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The '''East Indies Station''' was a squadron of the Royal Navy which encompassed the Indian Ocean.
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The '''East Indies Station''' was a squadron of the Royal Navy which encompassed the Indian Ocean.  In 1941, the command was renamed as the '''Eastern Fleet'''.
  
 
==Limits==
 
==Limits==
 
In 1909 the limits of the Station were defined as:
 
In 1909 the limits of the Station were defined as:
  
 
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North:  By the South shores of Asia (including the Persian Gulf) from an imaginary line drawn from Ras Siyan on the African Coast to Cape Bab-el Mandeb on the Arabian Coast, to where the parallel of 10° North Latitude touches the West Coast of the Malay Peninsula
North:  By the South shores of Asia (including the Persian Gulf) from an imaginary line drawn from Ras Siyan on the African Coast to Cape Bab-el Mandeb on the Arabian Coast, to where the parallel of 10° North Latitutde touches the West Coast of the Malay Peninsula
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East:  By the Meridian of 95° East Longitude between the parallels of 10° North and 10° South Latitude.
 
East:  By the Meridian of 95° East Longitude between the parallels of 10° North and 10° South Latitude.
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
  
<div name=fredbot:officeCIC otitle="Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station"  nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCIC otitle="Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station"  nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Corbett|nick=John Corbett|appt=1877|end=1879|precBy=Sir Reginald J. J. G. Macdonald<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies_Station Wikipedia].</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Frederick Byng Montresor|nick=Frederick B. Montresor|appt=1865|end=1865|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station|note=initially, East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Charles Farrell Hillyar|nick=Charles F. Hillyar|appt=1865|end=1867|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Leopold George Heath|nick=Leopold G. Heath|appt=1867|end=1870|note=henceforth, East Indies Station}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=James Horsford Cockburn|nick=James H. Cockburn|appt=1870|end=1872|note=died while in this command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Gore Jones|nick=William G. Jones|appt=1872|end=1875}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Nathan Wrighte Hewett|nick=William N. W. Hewett|appt=1875|end=1877}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Corbett|nick=John Corbett|appt=29 March, 1877<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/583.|D7597978}} f. 230.</ref>|ass=29 May, 1877<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/583.|D7597978}} f. 230.</ref>|end=11 September, 1879|precBy=Sir Reginald J. J. G. Macdonald<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies_Station Wikipedia].</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Gore Jones|nick=William G. Jones|appt=1879|end=1882}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Gore Jones|nick=William G. Jones|appt=1879|end=1882}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Nathan Wrighte Hewett|nick=William N. W. Hewett|appt=1882}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Nathan Wrighte Hewett|nick=William N. W. Hewett|appt=1882}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederick Charles Bryan Robinson|nick=Frederick C. B. Robinson|appt=26 February, 1891{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederick Charles Bryan Robinson|nick=Frederick C. B. Robinson|appt=26 February, 1891{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=William Robert Kennedy|nick=William R. Kennedy|appt=26 January, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=William Robert Kennedy|nick=William R. Kennedy|appt=26 January, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edmund Charles Drummond|nick=Edmund C. Drummond|appt=16 March, 1895{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edmund Charles Drummond|nick=Edmund C. Drummond|appt=16 March, 1895{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|end=22 March, 1898}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Archibald Lucius Douglas|nick=Archibald L. Douglas|appt=15 January, 1898{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Archibald Lucius Douglas|nick=Archibald L. Douglas|appt=15 January, 1898<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 337.</ref>{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|ass=22 March, 1898<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 337.</ref>|end=19 July, 1899<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 337.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Day Hort Bosanquet|nick=Day H. Bosanquet|appt=5 June, 1899{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Day Hort Bosanquet|nick=Day H. Bosanquet|appt=5 June, 1899{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|ass=19 July, 1899<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 337.</ref>|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Carter Drury|nick=Sir Charles C. Drury|appt=5 June, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 9 May, 1902.  Issue '''36763''', col E, p. 10.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Carter Drury|nick=Sir Charles C. Drury|appt=5 June, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 9 May, 1902.  Issue '''36763''', col E, p. 10.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=George Lambart Atkinson-Willes|nick=Sir George L. Atkinson-Willes|appt=9 June, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 8 June, 1903.  Issue '''37101''', col C, p. 7.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=George Lambart Atkinson-Willes|nick=Sir George L. Atkinson-Willes|appt=9 June, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 8 June, 1903.  Issue '''37101''', col C, p. 7.</ref>|end=August, 1905}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Sir Edmund S. Poë|appt=20 August, 1905<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 29 July, 1905.  Issue '''37772''', col B, p. 10.</ref>|ass=30 September, 1905<ref>Poë Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1052.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Sir Edmund S. Poë|appt=20 August, 1905<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 29 July, 1905.  Issue '''37772''', col B, p. 10.</ref>|ass=30 September, 1905<ref>Poë Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1052.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=George John Scott Warrender, Seventh Baronet|nick=Sir George J. S. Warrender, Bart.|appt=1 February, 1907<ref>Warrender Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}.  p. 1384.</ref>|end=3 March, 1909<ref>Warrender Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1384.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=George John Scott Warrender, Seventh Baronet|nick=Sir George J. S. Warrender, Bart.|appt=1 February, 1907<ref>Warrender Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}.  p. 1384.</ref>|end=3 March, 1909<ref>Warrender Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1384.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Bertram Sackville Thesiger|nick=Bertram S. Thesiger|appt=5 October, 1927<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179.</ref>|end=10 November, 1929<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Bertram Sackville Thesiger|nick=Bertram S. Thesiger|appt=5 October, 1927<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179.</ref>|end=10 November, 1929<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Eric John Arthur Fullerton|nick=Eric J. A. Fullerton|appt=18 October, 1929<ref>Fullerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 518.</ref>|ass=10 December, 1929<ref>Fullerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 518.</ref>|end=13 June, 1932<ref>Fullerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 518.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Eric John Arthur Fullerton|nick=Eric J. A. Fullerton|appt=18 October, 1929<ref>Fullerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 518.</ref>|ass=10 December, 1929<ref>Fullerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 518.</ref>|end=13 June, 1932<ref>Fullerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 518.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith|nick=Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith|appt=1932<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies_Station Wikipedia article on East Indies Station]</ref>|end=1934<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies_Station Wikipedia article on East Indies Station]</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith|nick=Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith|appt=29 April, 1932<ref>Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/178.|D7604082}} f. 583.</ref>|ass=13 June, 1932<ref>Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/178.|D7604082}} f. 583.</ref>|end=12 December, 1934<ref>Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/178.|D7604082}} f. 583.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Frank Forester Rose|nick=Frank F. Rose|appt=1934<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies_Station Wikipedia article on East Indies Station]</ref>|end=15 May, 1936<ref>Superseded by Ramsay that date.  Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Frank Forester Rose|nick=Frank F. Rose|appt=26 October, 1934<ref>Rose Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/14.|D7603266}} f. 14.</ref>|ass=12 December, 1934<ref>Rose Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/14.|D7603266}} f. 14.</ref>|end=15 May, 1936<ref>Superseded by Ramsay that date.  Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay|nick=The Hon. Alexander R. M. Ramsay|appt=15 May, 1936<ref>Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>|end=29 August, 1935<ref>Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay|nick=The Hon. Alexander R. M. Ramsay|appt=15 May, 1936<ref>Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>|ass=14 June, 1936<ref>Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>|end=21 June, 1938<ref>Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=John Gregory Crace|nick=John G. Crace|appt=20 May, 1936<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|end=14 June, 1936<ref>Inferring that this temporary assignment was until Ramsay arrived.  Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=James Fownes Somerville|nick=Sir James F. Somerville|appt=July, 1938|end=April, 1939|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Ralph Leatham|nick=Sir Ralph Leatham|appt=April, 1939|end=April, 1941|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot|nick=Geoffrey Arbuthnot|appt=22 April, 1941<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91/198.|}} f. 200.</ref>|end=17 June, 1942<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91/198.|}} f. 200.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Geoffrey Layton|nick=Sir Geoffrey Layton|appt=10 December, 1941<ref>Layton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>|end=1942|as=Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Arthur John Power|nick=Sir Arthur J. Power|appt=November, 1944|end=December, 1945|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Clement Moody|nick=Sir Clement Moody|appt=15 December, 1945|end=19 July, 1946|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Arthur Francis Eric Palliser|nick=Arthur F. E. Palliser|appt=1946|end=1948|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse|nick=Charles H. L. Woodhouse|appt=1948|end=1950|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Geoffrey Nigel Oliver|nick=Geoffrey N. Oliver|appt=1950|end=1952|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies}}
 
