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The '''Australian Station''' was first established as a separate Royal Navy station on 26 March 1859 under Commodore William Loring, C.B..{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}
==Commanders-in-Chief==
==Commanders-in-Chief==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment given:
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Coke Wilson|nick=John C. Wilson|end=before 22 January, 1882{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commodore|name=Frederick Henry Stirling|nick=Frederick H. Stirling|appt=8 April, 1870{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|end=22 May, 1873{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|precBy=Rowley Lambert}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=James Elphinstone Erskine|nick=James E. Erskine|appt=21 January, 1882{{NLMar83|p. 188}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commodore|name=James Graham Goodenough|nick=James G. Goodenough|appt=22 May, 1873{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|end=7 September, 1875{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|note=died in command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=George Tryon|nick=George Tryon|appt=12 November, 1884{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commodore|name=Anthony Hiley Hoskins|nick=Anthony H. Hoskins|appt=7 September, 1875{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|end=12 September, 1878{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Fairfax|nick=Henry Fairfax|appt=1 February, 1887{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Coke Wilson|nick=John C. Wilson|appt=12 September, 1878{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|end=21 January, 1882{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=James Elphinstone Erskine|nick=James E. Erskine|appt=21 January, 1882{{NLMar83|p. 188}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=George Tryon|nick=George Tryon|appt=12 November, 1884{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}<ref>Tryon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/13.}}  f. 394.</ref>|end=4 June, 1887<ref>Tryon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/13.}}  f. 394.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Fairfax|nick=Henry Fairfax|appt=1 February, 1887{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|ass=4 June, 1887<ref>Taken from predecessor discharge date.  Tryon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/13.}}  f. 394.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Thomas Montagu Douglas Scott|nick=Lord Charles T. M. D. Scott|appt=10 September, 1889{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Thomas Montagu Douglas Scott|nick=Lord Charles T. M. D. Scott|appt=10 September, 1889{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Nathaniel Bowden-Smith|nick=Nathaniel Bowden-Smith|appt=12 September, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Nathaniel Bowden-Smith|nick=Nathaniel Bowden-Smith|appt=12 September, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Cyprian Arthur George Bridge|nick=Cyprian A. G. Bridge|appt=1 November, 1894{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Cyprian Arthur George Bridge|nick=Cyprian A. G. Bridge|appt=1 November, 1894{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}|ass=14 January, 1895|end=1 November, 1897}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Hugo Lewis Pearson|nick=Hugo L. Pearson|appt=1 November, 1897{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Hugo Lewis Pearson|nick=Hugo L. Pearson|appt=1 November, 1897{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}|ass=11 January, 1898|end=19 February, 1901}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Lewis Anthony Beaumont|nick=Lewis A. Beaumont|appt=1 October, 1900{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Lewis Anthony Beaumont|nick=Lewis A. Beaumont|appt=1 October, 1900{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}|ass=19 January, 1901<ref>Beaumont Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/226.|}} f. 88.</ref>|end=19 January, 1903<ref>Beaumont Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/226.|}} f. 88.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe|appt=16 January, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 17 January, 1903.  Issue '''36980''', col B, p. 9.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe|appt=16 January, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 17 January, 1903.  Issue '''36980''', col B, p. 9.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|nick=Sir Wilmot H. Fawkes|appt=10 September, 1905<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 14 August, 1905.  Issue '''37785''', col E, p. 9.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|nick=Sir Wilmot H. Fawkes|appt=10 September, 1905<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 14 August, 1905.  Issue '''37785''', col E, p. 9.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Richard Poore, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Richard Poore, Bart.|appt=1 January, 1908<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 14 December, 1907.  Issue '''38516''', col E, p. 12.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Richard Poore, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Richard Poore, Bart.|appt=1 January, 1908<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 14 December, 1907.  Issue '''38516''', col E, p. 12.</ref>|ass=25 February, 1908<ref>Poore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1049.</ref>|end=23 February, 1911<ref>Poore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1049.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=George Fowler King-Hall|nick=Sir George F. King-Hall|appt=31 December, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 25 November, 1910.  Issue '''39439''', col E, p. 16.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=George Fowler King-Hall|nick=Sir George F. King-Hall|appt=31 December, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 25 November, 1910.  Issue '''39439''', col E, p. 16.</ref>|ass=23 February, 1911<ref>Predecessor quit command that day.  Poore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1049.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Edwin Patey|nick=George E. Patey|appt=1913{{CN}}|as=Vice-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Edwin Patey|nick=George E. Patey|appt=June, 1913<ref>Patey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}} f. 85.</ref>|as=Vice-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Christopher Pakenham|nick=William C. Pakenham|appt=1915{{CN}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Christopher Pakenham|nick=William C. Pakenham|appt=1915{{CN}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur Cavenagh Leveson|nick=Arthur C. Leveson|appt=1916{{CN}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur Cavenagh Leveson|nick=Arthur C. Leveson|appt=1 December, 1916<ref>Leveson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 472.</ref>|end=1 September, 1918<ref>Leveson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 472.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Lionel Halsey|nick=Lionel Halsey|appt=1 September, 1918{{SMNLNov18|p. 5}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet|end=21 March, 1919<ref>Halsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576543}}  f. 243.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Lionel Halsey|nick=Lionel Halsey|appt=1 September, 1918{{SMNLNov18|p. 5}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet|end=21 March, 1919<ref>Halsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576543}}  f. 243.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Saumarez Dumaresq|nick=John S. Dumaresq|appt=22 February, 1919{{CN}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Saumarez Dumaresq|nick=John S. Dumaresq|appt=22 February, 1919{{CN}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Albert Percy Addison|nick=Albert P. Addison|appt=1922{{CN}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Albert Percy Addison|nick=Albert P. Addison|appt=1 March, 1922<ref>Addison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/138.}} f. 138.</ref>|end=24 August, 1924<ref>Addison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/138.}} f. 138.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
</div name=fredbot:office0>
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==Composition==
==Composition==
'''June, 1906:'''<ref>''The Navy List'' (June, 1906).  pp. 268, 269''a''.</ref>
 
