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The duties of the Admiral Commanding were laid down as being: | The duties of the Admiral Commanding were laid down as being: | ||
<blockquote>… responsible, under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleets, for administration of naval defences, naval establishments, and shore duties generally in the Orkneys and Shetlands.<ref>Grand Fleet Order 106. | <blockquote>… responsible, under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleets, for administration of naval defences, naval establishments, and shore duties generally in the Orkneys and Shetlands.<ref>Grand Fleet Order 106. {{TNA|ADM 137/4052.}} p. 35.</ref></blockquote> | ||
The [[Rear-Admiral, Scapa]] served under him, with a position similar to that of an Admiral Superintendent of a dockyard port.<ref> | The [[Rear-Admiral, Scapa]] served under him, with a position similar to that of an Admiral Superintendent of a dockyard port.<ref>Grand Fleet Order 106. {{TNA|ADM 137/4052.}} p. 35.</ref> Directly under his orders were the Shetlands Patrols; the Officer Commanding Troops, Orkney; the Officer Commanding Troops, Shetlands; the Admiralty Port Officer, Kirkwall; Rear-Admiral, Swarbuck Minns; the local minefields, and the officers responsible for the extended defences, the local defence flotilla, and the Orkney Trawler Patrols.<ref>Grand Fleet Order 107.</ref> He was responsible for the patrolling of the area from Wick to Cape Wrath.<ref>Grand Fleet Order 136.</ref> | ||
==Admirals Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands== | ==Admirals Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
*Admiral [[Stanley Cecil James Colville|The Honourable Sir Stanley C. J. Colville]], 7 September, 1914. | <div name=fredbot:office0 nat=UK otitle="Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands"> | ||
*Admiral [[Stanley Cecil James Colville|The Honourable Sir Stanley C. J. Colville]], 7 September, 1914.|precBy=New Command | |||
*Admiral [[Frederic Edward Errington Brock|Sir Frederic E. E. Brock]], 20 January, 1916. | *Admiral [[Frederic Edward Errington Brock|Sir Frederic E. E. Brock]], 20 January, 1916. | ||
*Admiral [[Herbert Goodenough King-Hall|Sir Herbert E. King-Hall]], 28 January, 1918. | *Admiral [[Herbert Goodenough King-Hall|Sir Herbert E. King-Hall]], 28 January, 1918. | ||
*Vice-Admiral [[Robert John Prendergast|Sir Robert J. Prendergast]], 1 March, 1919. | *Vice-Admiral [[Robert John Prendergast|Sir Robert J. Prendergast]], 1 March, 1919.|succBy=Command Abolished|as=Vice-Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands | ||
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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Revision as of 15:02, 25 May 2014
The Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands was the Royal Navy officer charged with the administration of the naval defences of the Orkneys and Shetlands Islands.
History
The duties of the Admiral Commanding were laid down as being:
… responsible, under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleets, for administration of naval defences, naval establishments, and shore duties generally in the Orkneys and Shetlands.[1]
The Rear-Admiral, Scapa served under him, with a position similar to that of an Admiral Superintendent of a dockyard port.[2] Directly under his orders were the Shetlands Patrols; the Officer Commanding Troops, Orkney; the Officer Commanding Troops, Shetlands; the Admiralty Port Officer, Kirkwall; Rear-Admiral, Swarbuck Minns; the local minefields, and the officers responsible for the extended defences, the local defence flotilla, and the Orkney Trawler Patrols.[3] He was responsible for the patrolling of the area from Wick to Cape Wrath.[4]
Admirals Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands
Dates of appointment given:
- Admiral The Honourable Sir Stanley C. J. Colville, 7 September, 1914.|precBy=New Command
- Admiral Sir Frederic E. E. Brock, 20 January, 1916.
- Admiral Sir Herbert E. King-Hall, 28 January, 1918.
- Vice-Admiral Sir Robert J. Prendergast, 1 March, 1919.|succBy=Command Abolished|as=Vice-Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands
Footnotes
- ↑ Grand Fleet Order 106. The National Archives. ADM 137/4052. p. 35.
- ↑ Grand Fleet Order 106. The National Archives. ADM 137/4052. p. 35.
- ↑ Grand Fleet Order 107.
- ↑ Grand Fleet Order 136.
