China Station

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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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  4. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
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  15. Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 500.
  16. Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 500.
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  21. Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 692.
  22. Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 692.
  23. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 33.
  24. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 254/512.
  25. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 33.
  26. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 7.
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  29. "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 April, 1922. Issue 42995, col B, p. 10.
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  47. FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 453.
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  49. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 152.
  50. Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  51. Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  52. Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.
  53. Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.
  54. Wood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/247. f. 294.
  55. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 766.
  56. Wood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/247. f. 294.
  57. Hickling Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/195. f. 27.
  58. Hickling Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/195. f. 27.
  59. McCrum Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/116. f. 116. Upon re-commissioning.
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  62. Middleton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/11. f. 11.
  63. Middleton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/11. f. 11.
  64. Money Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/75. f. 75.
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  66. Money Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/75. f. 75.