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The station title was changed to '''Africa Station''' by an order of 21 June, 1919.{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}} | The station title was changed to '''Africa Station''' by an order of 21 June, 1919.{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}} | ||
In 1939, it was renamed the '''South Atlantic Station'''. | |||
==Commanders-in-Chief== | ==Commanders-in-Chief== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCiC otitle="Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station" nat="UK">{{ | <div name=fredbot:officeCiC otitle="Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederick William Grey|nick=Sir Frederick W. Grey|appt=1857|end=1860|as=Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station|note=as Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Henry Keppel|nick=Sir Henry Keppel|appt=1860|end=1860|as=Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Baldwin Wake Walker, First Baronet|nick=Sir Baldwin W. Walker|appt=1861|end=1865|as=Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=Frederick Byng Montresor|nick=Sir Frederick B. Montresor|appt=1865|end=1865|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=Charles Farrell Hillyar|nick=Sir Charles F. Hillyar|appt=1865|end=1867|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=William Montagu Dowell|nick=Sir William M. Dowell|appt=1867|end=1871|note=now known as Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=John Edmund Commerell|nick=Sir John E. Commerell|appt=1871|end=1873}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=William Nathan Wrighte Hewett|nick=Sir William N. W. Hewett|appt=2 October, 1873<ref>Hewett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1606.|}} f. 623.</ref>|ass=4 November, 1873<ref>Hewett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1606.|}} f. 623.</ref>|end=1876{{CN}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=Francis William Sullivan, Sixth Baronet|nick=Sir Francis W. Sullivan|appt=1876|end=1879}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=Frederick William Richards|nick=Sir Frederick W. Richards|appt=1879|end=1882}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Nowell Salmon|nick=Nowell Salmon|appt=11 April, 1882{{NLJan85|p. 188}}|end=14 May, 1885{{NLOct85|p. 188}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Nowell Salmon|nick=Nowell Salmon|appt=11 April, 1882{{NLJan85|p. 188}}|end=14 May, 1885{{NLOct85|p. 188}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Walter James Hunt-Grubbe|nick=Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe|appt=15 May, 1885{{NLOct85|p. 188}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Walter James Hunt-Grubbe|nick=Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe|appt=6 March, 1885|ass=15 May, 1885{{NLOct85|p. 188}}|end=15 May, 1888}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Richard Wells|nick=Richard Wells|appt=29 March, 1888{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Richard Wells|nick=Richard Wells|appt=29 March, 1888{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}<ref>Wells Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}} f. 1382.</ref>|ass=16 May, 1888<ref>Wells Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}} f. 1382.</ref>|end=1 September, 1890<ref>Wells Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}} f. 1382.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Henry Frederick Nicholson|nick=Henry F. Nicholson|appt=1 September, 1890{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Henry Frederick Nicholson|nick=Henry F. Nicholson|appt=1 September, 1890<ref>Nicholson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/339.|}} ff. 950, 967.</ref>{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}|ass=9 October, 1890<ref>Nicholson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/339.|}} ff. 950, 967.</ref>|end=21 September, 1892<ref>Nicholson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/339.|}} ff. 950, 967.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederick George Denham Bedford|nick=Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford|appt=10 August, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}|end=31 May, 1895<ref>Bedford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}} f. 824</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederick George Denham Bedford|nick=Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford|appt=10 August, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}|ass=21 September, 1892<ref>Nicholson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/339.|}} ff. 950, 967.