China Station
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Jump to navigationJump to searchOn 1 November, 1911, the destroyers allotted to the "China Flotilla" were 3 "Rivers", four 30-knotters, and two 27-knotters.[1]
Commanders-in-Chief
Dates of appointment given:
- Vice-Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon, 17 December, 1887.[2]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick W. Richards, 29 November, 1890.[2]
- Vice-Admiral the Honourable Sir Edmund R. Fremantle, 16 February, 1892.[2]
- Admiral Sir Alexander Buller, 28 May, 1895.[2]
- Admiral Sir Edward H. Seymour, 19 February, 1898.[2]
- Admiral Sir Cyprian A. G. Bridge, June, 1901.
- Admiral Sir Gerard H. U. Noel, 1904.
- Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore, 6 December, 1906.
- Vice-Admiral the Honourable Sir Hedworth Lambton, 1 January, 1908.[3]
- Admiral Sir Alfred L. Winsloe, 25 January, 1910.[3]
- Vice-Admiral Sir T. H. Martyn Jerram, 25 January, 1913.[3]
- Vice-Admiral Sir William L. Grant, 28 July, 1915.[4]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick C. T. Tudor, 20 July, 1917.[4]
- Admiral Sir Alexander L. Duff, 24 July, 1919.[5]
- Admiral Sir Arthur C. Leveson, 10 September, 1922.[6]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Allan F. Everett, 10 September, 1924.[7]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair, .
- Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart., .
- Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur K. Waistell, .
- Admiral Sir W. A. Howard Kelly, .
- Admiral Sir Frederic C. Dreyer, .
- Admiral Sir Charles J. C. Little, .
Seconds-in-Command
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Charles L. Oxley, 7 May, 1896.[8]
- Rear-Admiral Charles C. P. FitzGerald, 27 October, 1897.[9]
- Rear-Admiral Sir James A. T. Bruce, 18 September, 1899.[10]
- Rear-Admiral Harry T. Grenfell, 1901.
- Rear-Admiral The Honourable Assheton G. Curzon-Howe, 13 June, 1903 - 2 August, 1905.[11]
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Alfred A. Ellison, (Commodore, Second Class) 1 April, 1919.[12]
- Rear-Admiral George H. Borrett, May, 1920.[13]
- Rear-Admiral Crawford Maclachlan, 17 October, 1921.[14]
Footnotes
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 160.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Clowes. History of the Royal Navy. p. 88.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." ["Squadrons"] The National Archives. ADM 6/461. Unnumbered page.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Squadrons." p. 33.
- ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 204.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 April, 1922. Issue 42995, col B, p. 10.
- ↑ Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 23.
- ↑ Oxley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 992.
- ↑ FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 453.
- ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 152.
- ↑ Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 698.
- ↑ Borrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 505.
- ↑ "Flag Commands" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 10 June, 1921. Issue 42743, col G, p. 10.
