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− | + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederick George Denham Bedford|nick=Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford|appt=10 August, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Harry Holdsworth Rawson|nick=Sir Harry H. Rawson|appt=4 May, 1895{{ClowesVII|p. 90}}}} | |
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− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=John Durnford|nick=Sir John Durnford|appt=11 February, 1904<ref>Durnford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 356.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Sir Edmund S. Poë|appt=20 April, 1907<ref>Poë Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1052.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=George Le Clerc Egerton|nick=Sir George Le C. Egerton|appt=20 August, 1908<ref>Egerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 396.</ref>}} | |
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− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Herbert Goodenough King-Hall|nick=Herbert G. King-Hall|appt=28 December, 1912<ref>King-Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 42.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edward Francis Benedict Charlton|nick=Sir Edward F. B. Charlton|appt=6 December, 1915<ref>Charlton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 282.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|nick=The Honourable Edward S. Fitzherbert|appt=20 May, 1918<ref>Fitzherbert Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 198.</ref>}} | |
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Revision as of 18:43, 13 May 2014
History
In a letter to the First Lord of the Admiralty on 11 July, 1913, the Commander-in-Chief, Herbert G. King-Hall, noted of his command, "Though small it gets through quite a lot of exercises at Sea in the most approved Home Fleet manner."[1]
The station title was changed to "'Africa Station'" by an order of 21 June, 1919.[2]
Commanders-in-Chief
- Vice-Admiral Richard Wells, 29 March, 1888[3]
- Vice-Admiral Henry F. Nicholson, 1 September, 1890[4]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford, 10 August, 1892[5]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Harry H. Rawson, 4 May, 1895[6]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Hastings Harris, 27 April, 1898[7]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore, 11 February, 1901[8]
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Durnford, 11 February, 1904[9]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund S. Poë, 20 April, 1907[10]
- Vice-Admiral Sir George Le C. Egerton, 20 August, 1908[11]
- Vice-Admiral Paul W. Bush, 17 December, 1910[12]
- Vice-Admiral Herbert G. King-Hall, 28 December, 1912[13]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edward F. B. Charlton, 6 December, 1915[14]
- Vice-Admiral The Honourable Edward S. Fitzherbert, 20 May, 1918[15]
Composition
June, 1906:[16]
Footnotes
- ↑ Winston S. Churchill. Part II. Companion Part 3. p. 1753.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
- ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 356.
- ↑ Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1052.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 396.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 505.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
- ↑ Fitzherbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 198.
- ↑ The Navy List (June, 1906). pp. 268, 269a.
Bibliography
- "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461.
- Clowes, Sir Wm. Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria. Vol. VII. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited.