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'''Portsmouth Royal Dockyard''' was one of Britain's largest Royal (or national) dockyards.  Situated in the large harbour city of [[Portsmouth]], its facilities were convenient to ships serving on [[Portsmouth Station]].


[[Category:Royal Dockyards|Portsmouth]]
==Shipbuilding==
<div name=fredbot:ships>
{|border=1
|'''Ship'''||'''Type'''||'''Launched'''||'''Fate'''
|-
|{{UK-1Minstrel|f=p}}||wooden gunboat||16 Feb, 1865||Discarded 1907
|-
|{{UK-Cherub|f=p}}||wooden gunboat||29 Mar, 1865||Sold 1890
|-
|{{UK-Netley|f=p}}||wooden gunboat||22 Jul, 1866||Sold 1885
|-
|{{UK-1Orwell|f=p}}||wooden gunboat||27 Dec, 1866||Discarded 1890
|-
|{{UK-1Bruizer|f=p}}||wooden gunboat||23 Apr, 1867||Broken up 1886
|-
|{{UK-1Plucky|f=p}}||flatiron gunboat||13 Jul, 1870||Sold 1928
|-
|{{UK-Blazer|f=p}}||gunboat||7 Dec, 1870||Sold 19 Aug, 1919
|-
|{{UK-2Comet|f=p}}||gunboat||8 Dec, 1870||Sold 12 May, 1908
|-
|{{UK-Devastation|f=p}}||turret ship||12 Jul, 1871||Sold 1908
|-
|{{UK-2Boadicea|f=p}}||corvette||16 Oct, 1875||Sold 1905
|-
|{{UK-1Inflexible|f=p}}||masted turret ship||27 Apr, 1876||Sold 1903
|-
|{{UK-1Bacchante|f=p}}||corvette||19 Oct, 1876||Sold 1897
|-
|{{UK-1Canada|f=p}}||corvette||26 Aug, 1881||Sold 1897
|-
|{{UK-1Cordelia|f=p}}||corvette||25 Oct, 1881||Sold 1904
|-
|{{UK-1Colossus|f=p}}||second class battleship||1882||Sold 1908
|-
|{{UK-1Calliope|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||24 Jul, 1884||Sold 1951
|-
|{{UK-Camperdown|f=p}}||second class battleship||24 Nov, 1885||Sold 11 Jul, 1911
|-
|{{UK-Trafalgar|f=p}}||second class battleship||20 Sep, 1887||Sold 9 Mar, 1911
|-
|{{UK-1Nymphe|f=p}}||screw sloop||1 May, 1888||Sold 1920
|-
|{{UK-1Melpomene|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||20 Sep, 1888||Sold 1905
|-
|{{UK-2Beagle|f=p}}||screw sloop||28 Feb, 1889||Sold 1905
|-
|{{UK-Barossa|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||16 Apr, 1889||Sold 1905
|-
|{{UK-1Barham|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||11 Sep, 1889||Sold 1914
|-
|{{UK-Pallas|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||30 Jun, 1890||Sold 1906
|-
|{{UK-RoyalArthur|f=p}}||first class protected cruiser||26 Feb, 1891||Sold 22 Sep, 1921
|-
|{{UK-1RoyalSovereign|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||26 Feb, 1891||Sold 7 Oct, 1913
|-
|{{UK-1Crescent|f=p}}||first class protected cruiser||30 Mar, 1892||Sold 22 Sep, 1921
|-
|{{UK-1Centurion|f=p}}||second class battleship||3 Aug, 1892||Sold 12 Jul, 1910
|-
|{{UK-Fox|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||15 Jun, 1893||Sold 14 Jul, 1920
|-
|{{UK-1Eclipse|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||19 Jul, 1894||Sold Aug, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Majestic|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||31 Jan, 1895||Torpedoed 27 May, 1915
|-
|{{UK-PrinceGeorge|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||22 Aug, 1895||Sold 21 Sep, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Caesar|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||2 Sep, 1896||Sold 8 Nov, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Gladiator|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||18 Dec, 1896||Collision 25 Apr, 1908
|-
|{{UK-Canopus|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||13 Oct, 1897||Sold 18 Feb, 1920
|-
|{{UK-Formidable|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||17 Nov, 1898||Torpedoed 1 Jan, 1915
|-
|{{UK-1London|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||21 Sep, 1899||Sold 4 Jun, 1920
|-
|{{UK-2Pandora|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||17 Jan, 1900||Sold 1913
|-
|{{UK-1Kent|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||6 Mar, 1901||Sold Jun, 1920
|-
|{{UK-1Suffolk|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||15 Jan, 1903||Sold 1 Jul, 1920
|-
|{{UK-Zealandia|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||4 Feb, 1904||Sold 8 Nov, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Britannia|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||10 Dec, 1904||Torpedoed 9 Nov, 1918
|-
|{{UK-Dreadnought|f=p}}||dreadnought||10 Feb, 1906||Sold 9 May, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Bellerophon|f=p}}||dreadnought||27 Jul, 1907||Sold 8 Nov, 1921
|-
|{{UK-StVincent|f=p}}||dreadnought||10 Sep, 1908||Sold 1 Dec, 1921
|-
|{{UK-1Neptune|f=p}}||dreadnought||30 Sep, 1909||Sold 1 Sep, 1922
|-
|{{UK-1Orion|f=p}}||dreadnought||20 Aug, 1910||Sold 19 Dec, 1922
|-
|{{UK-KingGeorgeV|f=p}}||dreadnought||9 Oct, 1911||Sold Dec, 1926
|-
|{{UK-IronDuke|f=p}}||dreadnought||12 Oct, 1912||Sold 2 Mar, 1946
|-
|{{UK-QueenElizabeth|f=p}}||dreadnought||16 Oct, 1913||Sold 19 Mar, 1948
|-
|{{UK-RoyalSovereign|f=p}}||dreadnought||29 Apr, 1915||Sold 5 Apr, 1949
|-
|{{UK-J1|f=p}}||submarine||6 Nov, 1915||to Australia 25 Mar, 1919
|-
|{{UK-J2|f=p}}||submarine||6 Nov, 1915||to Australia 25 Mar, 1919
|-
|{{UK-K2|f=p}}||submarine||14 Oct, 1916||Sold Jul, 1926
|-
|{{UK-K1|f=p}}||submarine||14 Nov, 1916||Collision 17 Nov, 1917
|-
|{{UK-K5|f=p}}||submarine||16 Dec, 1916||Lost 20 Jan, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Effingham|f=p}}||cruiser||8 Jun, 1921||Wrecked 18 May, 1940
|-
|{{UK-Suffolk|f=p}}||heavy cruiser||16 Feb, 1926||Broken up 1948
|-
|{{UK-London|f=p}}||heavy cruiser||14 Sep, 1927||Broken up 1950
|-
|{{UK-Dorsetshire|f=p}}||cruiser||29 Jan, 1929||Sunk 5 Apr, 1942
|-
|{{UK-Comet|f=p}}||destroyer||30 Sep, 1931||Broken up 1946
|-
|{{UK-Crusader|f=p}}||destroyer||30 Sep, 1931||Sunk 14 Sep, 1942
|-
|{{UK-Duncan|f=p}}||destroyer||7 Jul, 1932||Broken up 1945
|-
|{{UK-Neptune|f=p}}||light cruiser||31 Jan, 1933||Sunk 19 Dec, 1941
|-
|{{UK-Exmouth|f=p}}||destroyer||7 Feb, 1934||Sunk 21 Jan, 1940
|-
|{{AU-Perth|f=p}}||light cruiser||27 Jul, 1934||Sunk 1 Mar, 1942
|-
|{{UK-Aurora|f=p}}||light cruiser||20 Aug, 1936||Transferred 1948
|}
</div name=fredbot:ships>
 