</ref>|end=31 May, 1895<ref>Bedford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}} f. 824</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Harry Holdsworth Rawson|nick=Sir Harry H. Rawson|appt=4 May, 1895{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Harry Holdsworth Rawson|nick=Sir Harry H. Rawson|appt=4 May, 1895<ref>Rawson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}|ass=5 June, 1895<ref>Rawson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>|end=8 June, 1898<ref>Rawson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Robert Hastings Harris|nick=Sir Robert Hastings Harris|appt=27 April, 1898{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Robert Hastings Harris|nick=Sir Robert Hastings Harris|appt=27 April, 1898{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}|ass=8 June, 1898<ref>Rawson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur William Moore|nick=Sir Arthur W. Moore|appt=11 February, 1901<ref>Moore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 915.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur William Moore|nick=Sir Arthur W. Moore|appt=11 February, 1901<ref>Moore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 915.</ref>|ass=15 April, 1901<ref>Moore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 915.</ref>|end=11 February, 1904<ref>Moore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 915.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=John Durnford|nick=Sir John Durnford|appt=11 February, 1904<ref>Durnford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 356.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=John Durnford|nick=Sir John Durnford|appt=11 February, 1904<ref>Durnford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 356.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Sir Edmund S. Poë|appt=20 April, 1907<ref>Poë Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1052.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Sir Edmund S. Poë|appt=20 April, 1907<ref>Poë Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1052.</ref>|ass=20 April, 1907<ref>Poë Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1052.</ref>|end=20 August, 1908<ref>Poë Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1052.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=George Le Clerc Egerton|nick=Sir George Le C. Egerton|appt=20 August, 1908<ref>Egerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 396.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=George Le Clerc Egerton|nick=Sir George Le C. Egerton|appt=20 August, 1908<ref>Egerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 396.</ref>|ass=30 September, 1908<ref>Egerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 396.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Paul Warner Bush|nick=Paul W. Bush|appt=17 December, 1910<ref>Bush Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19/325|D7590140}} f. 505.</ref>|end=8 February, 1913<ref>Bush Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 505.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Paul Warner Bush|nick=Paul W. Bush|appt=17 December, 1910<ref>Bush Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19/325|D7590140}} f. 505.</ref>|end=8 February, 1913<ref>Bush Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 505.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Herbert Goodenough King-Hall|nick=Herbert G. King-Hall|appt=28 December, 1912<ref>King-Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 42.</ref>|end=20 December, 1915<ref>King-Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 42.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Herbert Goodenough King-Hall|nick=Herbert G. King-Hall|appt=28 December, 1912<ref>King-Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 42.</ref>|end=20 December, 1915<ref>King-Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 42.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=William Edmund Goodenough|nick=Sir William E. Goodenough|appt=18 June, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 699-700}}|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station|note=henceforth known as C-in-C, Africa Station|end=2 August, 1922<ref>Goodenough Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 206.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=William Edmund Goodenough|nick=Sir William E. Goodenough|appt=18 June, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 699-700}}|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station|note=henceforth known as C-in-C, Africa Station|end=2 August, 1922<ref>Goodenough Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 206.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Rudolf Walter Bentinck|nick=Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck|appt=2 August, 1922{{NLDec24|p. 200}}|end=6 February, 1925<ref>Bentinck Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 47.