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− | {{Tenure|rank={{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Robert Fanshawe Stopford|nick=Robert F. Stopford|appt=2 October, 1860<ref>Stopford service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1065.}}</ref>|end=24 January, 1861<ref>Stopford service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1065.}}</ref>}} |
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− | {{Tenure|rank= | + | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Sydney Colpoys Dacres|nick=Sir Sydney C. Dacres|appt=24 April, 1863<ref>Dacres service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/821.}}</ref>|end=3 December, 1865<ref>Dacres service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/821.}}</ref>}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank= | + | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Hastings Reginald Yelverton|nick=Hastings R. Yelverton|appt=6 July, 1866<ref>Yelverton service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1521.}}</ref>|end=30 April, 1867<ref>Yelverton service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1521.}}</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank= | + | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederick Warden|nick=Frederick Warden|appt=23 December, 1868<ref>Warden service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1321.}}</ref>|end=11 November, 1869<ref>Warden service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1321.}}</ref>}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank= | + | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds|nick=Thomas M. C. Symonds|appt=1868|end=1870}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank= | + | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Hastings Reginald Yelverton|nick=Sir Hastings R. Yelverton|appt=13 July, 1870<ref>Yelverton service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1521.}}</ref>|end=25 October, 1870<ref>Yelverton service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1521.}}</ref>}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank= | + | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=George Greville Wellesley|nick=George G. Wellesley|appt=25 October, 1870<ref>Clowes. ''The Royal Navy: A History''. '''VII'''. p. 89.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby|nick=Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby|appt=31 August, 1871<ref>Phipps Hornby service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 653.</ref>|precBy=[[George Greville Wellesley|George G. Wellesley]]}} | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby|nick=Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby|appt=31 August, 1871<ref>Phipps Hornby service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 653.</ref>|precBy=[[George Greville Wellesley|George G. Wellesley]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, First Baron Alcester|nick=Sir Frederick B. P. Seymour|appt=1 October, 1874<ref>Alcester service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}} f. 1212.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, First Baron Alcester|nick=Sir Frederick B. P. Seymour|appt=1 October, 1874<ref>Alcester service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}} f. 1212.</ref>}} |
Revision as of 14:45, 24 October 2022
History
The Channel Squadron was established as such in 1858, and was occasionally known as the Particular Service Squadron.[1] Vice-Admiral The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beresford was appointed Vice-Admiral Commanding, Channel Squadron, on 17 April, 1903.[2] On 6 May Beresford was informed by the Admiralty "that for the future the Channel Squadron shall be known as the Channel Fleet."[3]
Composition
1891
1896
February, 1900
- Arrogant
- Diadem
- Furious
- Hannibal
- Jupiter
- Magnificent
- Majestic
- Mars (temporarily detached to Cape of Good Hope Station)
- Niobe
- Pactolus
- Prince George
- Pelorus (temporarily detached to Cape of Good Hope Station)
- Repulse
- Resolution
January, 1901
The formation has remained unaltered, but Mars and Pelorus are no longer on temporary detachment.[7]
- Arrogant
- Diadem
- Furious
- Hannibal
- Jupiter
- Magnificent
- Majestic
- Mars
- Niobe
- Pactolus
- Prince George
- Pelorus
- Repulse
- Resolution