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</div name=fredbot:officeCIC>
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==Second in Command==
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<div name=fredbot:office2IC otitle="Second in Command, East Indies Station"  nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Harold Thomas Coulthard Walker|nick=Harold T. C. Walker|appt=10 August, 1945<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/12.}} f. 11.</ref>|end=18 November, 1945<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/12.}} f. 11.</ref>|as=Second in Command, East Indies Fleet}}
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</div name=fredbot:office2IC>
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==Principal Naval Transport Officers==
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<div name=fredbot:officePNTO otitle="Principal Naval Transport Officer, East Indies"  nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (temporary)|name=Neville Frederick Jarvis Wilson|nick=Neville F. J. Wilson|appt=before December, 1919{{NLDec19|p. 1154}}|end=1920}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Henry Lancelot Mawbey|nick=Henry L. Mawbey|appt=28 August, 1920|end=}}
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</div name=fredbot:officePNTO>
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===Fleet Gunnery Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFGO otitle="Fleet Gunnery Officer, East Indies" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Michael Bryan Laing|nick=Michael B. Laing|appt=24 February, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 257}}|end=|note=borne in {{UK-Norfolk}}}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFGO>
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===Fleet Torpedo Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFTO otitle="Fleet Torpedo Officer, East Indies" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''') ('''I''' ''Fr. It.'')|name=Michael Foster Bruce|nick=Michael F. Bruce|appt=22 January, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 257}}|end=}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFTO>
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===Fleet Signal Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFSO otitle="Fleet Signal Officer, East Indies" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} ('''S''')|name=James Whaley McClelland|nick=James W. McClelland|appt=24 February, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 257}}|end=|as=Fleet Signal and W/T Officer, East Indies}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFSO>
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===Fleet Navigation Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFNO otitle="Fleet Navigation Officer, East Indies" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Hugh St. Lawrence Nicolson|nick=Hugh St. L. Nicolson|appt=22 January, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 257}}|end=}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFNO>
  