==Admirals Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard==
Dates of appointment given:
 
<div name=fredbot:officeAdmSuper otitle="Admiral Superintendent, Portsmouth Dockyard" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=George Greville Wellesley|nick=George G. Wellesley|appt=|end=1 July, 1869}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Astley Cooper Key|nick=Astley Cooper Key|appt=1 July, 1869|end=25 May, 1870}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Houston Stewart|nick=William H. Stewart|appt=20 November, 1871|end=29 April, 1872}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Fitzgerald Algernon Charles Foley|nick=Fitzgerald A. C. Foley|appt=30 April, 1877<ref>Foley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 471.</ref>|end=1 May, 1882}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederick Anstruther Herbert|nick=Frederick A. Herbert|appt=1883|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Ommanney Hopkins|nick=John O. Hopkins|appt=1 November, 1886<ref>Hopkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 271/644.</ref>|end=6 August, 1888<ref>Hopkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 271/644.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Elrington Gordon|nick=William E. Gordon|appt=6 August, 1888{{NLMar91|p. 354}}|end=20 May, 1891}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|nick=John A. Fisher|appt=21 May, 1891{{NMI|Monday, 13 April, 1891.  Issue '''33297''', col C, p. 7}}|end=February, 1892}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles George Fane|nick=Charles G. Fane|appt=1 February, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 6}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Ernest Rice|nick=Ernest Rice|appt=1 February, 1896{{ClowesVII|p. 6}}|end=1 September, 1899}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Pelham Aldrich|nick=Pelham Aldrich|appt=1 September, 1899{{ClowesVII|p. 6}}|end=1 September, 1902}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson|nick=Reginald F. H. Henderson|appt=1 September, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 30 August, 1902.  Issue '''36860''', col B, p. 4.</ref><ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578879}} f. 609.</ref>|end=24 February, 1905}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Deacon Barry|nick=Henry D. Barry|appt=24 February, 1905{{NMI|Saturday, 25 February, 1905.  Issue '''37640''', col B, p. 10}}|end=10 November, 1906<ref>Barry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 195/38/55.}}  f. 83.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Charles Grey Robinson|nick=Charles G. Robinson|appt=9 November, 1906<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 10 November, 1906.  Issue '''38174''', col B, p. 13.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Francis Alban Arthur Giffard Tate|nick=F. Alban A. G. Tate|appt=10 May, 1909<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 10 May, 1909.  Issue '''38955''', col E, p. 7.</ref>|end=10 May, 1912<ref>Tate Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1278.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Herbert Leopold Heath|nick=Herbert L. Heath|appt=10 May, 1912<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 9 April, 1912.  Issue '''39868''', col E, p. 2.</ref><ref>Heath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 200.</ref>|end=5 August, 1915<ref>Heath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 200.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur William Waymouth|nick=Arthur W. Waymouth|appt=5 August, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 554}}<ref>Waymouth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 164.</ref>|end=18 January, 1917<ref>Waymouth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 164.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee|nick=Sir Charles L. Vaughan-Lee|appt=19 January, 1917<ref>Vaughan-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 441.</ref>|end=1 April, 1920<ref>Vaughan-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 441.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=8 April, 1920<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 195/42.}}  f. 194.</ref>|end=3 October, 1922<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 195/42.}}  f. 194.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edmund Percy Fenwick George Grant|nick=Edmund P. F. G. Grant|appt=30 September, 1922<ref>Grant Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579098}} f. 214.</ref>|end=13 January, 1925<ref>Grant Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579098}} f. 214.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Bertram Sackville Thesiger|nick=Bertram S. Thesiger|appt=13 January, 1925<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179.</ref>|end=13 May, 1927<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179.</ref>|ass=13 January, 1925<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson|nick=Leonard A. B. Donaldson|appt=13 May, 1927<ref>Donaldson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 230.</ref>|end=13 May, 1931<ref>Donaldson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 230.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Henry Karslake Kitson|nick=Henry K. Kitson|appt=13 May, 1931<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 186.</ref>|end=13 September, 1935<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 186.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Robert Ross Turner|nick=Robert R. Turner|appt=13 September, 1935<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>|end=14 January, 1941<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Marshal Llewelyn Clarke|nick=Marshal L. Clarke|appt=30 November, 1940|end=8 November, 1945}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Llewellyn Vaughan Morgan|nick=Llewellyn V. Morgan|appt=8 November, 1945|end=28 July, 1949}}
</div name=fredbot:officeAdmSuper>
 
