Royal Naval College, Keyham
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The Royal Naval College, Keyham, formerly the Royal Naval Engineering College, was a training establishment for engineer officers of the Royal Navy.
History
The college was reopened on Wednesday, 1 April, 1914, under the command of Engineer Captain C. G. Taylor, M.V.O. The new purpose of the college was to give a year's training to those officers under the Selborne Scheme who were qualifying as Lieutenants (E), after a preliminary scientific course of six months' length at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. The first course composed of seventeen officers began on 16 April.[1][2]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Richard W. Hope, 1 June, 1880[3] – 31 December, 1883[4]
- Commander William M. Annesley, 20 December, 1883[5] – 1 January, 1886[6]
- Commander William D. Morrish, 20 December, 1885[7]
- Commander Tom B. Triggs, 7 January, 1892[8]
- Commander Algernon B. G. Grenfell, 6 January, 1895[9] – 7 January, 1898
- Commander Hugh Talbot, 7 January, 1898[10]
- Commander Alfred E. Tizard, 1 October, 1900[11] – 5 December, 1902[12]
- Captain Robert S. Lowry, 6 December, 1902[13]
- Captain T. H. Martyn Jerram, 6 December, 1905[14]
- Captain Lionel G. Tufnell, 30 July, 1908[15]
- Engineer Captain Charles G. Taylor, 15 August, 1913[16]
- Captain George R. Mansell, 14 September, 1914[17] – 16 October, 1918
- Captain Herbert J. T. Marshall, 23 August, 1918[18][19] – 1 January, 1920[20]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 1 April, 1914. Issue 40486, col B, p. 6.
- ↑ "New Naval Engineers" (News). The Times. Thursday, 16 April, 1914. Issue 40499, col G, p. 4.
- ↑ Penn, Geoffrey (1984). HMS Thunderer: The story of the Royal Naval Engineering College Keyham and Manadon. Emsworth: Kenneth Mason. ISBN 0-85937-321-5. p. 197.
- ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/399. f. 397.
- ↑ Penn, Geoffrey (1984). HMS Thunderer: The story of the Royal Naval Engineering College Keyham and Manadon. Emsworth: Kenneth Mason. ISBN 0-85937-321-5. p. 197.
- ↑ Annesley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/23. f. 30.
- ↑ Penn, Geoffrey (1984). HMS Thunderer: The story of the Royal Naval Engineering College Keyham and Manadon. Emsworth: Kenneth Mason. ISBN 0-85937-321-5. p. 197.
- ↑ Penn, Geoffrey (1984). HMS Thunderer: The story of the Royal Naval Engineering College Keyham and Manadon. Emsworth: Kenneth Mason. ISBN 0-85937-321-5. p. 197.
- ↑ Penn, Geoffrey (1984). HMS Thunderer: The story of the Royal Naval Engineering College Keyham and Manadon. Emsworth: Kenneth Mason. ISBN 0-85937-321-5. p. 197.
- ↑ Penn, Geoffrey (1984). HMS Thunderer: The story of the Royal Naval Engineering College Keyham and Manadon. Emsworth: Kenneth Mason. ISBN 0-85937-321-5. p. 197.
- ↑ Penn, Geoffrey (1984). HMS Thunderer: The story of the Royal Naval Engineering College Keyham and Manadon. Emsworth: Kenneth Mason. ISBN 0-85937-321-5. p. 197.
- ↑ Tizard Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/20/150. f. 151.
- ↑ Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 800.
- ↑ Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 692.
- ↑ Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1338.
- ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/25. f. 447.
- ↑ Penn, Geoffrey (1984). HMS Thunderer: The story of the Royal Naval Engineering College Keyham and Manadon. Emsworth: Kenneth Mason. ISBN 0-85937-321-5. p. 197.
- ↑ Marshall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/110. f. 117.
- ↑ Penn, Geoffrey (1984). HMS Thunderer: The story of the Royal Naval Engineering College Keyham and Manadon. Emsworth: Kenneth Mason. ISBN 0-85937-321-5. p. 197.
- ↑ Marshall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/110. f. 117.
Bibliography
- Penn, Geoffrey (1984). HMS Thunderer: The story of the Royal Naval Engineering College Keyham and Manadon. Emsworth: Kenneth Mason. ISBN 0-85937-321-5.