===February, 1900===
{{NLFeb00|p. 218}}
 
*{{UK-Karakatta}}
*{{UK-Katoomba}}
*{{UK-1Lizard}}
*{{UK-Mildura}}
*{{UK-1Mohawk}}
*{{UK-2Porpoise}}
*{{UK-1Pylades}}
*{{UK-Ringdove}}
*{{UK-RoyalArthur}}
*{{UK-Tauranga}}
*{{UK-1Torch}}
*{{UK-Wallaroo}}
 
===January, 1901===
{{NLJan01|p. 218}}
 
*{{UK-1Archer}}
*{{UK-Boomerang}}
*{{UK-Karakatta}}
*{{UK-Katoomba}}
*{{UK-Mildura}}
*{{UK-2Porpoise}}
*{{UK-1Pylades}}
*{{UK-Ringarooma}}
*{{UK-Ringdove}} (ordered home)
*{{UK-RoyalArthur}}
*{{UK-Sparrow}}
*{{UK-Tauranga}}
*{{UK-1Torch}}
 
===June, 1906===
{{NLJun06|pp. 268, 269''a''}}


*{{UK-Powerful}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
*{{UK-Powerful}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
*{{UK-Cambrian}}
*{{UK-1Cambrian}}
*{{UK-Challenger}}
*{{UK-Challenger}}
*{{UK-Encounter}}
*{{UK-1Encounter}}
*{{UK-Pegasus}}
*{{UK-1Pegasus}}
*{{UK-Pioneer}}
*{{UK-Pioneer}}
*{{UK-Prometheus}}
*{{UK-Prometheus}}
*{{UK-Psyche}}
*{{UK-Psyche}}
*{{UK-Pyramus}}
*{{UK-Pyramus}}
*{{UK-Torch}}
*{{UK-1Torch}}


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 13:14, 13 April 2021

The Australian Station was first established as a separate Royal Navy station on 26 March 1859 under Commodore William Loring, C.B..[1]

Commanders-in-Chief

Dates of appointment given:

Composition

February, 1900

[33]

January, 1901

[34]

June, 1906

[35]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  2. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  3. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  4. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  5. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  6. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  7. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  8. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  9. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1883). p. 188.
  11. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  12. ↑ Tryon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/13. f. 394.
  13. ↑ Tryon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/13. f. 394.
  14. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  15. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  16. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
  17. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
  18. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
  19. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
  20. ↑ Beaumont Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/226. f. 88.
  21. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 17 January, 1903. Issue 36980, col B, p. 9.
  22. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 14 August, 1905. Issue 37785, col E, p. 9.
  23. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 14 December, 1907. Issue 38516, col E, p. 12.
  24. ↑ Poore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1049.
  25. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 25 November, 1910. Issue 39439, col E, p. 16.
  26. ↑ Patey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 85.
  27. ↑ Leveson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 472.
  28. ↑ Leveson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 472.
  29. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 5.
  30. ↑ Halsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 243.
  31. ↑ Addison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/138. f. 138.
  32. ↑ Addison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/138. f. 138.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 218.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 218.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). pp. 268, 269a.

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