==Captains of the Dockyard==
Dates of appointment given:
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of Portsmouth Dockyard" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Astley Callaghan|nick=George A. Callaghan|appt=21 October, 1903<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 202.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Raymond Pelly|nick=Francis R. Pelly|appt=4 May, 1905<ref>Pelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/221.|D7601615}} ff. 1021, 1027.</ref>|end=19 December, 1905<ref>Pelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/221.|D7601615}} ff. 1021, 1027.</ref>|note=and as King's Harbour Master}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Alban Arthur Giffard Tate|nick=F. Alban A. G. Tate|appt=20 December, 1905<ref>Tate Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1278.</ref>|end=1 July, 1907<ref>Tate Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1278.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Blewett Fawckner|nick=William B. Fawckner|appt=31 March, 1909<ref>Fawckner Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/374.|D7601111}} ff. 445-6.</ref>|end=1 February, 1912<ref>Fawckner Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/374.|D7601111}} ff. 445-6.</ref>|note=and as King's Harbour Master}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Cyril Everard Tower|nick=Cyril E. Tower|appt=1 February, 1912<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 32.</ref>|end=29 June, 1916<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 32.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edward Herbert Moubray|nick=Edward H. Moubray|appt=29 June, 1916<ref>Moubray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 277.</ref>|end=1 May, 1918<ref>Moubray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 277.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Headley Norman|nick=Alfred H. Norman|appt=15 February, 1923|end=9 March, 1925|note=and as Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Riall Wadham Woods|nick=Alexander R. W. Woods|appt=16 December, 1926|end=3 December, 1928<ref>Woods Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/204.|}} f. 208.</ref>|note=and as Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Reginald St. Pierre Parry|nick=Reginald St. P. Parry|appt=3 December, 1928<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>|end=18 January, 1931<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>|note=and as Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Balfour Cloete|nick=Edward B. Cloete|appt=13 February, 1933<ref>Cloete Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 181.</ref>|end=3 May, 1935<ref>Cloete Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 181.</ref>|note=and as Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Peter Skelton|nick=Peter Skelton|appt=12 December, 1950{{NavAppts|13 Oct. 1950, p. 6}}|end=|note=and as Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
==Assistant Captains of the Dockyard==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeACapt otitle="Assistant Captain of Portsmouth Dockyard" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Peter William Edward Hill|nick=Peter W. E. Hill|appt=7 May, 1919<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/291.|D7602621}} f. 319.</ref>|end=10 May, 1921<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/291.|D7602621}} f. 319.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Bennett Weston Young|nick=George B. W. Young|appt=10 May, 1921<ref>Young Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7602647}}  f. 352.</ref>|end=1 February, 1923<ref>Young Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7602647}}  f. 352.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Carelton Stubbs|nick=Edward C. Stubbs|appt=1 February, 1923<ref>Stubbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/46/118.|}} f. 118.</ref>|end=23 February, 1925<ref>Stubbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/46/118.|}} f. 118.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sydney Keith Smyth|nick=Sydney K. Smyth|appt=14 January, 1927|end=10 August, 1929}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Albert Eric Sercombe|nick=Albert E. Sercombe|appt=|end=17 March, 1947}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Wilmot Sitwell|nick=Walter W. Sitwell|appt=17 March, 1947|end=8 November, 1949}}
</div name=fredbot:officeACapt>
 
==Commanders of the Dockyard==
Dates of appointment given:
 
<div name=fredbot:officeComm otitle="Commander of Portsmouth Dockyard"  nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Fawcett|nick=John Fawcett|appt=9 February, 1929|end=2 January, 1930}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Andrew Johnstone|nick=Andrew Johnstone|appt=2 January, 1930|end=2 October, 1930}}
</div name=fredbot:officeComm>
 
==Captains of the Dockyard Reserve==
Dates of appointment given:
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCaptReserve otitle="Captain of Portsmouth Dockyard Reserve" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Albert Hastings Markham|nick=Albert H. Markham|appt=14 November, 1889{{NLMar91|p. 199}}<ref>Markham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}} f. 12.</ref>|end=31 July, 1891<ref>Markham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}} f. 12.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Armand Temple Powlett|nick=Armand T. Powlett|appt=1 August, 1891<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 23 July, 1891.  Issue '''33384''', col A, p. 7.</ref>|end=25 January, 1892}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Coke Burnell|nick=John C. Burnell|appt=25 January, 1892{{NMI|Friday, 22 January, 1892.  Issue '''33541''', col F, p. 7}}<ref>Burnell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/500.}} f. 158.</ref>|end=15 January, 1895<ref>Burnell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/500.}} f. 158.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander George McKechnie|nick=Alexander G. McKechnie|appt=15 January, 1895{{NMI|Tuesday, 1 January, 1895.  Issue '''34462''', col F, p. 4}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson|nick=Reginald F. H. Henderson|appt=15 January, 1898{{NMI|Monday, 20 December, 1897.  Issue '''35391''', col C, p. 10}}<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578879}} f. 609.</ref>|end=28 June, 1899<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578879}} f. 609.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Arthur Chase Parr|nick=Alfred A. C. Parr|appt=28 June, 1899{{NMI|Friday, 16 June, 1899.  Issue '''35857''', col C, p. 10}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Astley Callaghan|nick=George A. Callaghan|appt=2 May, 1903<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 202.</ref>|end=}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCaptReserve>
 
==See Also==
{{refbegin}}
* [[Portsmouth]]
* [[Portsmouth Station]]
* [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/dkbkpl05.jpg Plan of Dockyard at GWPDA.org]
*{{ClowesVII}}
{{refend}}
 
==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}
 
{{CatNationalShipBuilder|UK}}
 
[[Category:Royal Dockyards]]
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Latest revision as of 23:59, 13 September 2022

Portsmouth Royal Dockyard was one of Britain's largest Royal (or national) dockyards. Situated in the large harbour city of Portsmouth, its facilities were convenient to ships serving on Portsmouth Station.

