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Formed in the mid-1700s, the '''North America and West Indies Station''' was a formation or command of the [[Royal Navy]].
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It was renamed the '''America and West Indies Station''' in 1926.
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==History==
 
==History==
 
On 6 December, 1906, the [[First Lord of the Admiralty]], [[William Waldegrave Palmer, Second Earl of Selborne|the Earl of Selborne]], announced a redistribution of fleets affecting the whole Navy.  The cruisers outside European waters were divided into groups: the Eastern; Cape of Good Hope; and the Western.
 
On 6 December, 1906, the [[First Lord of the Admiralty]], [[William Waldegrave Palmer, Second Earl of Selborne|the Earl of Selborne]], announced a redistribution of fleets affecting the whole Navy.  The cruisers outside European waters were divided into groups: the Eastern; Cape of Good Hope; and the Western.
  
:The Western Group of cruisers will consist of the cruisers under the command of the [[North America and West Indies Station|Commander-in-chief of the North American and West Indian Station]] and the mobilized cruisers with which he will be reinforced in time of war.  At present the cruisers under the command of the Commander-in-chief of the North American and West Indian Station consist of his flag-ship, a first-class protected cruiser, and certain second and third-class cruisers.  The Board have decided to withdraw from the station the less effective of those ships and to add to it the ships of the new Particular Service Squadron which they have decided to constitute and of which the Commander-in-chief of this station will be given command.<ref>''Navy&mdash;Distribution and Mobilization of the Fleet'' (1905). Cd. 2335.  p. 3.</ref>
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:The Western Group of cruisers will consist of the cruisers under the command of the Commander-in-chief of the North American and West Indian Station and the mobilized cruisers with which he will be reinforced in time of war.  At present the cruisers under the command of the Commander-in-chief of the North American and West Indian Station consist of his flag-ship, a first-class protected cruiser, and certain second and third-class cruisers.  The Board have decided to withdraw from the station the less effective of those ships and to add to it the ships of the new Particular Service Squadron which they have decided to constitute and of which the Commander-in-chief of this station will be given command.<ref>''Navy&mdash;Distribution and Mobilization of the Fleet'' (1905). Cd. 2335.  p. 3.</ref>
  
 
The situation was clarified in a further command paper on fleet dispositions, dated 15 March, 1905:
 
The situation was clarified in a further command paper on fleet dispositions, dated 15 March, 1905:
  
<blockquote>The constitution of the Particular Service Squadron under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station, composed of the Flag Ship on that Station, and the five sea-going training ships for cadets, youths, and boys.  This forms the Fourth Cruiser Squadron.<ref>''Redistribution of the Fleet&mdash;Arrangements Consequent on the Redistribution of the Fleet'' (1905).  Cd. 2430.  p. 3.</ref></blockquote>
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<blockquote>The constitution of the [[Particular Service Squadron]] under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station, composed of the Flag Ship on that Station, and the five sea-going training ships for cadets, youths, and boys.  This forms the {{UK-CS|4}}.<ref>''Redistribution of the Fleet&mdash;Arrangements Consequent on the Redistribution of the Fleet'' (1905).  Cd. 2430.  p. 3.</ref></blockquote>
  
 
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<blockquote>The Fourth Cruiser (Particular Service) Squadron which compromises the Flagship of the Vice-Admiral in command of the North America and West Indies Station, and the several seagoing training ships, will make three cruises annually in the West Indies and in Home and adjacent waters, returning home after each cruise at the dates fixed for changing the classes under training.<br><br>Under this arrangement it is estimated that the Fourth Cruiser Squadron will be cruising for 30 weeks, and will be at Home for 22 weeks.<br><br>The refit and docking of the ships, and the leave to officers and men, will take place in the course of the time spent in Home waters.<ref>''Redistribution of the Fleet&mdash;Arrangements Consequent on the Redistribution of the Fleet'' (1905).  Cd. 2430.  p. 5.</ref></blockquote>
 
<blockquote>The Fourth Cruiser (Particular Service) Squadron which compromises the Flagship of the Vice-Admiral in command of the North America and West Indies Station, and the several seagoing training ships, will make three cruises annually in the West Indies and in Home and adjacent waters, returning home after each cruise at the dates fixed for changing the classes under training.<br><br>Under this arrangement it is estimated that the Fourth Cruiser Squadron will be cruising for 30 weeks, and will be at Home for 22 weeks.<br><br>The refit and docking of the ships, and the leave to officers and men, will take place in the course of the time spent in Home waters.<ref>''Redistribution of the Fleet&mdash;Arrangements Consequent on the Redistribution of the Fleet'' (1905).  Cd. 2430.  p. 5.</ref></blockquote>
  