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Rudolf Walter Bentinck|nick=Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck|appt=2 August, 1922{{NLDec24|p. 200}}|end=6 February, 1925<ref>Bentinck Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 47.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|nick=Maurice S. FitzMaurice|appt=7 February, 1925{{NLSep25|p. 200}}|end= | {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|nick=Maurice S. FitzMaurice|appt=7 February, 1925{{NLSep25|p. 200}}|end=22 January, 1927<ref>FitzMaurice Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 289.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=David Murray Anderson|nick=David M. Anderson|appt=27 December, 1926<ref>Anderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 415.</ref>|ass=27 February, 1927<ref>Anderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 415.</ref>|end=14 February, 1929<ref>Anderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 415.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}} | {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=David Murray Anderson|nick=David M. Anderson|appt=27 December, 1926<ref>Anderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 415.</ref>|ass=27 February, 1927<ref>Anderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 415.</ref>|end=14 February, 1929<ref>Anderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 415.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Rudolf Miles Burmester|nick=Rudolf M. Burmester|appt=14 February, 1929{{ | {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Rudolf Miles Burmester|nick=Rudolf M. Burmester|appt=27 DEcember, 1928<ref>Burmester Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/39.|D7576584}} f. 39.</ref>|ass=14 February, 1929<ref>Burmester Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/39.|D7576584}} f. 39.</ref>|end=26 February, 1931<ref>Burmester Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/39.|D7576584}} f. 39.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Hugh Justin Tweedie|nick=Hugh J. Tweedie|appt=1931|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}} | {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Hugh Justin Tweedie|nick=Hugh J. Tweedie|appt=9 January, 1931<ref>Tweedie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 332.</ref>|end=March, 1933<ref>Tweedie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 332.</ref>|ass=26 February, 1931<ref>Tweedie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 332.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, First Baron Mountevans|nick=Edward R. G. R. Evans|appt=1933|end=1935|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}} | {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, First Baron Mountevans|nick=Edward R. G. R. Evans|appt=18 January, 1933<ref>Evans Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 40.</ref>|end=26 July, 1935<ref>Evans Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 40.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Francis William Loftus Tottenham|nick=Francis W. L. Tottenham|appt=1935|end=1938|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}} | {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Francis William Loftus Tottenham|nick=Francis W. L. Tottenham|appt=1935|end=1938|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Hamilton D'Oyly Lyon|nick=George H. D'O. Lyon|appt=31 January, 1938<ref>Lyon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}} f. 480.</ref>|end=7 September, 1940<ref>Lyon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}} f. 480.</ref>|ass=c. 7 March, 1938<ref>Lyon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}} f. 480.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}} | {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Hamilton D'Oyly Lyon|nick=George H. D'O. Lyon|appt=31 January, 1938<ref>Lyon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}} f. 480.</ref>|end=7 September, 1940<ref>Lyon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}} f. 480.</ref>|ass=c. 7 March, 1938<ref>Lyon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}} f. 480.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station}} | ||
{{ | {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Robert Henry Taunton Raikes|nick=Robert H. T. Raikes|appt=1 August, 1940<ref>Raikes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} ff. 220, 221.</ref>|ass=7 September, 1940<ref>Raikes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} ff. 220, 221.</ref>|end=15 November, 1941<ref>Raikes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} ff. 220, 221.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Algernon Usborne Willis|nick=Algernon U. Willis|appt=1941|end=17 February, 1942<ref>Tait Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/328.|}} f. 343.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=William Eric Campbell Tait|nick=William E. C. Tait|appt=17 February, 1942<ref>Tait Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/328.|}} f. 343.</ref>|ass=28 February, 1942|end=27 August, 1944<ref>Tait Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/328.|}} f. 343.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Robert Lindsay Burnett|nick=Robert L. Burnett|appt=c. August, 1944|end=1946|as=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Clement Moody|nick=Clement Moody|appt=19 July, 1946|end=May, 1948|as=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Edward Desmond Bewley McCarthy|nick=Edward D. B. McCarthy|appt=15 March, 1948<ref>McCarthy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/145/536.|}} f. 30.</ref>|end=c. July, 1950<ref>McCarthy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/145/536.|}} f. 30.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Herbert Annesley Packer|nick=Herbert A. Packer|appt=1950|end=1952|as=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Peveril Barton Reibey Wallop William-Powlett|nick=Peveril B. R. W. William-Powlett|appt=1952|end=1954|as=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic|succBy=Ian Campbell}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeCiC> | </div name=fredbot:officeCiC> | ||
== | ==Other Personnel== | ||
===Fleet Gunnery Officer=== | |||
<div name=fredbot: | <div name=fredbot:officeFGO otitle="Fleet Gunnery Officer, Africa Station" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} ('''G''')|name=Harold Hickling|nick=Harold Hickling|appt=c. late 1919<ref>Hickling Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/195.|}} f. 27.</ref>|end=29 October, 1921<ref>Hickling Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/195.|}} f. 27.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{ | </div name=fredbot:officeFGO> | ||
</div name=fredbot: | |||
== | ===Fleet Torpedo Officer=== | ||
{{ | |||
{{ | <div name=fredbot:officeFTO otitle="Fleet Torpedo Officer, Africa Station" nat="UK"> | ||
{{ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Stanley Sandford|nick=Cecil S. Sandford|appt=5 November, 1920<ref>Sandford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|end=December, 1922<ref>Sandford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeFTO> | |||
===Fleet Signal Officer=== | |||
<div name=fredbot:officeFSO otitle="Fleet Signal Officer, Africa Station" nat="UK"> | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeFSO> | |||
===Fleet Wireless Officer=== | |||
<div name=fredbot:officeFWO otitle="Fleet Wireless Officer, Africa Station" nat="UK"> | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeFWO> | |||
===Fleet Navigating Officer=== | |||
<div name=fredbot:officeFNO otitle="Fleet Navigating Officer, Africa Station" nat="UK"> | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=James Victor Vincent Magrane|nick=James V. V. Magrane|appt=c. 1921<ref>Magrane Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/324.|}} f. 328.</ref>|end=18 September, 1923<ref>Magrane Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/324.|}} f. 328.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Gerald Percival Bowen|nick=Gerald P. Bowen|appt=20 November, 1926<ref>Bowen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/163.|}} f. 521.</ref>|end=May, 1927<ref>Bowen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/163.|}} f. 521.</ref>}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeFNO> | |||
==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
===March, 1897=== | |||
{{NLApr97|p. 193}} | |||
* {{UK-1Alecto}} | * {{UK-1Alecto}} | ||
* {{UK- | * {{UK-Barossa}} | ||
* {{UK-1Blonde}} | * {{UK-1Blonde}} | ||
* {{UK-Fox}} | * {{UK-Fox}} | ||
* {{UK- | * {{UK-1Herald}} | ||
* {{UK-Magpie}} | * {{UK-Magpie}} | ||
* {{UK-1Monarch}} | * {{UK-1Monarch}} | ||
* {{UK-1Mosquito}} | * {{UK-1Mosquito}} | ||
* {{UK- | * {{UK-2Penelope}} | ||
* {{UK-Philomel}} | * {{UK-Philomel}} | ||
* {{UK-1Phoebe}} | * {{UK-1Phoebe}} | ||
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* {{UK-Widgeon}} | * {{UK-Widgeon}} | ||
===February, 1900=== | |||
At this juncture, the station included the West Coast of Africa.{{NLFeb00|p. 218}} | |||
* {{UK-Barracouta}} | |||
* {{UK-Barossa}} | |||
* {{UK-Doris}} | |||
* {{UK-Dwarf}} | |||
* {{UK-Forte}} | |||
* {{UK-1Herald}} | |||
* {{UK-Magicienne}} | |||
* {{UK-Magpie}} | |||
* {{UK-1Monarch}} | |||
* {{UK-1Mosquito}} | |||
* {{UK-1Partridge}} | |||
* {{UK-Philomel}} | |||
* {{UK-2Tartar}} | |||
* {{UK-Widgeon}} | |||
===January, 1901=== | |||
The station still included the West Coast of Africa.{{NLJan01|p. 218}} | |||
* {{UK-Barracouta}} | |||
* {{UK-Barossa}} (ordered home) | |||
* {{UK-2Blanche}} | |||
* {{UK-Doris}} | |||
* {{UK-Dwarf}} | |||
* {{UK-Forte}} | |||
* {{UK-1Herald}} | |||
* {{UK-Magicienne}} (ordered home) | |||
* {{UK-Magpie}} | |||
* {{UK-1Monarch}} | |||
* {{UK-1Mosquito}} | |||
* {{UK-1Partridge}} | |||
