Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport

The Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport were also called H.M.S. Vivid from 1890 to 1914, operating as a training facility.

In 1934, it was renamed H.M.S. Drake.

In Command

The man in charge was called the Commodore-in-Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport.

Dates of appointment given:

• Captain Charles Johnstone, 15 May, 1896 – 8 October, 1898
• Captain Harry T. Grenfell, 8 October, 1898 – March, 1900
• Captain Sir Richard Poore, Bart., 10 April, 1900 – 1902
• Captain Harry S. F. Niblett, 15 December, 1902 – 1 February, 1905
• Captain William B. Fisher, 24 January, 1905 – 8 January, 1907  (Commodore, Second Class from 13 March, 1905)
• Commodore, Second Class Frederic E. E. Brock, 8 January, 1907 – 22 April, 1908
• Commodore, Second Class Arthur Y. Moggridge, 22 April, 1908
• Commodore, Second Class Rosslyn E. Wemyss, 20 August, 1909 – 20 September, 1910
• Commodore, Second Class Lionel G. Tufnell, 20 September, 1910 – 3 January, 1911  (temporary replacement for Wemyss)
• Commodore, Second Class Rosslyn E. Wemyss, 3 January, 1911 – 25 April, 1911
• Captain John de M. Hutchison, 25 April, 1911 – 6 June, 1913
• Rear-Admiral Arthur D. Ricardo, 6 June, 1913 – 20 April, 1914
• Commodore, Second Class Thomas D. L. Sheppard, 21 April, 1914 – 18 December, 1914
• Rear-Admiral John de M. Hutchison, 21 December, 1914 – 21 December, 1916
• Commodore, Second Class Charles F. Corbett, 1 January, 1917 – 1 February, 1919
• Commodore, Second Class Edward Reeves, 1 February, 1919 – 9 July, 1921
• Commodore, Second Class Charles W. R. Royds, 13 October, 1923 – 14 October, 1925
• Captain Charles W. Round-Turner,  – 5 October, 1928
• Captain Arthur E. F. Bedford, 5 October, 1928 – 1 January, 1930
• Commodore, Second Class Noel F. Laurence, 1 January, 1930 – 15 January, 1932
• Rear-Admiral James M. Pipon, 15 January, 1932 – 15 January, 1934^[Inference]
• Commodore, Second Class Richard H. O. Lane-Poole, 15 January, 1934
• Commodore, Second Class Richard B. Davies, February 1936 – April 1938
• Commodore, Second Class Alban T. B. Curteis, April 1938 – May 1940
• Commodore, Second Class Victor A. C. Crutchley, May 1940 – March 1942
• Commodore, Second Class Lionel C. P. Tudway, March 1942 – 31 August, 1944
• Rear-Admiral Robert L. B. Cunliffe, 31 August, 1944 – 22 January, 1946
• Rear-Admiral Douglas Young-Jamieson, 22 January, 1946 – 8 April, 1947
• Commodore, Second Class Sydney M. Raw, January 1947 – June 1949
• Commodore, Second Class Philip S. Smith, June 1949 – January 1951
• Commodore, Second Class Benjamin Bryant, January, 1951 – January, 1953
• Commodore, Second Class John E. H. McBeath, January 1953 – December 1954
• Commodore, Second Class Royston H. Wright, December 1954 – January 1956

Richard Hyde was appointed as Captain of Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master on 15 April, 1920 and being superseded on 18 April, 1922.

See Also

• Wikipedia