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The '''Australian Station''' was first established as a separate Royal Navy station on 26 March 1859 under Commodore William Loring, C.B..{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}
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==Commanders-in-Chief==
 
==Commanders-in-Chief==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=George Tryon|nick=George Tryon|appt=12 November, 1884{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commodore|name=Frederick Henry Stirling|nick=Frederick H. Stirling|appt=8 April, 1870{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|end=22 May, 1873{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|precBy=Rowley Lambert}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Fairfax|nick=Henry Fairfax|appt=1 February, 1887{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commodore|name=James Graham Goodenough|nick=James G. Goodenough|appt=22 May, 1873{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|end=7 September, 1875{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|note=died in command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commodore|name=Anthony Hiley Hoskins|nick=Anthony H. Hoskins|appt=7 September, 1875{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|end=12 September, 1878{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Coke Wilson|nick=John C. Wilson|appt=12 September, 1878{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|end=21 January, 1882{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=James Elphinstone Erskine|nick=James E. Erskine|appt=21 January, 1882{{NLMar83|p. 188}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=George Tryon|nick=George Tryon|appt=12 November, 1884{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}<ref>Tryon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/13.}}  f. 394.</ref>|end=4 June, 1887<ref>Tryon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/13.}}  f. 394.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Fairfax|nick=Henry Fairfax|appt=1 February, 1887{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|ass=4 June, 1887<ref>Taken from predecessor discharge date.  Tryon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/13.}}  f. 394.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Thomas Montagu Douglas Scott|nick=Lord Charles T. M. D. Scott|appt=10 September, 1889{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Thomas Montagu Douglas Scott|nick=Lord Charles T. M. D. Scott|appt=10 September, 1889{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Nathaniel Bowden-Smith|nick=Nathaniel Bowden-Smith|appt=12 September, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Nathaniel Bowden-Smith|nick=Nathaniel Bowden-Smith|appt=12 September, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Cyprian Arthur George Bridge|nick=Cyprian A. G. Bridge|appt=1 November, 1894{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Cyprian Arthur George Bridge|nick=Cyprian A. G. Bridge|appt=1 November, 1894{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}|ass=14 January, 1895|end=1 November, 1897}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Hugo Lewis Pearson|nick=Hugo L. Pearson|appt=1 November, 1897{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Hugo Lewis Pearson|nick=Hugo L. Pearson|appt=1 November, 1897{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}|ass=11 January, 1898|end=19 February, 1901}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Lewis Anthony Beaumont|nick=Lewis A. Beaumont|appt=1 October, 1900{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Lewis Anthony Beaumont|nick=Lewis A. Beaumont|appt=1 October, 1900{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}|ass=19 February, 1901|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe|appt=16 January, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 17 January, 1903.  Issue '''36980''', col B, p. 9.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe|appt=16 January, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 17 January, 1903.  Issue '''36980''', col B, p. 9.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|nick=Sir Wilmot H. Fawkes|appt=10 September, 1905<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 14 August, 1905.  Issue '''37785''', col E, p. 9.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|nick=Sir Wilmot H. Fawkes|appt=10 September, 1905<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 14 August, 1905.  Issue '''37785''', col E, p. 9.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Richard Poore, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Richard Poore, Bart.|appt=1 January, 1908<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 14 December, 1907.  Issue '''38516''', col E, p. 12.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Richard Poore, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Richard Poore, Bart.|appt=1 January, 1908<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 14 December, 1907.  Issue '''38516''', col E, p. 12.</ref>|ass=25 February, 1908<ref>Poore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1049.</ref>|end=23 February, 1911<ref>Poore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1049.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=George Fowler King-Hall|nick=Sir George F. King-Hall|appt=31 December, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 25 November, 1910.  Issue '''39439''', col E, p. 16.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=George Fowler King-Hall|nick=Sir George F. King-Hall|appt=31 December, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 25 November, 1910.  Issue '''39439''', col E, p. 16.</ref>|ass=23 February, 1911<ref>Predecessor quit command that day.  Poore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1049.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Edwin Patey|nick=George E. Patey|appt=June, 1913<ref>Patey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}}  f. 85.</ref>|as=Vice-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Christopher Pakenham|nick=William C. Pakenham|appt=1915{{CN}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur Cavenagh Leveson|nick=Arthur C. Leveson|appt=1 December, 1916<ref>Leveson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 472.</ref>|end=1 September, 1918<ref>Leveson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 472.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Lionel Halsey|nick=Lionel Halsey|appt=1 September, 1918{{SMNLNov18|p. 5}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet|end=21 March, 1919<ref>Halsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576543}}  f. 243.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Saumarez Dumaresq|nick=John S. Dumaresq|appt=22 February, 1919{{CN}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Albert Percy Addison|nick=Albert P. Addison|appt=1 March, 1922<ref>Addison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/138.}} f. 138.</ref>|end=24 August, 1924<ref>Addison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/138.}} f. 138.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet}}
 
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</div name=fredbot:office0>
  
 
==Composition==
 
==Composition==
'''June, 1906:'''<ref>''The Navy List'' (June, 1906).  pp. 268, 269''a''.</ref>
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===February, 1900===
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{{NLFeb00|p. 218}}
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*{{UK-Ringdove}}
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===January, 1901===
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{{NLJan01|p. 218}}
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===June, 1906===
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{{NLJun06|pp. 268, 269''a''}}
  
 
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*{{UK-Powerful}} [[File:VAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Challenger}}
 
*{{UK-Challenger}}
*{{UK-Encounter}}
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*{{UK-Pioneer}}
 
*{{UK-Pioneer}}
 
*{{UK-Prometheus}}
 
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*{{UK-Psyche}}
 
*{{UK-Psyche}}
 
*{{UK-Pyramus}}
 
*{{UK-Pyramus}}
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==See Also==
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{{refbegin}}
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Station}}
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{{refend}}
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
 
{{reflist}}
 
{{reflist}}
  
[[Category:Commanders-in-Chief on the Australian Station|*]]
 
 
[[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]
 
[[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]
 
[[Category:Pages with Offices]]
 
[[Category:Pages with Offices]]

Revision as of 14:15, 11 May 2019

The Australian Station was first established as a separate Royal Navy station on 26 March 1859 under Commodore William Loring, C.B..[1]

Commanders-in-Chief

Dates of appointment given:

Composition

February, 1900

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January, 1901

[33]

June, 1906

[34]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  2. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  3. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  4. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  5. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  6. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  7. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  8. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  9. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  10. The Navy List. (March, 1883). p. 188.
  11. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  12. Tryon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/13. f. 394.
  13. Tryon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/13. f. 394.
  14. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  15. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  16. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
  17. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
  18. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
  19. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
  20. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 17 January, 1903. Issue 36980, col B, p. 9.
  21. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 14 August, 1905. Issue 37785, col E, p. 9.
  22. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 14 December, 1907. Issue 38516, col E, p. 12.
  23. Poore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1049.
  24. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 25 November, 1910. Issue 39439, col E, p. 16.
  25. Patey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 85.
  26. Leveson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 472.
  27. Leveson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 472.
  28. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 5.
  29. Halsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 243.
  30. Addison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/138. f. 138.
  31. Addison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/138. f. 138.
  32. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 218.
  33. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 218.
  34. The Navy List. (June, 1906). pp. 268, 269a.