 
==Composition==
 
==Composition==
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===February, 1900===
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The station was equipped as follows.{{NLFeb00|p. 218}}
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*{{UK-Assaye}}
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*{{UK-1Eclipse}}
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*{{UK-1Lapwing}}
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*{{UK-Magdala}}
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*{{UK-Marathon}}
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*{{UK-1Melpomene}}
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* {{UK-1Pigeon}}
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* {{UK-Pomone}}
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* {{UK-1Racoon}}
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* {{UK-Sphinx}}
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===June, 1906===
 
===June, 1906===
  
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*{{UK-Hermes}} [[File:Adm.png|border|25px]]
 
*{{UK-Hermes}} [[File:Adm.png|border|25px]]
 
*{{UK-Fox}}
 
*{{UK-Fox}}
*{{UK-Perseus}}
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*{{UK-1Perseus}}
 
*{{UK-Proserpine}}
 
*{{UK-Proserpine}}
 
*{{UK-1Lapwing}}
 
*{{UK-1Lapwing}}

Revision as of 15:47, 13 August 2019

The East Indies Station was a squadron of the Royal Navy which encompassed the Indian Ocean. In 1941, the command was renamed as the Eastern Fleet.

Limits

In 1909 the limits of the Station were defined as:

North: By the South shores of Asia (including the Persian Gulf) from an imaginary line drawn from Ras Siyan on the African Coast to Cape Bab-el Mandeb on the Arabian Coast, to where the parallel of 10° North Latitude touches the West Coast of the Malay Peninsula

East: By the Meridian of 95° East Longitude between the parallels of 10° North and 10° South Latitude.

South: By the parallel of 10° North Latitude between the Coast of the Malay Peninsula and the Meridian of 95° East Longitude, and by the parallel of 10° South Latitude between the Meridians of 70° and 95° East Longitude, and by the Equator between the Meridian of 70° East Longitude and the African Coast.

West: By the Meridian of 70° East Longitude between the parallel of 10° South and the Equator, and the Coast of African Coast.[1]

Commanders-in-Chief

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Second in Command

Principal Naval Transport Officers

Fleet Gunnery Officer

Fleet Torpedo Officer

Fleet Signal Officer

Fleet Navigation Officer

Composition

February, 1900

The station was equipped as follows.[56]

June, 1906

The station was equipped as follows.[57]

1912

On 20 December, 1912, the flagship was Swiftsure when Rear-Admiral Richard Henry Peirse hoisted his flag.[58]

1915

The flag was transferred from Swiftsure to Euryalus in February, 1915 and from there to Proserpine on 10 April, 1915.[59]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. "Limits of the East Indies Station." Reel One. Slade Papers. National Maritime Museum. MRF/39/1.
  2. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/583. f. 230.
  3. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 188.
  4. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  5. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  6. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  7. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  8. Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 337.
  9. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  10. Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 337.
  11. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  12. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 9 May, 1902. Issue 36763, col E, p. 10.
  13. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 8 June, 1903. Issue 37101, col C, p. 7.
  14. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 29 July, 1905. Issue 37772, col B, p. 10.
  15. Warrender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 1384.
  16. Warrender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1384.
  17. Slade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 111.
  18. Slade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 111.
  19. Hazell's Annual 1913. p. 197.
  20. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 383.
  21. Peirse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1026.
  22. Peirse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1026.
  23. Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 223.
  24. Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 223.
  25. Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 276.
  26. Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 276.
  27. Tothill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 186.
  28. Tothill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 186.
  29. Day of year taken from predecessor. Tothill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 186.
  30. Richmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 49.
  31. Richmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 49.
  32. Wikipedia article on East Indies Station
  33. Day of year from predecessor. Richmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 49.
  34. Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179.
  35. Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179.
  36. Fullerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 518.
  37. Fullerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 518.
  38. Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/178. f. 583.
  39. Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/178. f. 583.
  40. Rose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/14. f. 14.
  41. Superseded by Ramsay that date. Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  42. Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  43. Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  44. Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
  45. Inferring that this temporary assignment was until Ramsay arrived. Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
  46. Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/198. f. 200.
  47. Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/198. f. 200.
  48. Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
  49. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/12. f. 11.
  50. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/12. f. 11.
  51. The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 1154.
  52. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 257.
  53. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 257.
  54. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 257.
  55. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 257.
  56. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 218.
  57. The Navy List. (June, 1906). pp. 268, 269a.
  58. Peirse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1026.
  59. Peirse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1026.

Bibliography

  • Clowes, Sir Wm. Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria. Vol. VII. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited.