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The Royal Navy's '''China Station''' was an important base for projecting power into the Pacific.
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On 1 November, 1911, the destroyers allotted to the "China Flotilla" were 3 "Rivers", four 30-knotters, and two 27-knotters.{{March|p. 160}}
 
On 1 November, 1911, the destroyers allotted to the "China Flotilla" were 3 "Rivers", four 30-knotters, and two 27-knotters.{{March|p. 160}}
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It was named the '''Eastern Fleet''' from 1941 to 1944, the '''Pacific Fleet''' from 1944 to 1946 and then the '''Far Eastern Fleet''' from 1946 to 1971.{{MackieRNSA|p. 112}}
  
 
==Commanders-in-Chief==
 
==Commanders-in-Chief==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
  
<div name=fredbot:officeCIC otitle="Commander-in-Chief, China Station"  nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Commander-in-Chief, China Station}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCIC otitle="Commander-in-Chief, China Station"  nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Ommanney Willes|nick=George O. Willes|}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell|nick=Sir Charles F. A. Shadwell|appt=1871|end=August, 1874}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Alfred Phillipps Ryder|nick=Sir Alfred P. Ryder|appt=August, 1874|end=1877}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Charles Farrell Hillyar|nick=Sir Charles F. Hillyar|appt=1877|end=1878}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=William Montagu Dowell|nick=William M. Dowell|appt=26 September, 1878{{NLMar80|p. 188}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=William Montagu Dowell|nick=William M. Dowell|appt=26 September, 1878{{NLMar80|p. 188}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Richard Vesey Hamilton|nick=Richard V. Hamilton|appt=1885}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Ommanney Willes|nick=George O. Willes|appt=1881|end=1884}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Nowell Salmon|nick=Sir Nowell Salmon|appt=17 December, 1887{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Richard Vesey Hamilton|nick=Richard V. Hamilton|appt=1885|end=1887}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Frederick William Richards|nick=Sir Frederick W. Richards|appt=29 November, 1890{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Nowell Salmon|nick=Sir Nowell Salmon|appt=17 December, 1887{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|end=1890}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edmund Robert Fremantle|nick=The Hon. Sir Edmund R. Fremantle|appt=16 February, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Frederick William Richards|nick=Sir Frederick W. Richards|appt=29 November, 1890{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|end=1892}}
{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Alexander Buller|nick=Sir Alexander Buller|appt=28 May, 1895{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edmund Robert Fremantle|nick=The Hon. Sir Edmund R. Fremantle|appt=16 February, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|end=1895}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Alexander Buller|nick=Sir Alexander Buller|appt=28 May, 1895{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|end=1897}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Edward Hobart Seymour|nick=Sir Edward H. Seymour|appt=19 February, 1898{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|ass=19 February, 1898<ref>Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1164.</ref>|end=10 April, 1901<ref>Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1164.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Edward Hobart Seymour|nick=Sir Edward H. Seymour|appt=19 February, 1898{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|ass=19 February, 1898<ref>Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1164.</ref>|end=10 April, 1901<ref>Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1164.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Cyprian Arthur George Bridge|nick=Sir Cyprian A. G. Bridge|appt=June, 1901}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Cyprian Arthur George Bridge|nick=Sir Cyprian A. G. Bridge|appt=10 April, 1901<ref>Bridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/400.}}  f. 158.</ref>|end=15 January, 1904<ref>Bridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/400.}}  f. 158.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Gerard Henry Uctred Noel|nick=Sir Gerard H. U. Noel|appt=15 January, 1904<ref>Noel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 956.</ref>|ass=14 March, 1904<ref>Noel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 956.</ref>|end=16 March, 1906<ref>Noel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 956.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Gerard Henry Uctred Noel|nick=Sir Gerard H. U. Noel|appt=15 January, 1904<ref>Noel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 956.</ref>|ass=14 March, 1904<ref>Noel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 956.</ref>|end=16 March, 1906<ref>Noel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 956.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Arthur William Moore|nick=Sir Arthur W. Moore|appt=6 December, 1905<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 915.</ref>|ass=16 March, 1906<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 915.</ref>|end=21 March, 1908<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 915.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Arthur William Moore|nick=Sir Arthur W. Moore|appt=6 December, 1905<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 915.</ref>|ass=16 March, 1906<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 915.</ref>|end=21 March, 1908<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 915.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Alexander Ludovic Duff|nick=Sir Alexander L. Duff|appt=24 July, 1919<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 204.</ref>|ass=8 November, 1919<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 204.</ref>|end=7 November, 1922<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 204.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Alexander Ludovic Duff|nick=Sir Alexander L. Duff|appt=24 July, 1919<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 204.</ref>|ass=8 November, 1919<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 204.</ref>|end=7 November, 1922<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 204.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Arthur Cavenagh Leveson|nick=Sir Arthur C. Leveson|appt=10 September, 1922<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 1 April, 1922.  Issue '''42995''', col B, p. 10.</ref>|ass=7 November, 1922<ref>Superseded his predecessor on that date: Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 204.</ref>|end=10 September, 1924<ref>Leveson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}} f. 10.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Arthur Cavenagh Leveson|nick=Sir Arthur C. Leveson|appt=10 September, 1922<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 1 April, 1922.  Issue '''42995''', col B, p. 10.</ref>|ass=7 November, 1922<ref>Superseded his predecessor on that date: Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 204.</ref>|end=10 September, 1924<ref>Leveson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}} f. 10.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Allan Frederic Everett|nick=Sir Allan F. Everett|appt=10 September, 1924<ref>Everett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  p. 23.</ref>|end=12 May, 1925<ref>Everett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 23.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Allan Frederic Everett|nick=Sir Allan F. Everett|appt=10 September, 1924<ref>Everett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  p. 23.</ref>|end=12 May, 1925<ref>Everett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 23.</ref>|note=invalided with "psychasthenia"}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=22 April, 1925<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 194.</ref>|ass=29 June, 1925<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 194.</ref>|end=8 November, 1926<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 194.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=22 April, 1925<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 194.</ref>|ass=29 June, 1925<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 194.</ref>|end=8 November, 1926<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 194.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart.|appt=8 November, 1926<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}}  f. 41.</ref>|end=13 November, 1928<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}}  f. 41.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart.|appt=8 November, 1926<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}}  f. 41.</ref>|end=13 November, 1928<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}}  f. 41.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=William Archibald Howard Kelly|nick=Sir W. A. Howard Kelly|appt=13 December, 1930<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 230.</ref>|ass=28 February, 1931<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 230.</ref>|end=11 March, 1933<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 230.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=William Archibald Howard Kelly|nick=Sir W. A. Howard Kelly|appt=13 December, 1930<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 230.</ref>|ass=28 February, 1931<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 230.</ref>|end=11 March, 1933<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 230.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Frederic Charles Dreyer|nick=Sir Frederic C. Dreyer|appt=9 January, 1933|ass=11 March, 1933<ref>Dreyer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>|end=11 January, 1936}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Frederic Charles Dreyer|nick=Sir Frederic C. Dreyer|appt=9 January, 1933|ass=11 March, 1933<ref>Dreyer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>|end=11 January, 1936}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Charles James Colebrooke Little|nick=Sir Charles J. C. Little|appt=7 November, 1935|ass=11 January, 1936<ref>Superseded his predecessor on that date.  Dreyer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Charles James Colebrooke Little|nick=Sir Charles J. C. Little|appt=8 November, 1935<ref>Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/95.|D7603802}} f. 300.</ref>|ass=11 January, 1936<ref>Superseded his predecessor on that date.  Dreyer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>|end=5 February, 1938<ref>Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/95.|D7603802}} f. 300.</ref>|note=ill at end}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe|nick=Lewis G. E. Crabbe|appt=21 December, 1937<ref>Crabbe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/168.|D7603675}} f. 169.</ref>|end=11 January, 1938<ref>Crabbe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/168.|D7603675}} f. 169.</ref>|ass=5 February, 1938<ref>Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/95.|D7603802}} f. 300.</ref>|as=Acting Commander-in-Chief, China Station|note=while Little was sick}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble|nick=Percy L. H. Noble|appt=28 December, 1937|ass=5 February, 1938|end=18 November, 1940}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Geoffrey Layton|nick=Geoffrey Layton|appt=10 July, 1940<ref>Layton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>|end=10 December, 1941<ref>Layton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Tom Spencer Vaughan Phillips|nick=Sir Tom S. V. Phillips|appt=|end=December, 1941}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=James Fownes Somerville|nick=Sir James F. Somerville|appt=February, 1942|end=August, 1944|as=Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Bruce Austin Fraser, First Baron Fraser|nick=Sir Bruce A. Fraser|appt=August, 1944|end=June, 1946|as=Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Denis William Boyd|nick=Sir Denis W. Boyd|appt=June, 1946|end=January, 1949|as=Commander-in-Chief, Far Eastern Fleet}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Eric James Patrick Brind|nick=Sir Eric J. P. Brind|appt=11 January, 1949|end=February, 1951|as=Commander-in-Chief, Far Eastern Fleet}}
 
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Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
  
<div name=fredbot:officeSIC otitle="Second-in-Command, China Station"  nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Second-in-Command, China Station}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeSIC otitle="Second-in-Command, China Station"  nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Lister Oxley|nick=Charles L. Oxley|appt=7 May, 1896<ref>Oxley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 992.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Lister Oxley|nick=Charles L. Oxley|appt=7 May, 1896<ref>Oxley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 992.</ref>|end=27 October, 1897|precBy=New Command|note=3 months leave in England at end for "domestic affliction"}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Cooper Penrose FitzGerald|nick=Charles C. P. FitzGerald|appt=27 October, 1897<ref>FitzGerald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 453.</ref>|end=23 December, 1899<ref>FitzGerald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|D7587653}} f. 1060.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Cooper Penrose FitzGerald|nick=Charles C. P. FitzGerald|appt=27 October, 1897<ref>FitzGerald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 453.</ref>|end=23 December, 1899<ref>FitzGerald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|D7587653}} f. 1060.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=James Andrew Thomas Bruce|nick=Sir James A. T. Bruce|appt=18 September, 1899<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 152.</ref>|ass=23 December, 1899<ref>His predecessor left on that date.  FitzGerald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|D7587653}} f. 994.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=James Andrew Thomas Bruce|nick=Sir James A. T. Bruce|appt=18 September, 1899<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 152.</ref>|ass=23 December, 1899<ref>His predecessor left on that date.  FitzGerald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|D7587653}} f. 994.</ref>|end=2 January, 1902}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=1901}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=9 September, 1901<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>|end=13 June, 1903<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>|note=invalided}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Assheton Gore Curzon-Howe|nick=The Hon. Assheton G. Curzon-Howe|appt=13 June, 1903<ref>Curzon-Howe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 275.</ref>|end=2 August, 1905<ref>Curzon-Howe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 275.</ref>|succBy=Command Abolished}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Assheton Gore Curzon-Howe|nick=The Hon. Assheton G. Curzon-Howe|appt=13 June, 1903<ref>Curzon-Howe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 275.</ref>|end=2 August, 1905<ref>Curzon-Howe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 275.</ref>|succBy=Command Abolished}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeSIC>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeSIC>
  
==Senior Naval Officers, Yangtze==
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==Other Personnel==
Dates of appointment given:
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===Fleet Gunnery Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFGO otitle="Fleet Gunnery Officer, China Station" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''G''')|name=John Otho Nicholson Wood|nick=John O. N. Wood|appt=9 July, 1921<ref>Wood Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/247.|}} f. 294.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 766}}|end=August, 1923<ref>Wood Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/247.|}} f. 294.</ref>|note=commenced upon joining ship}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Wharton Stanley Gray|nick=Wharton S. Gray|appt=28 October, 1925{{NLJan26|p. 244}}|end=January, 1928}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, Fourth Baronet|nick=Hubert G. D. Acland|appt=19 December, 1927{{NLJan28|p. 244}}|end=January, 1930<ref>Acland Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/265.|}} f. 622.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Harold Hickling|nick=Harold Hickling|appt=1931<ref>Hickling Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/195.|}} f. 27.</ref>|end=29 February, 1932<ref>Hickling Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/195.|}} f. 27.</ref>}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFGO>
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===Fleet Torpedo Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFTO otitle="Fleet Torpedo Officer, China Station" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=Cecil Robert McCrum|nick=Cecil R. McCrum|appt=21 April, 1921<ref>McCrum Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/116.|}} f. 116.  Upon re-commissioning.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 766}}|end=March, 1923<ref>McCrum Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/116.|}} f. 116.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=Gervase Boswell Middleton|nick=Gervase B. Middleton|appt=30 April, 1923<ref>Middleton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/11.|}} f. 11.</ref>|end=June, 1925<ref>Middleton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/11.|}} f. 11.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=Edward Christopher Bindloss|nick=Edward C. Bindloss|appt=31 March, 1925{{NLJan26|p. 244}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=James Frank William Mudford|nick=James F. W. Mudford|appt=20 April, 1927{{NLJan28|p. 244}}<ref>Mudford Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/120/162.|}} f. 162.</ref>|end=11 December, 1928<ref>Mudford Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/120/162.|}} f. 162.</ref>}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFTO>
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===Fleet Signal Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFSO otitle="Fleet Signal Officer, China Station" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank=Flag {{LieutRN}}|name=Clifford Caslon|nick=Clifford Caslon|appt=10 November, 1926{{NLJan28|p. 244}}|end=6 June, 1930|note=and as Fleet Wireless Officer}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFSO>
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===Fleet Wireless Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFWO otitle="Fleet Wireless Officer, China Station" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} ('''S''')|name=John Pocklington Money|nick=John P. Money|appt=10 September, 1922<ref>Money Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/75.|}} f. 75.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 766}}|end=November, 1924<ref>Money Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/75.|}} f. 75.</ref>|note=commenced upon joining ship}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Edward Dangerfield|nick=Edward Dangerfield|appt=10 September, 1924{{NLJan26|p. 244}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Flag {{LieutRN}}|name=Clifford Caslon|nick=Clifford Caslon|appt=10 November, 1926{{NLJan28|p. 244}}|end=6 June, 1930|note=and as Fleet Wireless Officer}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFWO>
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===Fleet Navigating Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFNO otitle="Fleet Navigating Officer, China Station" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Stanley Evans Thomas|nick=Stanley E. Thomas|appt=10 September, 1924{{NLJan26|p. 244}}|end=4 July, 1926}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Francis Nigel Miles|nick=Francis N. Miles|appt=4 July, 1926{{NLJan28|p. 244}}|end=18 March, 1929<ref>Miles Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/349.|}} f. 347.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Edward Wollaston Kitson|nick=Edward W. Kitson|appt=30 January, 1928<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/277.|}} f. 280.</ref>|end=February, 1930<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/277.|}} f. 280.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Gerald Percival Bowen|nick=Gerald P. Bowen|appt=February, 1930<ref>Bowen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/163.|}} f. 521.</ref>|end=March, 1932<ref>Bowen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/163.|}} f. 521.</ref>|note=vice Kitson}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFNO>
  
<div name=fredbot:officeSNOY otitle="Senior Naval Officer, Yangtze"  nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Senior Naval Officer, Yangtze}}
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==See Also==
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|nick=Maurice S. FitzMaurice|appt=14 February, 1914<ref>FitzMaurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D8112203}} f. 148.</ref>|end=5 August, 1914<ref>FitzMaurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D8112203}} f. 148.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Astley Ellison|nick=Alfred A. Ellison|appt=1 April, 1919{{NLOct19|p. 698}}<ref>Ellison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 516.</ref>|end=10 May, 1920<ref>Ellison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 516.</ref>}}
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* [[Yangtse River]]
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=George Holmes Borrett|nick=George H. Borrett|appt=May, 1920<ref>Borrett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 505.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Crawford Maclachlan|nick=Crawford Maclachlan|appt=17 October, 1921<ref>"Flag Commands" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 10 June, 1921.  Issue '''42743''', col G, p. 10.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=David Murray Anderson|nick=David M. Anderson|appt=8 August, 1923<ref>Anderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 415.</ref>|ass=16 October, 1923<ref>Anderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 415.</ref>|end=24 October, 1925<ref>Anderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 415.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Ewen Cameron|nick=John E. Cameron|appt=1925}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Hugh Justin Tweedie|nick=Hugh J. Tweedie|appt=19 August, 1927<ref>Tweedie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 332.</ref>|ass=24 October, 1927<ref>Tweedie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 332.</ref>|end=19 August, 1929<ref>Tweedie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 332.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Colin Kenneth MacLean|nick=Colin K. MacLean|appt=19 August, 1929<ref>MacLean Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D8112229}} f. 390.</ref>|ass=22 October, 1929<ref>MacLean Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D8112229}} f. 390.</ref>|end=28 October, 1931<ref>MacLean Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D8112229}} f. 390.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Richard Augustus Sandys Hill|nick=Richard A. S. Hill|appt=28 August, 1931<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603394}} f. 146.</ref>|ass=28 October, 1931<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603394}} f. 146.</ref>|end=24 October, 1933<ref>Relieved that day.  Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603394}} f. 146.</ref>}}
 
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

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The Royal Navy's China Station was an important base for projecting power into the Pacific.

On 1 November, 1911, the destroyers allotted to the "China Flotilla" were 3 "Rivers", four 30-knotters, and two 27-knotters.[1]

It was named the Eastern Fleet from 1941 to 1944, the Pacific Fleet from 1944 to 1946 and then the Far Eastern Fleet from 1946 to 1971.[2]

Commanders-in-Chief

Dates of appointment given:

Seconds-in-Command

Dates of appointment given:

Other Personnel

Fleet Gunnery Officer

Fleet Torpedo Officer

Fleet Signal Officer

Fleet Wireless Officer

Fleet Navigating Officer

See Also

Footnotes

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  2. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  3. The Navy List. (March, 1880). p. 188.
  4. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  5. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  6. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  7. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  8. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  9. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1164.
  10. Bridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/400. f. 158.
  11. Bridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/400. f. 158.
  12. Noel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 956.
  13. Noel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 956.
  14. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
  15. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
  16. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered page.
  17. Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 500.
  18. Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 500.
  19. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered page.
  20. Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
  21. Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
  22. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 7.
  23. Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 692.
  24. Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 692.
  25. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 33.
  26. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 254/512.
  27. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 33.
  28. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 7.
  29. Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 204.
  30. Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 204.
  31. "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 April, 1922. Issue 42995, col B, p. 10.
  32. Leveson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 10.
  33. Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 23.
  34. Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.
  35. Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 194.
  36. Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 194.
  37. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 41.
  38. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 41.
  39. Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 244.
  40. Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 230.
  41. Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 230.
  42. Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  43. Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  44. Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
  45. Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
  46. Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
  47. Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
  48. Oxley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 992.
  49. FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 453.
  50. FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1060.
  51. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 152.
  52. Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  53. Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  54. Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.
  55. Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.
  56. Wood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/247. f. 294.
  57. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 766.
  58. Wood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/247. f. 294.
  59. The Navy List. (January, 1926). p. 244.
  60. The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 244.
  61. Acland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/265. f. 622.
  62. Hickling Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/195. f. 27.
  63. Hickling Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/195. f. 27.
  64. McCrum Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/116. f. 116. Upon re-commissioning.
  65. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 766.
  66. McCrum Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/116. f. 116.
  67. Middleton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/11. f. 11.
  68. Middleton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/11. f. 11.
  69. The Navy List. (January, 1926). p. 244.
  70. The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 244.
  71. Mudford Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/120/162. f. 162.
  72. Mudford Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/120/162. f. 162.
  73. The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 244.
  74. Money Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/75. f. 75.
  75. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 766.
  76. Money Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/75. f. 75.
  77. The Navy List. (January, 1926). p. 244.
  78. The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 244.
  79. The Navy List. (January, 1926). p. 244.
  80. The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 244.
  81. Miles Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/349. f. 347.
  82. Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/277. f. 280.
  83. Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/277. f. 280.
  84. Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/163. f. 521.
  85. Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/163. f. 521.