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The Scottish town of '''Cromarty''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]], situated on the eastern coast.
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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.
 
The {{UK-Natal|f=tp}} was destroyed in a cataclysmic explosion on 30 December, 1915 with heavy loss of life.
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The Auxiliary Patrol Base at Cromarty was closed on 31 May, 1919.{{ToL|Fewer Naval Bases|2 June 1919, p. 18}}
  
 
==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=19 January, 1915{{NLDec18|p. 918}}|end=}}
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{{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>
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==King's Harbour Master==
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<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="King's Harbour Master, Cromarty" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Henry William Simms|nick=Henry W. Simms|appt=9 October, 1913|end=23 January, 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Charles Tancred|nick=James C. Tancred|appt=13 December, 1915|end=24 January, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morgan Tindal|nick=Morgan Tindal|appt=1 August, 1923{{NLFeb26|p. 198}}|end=}}
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Leonard George Addington|nick=Leonard G. Addington|appt=29 January, 1935|end=August, 1940}}
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</div name=fredbot:office1>
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==Assistant to King's Harbour Master==
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<div name=fredbot:officeAKHM otitle="Assistant to King's Harbour Master, Cromarty" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Arnold Kirke|nick=Arnold Kirke|appt=10 November, 1914|end=9 March, 1916}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Holt Fforde|nick=Charles H. Fforde|appt=9 September, 1916|end=2 July, 1917}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeAKHM>
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==Captain of Dockyard==
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<div name=fredbot:office2 otitle="Captain of Dockyard, Cromarty" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Charles Tancred|nick=James C. Tancred|appt=13 December, 1915|end=24 January, 1919}}
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</div name=fredbot:office2>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 08:36, 4 September 2020

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.

The Auxiliary Patrol Base at Cromarty was closed on 31 May, 1919.[1]

In Command

King's Harbour Master

Assistant to King's Harbour Master

Captain of Dockyard

See Also

Footnotes

  1. "Fewer Naval Bases." The Times (London, England), 2 June 1919, p. 18.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 918.
  3. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 198.
  4. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, February 6, 1932, Issue 46050, p.21.