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{{UK-Zealandia}} was the first ship to be drydocked there, in March, 1916.{{BrownGF|p. 11}}
 
{{UK-Zealandia}} was the first ship to be drydocked there, in March, 1916.{{BrownGF|p. 11}}
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A 250 ton cantilever crane was added in 1917, and a 100 ton model in 1920.{{JohnstonBattleshipBuilders|p. 149}}
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==Shipbuilding==
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<div name=fredbot:ships></div name=fredbot:ships>
  
 
==Admirals Superintendent==
 
==Admirals Superintendent==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
  
<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Admiral Superintendent of Rosyth Dockyard" nat="UK">
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<div name=fredbot:officeSup otitle="Admiral Superintendent of Rosyth Dockyard" nat="UK">
* {{RearRN}} [[Henry Harvey Bruce|Henry H. Bruce]],  May, 1915{{SMNLJul19|p. 3}}|ass=1 June, 1915{{SMNLJul19|p. 3}}|precBy=New Appointment|end=1920
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Henry Harvey Bruce|nick=Henry H. Bruce|appt=May, 1915{{SMNLJul19|p. 3}}|ass=1 June, 1915{{SMNLJul19|p. 3}}|precBy=New Appointment|end=1 April, 1920<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 85.</ref>}}
* {{ViceRN}} [[John Frederick Ernest Green|Sir John F. E. Green]], 1 April, 1922<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 27 March, 1922.  Issue '''42990''', col A, p. 23.</ref>|end=1923
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=John Frederick Ernest Green|nick=Sir John F. E. Green|appt=1 April, 1920<ref>Green Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 260.</ref>|end=1 April, 1922<ref>Green Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 260.</ref>}}
* {{ViceRN}} [[Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart.]], 1 April, 1922<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 27 March, 1922Issue '''42990''', col A, p. 23.</ref>|end=1923
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart.|appt=1 April, 1922<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 27 March, 1922.  Issue '''42990''', col A, p. 23.</ref>|end=1923}}
* {{ViceRN}} [[Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|Sir Walter H. Cowan]], 1925
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Sir Walter H. Cowan|appt=30 June, 1925<ref>Cowan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  p. 249.</ref>|end=2 June, 1926<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  p. 249.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Colin Cantlie|nick=Colin Cantlie|appt=24 August, 1939<ref>Cantlie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>|end=1 June, 1944<ref>Cantlie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Henry Cecil Bovell|nick=Henry C. Bovell|appt=1 June, 1944<ref>Bovell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/28.|D7605784}} f. 28.</ref>|end=16 April, 1947<ref>Bovell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/28.|D7605784}} f. 28.</ref>}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeSup>
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==Captains==
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of Rosyth Dockyard" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Herbert Moubray|nick=Edward H. Moubray|appt=7 March, 1913<ref>Moubray Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 277.</ref>|end=12 January, 1915<ref>Moubray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 277.</ref>|note=also as King's Harbour Master, Rosyth}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Firth Slayter|nick=William F. Slayter|appt=12 January, 1915<ref>Slayter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/445.|D7579094}} f. 210.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 395''w''}}|end=15 October, 1917<ref>Slayter Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/42/445.|D7579094}} f. 210.</ref>|note=also as King's Harbour Master, Rosyth}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Charles Ferdinand Henderson|nick=Charles F. Henderson|appt=15 October, 1917<ref>Henderson Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 335.</ref>|end=1 April, 1919<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 335.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Mervyn Kemmis Betty|nick=Harry M. K. Betty|appt=1 April, 1919|end=2 April, 1921}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Munro Kerr|nick=William M. Kerr|appt=2 April, 1921<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/225.}}  f. 225.</ref>|end=30 October, 1923<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/225.}}  f. 225.</ref>|note=also as King's Harbour Master, Rosyth}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Montague George Bentinck Legge|nick=Montague G. B. Legge|end=4 August, 1936<ref>Superseded that day.  Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/73.}} f. 79.</ref>|note=also as King's Harbour Master, Rosyth}}
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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=11 January, 1937<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/73.}} f. 79.</ref>{{INF}}|note=also as King's Harbour Master, Rosyth, died in post}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
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==King's Harbour Master==
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<div name=fredbot:officeKHM otitle="King's Harbour Master, Rosyth" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Mervyn Kemmis Betty|nick=Harry M. K. Betty|appt=1 April, 1919|end=2 April, 1921}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe|nick=Lewis G. E. Crabbe|appt=2 November, 1927|end=15 October, 1929<ref>Landon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/35.|D7604134}} f. 18.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Jermyn Landon|nick=Arthur J. Landon|appt=15 October, 1929<ref>Landon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/35.|D7604134}} f. 18.</ref>|end=17 April, 1931<ref>Landon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/35.|D7604134}} f. 18.</ref>|ass=15 October, 1929<ref>Landon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/35.|D7604134}} f. 18.</ref>|note=and as Assistant Captain (D) Reserve Fleet, Rosyth}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Piers Keane Kekewich|nick=Piers K. Kekewich|appt=9 January, 1939<ref>Kekewich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/340.|D7576708}} f. 343.</ref>|end=18 November, 1939<ref>Kekewich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/340.|D7576708}} f. 343.</ref>|note=and as S.O.R.F.}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeKHM>
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==Assistant King's Harbour Master==
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<div name=fredbot:officeAKHM otitle="Assistant King's Harbour Master, Rosyth" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Cockin Johnson|nick=Charles C. Johnson|appt=11 August, 1919|end=16 July, 1921}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeAKHM>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/dkbkpl15.jpg Plan of Dockyard at GWPDA.org]
 
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosyth_Dockyard}}
 
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosyth_Dockyard}}
 
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
 
{{reflist}}
 
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==Bibliography==
 
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{{CatNationalShipBuilder|UK}}
 
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[[Category:Royal Dockyards]]
 
[[Category:Royal Dockyards]]
 
[[Category:Pages with Offices]]
 
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Revision as of 19:57, 25 April 2018

Rosyth Royal Dockyard was built in 1909.

Zealandia was the first ship to be drydocked there, in March, 1916.[1]

A 250 ton cantilever crane was added in 1917, and a 100 ton model in 1920.[2]

Shipbuilding

Admirals Superintendent

Dates of appointment given:

Captains

King's Harbour Master

Assistant King's Harbour Master

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Brown. The Grand Fleet. p. 11.
  2. Johnston; Buxton. The Battleship Builders. p. 149.
  3. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 3.
  4. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 85.
  5. Green Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 260.
  6. Green Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 260.
  7. "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 March, 1922. Issue 42990, col A, p. 23.
  8. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 249.
  9. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 249.
  10. Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
  11. Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
  12. Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
  13. Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
  14. Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
  15. Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
  16. Slayter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/445. f. 210.
  17. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395w.
  18. Slayter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/445. f. 210.
  19. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 335.
  20. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 335.
  21. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/225. f. 225.
  22. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/225. f. 225.
  23. Superseded that day. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
  24. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
  25. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
  26. Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
  27. Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
  28. Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
  29. Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  30. Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  31. Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  32. Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.