Naval Attaché (Royal Navy)

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The Royal Navy had a varying number of naval attachés stationed in a changing global landscape of embassies throughout our period. This page's peculiar organization reflects that changing landscape. Prior to World War I, there were commonly eight attachés, sited in Washington, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, Berlin, Stockholm, Vienna, and St. Petersburg. By the early 1930s, this had been reduced to six, sited in Washington, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, Berlin and Buenos Aires.[1]

Naval Attachés to Maritime Countries

Dates of appointment given:

European States

Dates of appointment given:

Paris

Dates of appointment given:

Holland

Dates of appointment given:

Copenhagen

Dates of appointment given:

Madrid

Dates of appointment given:

Berlin

Dates of appointment given:

Washington, D.C.

Dates of appointment given:

Gerald Charles Langley may also have held this post at some point.[Fact Check]

Assistant Naval Attaché

Perhaps King and Broadley are showing us there were more than one man in this post at times.

St. Petersburg and Rome

Moscow

Rome

Dates of appointment given:

Assistant Naval Attaché

St. Petersburg/Petrograd

Dates of appointment given:

Stockholm

Norway & Sweden

Tokyo

Dates of appointment given:

The Hague

Dates of appointment given:

Vienna

Dates of appointment given:

Peking

Dates of appointment given:

Norway, Sweden and Denmark

Dates of appointment given:

Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia

Dates of appointment given:

Athens

Dates of appointment given:

Angora

Angora is now known as Ankara.

Dates of appointment given:

South America

Dates of appointment given:

Buenos Aires

Dates of appointment given:

Rio de Janeiro

Dates of appointment given:

Assistant Naval Attaché

Chile, Peru and Ecuador

Arliss was the first attaché appointed to Chile, Peru and Ecuador, these duties having previously been handled out of Buenos Aires. He was sited in H. M. Embassy, Santiago.

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

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  109. Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/31. f. 30.
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