Senior Officers in Command
Dates of appointment given:
- Vice-Admiral Sir Charles H. Fremantle, 28 July, 1858[8] – 10 October, 1860[9]
- Rear-Admiral Robert F. Stopford, 2 October, 1860[10] – 24 January, 1861[11]
- Rear-Admiral Robert Smart, 29 January, 1861[12] – 24 April, 1863[Inference]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney C. Dacres, 24 April, 1863[13] – 3 December, 1865[14]
- Rear-Admiral Hastings R. Yelverton, 6 July, 1866[15] – 30 April, 1867[16]
- Rear-Admiral Frederick Warden, 23 December, 1868[17] – 11 November, 1869[18]
- Vice-Admiral Thomas M. C. Symonds, 1868 – 1870
- Vice-Admiral Sir Hastings R. Yelverton, 13 July, 1870[19] – 25 October, 1870[20]
- Vice-Admiral George G. Wellesley, 25 October, 1870[21]
- Vice-Admiral Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby, 31 August, 1871[22]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick B. P. Seymour, 1 October, 1874[23]
- Vice-Admiral The Rt. Hon. Lord John Hay, 10 November, 1877[24]
- Vice-Admiral Arthur W. A. Hood, 9 December, 1879[25]
- Rear-Admiral The Hon. Henry C. Glynn, 1 December, 1881[26][27] – 26 April, 1882[28] (temporary)
- Vice-Admiral Sir William M. Dowell, 17 April, 1882[29]
- Vice-Admiral H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, 3 December, 1883[30] – 3 December, 1884[31]
- Admiral Algernon F. R. de Horsey, 4 December, 1884[32]
- Rear-Admiral William H. Whyte, 7 May, 1885 – c. 25 July, 1885[33] (temporary)
- Vice-Admiral Charles Fellowes, 1 July, 1885[34] – 18 March, 1886[Inference]
- Vice-Admiral William N. W. Hewett, 18 March, 1886[35] – 17 April, 1888[36]
- Vice-Admiral John K. E. Baird, 17 April, 1888[37] – 3 May, 1890
- Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart., 3 May, 1890[38] – 10 May, 1892[39]
- Vice-Admiral Henry Fairfax, 10 May, 1892[40] – 12 May, 1894[41]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Robert O'B. FitzRoy, 12 May, 1894[42] – 27 May, 1895[43] (requested relief on account of health)
- Vice-Admiral The Rt. Hon. Lord Walter Kerr, 27 May, 1895[44]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Henry F. Stephenson, 7 June, 1897[45] – 19 December, 1898[46] (resigned due to ill health)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Harry H. Rawson, 20 December, 1898[47]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur K. Wilson, 14 April, 1901[48] – 16 April, 1903[49]
- Vice-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, 17 April, 1903[50] – 6 May, 1903[51] (Renamed as Channel Fleet)
Seconds-in-Command
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Henry Chads, 1 October, 1869[52]
- Rear-Admiral Augustus Phillimore, January, 1876 – late 1876
- Rear-Admiral William M. Dowell, 1877
- Rear-Admiral Henry Boys, June, 1878[53] – June, 1879[54]
- Rear-Admiral The Hon. Henry C. Glyn, 20 June, 1881[55][56] – 1 December, 1881[57]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Francis W. Sullivan, Bart., 14 August, 1882[58]
- Rear-Admiral John C. Wilson, 1 April, 1883[59]
- Rear-Admiral William H. Whyte, 8 May, 1884[60] – 7 May, 1885[61]
- Rear-Admiral Algernon C. F. Heneage, 3 July, 1885[62] – 7 August, 1886[63]
- Rear-Admiral The Hon. Edmund R. Fremantle, 9 August, 1886[64]
- Rear-Admiral Charles J. Rowley, 18 August, 1887[65]
- Rear-Admiral St. George C. D'Arcy-Irvine, 1 September, 1888[66]
- Rear-Admiral Richard E. Tracey, 12 September, 1889[67]
- Rear-Admiral Loftus F. Jones, 12 September, 1890[68]
- Rear-Admiral Edward S. Adeane, 15 September, 1891[69]
- Rear-Admiral Edward H. Seymour, 16 September, 1892[70] – 25 April, 1894[71]
- Rear-Admiral Alfred T. Dale, 25 April, 1894[72] – 20 April, 1895[73]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur H. Alington, 1 May, 1895[74] – 1 May, 1896[75]
- Rear-Admiral Armand T. Powlett, 1 May, 1896[76] – 19 May, 1897 (invalided)
- Rear-Admiral John Fellowes, 19 May, 1897[77][78] – 1 June, 1898[79]
- Rear-Admiral John W. Brackenbury, 1 June, 1898[80][81] – 1 June, 1899[82]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur D. Fanshawe, 1 June, 1899[83] – 31 May, 1900[84]
- Rear-Admiral Albert B. Jenkings, 1 June, 1900[85][86] – 4 June, 1901[87]
- Rear-Admiral Sir William A. D. Acland, Bart., 5 June, 1901[88] – 5 June, 1902
- Rear-Admiral The Hon. Assheton G. Curzon-Howe, 5 June, 1902[89]
Footnotes
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1903). p. 216.
