New Zealand Station
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The New Zealand Station was a Royal Navy command based in New Zealand. It ordinarily involved just a handful of ships under the command of a Commodore, Second Class.
History
The Naval Defence Act 1913 created the New Zealand Naval Forces as a separate division within the Royal Navy responsible for the naval security of New Zealand. The New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy was created in 1921.
In 1941, it was supplanted by the Royal New Zealand Navy.
In Command
- Commodore, Second Class Alan G. Hotham, 24 May, 1920[1] – July, 1923[2]
- Commodore, Second Class Alister F. Beal, 12 July, 1923[3] – August, 1926[4]
- Commodore, Second Class George T. C. P. Swabey, 18 June, 1926 – 23 October, 1927[5]
- Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Blake, 19 July, 1929[6]
- Rear-Admiral The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond, 9 March, 1935[7]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 906.
- ↑ Hotham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/184. f. 184.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 297.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 296.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 300.
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