* {{UK-Philomel}} | |||
* {{UK-1Sybille}} | |||
* {{UK-2Tartar}} | |||
* {{UK-Thrush}} | |||
* {{UK-Widgeon}} | |||
===December, 1903=== | |||
{{NLJan04|p. 269}} | |||
* {{UK- | * {{UK-Barossa}} | ||
* {{UK-Forte}} | * {{UK-Forte}} | ||
* {{UK-Gibraltar}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] | * {{UK-Gibraltar}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] | ||
* {{UK-1Monarch}} | * {{UK-1Monarch}} | ||
* {{UK- | * {{UK-1Odin}} | ||
* {{UK-1Partridge}} | * {{UK-1Partridge}} | ||
* {{UK-Pearl}} | * {{UK-Pearl}} | ||
* {{UK- | * {{UK-2Penelope}} | ||
* {{UK-Terpsichore}} | * {{UK-Terpsichore}} | ||
===June, 1906=== | |||
{{NLJun06|pp. 268, 269''a''}} | |||
* {{UK-1Crescent}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]] | |||
* {{UK- | |||
* {{UK-Forte}} | * {{UK-Forte}} | ||
* {{UK-Pelorus}} | * {{UK-Pelorus}} | ||
* {{UK-Terpsichore}} | * {{UK-Terpsichore}} | ||
==See Also== | |||
{{refbegin}} | |||
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_Station}} | |||
* [[Simonstown]] | |||
{{refend}} | |||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== |
Latest revision as of 20:10, 12 April 2023
History
In a letter to the First Lord of the Admiralty on 11 July, 1913, the Commander-in-Chief, Herbert G. King-Hall, noted of his command, "Though small it gets through quite a lot of exercises at Sea in the most approved Home Fleet manner."[1]
The station title was changed to Africa Station by an order of 21 June, 1919.[2]
In 1939, it was renamed the South Atlantic Station.
Commanders-in-Chief
- Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick W. Grey, 1857 – 1860 (as Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station)
- Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Keppel, 1860 – 1860
- Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin W. Walker, 1861 – 1865
- Commodore, First Class Sir Frederick B. Montresor, 1865 – 1865
- Commodore, First Class Sir Charles F. Hillyar, 1865 – 1867
- Commodore, First Class Sir William M. Dowell, 1867 – 1871 (now known as Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station)
- Commodore, First Class Sir John E. Commerell, 1871 – 1873
- Commodore, First Class Sir William N. W. Hewett, 2 October, 1873[3] – 1876[Citation needed]
- Commodore, First Class Sir Francis W. Sullivan, 1876 – 1879
- Commodore, First Class Sir Frederick W. Richards, 1879 – 1882
- Rear-Admiral Nowell Salmon, 11 April, 1882[4] – 14 May, 1885[5]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe, 6 March, 1885 – 15 May, 1888
- Vice-Admiral Richard Wells, 29 March, 1888[6][7] – 1 September, 1890[8]
- Vice-Admiral Henry F. Nicholson, 1 September, 1890[9][10] – 21 September, 1892[11]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford, 10 August, 1892[12] – 31 May, 1895[13]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Harry H. Rawson, 4 May, 1895[14][15] – 8 June, 1898[16]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Hastings Harris, 27 April, 1898[17]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore, 11 February, 1901[18] – 11 February, 1904[19]
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Durnford, 11 February, 1904[20]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund S. Poë, 20 April, 1907[21] – 20 August, 1908[22]
- Vice-Admiral Sir George Le C. Egerton, 20 August, 1908[23]
- Vice-Admiral Paul W. Bush, 17 December, 1910[24] – 8 February, 1913[25]
- Vice-Admiral Herbert G. King-Hall, 28 December, 1912[26] – 20 December, 1915[27]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edward F. B. Charlton, 6 December, 1915[28] – May, 1918[29]
- Vice-Admiral The Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert, 12 June, 1918[30] – 26 May, 1920[31]
- Vice-Admiral Sir William E. Goodenough, 18 June, 1920[32] – 2 August, 1922[33] (henceforth known as C-in-C, Africa Station)
- Rear-Admiral Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck, 2 August, 1922[34] – 6 February, 1925[35]
- Vice-Admiral Maurice S. FitzMaurice, 7 February, 1925[36] – 22 January, 1927[37]
- Vice-Admiral David M. Anderson, 27 December, 1926[38] – 14 February, 1929[39]
- Vice-Admiral Rudolf M. Burmester, 27 DEcember, 1928[40] – 26 February, 1931[41]
- Vice-Admiral Hugh J. Tweedie, 9 January, 1931[42] – March, 1933[43]
- Vice-Admiral Edward R. G. R. Evans, 18 January, 1933[44] – 26 July, 1935[45]
- Vice-Admiral Francis W. L. Tottenham, 1935 – 1938
- Vice-Admiral George H. D'O. Lyon, 31 January, 1938[46] – 7 September, 1940[47]
- Vice-Admiral Robert H. T. Raikes, 1 August, 1940[48] – 15 November, 1941[49]
- Vice-Admiral Algernon U. Willis, 1941 – 17 February, 1942[50]
- Vice-Admiral William E. C. Tait, 17 February, 1942[51] – 27 August, 1944[52]
- Vice-Admiral Robert L. Burnett, c. August, 1944 – 1946
- Vice-Admiral Clement Moody, 19 July, 1946 – May, 1948
- Vice-Admiral Edward D. B. McCarthy, 15 March, 1948[53] – c. July, 1950[54]