From 8 February, 1907 to 8 February, 1909, Rear-Admiral [[Frederick Samuel Inglefield|Frederick S. Inglefield]] was in command of the squadron, flying his flag in {{UK-Euryalus}}.<ref>Inglefield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19}}.  f. 473.</ref>  By this time the command-in-chief status and the allusion to the North America and West Indies Station seems to have been abandoned.{{INF}}  Inglefield was succeeded at Portsmouth by Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Murray Farquhar|Arthur M. Farquhar]] on 8 February, 1909.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 5 February, 1909, 1914.  Issue '''38875''', col B, p. 7.</ref> Rear-Admiral [[Edward Eden Bradford|Edward E. Bradford]] was appointed in command on 8 February, 1911, and struck his flag on 8 February, 1913.<ref>Bradford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38}}.  f. 168.</ref> He was succeeded on the same day by Rear-Admiral [[Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock|Sir Christopher G. F. M. Cradock]].<ref>Cradock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 89.</ref>  On 1 May, 1912, the Fourth Cruiser Squadron was renamed the Training Squadron.<ref>M. 11735/12.  29 March, 1912.  {{TNA|ADM 1/8271}}.  f. 2 of Admiralty letter.</ref>  With Cradock's appointment in 1913 the Fourth Cruiser Squadron ceased to be a training squadron and became part of the [[First Fleet (Royal Navy)|First Fleet]].<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 21 January, 1913.  Issue '''40114''', col C, p. 10.</ref>  It was intended that it should be able to join the Commander-in-Chief in Home waters for manœuvres, but it was in effect permanently detached to protect British interests in Mexico.{{UKNavalOpsI|pp. 11-13}}
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From 8 February, 1907 to 8 February, 1909, Rear-Admiral [[Frederick Samuel Inglefield|Frederick S. Inglefield]] was in command of the squadron, flying his flag in {{UK-Euryalus}}.<ref>Inglefield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19}}.  f. 473.</ref>  By this time the command-in-chief status and the allusion to the North America and West Indies Station seems to have been abandoned.{{INF}}  Inglefield was succeeded at Portsmouth by Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Murray Farquhar|Arthur M. Farquhar]] on 8 February, 1909.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 5 February, 1909, 1914.  Issue '''38875''', col B, p. 7.</ref>
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Rear-Admiral [[Edward Eden Bradford|Edward E. Bradford]] was appointed in command on 8 February, 1911, and struck his flag on 8 February, 1913<ref>Bradford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38}}.  f. 168.</ref> upon his relief by Rear-Admiral [[Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock|Sir Christopher G. F. M. Cradock]].<ref>Cradock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}}  f. 89.</ref>   
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On 1 May, 1912, the Fourth Cruiser Squadron was renamed the Training Squadron.<ref>M. 11735/12.  29 March, 1912.  {{TNA|ADM 1/8271}}.  f. 2 of Admiralty letter.</ref>  With Cradock's appointment in 1913 the {{UK-CS|4}} ceased to be a training squadron and became part of the [[First Fleet (Royal Navy)|First Fleet]].<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 21 January, 1913.  Issue '''40114''', col C, p. 10.</ref>  It was intended that it should be able to join the Commander-in-Chief in Home waters for manœuvres, but it was in effect permanently detached to protect British interests in Mexico.{{UKNavalOpsI|pp. 11-13}}
  
 
==Composition==
 
==Composition==
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===February, 1900===
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{{NLFeb00|p. 218}}
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* {{UK-Alert}}
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* {{UK-Buzzard}}
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* {{UK-1Comus}}
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* {{UK-1Crescent}}
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* {{UK-1Hermes}}
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* {{UK-1Hotspur}}
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* {{UK-1Indefatigable}}
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* {{UK-Pearl}}
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* {{UK-Proserpine}}
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* {{UK-Psyche}}
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* {{UK-Quail}}
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* {{UK-1Rocket}}
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* [[H.M.S. Terror (1856)|Terror'']]
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* {{UK-1Tribune}}
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* [[H.M.S. Urgent (1865)|''Urgent'']]
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===January, 1901===
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{{NLJan01|p. 218}}
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* {{UK-Alert}}
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* {{UK-Buzzard}}
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* {{UK-Charybdis}}
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* {{UK-1Crescent}}
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* {{UK-1Hotspur}}
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* {{UK-1Indefatigable}}
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* {{UK-Pallas}}
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* {{UK-Proserpine}}
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* {{UK-Psyche}}
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* {{UK-Quail}}
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* [[H.M.S. Terror (1856)|Terror'']]
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* {{UK-1Tribune}}
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* [[H.M.S. Urgent (1865)|''Urgent'']]
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===June, 1906===
 
===June, 1906===
<ref>''The Navy List'' (June, 1906).  pp. 268, 269''a''.</ref>
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{{NLJun06|pp. 268, 269''a''}}
 
*{{UK-Euryalus}} [[File:Adm.png|border|25px]]
 
*{{UK-Euryalus}} [[File:Adm.png|border|25px]]
 
*{{UK-Highflyer}}
 
*{{UK-Highflyer}}
 
*{{UK-Hogue}}
 
*{{UK-Hogue}}
 
*{{UK-1Indefatigable}}
 
*{{UK-1Indefatigable}}
*{{UK-Isis}}
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*{{UK-1Isis}}
 
*{{UK-Sutlej}}
 
*{{UK-Sutlej}}
  
 
On Newfoundland Fisheries:
 
On Newfoundland Fisheries:
  
*{{UK-Brilliant}}  
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*{{UK-1Brilliant}}  
 
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===April, 1909===
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{{UK-Leviathan}} was made flagship on 20 April, but actually hoisted {{RearRN}} [[Arthur Murray Farquhar]]'s flag on 25 April, 1909.<ref>Farquhar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 444.</ref>
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===December, 1912===
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<ref>Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
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*{{UK-Suffolk}}
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*{{UK-Berwick}}
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*{{UK-Donegal}}
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===December, 1913===
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The West Atlantic squadron has gained a cruiser in net strength.  {{UK-Donegal}} left for an assignment I've yet to discover.  New arrival {{UK-Essex}}'s point of origin is likewise a mystery.<ref>Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
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*{{UK-Suffolk}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]]
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*{{UK-Berwick}}
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*{{UK-Essex}}
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*{{UK-Lancaster}} (joined from {{UK-CS|5}})
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*{{UK-Hermione}} (joined from {{UK-CS|11}})
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===July, 1914===
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<ref>Printed page "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad" in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum.  [BRG 1/1]</ref>
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A light cruiser has replaced {{UK-Hermione}}.
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*{{UK-Suffolk}}
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*{{UK-Berwick}}
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*{{UK-Essex}}
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*{{UK-Lancaster}}
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*{{UK-Bristol|f=t}}
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===5 August, 1914===
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{{DittColl|p. 16}}
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Based in the West Atlantic, the formation was a cruiser squadron in name only, as it was comprised of:
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*{{UK-Suffolk|f=t}}
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*{{UK-Berwick|f=t}}
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*{{UK-Bristol|f=t}}
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*{{UK-Essex|f=t}}
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*{{UK-Lancaster|f=t}}
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*{{UK-Glory|f=t}}
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*{{UK-Niobe|f=t}}
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*An auxiliary merchant cruiser
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===November, 1915===
 
===November, 1915===
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**{{UK-Caesar}}
 
**{{UK-Caesar}}
 
*'''Cruisers'''
 
*'''Cruisers'''
**{{UK-Leviathan}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]], {{UK-Carnarvon}}, {{UK-Suffolk}}, {{UK-Berwick}}, {{UK-Cumberland}}
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**{{UK-Leviathan}} [[File:RAdm.png|border|25px]], {{UK-Carnarvon}}, {{UK-1Suffolk}}, {{UK-1Berwick}}, {{UK-1Cumberland}}
 
*'''Light Cruisers'''
 
*'''Light Cruisers'''
**{{AU-Sydney}}, {{AU-Melbourne}}, {{UK-Isis}}
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**{{AU-1Sydney}}, {{AU-Melbourne}}, {{UK-1Isis}}
 
*'''Armed Merchant Cruisers'''
 
*'''Armed Merchant Cruisers'''
** ''Caronia'', ''Calgarian''
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** {{UK-Caronia}}, {{UK-Calgarian}}
  
 
===July, 1918===
 
===July, 1918===
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** {{UK-Caesar}}
 
** {{UK-Caesar}}
 
* '''Cruisers'''
 
* '''Cruisers'''
** {{UK-Berwick}}, {{UK-Carnarvon}} (paid off), {{UK-Cornwall}}, {{UK-Cumberland}}, {{UK-Devonshire}}, {{UK-Donegal}}, {{UK-DukeOfEdinburgh}}, {{UK-KingAlfred}} (paid off), {{UK-Leviathan}}, {{UK-Roxburgh}}
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** {{UK-1Berwick}}, {{UK-Carnarvon}} (paid off), {{UK-1Cornwall}}, {{UK-1Cumberland}}, {{UK-1Devonshire}}, {{UK-Donegal}}, {{UK-DukeOfEdinburgh}}, {{UK-KingAlfred}} (paid off), {{UK-Leviathan}}, {{UK-Roxburgh}}
 
* '''Light Cruisers'''
 
* '''Light Cruisers'''
** {{UK-Highflyer}}, {{UK-Isis}}
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** {{UK-Highflyer}}, {{UK-1Isis}}
 
* '''Misc'''
 
* '''Misc'''
** sloop ''Shearwater'', yacht ''Warrior'' (temporary flag)
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** sloop {{UK-Shearwater}}, yacht ''Warrior'' (temporary flag)
  
 
==Commanders-in-Chief==
 
==Commanders-in-Chief==
The station was dubbed "Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station" except for a period from 1907 to 1915, when it was "Rear-Admiral Commanding, Fourth Cruiser Squadron".
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The station was dubbed "Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station" except for a period from 1907 to 1915, when it was "Rear-Admiral Commanding, Fourth Cruiser Squadron".  We put the {{UK-CS|4}} on its own page, as it co-existed with the North America and West Indies Station during World War II.
  
<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station}}
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=John Edmund Commerell|nick=John E. Commerell|appt=November, 1882{{CN}}|precBy=Sir Francis L. McClintock}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Greville Wellesley|nick=Sir George G. Wellesley|appt=1869|end=1870|precBy=Sir George Rodney Mundy}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Edward Gennys Fanshawe|nick=Sir Edward G. Fanshawe|appt=1870|end=1873}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Greville Wellesley|nick=Sir George G. Wellesley|appt=1873|end=1875}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Astley Cooper Key|nick=Sir Astley Key|appt=1875|end=1878}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Edward Fitzmaurice Inglefield|nick=Sir Edward F. Inglefield|appt=1878|end=1879}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Francis Leopold McClintock|nick=Sir Francis L. McClintock|appt=1879|end=1882}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=John Edmund Commerell|nick=John E. Commerell|appt=November, 1882|end=1885}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Richard James Meade, Fourth Earl of Clanwilliam|nick=The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Clanwilliam|appt=25 August, 1885{{ClowesVII|p. 87}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Richard James Meade, Fourth Earl of Clanwilliam|nick=The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Clanwilliam|appt=25 August, 1885{{ClowesVII|p. 87}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Algernon McLennan Lyons|nick=Algernon McL. Lyons|appt=4 September, 1886{{ClowesVII|p. 87}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Algernon McLennan Lyons|nick=Algernon McL. Lyons|appt=4 September, 1886{{ClowesVII|p. 87}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=George Willes Watson|nick=Sir George W. Watson|appt=15 December, 1888{{ClowesVII|p. 87}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=George Willes Watson|nick=Sir George W. Watson|appt=15 December, 1888{{ClowesVII|p. 87}}|ass=31 January, 1889|end=24 March, 1892}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=John Ommanney Hopkins|nick=Sir John O. Hopkins|appt=15 December, 1891<ref>Hopkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 644.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=John Ommanney Hopkins|nick=Sir John O. Hopkins|appt=1 February, 1892<ref>Hopkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 644.</ref>|ass=25 March, 1892<ref>Hopkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 271/644.</ref>|end=17 April, 1895<ref>Hopkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 271/644.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=James Elphinstone Erskine|nick=Sir James E. Erskine|appt=17 April, 1895{{ClowesVII|p. 87}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=James Elphinstone Erskine|nick=Sir James E. Erskine|appt=17 April, 1895{{ClowesVII|p. 87}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|nick=Sir John A. Fisher|appt=15 September, 1897{{ClowesVII|p. 87}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|nick=Sir John A. Fisher|appt=15 September, 1897{{ClowesVII|p. 87}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Frederick George Denham Bedford|nick=Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford|appt=1 May, 1899{{ClowesVII|p. 87}}|end=26 July, 1902<ref>Bedford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}} f. 824</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Frederick George Denham Bedford|nick=Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford|appt=1 May, 1899{{ClowesVII|p. 87}}|end=26 July, 1902<ref>Bedford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}} f. 824</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Archibald Lucius Douglas|nick=Sir Archibald L. Douglas|appt=10 June, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 9 May, 1902.  Issue '''36763''', col E, p. 10.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Archibald Lucius Douglas|nick=Sir Archibald L. Douglas|appt=10 June, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 9 May, 1902.  Issue '''36763''', col E, p. 10.</ref>|ass=15 July, 1902<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 337.</ref>|end=8 October, 1904<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 337.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Day Hort Bosanquet|nick=Sir Day H. Bosanquet|appt=1 September, 1904<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 25 August, 1904.  Issue '''37482''', col C, p. 8.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Day Hort Bosanquet|nick=Sir Day H. Bosanquet|appt=1 September, 1904<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 25 August, 1904.  Issue '''37482''', col C, p. 8.</ref>|succBy=[[Frederick Samuel Inglefield|Frederick S. Inglefield]] as [[Fourth Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Rear Admiral Commanding, Fourth Cruiser Squadron]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederick Samuel Inglefield|nick=Frederick S. Inglefield|appt=8 February, 1907<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 10 January, 1907.  Issue '''38226''', col D, p. 5.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Fourth Cruiser Squadron}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby|nick=Robert S. P. Hornby|appt=February, 1915<ref>Phipps Hornby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 338.</ref>|precBy=[[Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock|Sir Christopher G. F. M. Cradock]] as [[Fourth Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Rear Admiral Commanding, Fourth Cruiser Squadron]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Murray Farquhar|nick=Arthur M. Farquhar|appt=8 February, 1909<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 5 February, 1909, 1914.  Issue '''38875''', col B, p. 7.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Fourth Cruiser Squadron|end=8 February, 1911<ref>Farquhar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 444.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=George Edwin Patey|nick=Sir George E. Patey|appt=7 March, 1915{{UKCeased|f. 34}}<ref>Patey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1009.</ref>|end=13 September, 1916<ref>Patey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1009.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edward Eden Bradford|nick=Edward E. Bradford|appt=8 February, 1911<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 10 January, 1911.  Issue '''39478''', col B, p. 4.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Fourth Cruiser Squadron|end=8 February, 1913<ref>Bradford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 335.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting Vice-Admiral|name=Montague Edward Browning|nick=Sir Montague E. Browning|appt=16 August, 1916{{UKCeased|f. 34}}|ass=13 September, 1916<ref>Date his predecessor left.  Patey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1009.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock|nick=Sir Christopher G. F. M. Cradock|appt=8 February, 1913<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 21 January, 1913.  Issue '''40114''', col C, p. 10.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Fourth Cruiser Squadron|end=1 November, 1914|note=killed in command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby|nick=Robert S. P. Hornby|appt=February, 1915<ref>Phipps Hornby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 338.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=George Edwin Patey|nick=Sir George E. Patey|appt=7 March, 1915{{UKCeased|f. 34}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting Vice-Admiral|name=Montague Edward Browning|nick=Sir Montague E. Browning|appt=16 August, 1916{{UKCeased|f. 34}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=William Lowther Grant|nick=Sir William L. Grant|appt=7 January, 1918{{UKCeased|f. 34}}|end=January, 1919<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}} f. 98.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=William Lowther Grant|nick=Sir William L. Grant|appt=7 January, 1918{{UKCeased|f. 34}}|end=January, 1919<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}} f. 98.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Morgan Singer|nick=Morgan Singer|appt=8 February, 1919{{UKCeased|f. 34}}|note=temporarily}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Morgan Singer|nick=Morgan Singer|appt=8 February, 1919{{UKCeased|f. 34}}|note=temporarily}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier|nick=Sir Trevylyan D. W. Napier|appt=1 December, 1919<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 208.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier|nick=Sir Trevylyan D. W. Napier|appt=1 December, 1919<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 208.</ref>|end=30 July, 1920<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 208.</ref>|note=died of fever while in command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=William Christopher Pakenham|nick=Sir William C. Pakenham|appt=16 October, 1920<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 22 September, 1920.  Issue '''42522''', col F, p. 4.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=William Christopher Pakenham|nick=Sir William C. Pakenham|appt=16 October, 1920<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 22 September, 1920.  Issue '''42522''', col F, p. 4.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart.|appt=1 January, 1923<ref>"Naval & Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 1 January, 1923.  Issue '''43227''', col F, p. 18.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart.|appt=1 January, 1923<ref>"Naval & Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 1 January, 1923.  Issue '''43227''', col F, p. 18.</ref><ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}}  f. 217.</ref>|end=26 May, 1924<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}}  f. 217.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=James Andrew Fergusson|nick=James A. Fergusson|appt=26 June, 1924<ref>Fergusson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88}} f. 102.</ref>|end=1 June, 1926<ref>Fergusson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88}} f. 102.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=James Andrew Fergusson|nick=James A. Fergusson|appt=26 June, 1924<ref>Fergusson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88}} f. 102.</ref>|end=1 June, 1926<ref>Fergusson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88}} f. 102.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Walter Henry Cowan|appt=2 June, 1926<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  p. 249.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station|end=22 July, 1928<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  p. 249.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Walter Henry Cowan|appt=2 June, 1926<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  p. 249.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station|end=22 July, 1928<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  p. 249.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller|nick=Cyril T. M. Fuller|appt=5 June, 1928<ref>Fuller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 215.</ref>|ass=22 July, 1928<ref>Fuller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 215.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station|end=7 May, 1930<ref>Fuller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 215.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller|nick=Cyril T. M. Fuller|appt=5 June, 1928<ref>Fuller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 215.</ref>|ass=22 July, 1928<ref>Fuller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 215.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station|end=7 May, 1930<ref>Fuller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 215.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|nick=Vernon H. S. Haggard|appt=8 May, 1930<ref>Superseded his predecessor on 7 May.  Fuller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 215.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|nick=Vernon H. S. Haggard|appt=21 April, 1930<ref>Haggard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}}  f. 238.</ref>|ass=8 May, 1930<ref>Superseded his predecessor on 7 May.  Fuller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 215.</ref>|end=11 May, 1932<ref>Haggard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}}  f. 238.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax|nick=Reginald A. R. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax|appt=2 April, 1932<ref>Drax Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 214.</ref>|ass=11 May, 1932<ref>Drax Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 214.</ref>|end=10 November, 1934<ref>Date is indistinct, save for year.  Drax Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 214.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax|nick=Reginald A. R. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax|appt=2 April, 1932<ref>Drax Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 214.</ref>|ass=11 May, 1932<ref>Drax Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 214.</ref>|end=10 November, 1934<ref>Date is indistinct, save for year.  Drax Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 214.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Matthew Robert Best|nick=Matthew R. Best|appt=1934|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Matthew Robert Best|nick=The Hon. Matthew R. Best|appt=11 October, 1934<ref>Best Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 192.</ref>|ass=c. 19 November, 1934<ref>Best Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 192.</ref>|end=c. 26 May, 1937<ref>Best Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 192.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Sidney Julius Meyrick|nick=Sidney J. Meyrick|appt=1937|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Matthew Robert Best|nick=Matthew R. Best|appt=11 October, 1934<ref>Best Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 430.</ref>|ass=c. 19 November, 1934<ref>Best Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 430.</ref>|end=26 May, 1937<ref>Best Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 430.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis|nick=Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis|appt=1940|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Sidney Julius Meyrick|nick=Sidney J. Meyrick|appt=15 April, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 294}}|ass=26 May, 1937<ref>Superseded predecessor.  Best Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 430.</ref>|end=March, 1940<ref>Successor appointed then.  Kennedy-Purvis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis|nick=Alban T. B. Curteis|appt=1942|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis|nick=Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis|appt=March, 1940<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Irvine Gordon Glennie|nick=Irvine G. Glennie|appt=1944|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station|succBy=William Tennant}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis|nick=Alban T. B. Curteis|appt=1942|end=|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Irvine Gordon Glennie|nick=Irvine G. Glennie|appt=1944|end=|as=Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station|succBy=William Tennant}}
 
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==Seconds-in-Command==
 
==Seconds-in-Command==
  
<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Second-in-Command, North America and West Indies Station" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Second-in-Command, [[North America and West Indies Station]]}}
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<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Second-in-Command, North America and West Indies Station" nat="UK">
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby|nick=Robert S. P. Hornby|appt=March, 1915<ref>Phipps Hornby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 338.</ref>|end=21 June, 1915<ref>Phipps Hornby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 338.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby|nick=Robert S. P. Hornby|appt=March, 1915<ref>Phipps Hornby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 338.</ref>|end=21 June, 1915<ref>Phipps Hornby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 338.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Morgan Singer|nick=Morgan Singer|appt=15 December, 1917{{NLNov18|p. 6}}|note=and as Admiral Superintendent at Bermuda}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Morgan Singer|nick=Morgan Singer|appt=15 December, 1917{{NLNov18|p. 6}}<ref>Singer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}} f. 32.</ref>|note=and as Admiral Superintendent at Bermuda}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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</div name=fredbot:office1>
 
</div name=fredbot:office1>
  
 
==Flag Captains==
 
==Flag Captains==
  
<div name=fredbot:office2 otitle="Flag Captain, North America and West Indies Station" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Second-in-Command, [[North America and West Indies Station]]}}
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<div name=fredbot:office2 otitle="Flag Captain, North America and West Indies Station" nat="UK">
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Bromley, Eighth Baronet|nick=Arthur Bromley|appt=19 February, 1920<ref>Bromley Service record.  {{TNA|196/44.}} f. 239.</ref>|end=12 September, 1922<ref>Bromley Service record.  {{TNA|196/44.}} f. 239.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Bromley, Eighth Baronet|nick=Arthur Bromley|appt=19 February, 1920<ref>Bromley Service record.  {{TNA|196/44.}} f. 239.</ref>|end=12 September, 1922<ref>Bromley Service record.  {{TNA|196/44.}} f. 239.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Andrew Browne Cunningham, First Viscount Cunningham|nick=Andrew B. Cunningham|appt=January, 1928<ref>Cunningham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>|end=July, 1928<ref>Cunningham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Andrew Browne Cunningham, First Viscount Cunningham|nick=Andrew B. Cunningham|appt=January, 1928<ref>Cunningham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>|end=July, 1928<ref>Cunningham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
 
 
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</div name=fredbot:office2>
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===Fleet Gunnery Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFGO otitle="Fleet Gunnery Officer, America and West Indies" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Hugh Webb Faulkner|nick=Hugh W. Faulkner|appt=3 August, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 257}}|end=1934}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''G''')|name=John Dreyer Shaw-Hamilton|nick=John D. Shaw-Hamilton|appt=25 October, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 294}}|end=}}
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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, America and West Indies" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=John Hamilton Allison|nick=John H. Allison|appt=6 September, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 257}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=Ralph Heathcote|nick=Ralph Heathcote|appt=3 January, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 294}}|end=|note=I am not sure I understand these dates}}
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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, America and West Indies" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} ('''S''')|name=Anthony Pleydell-Bouverie|nick=The Hon. Anthony Pleydell-Bouverie|appt=2 April, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 257}}|end=|as=Fleet Signal and W/T Officer, America and West Indies}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} ('''S''')|name=John Ridgway Berridge Longden|nick=John R. B. Longden|appt=11 October, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 294}}|end=|as=Fleet Signal and W/T Officer, America and West 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, America and West Indies" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Hugh Aldersey Taylor|nick=Hugh A. Taylor|appt=29 October, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 257}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Godfrey Alexander French|nick=Godfrey A. French|appt=25 October, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 294}}|end=}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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Formed in the mid-1700s, the North America and West Indies Station was a formation or command of the Royal Navy.

It was renamed the America and West Indies Station in 1926.

History

On 6 December, 1906, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Earl of Selborne, announced a redistribution of fleets affecting the whole Navy. The cruisers outside European waters were divided into groups: the Eastern; Cape of Good Hope; and the Western.

The Western Group of cruisers will consist of the cruisers under the command of the Commander-in-chief of the North American and West Indian Station and the mobilized cruisers with which he will be reinforced in time of war. At present the cruisers under the command of the Commander-in-chief of the North American and West Indian Station consist of his flag-ship, a first-class protected cruiser, and certain second and third-class cruisers. The Board have decided to withdraw from the station the less effective of those ships and to add to it the ships of the new Particular Service Squadron which they have decided to constitute and of which the Commander-in-chief of this station will be given command.[1]

The situation was clarified in a further command paper on fleet dispositions, dated 15 March, 1905:

The constitution of the Particular Service Squadron under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station, composed of the Flag Ship on that Station, and the five sea-going training ships for cadets, youths, and boys. This forms the Fourth Cruiser Squadron.[2]

Further:

The Fourth Cruiser (Particular Service) Squadron which compromises the Flagship of the Vice-Admiral in command of the North America and West Indies Station, and the several seagoing training ships, will make three cruises annually in the West Indies and in Home and adjacent waters, returning home after each cruise at the dates fixed for changing the classes under training.

Under this arrangement it is estimated that the Fourth Cruiser Squadron will be cruising for 30 weeks, and will be at Home for 22 weeks.