Shipbuilding

Ship Type Launched Fate
H.M.S. Minstrel wooden gunboat 16 Feb, 1865 Discarded 1907
H.M.S. Cherub wooden gunboat 29 Mar, 1865 Sold 1890
H.M.S. Netley wooden gunboat 22 Jul, 1866 Sold 1885
H.M.S. Orwell wooden gunboat 27 Dec, 1866 Discarded 1890
H.M.S. Bruizer wooden gunboat 23 Apr, 1867 Broken up 1886
H.M.S. Plucky flatiron gunboat 13 Jul, 1870 Sold 1928
H.M.S. Blazer gunboat 7 Dec, 1870 Sold 19 Aug, 1919
H.M.S. Comet gunboat 8 Dec, 1870 Sold 12 May, 1908
H.M.S. Devastation turret ship 12 Jul, 1871 Sold 1908
H.M.S. Boadicea corvette 16 Oct, 1875 Sold 1905
H.M.S. Inflexible masted turret ship 27 Apr, 1876 Sold 1903
H.M.S. Bacchante corvette 19 Oct, 1876 Sold 1897
H.M.S. Canada corvette 26 Aug, 1881 Sold 1897
H.M.S. Cordelia corvette 25 Oct, 1881 Sold 1904
H.M.S. Colossus second class battleship 1882 Sold 1908
H.M.S. Calliope third class protected cruiser 24 Jul, 1884 Sold 1951
H.M.S. Camperdown second class battleship 24 Nov, 1885 Sold 11 Jul, 1911
H.M.S. Trafalgar second class battleship 20 Sep, 1887 Sold 9 Mar, 1911
H.M.S. Nymphe screw sloop 1 May, 1888 Sold 1920
H.M.S. Melpomene second class protected cruiser 20 Sep, 1888 Sold 1905
H.M.S. Beagle screw sloop 28 Feb, 1889 Sold 1905
H.M.S. Barossa third class protected cruiser 16 Apr, 1889 Sold 1905
H.M.S. Barham third class protected cruiser 11 Sep, 1889 Sold 1914
H.M.S. Pallas third class protected cruiser 30 Jun, 1890 Sold 1906
H.M.S. Royal Arthur first class protected cruiser 26 Feb, 1891 Sold 22 Sep, 1921
H.M.S. Royal Sovereign pre-dreadnought 26 Feb, 1891 Sold 7 Oct, 1913
H.M.S. Crescent first class protected cruiser 30 Mar, 1892 Sold 22 Sep, 1921
H.M.S. Centurion second class battleship 3 Aug, 1892 Sold 12 Jul, 1910
H.M.S. Fox second class protected cruiser 15 Jun, 1893 Sold 14 Jul, 1920
H.M.S. Eclipse second class protected cruiser 19 Jul, 1894 Sold Aug, 1921
H.M.S. Majestic pre-dreadnought 31 Jan, 1895 Torpedoed 27 May, 1915
H.M.S. Prince George pre-dreadnought 22 Aug, 1895 Sold 21 Sep, 1921
H.M.S. Cæsar pre-dreadnought 2 Sep, 1896 Sold 8 Nov, 1921
H.M.S. Gladiator second class protected cruiser 18 Dec, 1896 Collision 25 Apr, 1908
H.M.S. Canopus pre-dreadnought 13 Oct, 1897 Sold 18 Feb, 1920
H.M.S. Formidable pre-dreadnought 17 Nov, 1898 Torpedoed 1 Jan, 1915
H.M.S. London pre-dreadnought 21 Sep, 1899 Sold 4 Jun, 1920
H.M.S. Pandora third class protected cruiser 17 Jan, 1900 Sold 1913
H.M.S. Kent armoured cruiser 6 Mar, 1901 Sold Jun, 1920
H.M.S. Suffolk armoured cruiser 15 Jan, 1903 Sold 1 Jul, 1920
H.M.S. Zealandia pre-dreadnought 4 Feb, 1904 Sold 8 Nov, 1921
H.M.S. Britannia pre-dreadnought 10 Dec, 1904 Torpedoed 9 Nov, 1918
H.M.S. Dreadnought dreadnought 10 Feb, 1906 Sold 9 May, 1921
H.M.S. Bellerophon dreadnought 27 Jul, 1907 Sold 8 Nov, 1921
H.M.S. St. Vincent dreadnought 10 Sep, 1908 Sold 1 Dec, 1921
H.M.S. Neptune dreadnought 30 Sep, 1909 Sold 1 Sep, 1922
H.M.S. Orion dreadnought 20 Aug, 1910 Sold 19 Dec, 1922
H.M.S. King George V dreadnought 9 Oct, 1911 Sold Dec, 1926
H.M.S. Iron Duke dreadnought 12 Oct, 1912 Sold 2 Mar, 1946
H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth dreadnought 16 Oct, 1913 Sold 19 Mar, 1948
H.M.S. Royal Sovereign dreadnought 29 Apr, 1915 Sold 5 Apr, 1949
H.M.S. J 1 submarine 6 Nov, 1915 to Australia 25 Mar, 1919
H.M.S. J 2 submarine 6 Nov, 1915 to Australia 25 Mar, 1919
H.M.S. K 2 submarine 14 Oct, 1916 Sold Jul, 1926
H.M.S. K 1 submarine 14 Nov, 1916 Collision 17 Nov, 1917
H.M.S. K 5 submarine 16 Dec, 1916 Lost 20 Jan, 1921
H.M.S. Effingham cruiser 8 Jun, 1921 Wrecked 18 May, 1940
H.M.S. Suffolk heavy cruiser 16 Feb, 1926 Broken up 1948
H.M.S. London heavy cruiser 14 Sep, 1927 Broken up 1950
H.M.S. Dorsetshire cruiser 29 Jan, 1929 Sunk 5 Apr, 1942
H.M.S. Comet destroyer 30 Sep, 1931 Broken up 1946
H.M.S. Crusader destroyer 30 Sep, 1931 Sunk 14 Sep, 1942
H.M.S. Duncan destroyer 7 Jul, 1932 Broken up 1945
H.M.S. Neptune light cruiser 31 Jan, 1933 Sunk 19 Dec, 1941
H.M.S. Exmouth destroyer 7 Feb, 1934 Sunk 21 Jan, 1940
H.M.A.S. Perth light cruiser 27 Jul, 1934 Sunk 1 Mar, 1942
H.M.S. Aurora light cruiser 20 Aug, 1936 Transferred 1948

