Difference between revisions of "Rosyth"

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Tucked behind the historic Forth Bridge on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, the Scottish town of Rosyth served as a major Royal Navy base in the Great War, being the home of the Rosyth Royal Dockyard, was well as the operational seat of the Battlecruiser Fleet and the forces covering Auxiliary Patrol Area VI.

Captain Henry P. Boxer, 1 May, 1931^[1]^[2] – 1 August, 1933^[3]
Captain Albert J. Robertson, 1 August, 1933 – 1 August, 1935
Captain Montague G. B. Legge, 1 August, 1935^[4] – 4 August, 1936^[5]
Captain Francis H. G. Walker, 4 August, 1936^[6] – January, 1937^[7] (died in this appointment)

Captain Lewis G. E. Crabbe, 16 August, 1927^[8] – 15 October, 1929^[9]
Captain Arthur J. Landon, 15 October, 1929^[10] – 17 April, 1931^[11]
Captain Henry P. Boxer, 1 May, 1931^[12]^[13] – 1 August, 1933^[14]
Captain Albert J. Robertson, 1 August, 1933 – 1 August, 1935
Captain Montague G. B. Legge, 1 August, 1935^[15] – 4 August, 1936^[16]
Captain Francis H. G. Walker, 4 August, 1936^[17] – January, 1937^[18]
Captain Henry P. Boxer, 28 January, 1937^[19] – 1 June, 1938^[20]
Acting Captain Cyril W. A. G. Hamley, 26 August, 1939^[21] – 1 May, 1942 (and as Captain of Dockyard and Deputy Superintendent)
Acting Captain Eric D. Brooke, 1 May, 1942 – August, 1946 (and as Captain of Dockyard, eventually retired but continued in this role)

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 {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Heathcote Gordon Walker|nick=Francis H. G. Walker|appt=4 August, 1936<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/73.}} f. 79.</ref>|end=January, 1937<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/73.}} f. 79.</ref>}}
 {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Percy Boxer|nick=Henry P. Boxer|appt=28 January, 1937<ref>Boxer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83|}} f. 214.</ref>|end=1 June, 1938<ref>Boxer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83|}} f. 214.</ref>}}
+{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril William Archie Gooding Hamley|nick=Cyril W. A. G. Hamley|appt=26 August, 1939{{NLDec41|p. 1141}}|end=1 May, 1942|note=and as Captain of Dockyard and Deputy Superintendent}}
 {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Douglas Brooke|nick=Eric D. Brooke|appt=1 May, 1942|end=August, 1946|note=and as Captain of Dockyard, eventually retired but continued in this role}}
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