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...history has ever had a tradition so long and glorious as that of the Royal Navy.''</div> ...liamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty|Parliamentary and Financial Secretary]].

...allenges of the [[Great War]], which its massive building programs of 1916 and onward did little to address, in practice, as its fruit was ready for actio ...hat were completed were in commission only briefly. By the 1870s the U.S. Navy, apart from a still-substantial [[Monitor|monitor]] force, had reverted ver

The '''East Indies Station''' was a squadron of the Royal Navy which encompassed the Indian Ocean. In 1941, the command was renamed as th ...By the Meridian of 95° East Longitude between the parallels of 10° North and 10° South Latitude.

|comp=15 Oct, 1913<ref>''Navy (Dockyard Expense Accounts). 1913&ndash;1914''. p. 37.</ref> |laid=23 Mar, 1911<ref>''Navy (Dockyard Expense Accounts). 1913&ndash;1914''. p. 37.</ref>

|builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 32}} ...e was transferred to the {{UK-BS|4}}. Following the conclusion of the war and the dissolution of the Grand Fleet in 1919 ''Neptune'' was placed in reserv

...ade it the perfect place to maintain the blockade of Germany and interdict and German vessels attempting to break out into the Atlantic. It served as the ...d port."<ref>Grand Fleet Orders. "106. Fleet base at Scapa Flow, Orkneys and Shetlands.&mdash;Administration." {{TNA|ADM 137/4052.}} p. 35.</ref>

The five battleships of the '''London Class''' were completed between 1902 and 1904. They are sometime considered a subclass of the [[Formidable Class Ba |[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]]

...art 3 1911-1914''. pp. 1486-1490.</ref> The [[Admiralty War Staff (Royal Navy)|Admiralty War Staff]] was the result. ...ven faulty dispositions can be swiftly and decisively retrieved. For these and similar other reasons a Naval War Staff does not require to be designed on

...C. (24 May, 1854 &ndash; 11 September, 1921) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...az), Austria, on 24 May, 1854, the eldest son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine through his morganatic marriage to Countess Julia von Hauke. On 2

...2, when it was absorbed into the [[Home Fleets (Royal Navy)|Home Fleets]], and from 1919 to 1932, when it was renamed the Home Fleet. ==Institution and Background==

...designation bestowed upon the senior {{CaptRN}} in some Fleets or on some Stations. It was not, in itself, a rank ''per se''. ...son Moore|Archibald Moore]] was appointed as [[Captain of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Captain of the Fleet]] to [[William Henry May|Sir William H. May]] in the

.... (13 June, 1854 &ndash; 11 February, 1931) was a leading British engineer and inventor. ...with Charles as stoker, the boys' cousin Lady Bangor fell from the vehicle and was killed. Before William Parsons's death the family cruised each year on

...form the basic function of a naval staff, and to formulate naval war plans and study naval strategy. ...ector of Naval Intelligence for carrying out the Duties of a General Staff and Re-organisation of the Naval Intelligence Department." 15 May, 1909. The

...tion was at that stage comprised of six battleships, two armoured cruisers and three smaller cruisers.{{NLMay03|p. 218}} ...Wilson]], that his command would forthwith be styled "The Channel Fleet", and that he would be styled "The Commander in Chief of the Channel Fleet."<ref>

...sts the officers, ships, ports and stations and assignments of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...ommissions his ship and is re-appointed in command, his date in an ensuing Navy List may show the date of the re-appointment, not the original date.

...red T. Jane]]. Major-General F.G. Slade, C.B., R.A., Inspector-General of Royal Garrison Artillery, in the Chair. L<small>ECTURER</small>: — Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, in venturing to address you upon this subject of defence against

...now Add. MS. 49040. See also Brit. Mus. Quart., xiii, 1938-1939, pp. 86-89 and pl. xxxvi. ...ander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet 1914-1916; 1908-1916. Partly typewritten and printed.

...s situated in Scotland, facing the Orkney Islands. It was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

...Dockyard]] and [[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]] and ships not attached to other fleets. Command-in-Chief of the port command was usually vested in an {{AdmRN}} o ....}} ff. 18, 22.</ref>{{ClowesVII|p. 86}}|end=2 June, 1893<ref>Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/25.}} ff. 18, 22.</ref>}}

...encompassed [[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]] and ships not attached to other fleets. Command-in-Chief of the port command was usually vested in an {{AdmRN}}. ...20 October, 1904<ref>"Important Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 20 June, 1904. Issue '''37425''', col A

...d by such Ministers as Sir James Graham, Sir Francis Baring, Lord Halifax, and the Duke of Somerset, after each had enjoyed many years' experience of Admi ...on foreign stations, is wholly mischievous, being derogatory to one party and unimproving to the other.

...' is a small port south of the [[Firth of Forth]]. It was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]], serving as the operational base for [[Auxiliar [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

...the Public) an account of the progress that has been made in carrying out and developing the series of reforms that have been undertaken during the past ...t frequent overhaul and repair, greatly reduces the work of the dockyards, and therefore allows of a reorganisation of the labour conditions.

...}|name=John May|nick=John May|appt=3 August, 1920|end=9 October, 1922|note=and as King's Harbour Master, Berehaven}} [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

...port city well situated as a naval base to contain the [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]]. [[Italy]], [[France]] and [[Britain]] all stationed forces to assist in this mission.

...he nation provided a natural choke-point to contain the [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]]. Her own navy, the [[Regia Marina]] as well as those of France and Britain maintained formations of ships to assist in this mission, often bas

'''Aberdeen''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Senior Naval Officer and D.N.T.O., Aberdeen" nat="UK">

'''Ardrossan''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. It is located on the North Ayrshire coast in ...wther Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/160.|D7604064}} f. 564.</ref>|note=and as Captain of {{UK-Pactolus|f=p}}}}

...lfast, Ireland''' was a centre of British shipbuilding and a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

...was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. The [[United States Navy]] also had a base here. ==United States Navy Base Commanders==

...environs was a major centre of ship-building for Britain and minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. .... Green|appt=20 October, 1917|end=29 October, 1918|as=Senior Naval Officer and Admiral Superintendent, Clyde}}

The Scottish town of '''Cromarty''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]], situated on the eastern coast on the Moray Fir ...uary, 1935|note=and as Naval Officer Commanding Naval Estb. at Invergordon and Scapa Flow}}

...d on the east coast of Scotland, northeast of Edinburgh. It was a [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

'''Falmouth, Cornwall''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. Among the assets based there was the [[Falmou ...ef>Luard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579070}} f. 313.</ref>|note=and in command of [[Auxiliary Patrol Area XIV]]}}

The town of '''Fleetwood''' in Lancashire was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]] facing the [[Irish Sea]]. ...Frampton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/121/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>|as=Royal Navy Officer, Fleetwood}}

...'' on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

'''Fraserburgh''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]], situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

...eat Yarmouth''', was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. It and [[Harwich]] served as operational bases for [[Auxiliary Patrol Area X]] off ...lin ''L3'' on 19 January, 1915. The port was also bombarded by the German Navy on 24 April, 1916.

...Grimsby''' is a town on the East Coast of England and was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]], serving as the operational base for [[Auxiliar ...rd Pollen|nick=Francis H. Pollen|appt=9 March, 1919|end=15 June, 1920|note=and as Mobilising Officer, Humber District}}

'''Invergordon''' on the east coast of Scotland was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Captain Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard and Senior Naval Officer, Invergordon" nat="UK">

...rness''' is located on the East Coast of Scotland. It was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Senior Naval Officer and D.N.T.O., Inverness" nat="UK">

'''Killybegs''', in the northwest corner of Ireland was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. It functioned as base for [[Auxiliary Patrol [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

...in Ireland was called '''Kingstown''' until 1921. It was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. It, with the ports of [[Liverpool]] and [[Belfast]] supported the forces working [[Auxiliary Patrol Area XVI]], cov

...Suffolk is situated on the East Coast of England. It was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base on the [[Great War]]. ...0<ref>Sanders Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/96/169.|}} f. 210.</ref>|note=and in command of ''Minos''}}

The port of '''Larne''' in northern Ireland was a [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. It supported operations in [[Auxiliary Patrol ...ham Paget|nick=Alfred W. Paget|appt=11 April, 1916|end=February, 1917|note=and in command of [[Auxiliary Patrol Area XVII]]}}

..., situated north of Edinburgh and close to [[Rosyth]], was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

...on the English Channel in East Sussex, '''Newhaven''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]], serving as [[Portsmouth]]'s ancillary operatio [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

The '''Port of London''' was a [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]], as well as a major mercantile shipping centre. ...son], R.N., who was President of the [[Saint Barbara Association]] in 2004 and offered Tony Lovell an incredible opportunity to present his simulation of

...projects sharply into the southern [[North Sea]]. It was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

...Wales that faces southward toward Cornwall. It served as a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

The '''River Tees''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]] and [[World War II]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

The '''Port of Tyne''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]], serving as the operational base for [[Auxiliar [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

The '''Bristol Channel''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

'''Methil''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]] located on the northeastern shore of the [[Firt [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

...oured cruisers]] of the '''''Cressy'' Class''' were completed between 1901 and 1904. |[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]

...''' is a small port on the west coast of Scotland. It was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

On 16 November, 1905, Fisher told the Committee on Navy Estimates: ...e sultan, as the Russian navy has practically ceased to exist, and Austria and Italy will never be our foes.<ref>Quoted in Seligmann. "New Weapons for Ne

'''Egypt''' was a vital territory, especially for the [[Royal Navy]]. ...Egypt was announced as soon to be abolished in February of 1920.<ref>Naval and Military Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), Tuesday, Feb 17,

...erica and West Indies Station''' was a formation or command of the [[Royal Navy]]. It was renamed the '''America and West Indies Station''' in 1926.

The Royal Navy's '''China Station''' was an important base for projecting power into the P ...royers allotted to the "China Flotilla" were 3 "Rivers", four 30-knotters, and two 27-knotters.{{March|p. 160}}

The [[United States Navy]] and [[Royal Navy]] maintained an intensive and unusual gunboat presence on the '''Yangtse River'''. ==U.S. Navy Presence & Experience==

...me=fredbot:officeCiC otitle="Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station" nat="UK"> ...West Africa Station|note=as Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station}}

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The '''Australian Station''' was first established as a separate Royal Navy station on 26 March 1859 under Commodore William Loring, C.B..{{ClowesVII|p ...6 January, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Saturday, 17 January, 1903. Issue '''36980''',

...to the eastern end of the Boundary of Scotland.<ref>"562.&mdash;Limits of Stations." in "Admiralty Weekly Orders" dated 10 October, 1913. pp. 6-7. {{TNA|ADM 1 ==Senior Officers and Commanders-in-Chief==

...ficer charged with the administration of the naval defences of the Orkneys and Shetlands Islands. ...defences, naval establishments, and shore duties generally in the Orkneys and Shetlands.<ref>Grand Fleet Order 106. {{TNA|ADM 137/4052.}} p. 35.</ref><

'''Jamaica''' was a [[Royal Navy]] base. ...=31 March, 1898<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 21 March, 1898. Issue '''35469''', col

...iner and Neilson, for example, refer to “the glaring incompetence of the navy”<ref>Ibid.</ref>&mdash;but has recently (2015) been re-examined by Morgan ...B<small>ETHELL</small>]], C.M.G., [[Director of Naval Intelligence (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Intelligence]].</p>

...fficer, it is hoped may be of sufficient interest to merit your attention, and, perhaps, to assist in forming a correct judgment on the subject of our req In order to avoid exaggerating the importance of any class of war-ship and to truly exhibit the functions it is called upon to perform, it must be not

...r and Mobilisation Divisions of the [[Naval Intelligence Department (Royal Navy)|Naval Intelligence Department]] were formed into a new Naval Mobilisation | General superintendence of work of Manning Division, and preparation of Sketch Vote "A."

...t of the Torpedo School'' in 1897, a feature that repeated and grew to six and then nine pages in length until the 1900 edition, where the topic merited i ...ps carried radios and aerials whose range and power varied with their size and the era.

...Arthur Balfour, R. MacKenna, Admiral Fisher, Lord Beatty, Sir Edward Grey and others. Naval papers chiefly about supplies and tactics. n.d. (See also NOE/13/C/2).

The {{UK-DF|4}} screened the [[Grand Fleet]] in the battle and sustained heavy losses in the night action, losing 5 of 19 ships when it me ...rom the battle have been scanned from the ''Jutland Official Despatches'', and may still contain a few O.C.R. errors.

==Senior Officers and Commanders-in-Chief== [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

.... Hunt|appt=9 March, 1919<ref>"End of Grand Fleet" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 3 April, 1919. Issue '''42065''', col [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

...lace this actually is (Scotland or Wales), '''Barry''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

...n issued to the Home Fleets' previous incarnation, the [[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fleet]]. Orders in force on 15 May, 1914.<ref>"Home Fleets General Orders. (confidential) In force 15 May 1914. Corrected up to 1st Oc

In December 1915, Stornoway area had 6 yachts and 48 trawlers and drifters for patrols, as well as 4 whalers, 10 motor boats, 15 net drifters ...drifters, 2 other drifters, 4 motor drifters, 4 paddle or screw sweepers, and 6 vessels for boom defence operations.{{SMNLFeb18|p. 19}}

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'''Cairo''' was a [[Royal Navy]] base of operations in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

...rdeen''' is on the northeastern coast of Scotland. It was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]], serving as the operational base for [[Auxiliar [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

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...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 [[G [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

...ockyard]], was well as the operational seat of the [[Battlecruiser Fleet]] and the forces covering [[Auxiliary Patrol Area VI]]. ...t, 1939{{NLDec41|p. 1141}}|end=1 May, 1942|note=and as Captain of Dockyard and Deputy Superintendent}}

Located in Essex on the east coast, '''Harwich''' was a major [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]], serving as the operational base for the [[Harw ...1919<ref>Hickley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 330.</ref>|note=and in charge of [[Shotley Training Establishment]]|as=Senior Naval Officer, Ha

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'''Dar es Salaam''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

...English Channel]] was a base for both the [[Marine Nationale]] and [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

'''Durban''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Principal Naval Transport Officer, South and East Africa" nat="UK">

The Italian port of '''Genoa''' supported Italian and Allied naval forces during the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

The French port of '''Le Havre''' supported naval operations for France and her Allies in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

...of '''Marseilles''' in the Mediterranean was a major naval base for France and her Allies in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

The Greek island port of '''Mudros''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]], its proximity to the [[Dardanelles]] making it [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

'''Nyasa Lake''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. It was operated under the Nyasaland Governmen [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

The Egyptian city '''Port Said''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]] on the Mediterranean. It afforded access to th <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Resident Naval Officer and in Command Naval Depot, Port Said" nat="UK">

'''Port Sudan''' in eastern Sudan was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]] on the [[Red Sea]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

'''St. Johns, Newfoundland''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

'''Shanghai''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. * [[Shanghai Dock and Engineering Company]]

'''Sierra Leone''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]

'''Suez''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]