Devonport Royal Dockyard
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Devonport was building warships from late in the 18th century, and Royal Oak was its last battleship.[1]
Admirals Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard
Dates of appointment given:
- Vice-Admiral Henry D. Grant, 11 July, 1885[2]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe, 1 August, 1888[3]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Robert H. More Molyneux, 4 August, 1891[4]
- Rear-Admiral Edmund J. Church, 7 August, 1894[5]
- Rear-Admiral Henry J. Carr, 3 November, 1896[6]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas S. Jackson, 7 July, 1899[7][8] – 11 July, 1902[9]
- Vice-Admiral William H. Henderson, 11 July, 1902[10]
- Vice-Admiral Charles J. Barlow, 1 April, 1906[11] – 31 March, 1908[12]
- Vice-Admiral Charles H. Cross, 31 March, 1908[13] – 4 October, 1910[14]
- Vice-Admiral Robert H. S. Stokes, 4 October, 1910[15] – 11 December, 1913[16]
- Rear-Admiral Godfrey H. B. Mundy, 11 December, 1913[17][18] – 18 December, 1916[19]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur J. Henniker-Hughan, Bart., 18 December, 1916[20][21] – 1 September, 1919[22]
- Rear-Admiral Edwin V. Underhill, 1 September, 1919[23]
- Rear-Admiral Hugh L. P. Heard, 20 September, 1922[24] – 1 November, 1924[25]
- Rear-Admiral Louis C. S. Woollcombe, 1 November, 1926[26] – 1 March, 1927[27]
- Rear-Admiral Oliver Backhouse, 1 March, 1927[28] (reappointed 10 October, 1929 on retirement from Active List)
- Vice-Admiral Harold O. Reinold, 2 March, 1931[29] – 2 March, 1935[30]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur L. Snagge, 1935[31] – 27 September, 1938[32]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur N. Dowding, 27 September, 1938[33]
Captains of the Dockyard
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Charles H. Cochran, 11 November, 1903[34] – 22 June, 1905[35]
- Captain Arthur J. Horsley, July, 1905[36]
- Captain Robert N. Ommanney, 20 September, 1907[37] – 17 November, 1908[38]
- Captain John A. Tuke, 17 November, 1908[39] – 5 January, 1911[40]
- Captain Evelyn R. Le Marchant, 5 January, 1911[41] – 14 January, 1913[42]
- Rear-Admiral John Nicholas, 19 June, 1916[43] – 1 April, 1918[44]
- Rear-Admiral William J. S. Alderson, 1 April, 1918[45] – October, 1919[46]
- Captain Geoffrey Mackworth, 31 March, 1924[47] – 31 March, 1926[48]
- Captain George W. Taylor, 31 March, 1928[49] – 11 April, 1930[50]
- Captain Richard M. King, 12 April, 1930[51] – 15 April, 1932[52] (King's Harbour Master starting on 6 July, 1931)
- Captain Eric G. Robinson, 15 April, 1932[53] – 3 January, 1933[54]
- Captain Piers K. Kekewich, ? – 8 January, 1939[55]
- Captain Walter N. T. Beckett, 8 January, 1939[56] – 9 September, 1939[57]
King's Harbour Master
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Geoffrey Mackworth, 31 March, 1924[58] – 31 March, 1926[59]
Footnotes
- ↑ Burt. British Battleships of World War One. p. 9.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 13 July, 1885. Issue 31497, col C, p. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 355.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
- ↑ Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. p. 681.
- ↑ Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. p. 681.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 10 July, 1902. Issue 36816, col C, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 9 March, 1906. Issue 37963, col A, p. 10.
- ↑ Barlow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 31.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 21 February, 1908. Issue 38575, col E, p. 7.
- ↑ Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 545.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 14 September, 1910. Issue 39377, col D, p. 7.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1251.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 12 December, 1913. Issue 40393, col E, p. 6.
- ↑ Mundy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 920.
- ↑ Mundy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 920.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 556.
- ↑ Henniker-Hughan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 383.
- ↑ Henniker-Hughan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 383.
- ↑ "Flag Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. 1 September, 1919. Issue 42193, col F, p. 16.
- ↑ Heard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 84.
- ↑ Heard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 84.
- ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. Book 5, p. 267.
- ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. Book 5, p. 267.
- ↑ Backhouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 206.
- ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
- ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
- ↑ "Vice-Admiral A. L. Snagge" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 12 February, 1955. Issue 53164, col F, p. 8.
- ↑ Superseded on that date. Dowding Dowding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. n Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. n Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 229.
- ↑ Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 229.
- ↑ Horsley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 44.
- ↑ Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
- ↑ Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
- ↑ Tuke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 637.
- ↑ Tuke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 637.
- ↑ Le Marchant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 287/578.
- ↑ Le Marchant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 287/578.
- ↑ Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 207.
- ↑ Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 207.
- ↑ Alderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 455.
- ↑ Alderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 455.
- ↑ Mackworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/53. f. 53.
- ↑ Mackworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/53. f. 53.
- ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.
- ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.
- ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
- ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
- ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
- ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Mackworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/53. f. 53.
- ↑ Mackworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/53. f. 53.
See Also
- Plan of Dockyard at GWPDA.org
- Burt, R. A. (1986). British Battleships of World War One. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- 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.