- Vice-Admiral Herbert A. Packer, 1950 – 1952
- Vice-Admiral Peveril B. R. W. William-Powlett, 1952 – 1954
Other Personnel
Fleet Gunnery Officer
- Lieutenant (G) Harold Hickling, c. late 1919[55] – 29 October, 1921[56]
Fleet Torpedo Officer
- Commander Cecil S. Sandford, 5 November, 1920[57] – December, 1922[58]
Fleet Signal Officer
Fleet Wireless Officer
- Commander (N) James V. V. Magrane, c. 1921[59] – 18 September, 1923[60]
- Commander (N) Gerald P. Bowen, 20 November, 1926[61] – May, 1927[62]
Composition
March, 1897
- Alecto
- Barossa
- Blonde
- Fox
- Herald
- Magpie
- Monarch
- Mosquito
- Penelope
- Philomel
- Phoebe
- Racoon
- St. George
- Sparrow
- Thrush
- Widgeon
February, 1900
At this juncture, the station included the West Coast of Africa.[64]
- Barracouta
- Barossa
- Doris
- Dwarf
- Forte
- Herald
- Magicienne
- Magpie
- Monarch
- Mosquito
- Partridge
- Philomel
- Tartar
- Widgeon
January, 1901
The station still included the West Coast of Africa.[65]
- Barracouta
- Barossa (ordered home)
- Blanche
- Doris
- Dwarf
- Forte
- Herald
- Magicienne (ordered home)
- Magpie
- Monarch
- Mosquito
- Partridge
- Philomel
- Sybille
- Tartar
- Thrush
- Widgeon
December, 1903
June, 1906
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Winston S. Churchill. Part II. Companion Part 3. p. 1753.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Hewett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1606. f. 623.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1884). p. 188.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1885). p. 188.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1382.
- ↑ Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1382.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/339. ff. 950, 967.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/339. ff. 950, 967.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Bedford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 824
- ↑ Rawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/660. f. 1076.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Rawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/660. f. 1076.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
- ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 356.
- ↑ Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1052.
- ↑ Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1052.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 396.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19/325 f. 505.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 505.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
- ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
- ↑ Fitzherbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 198.
- ↑ Stafford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 699-700.
- ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 206.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1924). p. 200.
- ↑ Bentinck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 47.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1925). p. 200.
- ↑ FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
- ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 415.
- ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 415.
- ↑ Burmester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/39. f. 39.
- ↑ Burmester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/39. f. 39.
- ↑ Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
- ↑ Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
- ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
- ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
- ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
- ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
- ↑ Tait Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/328. f. 343.
- ↑ Tait Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/328. f. 343.
- ↑ Tait Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/328. f. 343.
- ↑ McCarthy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/536. f. 30.
- ↑ McCarthy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/536. f. 30.
- ↑ Hickling Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/195. f. 27.
- ↑ Hickling Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/195. f. 27.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
- ↑ Magrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/324. f. 328.
- ↑ Magrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/324. f. 328.
- ↑ Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/163. f. 521.
- ↑ Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/163. f. 521.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 193.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 269.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). pp. 268, 269a.
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