William Bayard Hynes, 1942[1] – mid 1942[2]
- Acting Captain Eustace H. Wace, 1942 – 24 May, 1945 (vice "Kirkpatrick")
- Commander Walter W. Sitwell, 1 January, 1946 – 28 March, 1946
- Captain (retired) Lawrence de W. Satow, 2 February, 1916 – 11 February, 1918
- Commander (retired) Walter H. C. Calthrop, February, 1918 – 25 October, 1918 (sick at end)
- Acting Commander R.N.R. Gordon S. Horsburgh, 23 October, 1918 – 12 June, 1919[3]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Hynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 395.
- ↑ Hynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 395.
- ↑ Horsburgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/143. f. 143.
