Port Said

The Egyptian city Port Said was a minor Royal Navy base in the Great War on the Mediterranean. It afforded access to the Suez Canal.

In Command

• Acting Captain Ernest E. A. Betts, 7 December, 1916 – March, 1919
• Commander (retired) Rowland K. C. Pope, 17 September, 1935 – 24 April, 1936
• Acting Captain Henry A. Simpson, c. May 1936 – 5 August, 1937
• Acting Captain Henry A. Simpson, 6 October, 1937 – 6 February, 1940
• Retired Captain Gerald H. Brady, 12 January, 1941 – 29 January, 1941  (temporary, while "Haynes" is sick)
• Captain William Bayard Hynes, 1942 – mid 1942
• Acting Captain Eustace H. Wace, 1942 – 24 May, 1945  (vice "Kirkpatrick")

Divisional Naval Transport Officer

• Captain (retired) Lawrence de W. Satow, 2 February, 1916 – 11 February, 1918
• Commander (retired) Walter H. C. Calthrop, February, 1918 – 25 October, 1918  (sick at end)
• Acting Commander R.N.R. Gordon S. Horsburgh, 29 June, 1918  (temporary, during Calthorp's illness)

See Also

• Wikipedia