The refit and docking of the ships, and the leave to officers and men, will take place in the course of the time spent in Home waters.[3]

From 8 February, 1907 to 8 February, 1909, Rear-Admiral Frederick S. Inglefield was in command of the squadron, flying his flag in Euryalus.[4] By this time the command-in-chief status and the allusion to the North America and West Indies Station seems to have been abandoned.[Inference] Inglefield was succeeded at Portsmouth by Rear-Admiral Arthur M. Farquhar on 8 February, 1909.[5]

Rear-Admiral Edward E. Bradford was appointed in command on 8 February, 1911, and struck his flag on 8 February, 1913[6] upon his relief by Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher G. F. M. Cradock.[7]

On 1 May, 1912, the Fourth Cruiser Squadron was renamed the Training Squadron.[8] With Cradock's appointment in 1913 the Fourth Cruiser Squadron ceased to be a training squadron and became part of the First Fleet.[9] It was intended that it should be able to join the Commander-in-Chief in Home waters for manœuvres, but it was in effect permanently detached to protect British interests in Mexico.[10]

Composition

February, 1900

[11]

January, 1901

[12]

June, 1906

[13]

On Newfoundland Fisheries:

November, 1915

[14]

July, 1918

The following forces were working with three vessels in the Ninth Cruiser Squadron.[15]

Commanders-in-Chief

The station was dubbed "Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station" except for a period from 1907 to 1915, when it was "Rear-Admiral Commanding, Fourth Cruiser Squadron". We put the Fourth Cruiser Squadron on its own page, as it co-existed with the North America and West Indies Station during World War II.

Seconds-in-Command

Flag Captains

Fleet Gunnery Officer

Fleet Torpedo Officer

Fleet Signal Officer

Fleet Navigation Officer

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Navy—Distribution and Mobilization of the Fleet (1905). Cd. 2335. p. 3.
  2. Redistribution of the Fleet—Arrangements Consequent on the Redistribution of the Fleet (1905). Cd. 2430. p. 3.
  3. Redistribution of the Fleet—Arrangements Consequent on the Redistribution of the Fleet (1905). Cd. 2430. p. 5.
  4. Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 473.
  5. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 5 February, 1909, 1914. Issue 38875, col B, p. 7.
  6. Bradford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 168.
  7. Cradock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 89.
  8. M. 11735/12. 29 March, 1912. The National Archives. ADM 1/8271. f. 2 of Admiralty letter.
  9. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 21 January, 1913. Issue 40114, col C, p. 10.
  10. Naval Operations. Volume I. pp. 11-13.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 218.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 218.
  13. The Navy List. (June, 1906). pp. 268, 269a.
  14. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 19.
  15. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 21.
  16. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 87.
  17. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 87.
  18. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 87.
  19. Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 644.
  20. Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 271/644.
  21. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 87.
  22. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 87.
  23. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 87.
  24. Bedford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 824
  25. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 9 May, 1902. Issue 36763, col E, p. 10.
  26. Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 337.
  27. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 25 August, 1904. Issue 37482, col C, p. 8.
  28. Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  29. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 34.
  30. Patey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1009.
  31. Patey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1009.
  32. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 34.
  33. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 34.
  34. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 98.
  35. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 34.
  36. Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 208.
  37. Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 208.
  38. "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 22 September, 1920. Issue 42522, col F, p. 4.
  39. "Naval & Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 1 January, 1923. Issue 43227, col F, p. 18.
  40. Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 217.
  41. Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 217.
  42. Fergusson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88 f. 102.
  43. Fergusson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88 f. 102.
  44. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 249.
  45. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 249.
  46. Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 215.
  47. Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 215.
  48. Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 238.
  49. Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 238.
  50. Drax Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 214.
  51. Date is indistinct, save for year. Drax Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 214.
  52. Best Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 192.
  53. Best Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 192.
  54. Best Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 430.
  55. Best Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 430.
  56. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 294.
  57. Successor appointed then. Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  58. Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  59. Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  60. Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  61. The Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 6.
  62. Singer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 32.
  63. Bromley Service record. The National Archives. 196/44. f. 239.
  64. Bromley Service record. The National Archives. 196/44. f. 239.
  65. Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
  66. Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
  67. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 257.
  68. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 294.
  69. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 257.
  70. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 294.
  71. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 257.
  72. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 294.
  73. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 257.
  74. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 294.

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.
  • Corbett, Sir Julian S. (1920). Naval Operations. Volume I. London: Longmans, Green and Co..


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