- ↑ Letter No 743 of 6 May, 1903. The National Archives. ADM 144/16. f. 60.
- ↑ Parkes. British Battleships. p. 693.
- ↑ Parkes. British Battleships. p. 693.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 218.
- ↑ Fremantle service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1196.
- ↑ Fremantle service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1196.
- ↑ Stopford service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1065.
- ↑ Stopford service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1065.
- ↑ Smart service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/963.
- ↑ Dacres service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/821.
- ↑ Dacres service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/821.
- ↑ Yelverton service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1521.
- ↑ Yelverton service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1521.
- ↑ Warden service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1321.
- ↑ Warden service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1321.
- ↑ Yelverton service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1521.
- ↑ Yelverton service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1521.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy: A History. VII. p. 89.
- ↑ Phipps Hornby service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 653.
- ↑ Alcester service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1212.
- ↑ Hay service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 591.
- ↑ Hood service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 192.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1882). p. 188.
- ↑ Glyn service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
- ↑ Glyn service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
- ↑ Dowell service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 334.
- ↑ Saxe-Coburg and Gotha service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 22.
- ↑ Saxe-Coburg and Gotha service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/25. ff. 18, 22.
- ↑ De Horsey service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 312.
- ↑ Whyte service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1506. f. 1394. Second digit of day of month not legible.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1885). p. 188.
- ↑ Hewett service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1606. f. 602.
- ↑ Hewett service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1606. f. 602.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/16. f. 821.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
- ↑ Fairfax service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 721.
- ↑ FitzRoy service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 454.
- ↑ FitzRoy service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 454.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
- ↑ Stephenson service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1134. f. 1235.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
- ↑ Wilson service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1410.
- ↑ Wilson service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1410.
- ↑ Beresford service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 90.
- ↑ Letter No 743 of 6 May, 1903. The National Archives. ADM 144/16. f. 60.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1870). p. 180.
- ↑ William Loney RN Website.
- ↑ William Loney RN Website.
- ↑ Glyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1881). p. 188.
- ↑ Glyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
- ↑ Sullivan service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1130
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1883). p. 188.
- ↑ Whyte Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1506. f. 1394.
- ↑ Whyte Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1506. f. 1394.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1885). p. 188.
- ↑ Heneage Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/13/332
- ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 478.
- ↑ Rowley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 1112.
- ↑ D'Arcy-Irvine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1890). p. 187.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1891). p. 187.
- ↑ Adeane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 10.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1213.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1213.
- ↑ Dale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 291.
- ↑ Dale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 161.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, 2 May, 1895. Issue 34566, col C, p. 7.
- ↑ Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/33. f. 13.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1896). p. 191.
- ↑ Fellowes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1012. f. ?.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 24 April, 1894. Issue 34246, col B, p. 10.
- ↑ Fellowes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1012. f. ?.
- ↑ Brackenbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/398. ff. 72, 156.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 1 June, 1898. Issue 35531, col D, p. 5.
- ↑ Brackenbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/398. ff. 72, 156.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 June, 1899. Issue 35844, col D, p. 11.
- ↑ Fanshawe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 90.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, 2 June, 1900. Issue 36158, col G, p. 12.
- ↑ Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1766. f. 701.
- ↑ Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1766. f. 701.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 6 June, 1901. Issue 36474, col E, p. 11.
- ↑ Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.
Bibliography
- Clowes, Sir Wm. Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria. Vol. VII. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited.