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'''Gibraltar''' has long been a major strategic asset for the [[Royal Navy]].
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The station limits were decreed in 1913 as being:{{AWO1913|721 of 12 Dec, 1913}}
 
The station limits were decreed in 1913 as being:{{AWO1913|721 of 12 Dec, 1913}}
 
* North: the South shore of Europe
 
* North: the South shore of Europe
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Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Senior Officer, Gibraltar" nat="UK">
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Augustus Phillimore|nick=Augustus Phillimore|appt=17 October, 1870{{NLDec71|p. 199}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Augustus Phillimore|nick=Augustus Phillimore|appt=17 October, 1870{{NLDec71|p. 199}}|end=17 January, 1874{{FC}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Henry Edye|nick=William H. Edye|appt=1 January, 1878{{NLOct78|p. 210}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Henry Edye|nick=William H. Edye|appt=1 January, 1878{{NLOct78|p. 210}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund Robert Fremantle|nick=Edmund R. Fremantle|appt=10 January, 1881<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14/109.|D7587281}} f. ?.</ref>|end=9 November, 1881<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14/109.|D7587281}} f. ?.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Claude Edward Buckle|nick=Claude E. Buckle|appt=20 August, 1889|end=4 February, 1892}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Claude Edward Buckle|nick=Claude E. Buckle|appt=20 August, 1889|end=4 February, 1892}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Atwell Peregrine MacLeod Lake|nick=Atwell P. MacL. Lake|appt=7 January, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 355}}|ass=4 February, 1892|end=20 January, 1895}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Atwell Peregrine MacLeod Lake|nick=Atwell P. MacL. Lake|appt=7 January, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 355}}|ass=4 February, 1892|end=20 January, 1895}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Thomas Bruce|nick=James A. T. Bruce|appt=20 January, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 355}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Thomas Bruce|nick=James A. T. Bruce|appt=20 January, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 355}}|end=January, 1898}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Carter Drury|nick=Charles C. Drury|appt=20 January, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 435}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Carter Drury|nick=Charles C. Drury|appt=20 January, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 435}}|end=11 October, 1899}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=William Alison Dyke Acland, Second Baronet|nick=Sir William A. D. Acland, Bart.|appt=1 October, 1902<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 9 August, 1902.  Issue '''36842''', col F, p. 10.</ref>|end=9 July, 1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=William Alison Dyke Acland, Second Baronet|nick=Sir William A. D. Acland, Bart.|appt=1 October, 1902{{NavAppts|Saturday, 9 August, 1902.  Issue '''36842''', col F, p. 10}}|end=9 July, 1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edward Chichester, Ninth Baronet|nick=Sir Edward Chichester, Bart.|appt=10 June, 1904<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 4 June, 1904.  Issue '''37412''', col F, p. 7.</ref>|ass=9 July, 1904|end=11 August, 1908}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edward Chichester, Ninth Baronet|nick=Sir Edward Chichester, Bart.|appt=10 June, 1904{{NMI|Saturday, 4 June, 1904.  Issue '''37412''', col F, p. 7}}|ass=9 July, 1904|end=11 August, 1908}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=James Edward Clifford Goodrich|nick=Sir James E. C. Goodrich|appt=11 August, 1906<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 19/38}}.  f. 535.</ref>|ass=26 September, 1906<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 535.</ref>|end=27 September, 1909<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 535.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=James Edward Clifford Goodrich|nick=Sir James E. C. Goodrich|appt=11 August, 1906<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 19/38}}.  f. 535.</ref>|ass=26 September, 1906<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 535.</ref>|end=27 September, 1909<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 535.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederick Sidney Pelham|nick=Frederick S. Pelham|appt=27 September, 1909<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 17 July, 1909.  Issue '''39014''', col D, p. 9.</ref>|end=25 October, 1912<ref>Pelham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 274.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederick Sidney Pelham|nick=Frederick S. Pelham|appt=27 September, 1909{{NMI|Saturday, 17 July, 1909.  Issue '''39014''', col D, p. 9}}|end=25 October, 1912<ref>Pelham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 274.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Frederic Edward Errington Brock|nick=Frederic E. E. Brock|appt=20 September, 1912{{NLSep14|p. 4}}|end=2 November, 1915<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590035}} f. 221.</ref>|ass=25 October, 1912<ref>Date predecessor left.  Pelham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 274.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Frederic Edward Errington Brock|nick=Frederic E. E. Brock|appt=20 September, 1912{{NLSep14|p. 4}}|end=2 November, 1915<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590035}} f. 221.</ref>|ass=25 October, 1912<ref>Date predecessor left.  Pelham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 274.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Bernard Currey|nick=Bernard Currey|appt=21 September, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 559}}|as=Senior Naval Officer and in charge of all Naval Establishments, Gibraltar|end=19 June, 1917<ref>Currey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 36.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Bernard Currey|nick=Bernard Currey|appt=21 September, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 559}}|as=Senior Naval Officer and in charge of all Naval Establishments, Gibraltar|end=19 June, 1917<ref>Currey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 36.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Lucas Ashby|nick=Arthur L. Ashby|appt=17 June, 1919<ref>Ashby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/185.|D7576599}} ff. 185, 199.</ref>|end=1 October, 1921<ref>Ashby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/185.|D7576599}} ff. 185, 199.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Lucas Ashby|nick=Arthur L. Ashby|appt=17 June, 1919<ref>Ashby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/185.|D7576599}} ff. 185, 199.</ref>|end=1 October, 1921<ref>Ashby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/185.|D7576599}} ff. 185, 199.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Dixon Longstaff|nick=Cuthbert D. Longstaff|appt=1 October, 1921|end=October, 1923|note=and as Deputy Superintendent and Commander of Yard}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Dixon Longstaff|nick=Cuthbert D. Longstaff|appt=1 October, 1921|end=October, 1923|note=and as Deputy Superintendent and Commander of Yard}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Cecil Tancred|nick=Walter C. Tancred|appt=27 October, 1927<ref>Tancred Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/289.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=11 November, 1929<ref>Tancred Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/289.|}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and as Deputy Superintendent and Commander of Yard}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Maclear Brounger|nick=Thomas M. Brounger|appt=11 November, 1929{{INF}}|end=September, 1931|note=and as Deputy Superintendent and Commander of Yard}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Claud Anthony Merriman|nick=Claud A. Merriman|appt=4 September, 1931<ref>Merriman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/53.|}} f. 408.</ref>|end=August, 1934<ref>Merriman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/53.|}} f. 408.</ref>|as=Commander of Dockyard and King's Harbour Master|note=vice Brounger}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Geoffrey Liddell Bullock|nick=Frank G. L. Bullock|appt=11 April, 1932{{NavAppts|Tuesday, March 15, 1932, Issue 46082, p.20}}|end=November, 1934|note=and as Superintendent of Charts and Chronometer Department}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cyril William Archie Gooding Hamley|nick=Cyril W. A. C. Hamley|appt=24 July, 1936|end=|note=and as Deputy Superintendent}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Douglas Brooke|nick=Eric D. Brooke|appt=11 April, 1940|end=1 May, 1942|note=and as Deputy Superintendent}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Douglas Brooke|nick=Eric D. Brooke|appt=11 April, 1940|end=1 May, 1942|note=and as Deputy Superintendent}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Hubert Lush|nick=Cecil H. Lush|appt=1 May, 1942<ref>Lush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/53/58.|}} f. 57.</ref>|end=1 March, 1944<ref>Lush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/53/58.|}} f. 57.</ref>|note=and as Deputy Superintendent}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeKHM>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeKHM>
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==Assistant King's Harbour Master==
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Dates of appointment given:
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<div name=fredbot:officeAKHM otitle="Assistant King's Harbour Master, Gibraltar" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cradock William Calmady John Nowell|nick=Cradock W. C. J. Nowell|appt=13 April, 1922<ref>Nowell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143/607.|}} f. 631.</ref>|end=July, 1924<ref>Nowell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143/607.|}} f. 631.</ref>|note=and for Chronometer Department}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeAKHM>
  
 
==Boom Defence Officer==
 
==Boom Defence Officer==
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Colin Rose St. George Tucker|nick=Colin R. St. G. Tucker|appt=4 August, 1942<ref>Tucker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/166.|}} f. 206.</ref>|end=4 September, 1942<ref>Tucker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/166.|}} f. 206.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Colin Rose St. George Tucker|nick=Colin R. St. G. Tucker|appt=4 August, 1942<ref>Tucker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/166.|}} f. 206.</ref>|end=4 September, 1942<ref>Tucker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/166.|}} f. 206.</ref>}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeBDO>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeBDO>
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==In Command, Gibraltar R.N.A.S. Station==
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<div name=fredbot:officeRNAS otitle="In Command, Gibraltar R.N.A.S. Station" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank=Squadron Commander|name=Arthur Bruce Gaskell|nick=Arthur B. Gaskell|appt=25 February, 1916<ref>Gaskell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|}} f. 286.</ref>|end=28 February, 1917<ref>Gaskell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|}} f. 286.</ref>}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeRNAS>
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==In Command, Reserve Destroyers==
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<div name=fredbot:officeResDes otitle="In Command, Reserve Destroyers, Gibraltar" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Leslie Campbell|nick=Kenneth L. Campbell|appt=28 April, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 236}}|end=|note=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Rodolph Peronet Thompson|nick=John R. P. Thompson|appt=July, 1932<ref>Thompson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/164.|}}  f. 164.</ref>|end=17 November, 1934<ref>Thompson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/164.|}}  f. 164.</ref>|note=vice Campbell}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeResDes>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 20:58, 14 February 2024

Gibraltar has long been a major strategic asset for the Royal Navy.

The station limits were decreed in 1913 as being:[1]

  • North: the South shore of Europe
  • West: 5 degrees West longitude
  • South: the North shore of Africa
  • West: 6 degrees West longitude

Senior Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Also, William Henry Edye and Claude Edward Buckle at some point.[Fact Check]

King's Harbour Master

Dates of appointment given:

Assistant King's Harbour Master

Dates of appointment given:

Boom Defence Officer

Dates of appointment given:

In Command, Gibraltar R.N.A.S. Station

In Command, Reserve Destroyers

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 721 of 12 Dec, 1913.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1871). p. 199.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 210.
  4. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14/109. f. ?.
  5. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14/109. f. ?.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 355.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 355.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 435.
  9. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, 9 August, 1902. Issue 36842, col F, p. 10.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, 4 June, 1904. Issue 37412, col F, p. 7.
  11. ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 19/38. f. 535.
  12. ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 535.
  13. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, 17 July, 1909. Issue 39014, col D, p. 9.
  14. ↑ Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 274.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1914). p. 4.
  16. ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 221.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 559.
  18. ↑ Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 7.
  20. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 698.
  22. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  23. ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 235.
  24. ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 235.
  25. ↑ Ellerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 153.
  26. ↑ Ellerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 153.
  27. ↑ Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 411.
  28. ↑ Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 220.
  29. ↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
  30. ↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
  31. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  32. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  33. ↑ James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
  34. ↑ Austin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 78.
  35. ↑ Austin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 78.
  36. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  37. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  38. ↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
  39. ↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
  40. ↑ Superseded then. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  41. ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  42. ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  43. ↑ Ashby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/185. ff. 185, 199.
  44. ↑ Ashby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/185. ff. 185, 199.
  45. ↑ Tancred Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/289. f. ?.
  46. ↑ Tancred Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/289. f. ?.
  47. ↑ Merriman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/53. f. 408.
  48. ↑ Merriman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/53. f. 408.
  49. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, March 15, 1932, Issue 46082, p.20.
  50. ↑ Lush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/58. f. 57.
  51. ↑ Lush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/58. f. 57.
  52. ↑ Nowell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/607. f. 631.
  53. ↑ Nowell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/607. f. 631.
  54. ↑ Tucker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/166. f. 206.
  55. ↑ Tucker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/166. f. 206.
  56. ↑ Gaskell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 286.
  57. ↑ Gaskell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 286.
  58. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 236.
  59. ↑ Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/164. f. 164.
  60. ↑ Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/164. f. 164.

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