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'''Portland Harbour''' is one of the United Kingdom's Home Ports, situated on the south coast of England.  It is a man-made harbour lying north of the Isle of Portland and south of Weymouth.
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[[Plymouth]] lies to the west, and [[Portsmouth]] to the east.
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There are also port cities in the United States named [[Portland, Maine]] and [[Portland, Oregon]].
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Portland functioned as the operational home to forces covering [[Auxiliary Patrol Area XIII]].
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==Captains-in-Charge==
 
==Captains-in-Charge==
 
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Commodore-in-Charge, Portland" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Commodore-in-Charge, Portland}}
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Commodore-in-Charge, Portland" nat="UK">
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Eustace Anson|nick=Charles E. Anson|appt=20 October, 1908<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 16 October, 1908.  Issue '''38779''', col D, p. 12.</ref>|end=9 June, 1911<ref>Anson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 647.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Eustace Anson|nick=Charles E. Anson|appt=20 October, 1908<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 16 October, 1908.  Issue '''38779''', col D, p. 12.</ref>|end=9 June, 1911<ref>Anson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 647.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Owen Francis Gillett|nick=Owen F. Gillett|appt=1911|end=1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Owen Francis Gillett|nick=Owen F. Gillett|appt=6 June, 1911<ref>Gillett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 123.</ref>|end=1 September, 1913<ref>Gillett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 123.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Gerald Charles Adolphe Marescaux|nick=Gerald C. A. Marescaux|appt=21 August, 1913<ref>Marescaux Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 859.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Gerald Charles Adolphe Marescaux|nick=Gerald C. A. Marescaux|appt=21 August, 1913<ref>Marescaux Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 859.</ref>|ass=1 September, 1913<ref>Marescaux Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 859.</ref>|end=21 April, 1914<ref>Marescaux Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 859.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Joseph Ridgway Bridson|nick=Joseph R. Bridson|appt=21 April, 1914<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/20}}.  f. 383.</ref>|end=10 February, 1915<ref>Bridson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 273.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Joseph Ridgway Bridson|nick=Joseph R. Bridson|appt=21 April, 1914<ref>Bridson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}.  f. 383.</ref>|end=10 February, 1915<ref>Bridson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 273.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=|name=Frank Edward Cavendish Ryan|nick=Frank E. C. Ryan|appt=5 February, 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frank Edward Cavendish Ryan|nick=Frank E. C. Ryan|appt=5 February, 1915<ref>Ryan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 339.</ref>|end=28 September, 1916<ref>Ryan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 339.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Richard Morden Harbord-Hamond, Tenth Baron Suffield|nick=Richard M. Harbord-Hamond|appt=14 September, 1916}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Richard Morden Harbord-Hamond, Tenth Baron Suffield|nick=Richard M. Harbord|appt=14 September, 1916<ref>Harbord-Hamond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. ?.</ref>|end=27 November, 1917<ref>Harbord-Hamond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. ?.</ref>|ass=28 September, 1916<ref>Predecessor left that day.  Ryan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 339.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard|nick=Vivian H. G. Bernard|appt=27 November, 1917<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 15.</ref>|end=27 November, 1919<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 15.</ref>|as=Senior Naval Officer, Portland}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard|nick=Vivian H. G. Bernard|appt=27 November, 1917<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 15.</ref>|end=27 November, 1919<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 15.</ref>|as=Senior Naval Officer, Portland}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson|nick=Douglas R. L. Nicholson|appt=1 November, 1919{{NLMar20|p. 695-6}}|ass=1 November, 1919{{NLMar20|p. 695-6}}|as=Rear-Admiral, Reserve Fleet, Portland, etc}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson|nick=Douglas R. L. Nicholson|appt=1 November, 1919{{NLMar20|p. 695-6}}|ass=1 November, 1919{{NLMar20|p. 695-6}}|end=1 April, 1920<ref>"Captain in Charge, Portland"  ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Mar 06, 1920; pg. 6; Issue 42352.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral, Reserve Fleet, Portland, etc}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Rose Price Hawksley|nick=James R. P. Hawksley|appt=1 April, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 694}}|as=Captain in Charge, Portland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Rose Price Hawksley|nick=James R. P. Hawksley|appt=1 April, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 694}}<ref>"Captain in Charge, Portland"  ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Mar 06, 1920; pg. 6; Issue 42352.</ref>|end=|as=Captain in Charge, Portland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Humphrey Hugh Smith|nick=Humphrey H. Smith|appt=29 March, 1923{{NLApr25|p. 283}}|end=May, 1925{{INF}}|as=Captain in Charge, Portland|note=and King's Harbour Master, Portland}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Talbot Hardy|nick=Charles T. Hardy|appt=5 May, 1925<ref>Hardy Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/316.|D7603100}} f. 355.</ref>|end=8 July, 1926<ref>Hardy Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/316.|D7603100}} f. 355.</ref>|note=and as King's Harbour Master, Portland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Goodenough Craufurd|nick=Arthur G. Craufurd|appt=8 July, 1925|end=16 January, 1928|note=and as King's Harbour Master, Portland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leonard Laurence Peel Willan|nick=Leonard L. P. Willan|appt=16 January, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 282}}|end=23 April, 1929<ref>Willan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/322.|D7576615}} f. 322.</ref>|note=and as King's Harbour Master, Portland}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest William Leir|nick=Ernest W. Leir|appt=23 April, 1929<ref>Leir Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/21.|D7603925}} f. 424.</ref>|end=23 April, 1931<ref>Leir Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/21.|D7603925}} f. 424.</ref>|note=and as King's Harbour Master, Portland}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Skinner Shipway|nick=Hugh S. Shipway|appt=23 April, 1931<ref>Shipway Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 218.</ref>|end=1 July, 1932<ref>Lecky Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/54.|D7603561}}  f. 54.</ref>|note=and as King's Harbour Master, Portland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Macaulay Lecky|nick=Arthur M. Lecky|appt=1 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 217}}<ref>Lecky Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/54.|D7603561}}  f. 54.</ref>|end=2 April, 1933<ref>Lecky Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/54.|D7603561}}  f. 54.</ref>|note=and as King's Harbour Master, Portland}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Harry Kay Clegg|nick=John H. K. Clegg|appt=6 May, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 218}}|end=6 May, 1935|note=and as King's Harbour Master, Portland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Balfour Cloete|nick=Edward B. Cloete|appt=9 May, 1935<ref>Cloete Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 181.</ref>|end=21 July, 1936<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>|note=and King's Harbour Master, Portland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Powell|nick=James Powell|appt=21 July, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 219}}|end=5 September, 1939<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>|note=and King's Harbour Master, Portland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=5 September, 1939<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>|end=21 October, 1940<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>|note=and King's Harbour Master, Portland}}
 
</div name=fredbot:office0>
 
</div name=fredbot:office0>
  
==Footnotes==
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==Assistant Captains==
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<div name=fredbot:officeAsst otitle="Assistant Captain of Portland Dockyard" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Ernest Troyte Harper|nick=John E. T. Harper|appt=10 February, 1914<ref>Harper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/522.|D7576577}} f. 507.</ref>|end=10 June, 1914<ref>Harper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/522.|D7576577}} f. 507.</ref>|note=and as Assistant King's Harbour Master}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeAsst>
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==Naval Transport Officers in Charge==
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<div name=fredbot:officeNTOiC otitle="Naval Transport Officer in Charge, Portland" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=John Barff Hancock|nick=John B. Hancock|appt=April, 1915|end=30 January, 1916}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeNTOiC>
  
==Bibliography==
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==See Also==
 
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Harbour}}
 
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Revision as of 09:22, 25 June 2019

Portland Harbour is one of the United Kingdom's Home Ports, situated on the south coast of England. It is a man-made harbour lying north of the Isle of Portland and south of Weymouth. Plymouth lies to the west, and Portsmouth to the east.

There are also port cities in the United States named Portland, Maine and Portland, Oregon.

Portland functioned as the operational home to forces covering Auxiliary Patrol Area XIII.

Captains-in-Charge

Dates of appointment given:

Assistant Captains

Dates of appointment given:

Naval Transport Officers in Charge

See Also

Footnotes

  1. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 16 October, 1908. Issue 38779, col D, p. 12.
  2. Anson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 647.
  3. Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.
  4. Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.
  5. Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 859.
  6. Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 859.
  7. Bridson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 383.
  8. Bridson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 273.
  9. Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 339.
  10. Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 339.
  11. Harbord-Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. ?.
  12. Harbord-Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. ?.
  13. Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
  14. Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
  15. The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 695-6.
  16. "Captain in Charge, Portland" The Times (London, England), Saturday, Mar 06, 1920; pg. 6; Issue 42352.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 694.
  18. "Captain in Charge, Portland" The Times (London, England), Saturday, Mar 06, 1920; pg. 6; Issue 42352.
  19. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
  20. Hardy Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/316. f. 355.
  21. Hardy Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/316. f. 355.
  22. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282.
  23. Willan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/322. f. 322.
  24. Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21. f. 424.
  25. Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21. f. 424.
  26. Shipway Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 218.
  27. Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  28. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 217.
  29. Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  30. Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  31. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 218.
  32. Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
  33. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  34. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 219.
  35. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  36. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  37. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  38. Harper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/522. f. 507.
  39. Harper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/522. f. 507.