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See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Foley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 471.
  2. ↑ Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 271/644.
  3. ↑ Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 271/644.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 354.
  5. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, 13 April, 1891. Issue 33297, col C, p. 7.
  6. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 6.
  7. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 6.
  8. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 6.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 30 August, 1902. Issue 36860, col B, p. 4.
  10. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 609.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, 25 February, 1905. Issue 37640, col B, p. 10.
  12. ↑ Barry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 195/38/55. f. 83.
  13. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 10 November, 1906. Issue 38174, col B, p. 13.
  14. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 10 May, 1909. Issue 38955, col E, p. 7.
  15. ↑ Tate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1278.
  16. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 9 April, 1912. Issue 39868, col E, p. 2.
  17. ↑ Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
  18. ↑ Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 554.
  20. ↑ Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 164.
  21. ↑ Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 164.
  22. ↑ Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  23. ↑ Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  24. ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 195/42. f. 194.
  25. ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 195/42. f. 194.
  26. ↑ Grant Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 214.
  27. ↑ Grant Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 214.
  28. ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179.
  29. ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179.
  30. ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
  31. ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
  32. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 186.
  33. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 186.
  34. ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/13. f. ?.
  35. ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/13. f. ?.
  36. ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 202.
  37. ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/221. ff. 1021, 1027.
  38. ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/221. ff. 1021, 1027.
  39. ↑ Tate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1278.
  40. ↑ Tate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1278.
  41. ↑ Fawckner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/374. ff. 445-6.
  42. ↑ Fawckner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/374. ff. 445-6.
  43. ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 32.
  44. ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 32.
  45. ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
  46. ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
  47. ↑ Woods Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/204. f. 208.
  48. ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  49. ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  50. ↑ Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
  51. ↑ Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
  52. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 13 Oct. 1950, p. 6.
  53. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/291. f. 319.
  54. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/291. f. 319.
  55. ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
  56. ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
  57. ↑ Stubbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/118. f. 118.
  58. ↑ Stubbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/118. f. 118.
  59. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 199.
  60. ↑ Markham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 12.
  61. ↑ Markham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 12.
  62. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 23 July, 1891. Issue 33384, col A, p. 7.
  63. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, 22 January, 1892. Issue 33541, col F, p. 7.
  64. ↑ Burnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/500. f. 158.
  65. ↑ Burnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/500. f. 158.
  66. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 1 January, 1895. Issue 34462, col F, p. 4.
  67. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, 20 December, 1897. Issue 35391, col C, p. 10.
  68. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 609.
  69. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 609.
  70. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, 16 June, 1899. Issue 35857, col C, p. 10.
  71. ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 202.

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