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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Commodore in Charge, Kingstown" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Commodore in Charge, Kingstown" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Henry Faulconer Aplin|nick=Henry F. Aplin|appt=17 December, 1915|end=4 June, 1916}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Chatterton|nick=Herbert Chatterton|appt=June, 1916|end=10 May, 1917}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RNR}}|name=John Denison|nick=John Denison|appt=2 May, 1917<ref>Denison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/299.|D7601038}} f. 320.</ref>|ass=10 May, 1917<ref>Denison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/299.|D7601038}} f. 320.</ref>|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{Com2RNR}}|name=John Denison|nick=John Denison|appt=2 May, 1917<ref>Denison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/299.|D7601038}} f. 320.</ref>|ass=10 May, 1917<ref>Denison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/299.|D7601038}} f. 320.</ref>|end=}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:19, 20 July 2017
The town of Dún Laoghaire in Ireland was called Kingstown until 1921. It was a minor Royal Navy base in the Great War.
It, with the ports of Liverpool and Belfast supported the forces working Auxiliary Patrol Area XVI, covering the Irish Channel.
In Command
- Captain (retired) Henry F. Aplin, 17 December, 1915 – 4 June, 1916
- Captain Herbert Chatterton, June, 1916 – 10 May, 1917
- Commodore, Second Class R.N.R. John Denison, 2 May, 1917[1]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/299. f. 320.
