Difference between revisions of "Cromarty"
From The Dreadnought Project
(Created page with "'''{{subst:PAGENAME}}''' was a minor Royal Navy base in the Great War. ==In Command== <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Senior Naval Officer, {{subst:PAGENAME}}" nat=...") |
(→King's Harbour Master) |
||
(10 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
− | '''Cromarty''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. | + | The Scottish town of '''Cromarty''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]], situated on the eastern coast on the Moray Firth. It served as the base for [[Auxiliary Patrol Area IV]]. |
+ | |||
+ | The {{UK-Natal|f=tp}} was destroyed in a cataclysmic explosion on 30 December, 1915 with heavy loss of life. | ||
==In Command== | ==In Command== | ||
<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Senior Naval Officer, Cromarty" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Senior Naval Officer, Cromarty" nat="UK"> | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Leage Dicks|nick=Henry L. Dicks|appt={{ | + | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Leage Dicks|nick=Henry L. Dicks|appt=19 January, 1915{{NLDec18|p. 918}}|end=after November, 1918}} |
</div name=fredbot:office0> | </div name=fredbot:office0> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==King's Harbour Master== | ||
+ | <div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="King's Harbour Master, Cromarty" nat="UK"> | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Charles Tancred|nick=James C. Tancred|appt=13 December, 1915|end=24 January, 1919}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morgan Tindal|nick=Morgan Tindal|appt=1 August, 1923{{NLFeb26|p. 198}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Mends|nick=Robert Mends|appt=1 April, 1932{{NavAppts|Saturday, February 6, 1932, Issue 46050, p.21}}|end=29 January, 1935|note=and as Naval Officer Commanding Naval Estb. at Invergordon and Scapa Flow}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Leonard George Addington|nick=Leonard G. Addington|appt=29 January, 1935|end=August, 1940}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:office1> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Assistant to King's Harbour Master== | ||
+ | <div name=fredbot:officeAKHM otitle="Assistant to King's Harbour Master, Cromarty" nat="UK"> | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Arnold Kirke|nick=Arnold Kirke|appt=10 November, 1914|end=9 March, 1916}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Holt Fforde|nick=Charles H. Fforde|appt=9 September, 1916|end=2 July, 1917}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeAKHM> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Captain of Dockyard== | ||
+ | <div name=fredbot:office2 otitle="Captain of Dockyard, Cromarty" nat="UK"> | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Charles Tancred|nick=James C. Tancred|appt=13 December, 1915|end=24 January, 1919}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:office2> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Revision as of 13:46, 8 November 2019
The Scottish town of Cromarty was a minor Royal Navy base in the Great War, situated on the eastern coast on the Moray Firth. It served as the base for Auxiliary Patrol Area IV.
The armoured cruiser H.M.S. Natal was destroyed in a cataclysmic explosion on 30 December, 1915 with heavy loss of life.
Contents
In Command
- Acting Captain Henry L. Dicks, 19 January, 1915[1] – after November, 1918
King's Harbour Master
- Captain James C. Tancred, 13 December, 1915 – 24 January, 1919
- Commander Morgan Tindal, 1 August, 1923[2]
- Commander Robert Mends, 1 April, 1932[3] – 29 January, 1935 (and as Naval Officer Commanding Naval Estb. at Invergordon and Scapa Flow)
- Commander Leonard G. Addington, 29 January, 1935 – August, 1940
Assistant to King's Harbour Master
- Commander (retired) Arnold Kirke, 10 November, 1914 – 9 March, 1916
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles H. Fforde, 9 September, 1916 – 2 July, 1917
Captain of Dockyard
- Captain James C. Tancred, 13 December, 1915 – 24 January, 1919
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 918.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 198.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, February 6, 1932, Issue 46050, p.21.