Persian Gulf
From The Dreadnought Project
The Persian Gulf is a fetch of water south of the modern nation of Iran, east of Iraq's compact coastline, and north of Saudi Arabia. It continues to be a vital choke-point for commerce and particularly now of oil export. It was one of the bodies of water into which the Royal Navy had to project force at all points in her history, not least during the Great War. For the British, it was often treated as a sub-component of the East Indies Station.
Contents
History
In Command
The Senior Officer, Persian Gulf served in the station's flagship. By November, 1919, this was the hired yacht Triad. When Vernon Saumarez Butler was appointed Senior Officer in 1935, the sloop Shoreham took over as flagship.
- Captain Thomas W. Kemp, 29 October, 1901 – 14 October, 1904
- Commodore, Second Class Drury St. A. Wake, 18 October, 1915 – May, 1918
- Commodore, Second Class David T. Norris, 14 March, 1918 – 11 September, 1919
- Captain George Parker Bevan, November, 1919 – 14 January, 1920 (died while holding this appointment)
- Captain John L. Pearson, 6 February, 1920[1] – February, 1922[2]
- Captain Alexander R. Palmer, 10 February, 1922[3][4] – 6 March, 1924[5]
- Captain Ernest W. Leir, 6 March, 1924[6][7] – 4 February, 1926[8]
- Captain Reginald St. P. Parry, 17 December, 1925[9] – 28 January, 1928[10]
- Captain Hector Boyes, 28 January, 1928[11] – 26 June, 1930
- Captain Lewis G. E. Crabbe, 16 May, 1930 – April, 1933
- Captain James V. Creagh, 21 April, 1933[12] – 2 May, 1935[13]
- Captain Charles A. Browne, 17 May, 1934 – October, 1934
- Captain Douglas B. Fisher, 30 November, 1934 – 1935
- Captain Vernon S. Butler, 22 March, 1935 – 20 March, 1937
- Captain George H. Faulkner, 20 February, 1937 – 17 April, 1938 (temporary, awaiting Poland)
- Captain Allan Poland, 16 March, 1937[14] – 24 February, 1939[15]
- Rear-Admiral Cosmo M. Graham, 24 February, 1939[16] – 14 February, 1942
- Commodore, Second Class Charles F. Hammill, 9 February, 1942[17] – 1 January, 1944[18]
- Commodore, Second Class John M. Howson, January, 1944[19] – September, 1944[20]
- Commodore, Second Class Ivan W. Whitehorn, September, 1944[21] – 1945[22]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Pearson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 486.
- ↑ Pearson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 486.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/46. f. 46.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 823.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/46. f. 46.
- ↑ Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21. f. 424.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 276.
- ↑ Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21. f. 424.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 275a.
- ↑ Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
- ↑ Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
- ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
- ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 240.
- ↑ Hammill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/120. f. 119.
- ↑ Hammill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/120. f. 119.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
