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The {{UK-Natal|f=tp}} was destroyed in a cataclysmic explosion on 30 December, 1915 with heavy loss of life. | The {{UK-Natal|f=tp}} was destroyed in a cataclysmic explosion on 30 December, 1915 with heavy loss of life. | ||
The Auxiliary Patrol Base at Cromarty was closed on 31 May, 1919.{{ToL|Fewer Naval Bases|2 June 1919, p. 18}} | |||
==In Command== | ==In Command== | ||
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==King's Harbour Master== | ==King's Harbour Master== | ||
<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="King's Harbour Master, Cromarty" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="King's Harbour Master, Cromarty" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Henry William Simms|nick=Henry W. Simms|appt=9 October, 1913|end=23 January, 1915}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Charles Tancred|nick=James C. Tancred|appt=13 December, 1915|end=24 January, 1919}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Charles Tancred|nick=James C. Tancred|appt=13 December, 1915|end=24 January, 1919}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morgan Tindal|nick=Morgan Tindal|appt=1 August, 1923{{NLFeb26|p. 198}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morgan Tindal|nick=Morgan Tindal|appt=1 August, 1923{{NLFeb26|p. 198}}|end=}} | ||
Revision as of 12:31, 4 September 2020
The Scottish town of Cromarty was a minor Royal Navy base in the Great War, situated on the eastern coast on the Moray Firth. It served as the base for Auxiliary Patrol Area IV.
The armoured cruiser H.M.S. Natal was destroyed in a cataclysmic explosion on 30 December, 1915 with heavy loss of life.
The Auxiliary Patrol Base at Cromarty was closed on 31 May, 1919.[1]
In Command
- Acting Captain Henry L. Dicks, 19 January, 1915[2] – after November, 1918
King's Harbour Master
- Commander (N) Henry W. Simms, 9 October, 1913 – 23 January, 1915
- Captain James C. Tancred, 13 December, 1915 – 24 January, 1919
- Commander Morgan Tindal, 1 August, 1923[3]
- Commander Robert Mends, 1 April, 1932[4] – 29 January, 1935 (and as Naval Officer Commanding Naval Estb. at Invergordon and Scapa Flow)
- Commander Leonard G. Addington, 29 January, 1935 – August, 1940
Assistant to King's Harbour Master
- Commander (retired) Arnold Kirke, 10 November, 1914 – 9 March, 1916
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles H. Fforde, 9 September, 1916 – 2 July, 1917
Captain of Dockyard
- Captain James C. Tancred, 13 December, 1915 – 24 January, 1919
See Also
Footnotes
